Flourishing Currents

We equip leaders and teams to create capacity for mission fulfillment through APEST gifts.

The truth is that APEST is either God’s revealed architecture for building His house, just another church leadership preference, or irrelevant. This means we either align with it, dismiss it as optional, or reject it altogether—but we must decide which it is.

The APEST Operating System

Pillar 1:

APEST-11D™

Multidimensional Understanding: Our APEST-11D™ framework maps how APEST gifts express across 11 Dimensions of Human Interaction™ organized into three categories.

Foundational Dynamics: Personal motivations and communication styles
Leadership & Transformation: Gift expression in leadership contexts
Complex Interactions: Nuanced patterns of gift interaction

Pillar 2:

APEST Polarities™

The Relational Integration: We guide individuals and teams in identifying and navigating the natural tensions between different APEST expressions through:

Team-Tension Challenge™ methodology for identifying productive polarities
Polarity mapping to visualize complementary tensions
Integration Formula application
Discovery of Unified APEST Mission™ that emerges when gifts are properly balanced

Pillar 3:

Experiential Fingerprint™

The Lived Reality: Our approach recognizes that APEST gifts are not abstract concepts but lived realities with unique fingerprints (expressions) across two areas:

The Aspects of Gift Development highlight a person’s gift’s progression and growth areas—how it develops over time, aligns with biblical teachings, and impacts relationships and the mission.
The Core Markers of Gift Expression measure how the gift is expressed and its effects in the present moment—looking at the presence, maturity, clarity, impact, and health of the gift in action.

Maturity, Humility, and Trust

APEST Operating Systems is an initiatory approach to church leadership, demanding a significant commitment to maturity, humility, and trust. To fully realize its potential, teams must be prepared for an intensive implementation process.

Crucially, APEST Operating Systems is not designed to run concurrently with existing church operating systems. It requires a dedicated and comprehensive equipping process to build capacity among team members. Without this investment, the initiative is unlikely to succeed.

By embracing this system, leadership teams can unlock significant benefits and enhance their effectiveness in ministry.

Learn more about the APEST Operating system from Flourishing Currents, an organization equipping leaders to create mission capacity through APEST gifts.

Mission & Vission

Flourishing Currents is integral to Wonder Association.

Vision:
To guide individuals and teams toward discovered, integrated, healthy APEST leadership to build God’s house

Mission:
We equip leaders to create capacity for mission fulfillment through APEST gifts.

1. We measure our progress through several key metrics: the number of individuals and teams trained, successful implementation of the skills they learn, and positive changes observed in the leadership dynamics of their teams.
2. We aspire to reach 300 impact testimonials on individual and team dynamics by 2027. Achieving this goal would involve training approximately 1,000 people annually and receiving an average of 100 testimonials annually.

We exist to help teams step into their divine calling in Ephesians 4, building God’s house with clarity, unity, and purpose. When APEST gifts align, balance, and integrate as intended, they do more than solve problems or enhance effectiveness—they reveal Christ’s nature in and through His people.

Three Key Distinctives

Cultivate transformative leadership and build God’s house through the APEST Operating System’s unique distinctives:

Multidimensional Understanding (APEST-11D™): We provide a comprehensive framework that reveals the nuanced expression of APEST gifts across 11 Dimensions of Human Interaction™. This foundational understanding empowers individuals and teams to discover their unique gift patterns and dynamics.
Relational Integration (APEST Polarities™): We guide teams in navigating the natural tensions between APEST gifts, fostering relational balancing and integration to reveal the Unified APEST Mission™. This process transforms conflict into creative collaboration, enabling teams to function as a unified whole.
Lived Reality (Experiential Fingerprint™): We recognize that APEST gifts are not abstract concepts but lived realities. Our approach assesses the practical expression of these gifts, focusing on both individual development and real-time impact, ensuring that APEST leadership is grounded in authentic experience.

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The Kingdom is Come.

We are sustaining the original Jesus movement by realigning the church’s mission to the founder’s vision.