Team Ministry: How to Find Meaning and Fulfillment through Understanding the Spiritual Gifts within You

ISBN: 9780941005005

定价: 33.00

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PREFACE
\" Go ye therefore??? and teach all nations??? baptiz-
ing them in the name of the Father??? and of the
Son??? and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you: and??? lo??? I am with you alway??? even unto the
end of the world. \"\" (Matthew 28. 19-20)
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The Great Commission is the greatest command??? given by the greatest
Commande~ to the ~reatest arm~ for the???greatest task ever??? A)???bou??? gb
many churches have argued it??? debated it??? denied it and ignored it??? most
have accepted it as their marching orders. Outreach??? evangelism and
soul-winning have become the very heartbeat of many churches. We
have recognized this task and boldly set out to accomplish this seemingly
unreachable goal. In fact??? most aggressive churches whole philosophy of
ministry evolves from and revolves around the fireat Commission??? or the
Great Task.
Unfortunately??? some have forgotten that the God who assigned us this
great task also assigned us the means to fulfill the task -- people??? men
and women whom God has equipped to fulfill that task??? men and
women with God-given gifts -- spiritual gifts.
T~ ~7~j ~f ~ ~Ti~{~ifi ~a~ iesembted the challenge ol~ glr Winston
Churchill during World War II??? \"Give tm the tools??? and we will finish
the job.\" The desire of most Christians and of most churches is that God
would equip them for the task of carrying out the Great Commission.
There is good news for those who have such a desire -- God has already
answered your prayer.
Spiritual gifts are God s tools and
task. Methods and programs are man s
task. Both are a necessity??? yet many
instruments God created for this task.
are created by God to fulfill the
tools??? created by man to fulfill the
work apparently unaware of the
It seems the church is constantly pushed to devise new plans??? new and
better organizations and new methods in order to enlarge our congrega-
tions and evangelize the present generation. Tragically though??? such a
o hilosophy rapidly loses sight of the individual by sinking him or her