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Everything
starts with us as individuals and because there is a
change in us it will affect others. God gave the
body of Christ all power in heaven and earth to deal
with all problems and care for all needs. What is
needed is for the body of Christ to understand who
we are in Christ, our position, calling, purpose and
gifts and be willing and able to move in them not
just as individuals, but moving together as one
body. The question is, are we willing? Do we seek
Him, His presence and will or do we seek stuff? Do
we seek to be like Him as we were created in His own
image. Do we desire to have His likeness, mind,
heart, and see things the way He does, hear things
the way He does and speak as He does? It is a matter
of self-examination and being willing to be broken
so we will reach out to others in the body in love
and unity and if those not in the body see that kind
of love, the church will have to hire security
guards to keep all the people out, because we all
need love, power, forgiveness, understanding and
acceptance.
The
body is called to be a Royal priesthood that is set
aside for His purpose so all can be reached with His
Ways, Covenants and Commandments in the community.
To do so takes a plan and determination to do so. It
takes a vision for without a vision His people
perish. We perish because we do not understand His
plan and wander. We perish because if we wander we
do not stand in the authority He gave us to stand
together against the enemy and put and end to the
work of the enemy.
In
order for things to get turned around, we as
Christians need to be a whole lot more sensitive to
the Holy Spirit and His leading. The harvest is ripe
and we all need to be doing our part. It is
difficult to know our part at times because our
responsibilities seem to get in the way, or at least
that is a belief. While it may be difficult to reach
out and learn something new, Christianity is just
that.
It is about being stretched, pulled, and
then, tested by fire. These are not exactly pictures
of comfort, but many of us maintain that if we are
going in the right direction God will bless us. God
knows that we are all special and we have all been
called to His purpose, yet few seem to answer that
call, except to show up to church and even perhaps
tithe. We are special to the point if we do not do
the job we are called to, the job will not get done.
As a result people will either be lost, untrained,
or not cared for, which all helps create a bigger
mess for someone else to hopefully clean up.
How
do things get cleaned up? By believers getting
involved. We were given the keys to the kingdom of
God and it is up to us to get things cleaned and
each needs to be involved.
Needs
for believers
Thrift
Stores:
Used
items. Much can be said about finding a good deal,
but also there is a need to help those in need with
items in the community.
Business
Supplies:
Who
supplies Christian enterprise? Somebody does and
every business needs support services from copiers,
to desks, chairs, office supplies, to other types of
equipment and machinery. One of the things that are
needed in this category are Christian printers to
take care of the printing needs of the church and
other Christian business.
Food
Banks and Groceries:
We
in the United States have been blessed, but there
are still people going hungry in a land of plenty.
How many go hungry? If you need to ask, you have not
checked out the need in your local area. Truth is,
there are hungry people in all areas. Having a
grocery store and bakery is a great opportunity to
serve God, serve the needs of the body, and those in
need.
Christian
Bookstores:
Education
material can include CD’s; Christian books and
educational materials, home school curriculum
material, and other materials designed to reach out
to the community.
Counseling:
Spiritual
counseling is different than counseling in the
normal sense. It is about listening, intercession,
and giving to the person that you are dealing with
by caring for their needs physically and
Spiritually, and organizing a plan (God’s plan)
and effort to help the individual(s) in need.
Crisis
Intervention:
We
live on a planet of crisis at times. Crisis
intervention is about outreach to the community. It
should be a prayer hot line not only for the members
of a church, but all who are in need in the
community in which a church exists. If we took care
of the needs of individuals in the body and in the
community pastors would not have to preach so much,
because the community would know that we love God,
because of our love one for another.
Fellowship
Houses for:
1.
Foster care: There is a great need in every
community to care for children. They are the future
and they are either prepared to deal with future
events through Christ, or they are not. Foster care
can be live in, in the traditional sense, but it can
also include day care, providing parents of children
with a safe place to keep their children, having
them taught, even at a young age, the paths of
righteousness.
2.
Adult Foster Care: There is need for
Christian Adult Foster care homes for those that are
not able to care for themselves or are at the age
that they cannot any longer live by themselves.
3.
