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Anti-Slavery Ministers Association · Refounded

The Refounding of the
Anti-Slavery Ministers Association

A civic-theological movement renewed through Kingdom Culture International Fellowship — for a generation of revelation, resistance, and ethical reconstruction.

Revelation.
Apocalyptic witness
Resistance.
Prophetic civic theology
Renewal.
Ethical reconstruction

Interdenominational Pentecostal Core

The Infilling, the Indwelling,
and the Incarnation of Kingdom Presence

A Pentecostal-theological framework for understanding Kingdom presence as received, sustained, and embodied through Jesus Christ.

I

Infilling

Receiving the Spirit

Infilling represents the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon humanity without racial hierarchy, cultural supremacy, class domination, or spiritual elitism. Pentecost revealed distributed participation in divine presence.

  • ·Pentecost as democratization
  • ·Equal spiritual dignity
  • ·Distributed prophetic participation
  • ·Non-hegemonic Kingdom witness

Acts 2 · Joel 2:28 · Galatians 3:28

"Pentecost was not the concentration of power into a religious elite. It was the distribution of presence into people."
II

Indwelling

Sustaining the Spirit

Indwelling represents the sustaining presence of God within humanity through grace in Jesus Christ. Kingdom culture is not performative spirituality but internal transformation producing ethical life, disciplined witness, and principled leadership.

  • ·Show vs Shine
  • ·Internal formation
  • ·Ethical leadership
  • ·Theological integrity

1 Corinthians 6:19 · Romans 12:1-2 · John 14:17

"The Kingdom is not sustained by spectacle but by abiding presence."
III

Incarnation

Becoming Visible Evidence of the Word

Incarnation represents the visible manifestation of Kingdom presence in the world through embodied justice, civic responsibility, prophetic witness, mercy, stewardship, scholarship, and resistance to dehumanization.

  • ·Embodied witness
  • ·Civic theology
  • ·Public good
  • ·Prophetic reconstruction

John 1:14 · Matthew 5:14-16 · James 2:17

"Incarnation is the evidence that revelation survived embodiment."

Heritage

A Living Heritage

From abolitionist pulpits to contemporary civic theology — an unbroken line of prophetic witness.

1840s

Rev. John William Hackley

Founder

Anti-Slavery Baptist witness

Legacy Era

Legett

Continuance

Carrying the witness forward

Present

Rev. Jeremiah C. Hackley

Refounder · Moderator & Bishop

Mentoring a generation in revelation, resistance, and apocalyptic witness.

Core Philosophy

Six commitments that shape our witness.

01

Non-Hegemonic Gospel

The Kingdom of God does not dominate—it dignifies.

02

Theological Covenant

Formation through preparation, not control.

03

Civic Theology

Spiritual formation must produce public good.

04

Historical Truth

Truth resists revisionism.

05

Revelation in Resistance

Prophetic witness under pressure.

06

Ethical Prosperity

Freedom without exploitation.

Scholar Minister Portal

Three levels of participation.

I

Civic Participant

Engagement with the public theology and civic witness of the movement.

  • +Public dialogue access
  • +Newsletter & convocations
  • +Freedom Summer eligibility
II

Contributing Scholar Minister

Active contribution to research streams, formation, and prophetic civic work.

  • +Research stream contribution
  • +Library publishing rights
  • +Convocation participation
III

Senior Scholar Minister

Theological covenant, formation leadership, and stewardship of the realms.

  • +Formation oversight
  • +Theological covenant
  • +Doctrinal council seat

Featured Research Streams

Inquiries shaping the witness.

Recovering the abolitionist theological core that confronts every modern form of bondage—economic, racial, ideological, and spiritual.

Integrated Theology Statement

Kingdom Culture International Fellowship affirms the infilling, indwelling, and incarnation of Kingdom presence through the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ.

Infilling calls humanity into equal participation in the Spirit.

Indwelling forms humanity into principled and ethical witness.

Incarnation manifests the Image of God through embodied justice, truth, stewardship, and public dignity.

We reject hegemonic distortions of Christianity that weaponize election, race, nationalism, domination, or supremacy. Humanity was not created to rule over the dignity of other humans, but to steward creation under the authority of God with justice, wisdom, humility, and love.

Announcement

Freedom Summer Project 2026

Vocalizing the dehumanized. Returning the rights of input in the human experience.

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