Global School of Ministry SVG has started... Tuesday and Thursdays Kingstown 6-8 pm... If God has called you to The ministry of Works give us a call today ... (784) 493-1664 / 432-1672 Irrespective of age, gender, educational attainment, wealth or size of congregations, true leaders called by Jesus Christ, will be recognized by how close their ministries are structured to empower saints towards the Ephesians 4:11-16 model. True leaders therefore will focus intense attention on empowerment of the saints they are made overseers of over and above every other! Finances, acquisition and decoration of property, need to broadcast on radio and TV are all good but none is anywhere near the need to systematically empower the saints to come to a place of knowing who they are in Christ, who He is in them and manifestation of the Holy Spirit in them which defines their callings, gifts and ministry to God and to other members of the Body. To empower saints is not a subject of vocalization. It requires embrace of a Kingdom paradigm much different from what is practiced in most so called churches. In the Global School of Ministry, Abba has graciously revealed a five point strategy for empowerment of all saints as a fundamental reality. It is known by the acronym, TEAR process. This postulates that every believer, no matter how young in faith has a fundamental spiritual right to these divine processes: 1. Teach. Sound and systematic teaching of the whole counsel of God in the word will make believers to become disciples of Jesus Christ who follow in His steps and allow Him to demonstrate His life through them. Any ministry which has no focus on discipleship is a social organization! 2. Train. Every disciple should be trained to serve God and The Kingdom. This cannot be achieved by haphazard preaching of ‘messages’ and doctrines but by a systematic presentation of a body of knowledge, based on a curriculum which is biblical and also Spirit-led and inspired. Humanistic ideas and concepts of the New Age movement called the pseudo-kingdom gospel while sweet to the ears and full of sound bites and diatribes against the Church cannot empower but rather enslave saints to preachers who craftily present their teachings as of equal value or even more important than revelations in the Bible. 3. Equip. Saints are entitled to be equipped in understanding of general issues concerning ministry as well as skills for undertaking specific aspects of ministry to which they are called. This is better achieved when they have access to one on one instruction at close quarters with the Pastor, trainer or mentor assigned to guide them into this destiny impacting life. This was the pattern of Jesus with the 12 disciples and was practised by Paul and articulated into a Kingdom principle in 2 Timothy 2:2. To equip saints for the work of ministry is a central purpose for which the New Testament leadership exists as Ephesians 4:11-12 states. Failure to incorporate an equipping process will lead congregations to become morgues of gifts and callings rather than the hatcheries they are ordained to be. 4. Activate. Within the spirit-man of saints are various gifts deposited by The Holy Spirit and callings imparted by Jesus Christ Himself. These gifts and callings will remain dormant, misapplied or useless if they are not discovered and utilized. It is the responsibility of ministers of God to help those God brought to them to discover what these gifts and callings are. More than anything else, spiritual gifts are the main assets through which saints function as organic members of the Body of Christ rather than mere statistics in religious organizations. Activating will start therefore with spotting a gift or basket of gifts by either the minister or the saint. Then the minister affirms the saints in those gifts by words of encouragement and pointed exhortation which has quickening power. Finally by laying on of hands of the presbytery, activation is taken to the next level.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:45:12 +0000
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