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Still thinking of new forms
of ministry in old settings, I find myself both encouraged and distressed by the overseas opportunities and situations.
With that realization comes an extraordinary freedom to be about the
work of ministry without needing to be in control.
If this was his first
year of ministry, there would have been no news to spread.
Other
forms of ministry occur as we use whatever natural & spiritual gifts we've received to bless them, without condemnation.
I completely understand that these individuals have been called to focus on preaching and other
aspects of ministry.
But the retreat to «just doing my job» violates the whole
conception of ministry, from the first and the second centuries alike.
This might be an
area of ministry for later in life, but we are trying to look for open doors and opportunities right now for any way we can help out.
Once groups have begun this work, group learning progressively focuses on the theological implications of the
practices of ministry.
What now
of ministry for those of us Who serve the «better» churches of the land?
We are trying to learn not only how classical theology can shape
understandings of ministry, but also how the practices of the Christian life and ministry give rise to theological wisdom.
First, encourage respect for the profession
of ministry by increasing compensation and by other means.
Rather than assume that the primary
task of ministry is to alter the congregation, church leaders should make a prior commitment to understand the given nature of the object they propose to improve.
Something I've suspected for quite a long time is that my
style of ministry isn't conducive to church growth or success.
These include
accounts of his ministry and teaching, reflections about who he was, and reflections about the proper beliefs and practices for his followers.
It is imperative that churches identify gifted persons, educate and form them well, and sustain their learning over the
course of their ministry.
I'm sure all of us who have been involved in any
sort of ministry position have experienced such tensions in ministry leadership.
During that time, I realized that
most of the ministry conferences around the country were oriented for — and run by - «successful» pastors at «successful» churches.
But it ought to preserve the
dimension of ministry even if the overall job is being done largely by others.
If a new building program is for the pride of its membership rather than the
effectiveness of its ministry, then the church is in danger of a bad building program.
Just how the restoration process itself is understood depends to a large extent on the theory of personality and psychotherapy being integrated with a
theology of ministry.
Those responsible for theological education are in a position to focus on integrating the four historic
modes of ministry into a holistic concept of the church's mission.
At least three times in the past ten years, I have thought that a more permanent
place of ministry was working out — but it never did.
The years which such an one spends in study preparing for the
exercise of ministry is intended to make him or her such an informed person.
Phrases with «of one's ministry»