History of the Army of Christ M/m
Origins.......
In the early 2000's, our ministry president (and founder), Dubltap, had left a motorcycle minitry that he had been affiliated with due to concerns that the ministry was not being led in a biblical manner. Rather, this ministry was moving more and more into acting more like a club than a ministry. At this time, the Lord planted the seed in him about a ministry that had a strong basis in the original foundations of the Templar Knights. An organization that was initially established to protect those taking part in their pilgrimages to the Holy Land. (See "Who were the knights Templar" section below)
Many years later, Dubltap's dear friend and brother-in-christ (Pastor Joker) approached him and asked “How serious were you about this Army of Christ thing?” The rest, as they say.....is history. That day in November, 2013, was the day that the AoC was formed by Dubltap and Joker.
The key principles of the AoC can be summed up best by the 8 Tenets of the Templar order. More or less their own Code of Conduct, as it were...
WHO WERE THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR?
http://www.history.com/topics/the-knights-templar
After Christian armies in 1099 captured Jerusalem from Muslim control during the Crusades, groups of pilgrims from across Western Europe started visiting the Holy Land. Many of them, however, were robbed and killed as they crossed through Muslim-controlled territories during their journey.
Around 1118, a French knight named Hugues de Payens created a military order along with eight relatives and acquaintances, calling it the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon—later known simply as the Knights Templar.
With the support of Baldwin II, the ruler of Jerusalem, they set up headquarters on that city’s sacred Temple Mount—from which they took their name—and pledged to protect Christian visitors to Jerusalem.
