THE SEALS ARE A VISIBLE SIGN OF THE LORD’S CHURCH AND IT’S ORIGIN. IT CAN BE DATED BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE EARLY CHURCH, WHEN SYMBOLS WERE EMPLOYED TO DESIGNATE THE JURISDICTION OF AN OFFICE. IT REPRESENTS “CHRISTIAN UNITY OF ALL COVENANTS COMMUNIONS AND ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGH ITS INSIGNIA.” THE SEAL AUTHENTICATES THE AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THOSE WHO REPRESENT AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. APOSTLE JOHN HORNE IS IN A LINE OF SPIRITUAL SUCCESSION, AND THE ELEVATION TO THE OFFICE OF AN APOSTLE IS DECLARED BY THE ENSIGN SET FORTH.
“THE SHIELD” REPRESENTS THE SHIELD OF FAITH, FOR WITHOUT FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. BY FAITH, AND LEAD OF THE HOLY GHOST, APOSTLE JOHN HORNE HAS ESTABLISHED FOUR CHURCHES AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH MINISTRY THAT IS BEING USED BY GOD.
“THE CROSS” REPRESENTS THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST, WHICH THE APOSTLE JOHN HORNE USES AS A SHIELD AS HE FIGHTS THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE WITH SATAN. HE WILLINGLY CARRIES “THE CROSS” AS HE FOLLOWS CHRIST TO VICTORY. THE EVERYDAY PRAYERS OF OUR APOSTLE IS THAT “GOD WOULD COVER HIM WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND HIDE HIM BEHIND THE CROSS.”
THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE SHIELD IS ENGRAVED WITH MINISTRIES BIRTHED AND ARE UNDER THE APOSTLE’S COVERING: JESUS CHRIST FIRST MINISTRIES (JCFM) IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, SAN ANTONIO RESTORATION TEMPLE
OF DELIVERANCE (SARTOD) IN WHICH THE APOSTLE HIMSELF, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HOLY GHOST PLANTED IN THE YEAR 2003, AND THE POWER OF GOD FAITH CHURCH (POGFC) ALSO IN SAN ANTONIO, TX.
THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SHIELD IS A MINISTRY WITHIN THE AUSTIN RTOD CHURCH ESTABLISHED BY THE APOSTLE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, BARBARA J. HORNE. THIS MINISTRY, KNOWN AS AUSTIN WE CARE, IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SHIELD IS THE CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN 1985 IN AUSTIN, TX BY THE APOSTLE JOHN W. HORNE, AND IS NOW THE RESTORATION TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE.
R.F.C. WHICH IS SHORT FOR RESTORATION FAMILY OF CHURCHES IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE CHURCHES AND PASTORS WHO ARE WILLING TO BE DIRECTED AND LEAD INTO THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. THESE CHURCHES
ARE COVERED AND OVERSEEN BY OUR APOSTLE AS
HE IMPARTS INTO EVERY PASTOR THE WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE HE HAS GAINED FOR OVER THIRTY-SIX YEARS.
THE KEYS ATOP OF THE SHIELD REPRESENT THE KEYS
OF THE KINGDOM, GIVEN BY THE SAVIOR, TO BIND AND
TO LOOSE THE CAPTIVE ON EARTH, TO RESTORE SIGHT
TO THE BLIND AND TO SET AT LIBERTY THOSE WHO ARE BRUISED. THE BIBLE-WHICH IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT- IS THE TOOL THAT IS NECESSARY TO DO THE WORK OF THE LORD.
FINALLY, THE SHAPE ENCOMPASSING THE SHIELD THAT IS FILLED WITH THE WORKS OF GOD CARRIED OUT BY THE APOSTLE IS IN THE SHAPE OF AN EYE. THIS REPRESENTS THAT THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THE APOSTLE JOHN W. HORNE, WHO MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OBEY AND CARRY OUT THE DIVINE WILL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
