Success in the Ministry
By Rev. Dr. John Williams
 

I am sure that everyone will agree that not everyone that is in the ministry is successful, in terms of achieving their goals, generating adequate revenue to cover all of their expenses and reaching the people with the gospel in a certain area.

If a ministry is running a church, there must be adequate growth in the members of the church, in terms of the goals established, growth in finance through tithes and offerings, to adequately meet the financial needs of the church, having adequate spiritual growth in the members of the church, in terms of becoming more and more Christ like, and more specifically in the areas of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance.

If the ministry is evangelism, running a bible school, literature ministry, Christian radio broadcasting, TV ministry, doing missionary work overseas, doing social work, in terms of feeding t he hungry, taking care of the orphans, running a hospital, running a school or bible college, etc, it is very important to make sure that every member of the church or those associated with their ministry, grows in faith, gains spiritual understanding of the word of God, clearly know and understand the will of God for their lives, become Christ like and be instrumental in winning many souls for Christ.

On the other hand, it is important, particularly, in the ministry of the church:

•  to ensure that the word is taught effectively and people grow spiritually

•  find their niche in the body of Christ

•  realize their full potential

• become strong in faith and be able to do effectual and fervent prayer to get the answers

• be able to minister to the needs of others

• give sacrificially to the needy and the poor

• to give all of their tithes and offerings as required or expected in the bible

• growing in the knowledge of the word

• grow spiritually and become more and more Christ like &

• become true disciples of Jesus Christ
  
  In this article, only some important points have been made and illustrations have been given. It is important that churches maintain records with regard to every member in these areas to ensure the success of their church. Record keeping is very important and what is equally important, is setting goals, developing effective programs, successfully executing them and achieving the goals of the church. Only then, can we say that the ministry of the church is successful!
   

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