Ministry Schedule – Click here for pdf
Recommended Approach to Ministry
Do all to the Glory of God
NASB-U 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Make Loving God your Motivation and your Motif
The Greatest Commandment and the Second: Love
NKJV Matthew 22:36-40 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, ” ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 “This is the first and great commandment. 39 “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Love here is agapao, which means “to have a preference for, wish well to, or regard the welfare of someone or something.” (Thayer) It is a reasoned out love, based upon admiration, veneration, or esteem, rather than an emotionally prompted love, which is not to say it is devoid of emotion, but it is not emotionally based.
Love others by Loving God
Loving God is primary and loving others comes from that.
NKJV Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us
As born again believers in Christ the love of God is poured out in our hearts. It surely has to be poured in before it can be poured out. Its pouring out is perhaps like an overflowing, or bubbling over. Hence our loving God leads to our loving others.
Loving God is edifying, not only of others, but first of ourselves.
NKJV 1 Corinthians 8:1, 3…..Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies……. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
Working Definitions Associated with the Ministry Schedule
Support
Supporting role – (helps – 1 Cor 12:28 service: Rom 12:7) – behind the scenes
Administrative
Administration (1 Cor 12:28) – guiding, management
Praise
Through Christ (Heb 13:15) proclaiming who is and what He has, is, and will do (Psa 22:22; Rev 19:5-6), with understanding (1 Cor 14:15) all to His glory (Isa 42:12).
Prayer
Asking God (Matt 7:7-11) with understanding (1 Cor 14:15), and thanksgiving (Phil 4:6-7; Col 1:3; 4:2; 1 Thes 1:2; 1 Tim 2:1-3; Phile 1:4).
Teaching
Presenting what the Bible teaches (2 Tim 3:16-)
Fellowship
Acknowledging that we are sharers together in (1 Cor 10:16-17; Phile 1:6)
Discipleship
Christ’s command makes discipleship the calling of every Christian.
Evangelism
The first step of discipleship – going and presenting the gospel to unbelievers (Matt 28:19)
Gospel Context
The second step of discipleship – Putting the gospel into its context so that a decision is informed (Gal 1:6-9)
Baptism
The third step of discipleship – Encouraging a person who has decided to in Christ for salvation as a first step of obedience to Christ to be baptized (Matt 28:19)
Teaching
The fourth step of discipleship – Presenting what the Bible teaches regarding the first principles of the faith (Matt 28:20; Col 2:8;Heb 5:12-14)
Leadership Training
Preparing leaders (2 Tim 2:2)