Transitional Homes for: A) Men or women being
released from prison. These are homes that should
help provide some structure, guidance, counseling,
instruction, and job placement. B) Homes for abusive
situations: This may include temporary to permanent
housing for women and children leaving abusive
situations. These women and children need love, some
structure, guidance, counseling, instruction, and
job placement. C) Temporary shelter is needed for
those that are homeless. Some of the things that are
needed to become employed, is a phone, a place to
live, and references. In addition, people need to
have enough stability to be confident enough to go
to work. Jesus took care of the needs of individuals
and as a result people followed and were grateful.
Christian Education: We need teachers and doers to walk with
believers. Christian education is about promoting
the Gospel of Christ, but also understanding that we
as a body perish for lack of knowledge. Christian
education is about equipping the saint for the work
of the ministry. Teaching is the beginning,
resolving the ‘needs of the community is the
work.’ Our children through Christ, is our future.
Registrars: Specific to Christian education, these individuals will
have the ability to promote their schools, maintain
student records, keeping a focus on the purpose and
direction that God has called the student. A
registrar will have the ability to be completely
familiar with the schools course requirements,
purpose, and mission.
Administrative Assistants: Assistants will have the ability to
assist in all clerical and administrative duties,
which include organizational skills, typing, filing,
and acts as a buffer between staff and visitors,
callers, and is often the public’s first contact
with the school. They understand that teaching is a
great task in helping people achieve what God has
called them to and are focused on preparing
believers for their mission.
Administrators: Administrators are gifted in organizing and
exhorting believers. They are called to see the
needs of the community and work towards resolving
those needs. In addition, they will have the ability
and gifts to organize believers in fund raising to
help pay for the needs of individuals and those
financial needs of the community. There is a great
need for believers with the gift of administration
to help start and organize local Christian schools
through the church. Although registrars can be
different from an administrator, administrators have
the ability to help promote their school and operate
as a registrar. Administrators will have the ability
to work with a board of directors in accountability.
Boards: In the New Testament we see deacons that are called to
serve. These individuals have the heart of a
servant, and are in a trusted position. Today, for
the most part these deacons are called board
members. All Christian enterprise should have a
board, which should be familiar with the financial
state of the organization they serve, familiar and
supportive of the organization goals, mission, and
purpose. These are individuals that should lift up
the organization in prayer and are there to maintain
accountability to the community and the body. Boards
should work together as they know that the solution
for all things is Christ, and all things should
bring glory to Christ.
Teaching: There is a multitude of opportunities in the teaching
field that a person can make a living at. Galatians
6:6 tells us that we should support our teachers
financially according to the Amplified Bible.
Teachers are needed in the following areas:
1.
Adult education: Did you know that 24% of
Americans are functionally illiterate? There is a
great need to help those that are struggling in the
basics.
2.
Adult education: There is a tremendous need
for individuals to teach Cognitive Restructuring and
help people learn to walk in the authority and
purpose that God gave us. Most Christians today know
that God has a plan for His people, but do not
understand their purpose, calling and gifts. By
Christians turning back to God and His anointing as
we have been called to a royal priesthood, we can
change ourselves, people around us, neighborhoods,
towns, cities, states, and nations. By working
together we can see the nations turn.
3.
Christian education, Children K-12: The next
generation will either be prepared to fight the good
fight working in their purpose and calling, thus
working together to establish the kingdom of God
here or they won’t. It is a choice of every
parent, to continue to do the same things that we
have always done, expecting different results, or we
can stand and teach our children to take back that
which Satan has stolen. It is our choice and so is
the responsibility of the outcome of this planet.
4.
Christian Education, Bible Schools and
Seminaries: Teaching students to solve the problems
of society through Christ and His ways. We can make
a difference.
Pastors: Pastors are needed more than ever. There are three reasons
for a church:
1.
To help individuals with there needs in the
community. Working to stabilize their situations.
Once stabilized, then individuals and families can
be taught.
2.
Train and Teach individuals that God does
have a plan for them and help them discover their
calling and their gifts. The next step is to teach
them how to operate in their calling, in unity as
one body. Teaching them that they are special and
important to God’s plan and if they do not do what
God has called them to do, the job will not get
done.
3.
