CHURCH LIFE AND MINISTRY

CHURCH LIFE AND MINISTRY

May every Pastor become a pastor-teacher, evangelist, apostle, administrator, encourager, elder, deacon, helper, intercessor, advocate or other servant of the body of Christ according to his unique calling and gifting rather than a religious church official in an unbiblical and obstructive office.

As the Pastor and the body of Christ understand the significant difference inherent in this change, the opportunities for ministry based on divine calling and gifting will expand, not reduce, for both the Pastor and others.  Ministry will be more effective, safe and Holy Spirit animated and there will be an infusion of divine life into the ailing body of Christ.

Let each one feel responsible before the Lord to “stir up the gift of God which is in you”[1] and minister in meekness under the direct headship of Christ and the authority of overseeing plural elders, as envisaged by the New Testament, for the building up of the most precious entity on earth – “the body of Christ”; “the fullness of Him who fills all in all”.[2]