Send people out that have been trained in the
various ministries to accomplish their calling,
supporting them until they become established in
their ministry.
Pastors
are also called shepherds and one of their major
functions is to protect the flock. However, a
shepherd needs to take the responsibility for their
flock body, soul, and spirit, caring for the needs
of the entire person. We need to organize believers
for prayer and intercession. Every church needs a
crisis prayer line or work together with other
churches to have a crisis prayer center, where
individuals that are in need can get help and
answers. Each church should endeavor to work with
other churches respecting that the Holy Spirit works
in others and we need to pool church resources to
solve many of the problems.
Evangelists: There is a great need for evangelists that will not get
ahead of the church. It is good to lead people to
the Lord, but it is better to be able to deal with
needs of individuals. Evangelists need to work in
harmony with the church, as newborn believers need
to be discipled and walked with. In addition the
evangelist needs to take on the needs of the people
that they are leading to the Lord. Part of the
evangelist’s job is to help prepare the church to
handle the needs of new people. We need to be able
to deal with all problems in the community while
leading people to Christ. Once a person is saved and
their needs are not met we are doing harm to the
body of Christ. In doing so many sleep.
Prophets: Although the church has not readily accepted the prophet
in the church. The prophet is one of the keys to
helping turn communities around. Besides prayer, the
prophet installs, ordains, anoints, and blesses
believers called into ministry (we all are called).
The prophet helps bring balance to the body. The
prophet also has the ability to forth tell events
that will happen, unless we as believers do
something about events and situations. Prophets in
the Old Testament foretold events that would happen.
Apostles: It is the Prophet and the Apostle that are the legs of the
church, having the ability to move the body in a
particular direction, which God has called it to.
Without the prophet and the apostle, the body will
not move. Both the prophets and apostles have been
given the vision and are responsible for the
outcomes. Apostles are normally gifted with faith,
miracles, and lean towards administration and
organizing the efforts of the outreach of the church
in the community. This individual not only has a
heart for God, but also has God’s heart.
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You
give the loudest person the opportunity to
decide what happens at your church.
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Sharp
leaders who are accustomed to serving in
organizations with clearly defined plans for
future growth won’t stick around your church.
That means more ministry for you!
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You’ll
get to hone your debating skills as people argue
about what to do next.
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More
meetings! Where there's no strategy, the
meetings flourish.
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Some
people call them church splits. We like to call
them church plants. More mother churches!
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You
don’t have to worry about celebrating success,
because no one even knows what success looks
like. It’s just better to keep that a secret.
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Rather
than trying to discern God’s will for your
ministry, you can just rely on dumb luck.
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You
don’t have to pray as much, because there's
nothing to pray for. As an added bonus, that
means you don’t have to develop as much faith
either—whatever happens…happens.
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You
can count your offerings a lot faster, because
people will save their financial gifts for
organizations that actually have a plan for the
money they receive.
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Your lack of ministry strategy, which is
a ministry strategy, will do just fine in Nothing,
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Dear Co-Laborers in
Christ,
Greetings in Jesus'
precious name!
One of our promises
is that we can do all things through Christ. Our
mandate is to go into all the world and preach the
Gospel, the good news that Jesus died for sin and
loves all and the body dies to self enough to care
about all in the world. Why Adopt you might ask? The
answer is simple, however difficult, yet important.
We His people are called sons of adoption, because
we are led by His Spirit and overcome by the blood
of the lamb. If we are like Him we will do things as
He has done for us. If He adopted us, we can do no
less. Why adopt? It is for God and His will, but
equally for us. It is a different level of
responsibility. Adoption is long term and what is
needed today is for all to stand together in long
term covenant relationship with God and each other
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Learn
to work together as individuals, organizations,
churches, communities, and government agencies to
solve problems.
Just
as farmers are equipped with the correct equipment to
work the soil, plant the seed, water the ground, nurture
the crop and finally, harvest the crop, experiencing the
fruits of their labor, with God’s grace. We as
Christians need to be prepared, much like the soil, so
the seed, when taken root will not be carried away, but
produce, some thirty fold, some sixty fold, and some a
hundred fold.
"My
House is a House of Prayer!"