The following questions will help you and your team discover and clarify your church's core ministry values. First, try to answer the questions yourself. Then discuss the answers as a group.
1. Where do you invest your time in this ministry? Why?
2. Where do people invest their money in this organization? Why?
3. What are people within and outside this ministry saying about it?
The seven basic guidelines below are all based on the great commandment: "'Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all you soul and with all you mind and with all your strength … Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these" (Mark 12:30–31).
1. Commit your life daily to the purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ. Committing the day to God helps a person ...
ARTICLE Birthing a Sermon An excerpt from the Summer 2007 issue of Leadership Journal. John Ortberg
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Garrison Keillor, on A Prairie Home Companion, tells about Uncle Cal, a deacon at the church in fictitious Lake Wobegon. Uncle Cal evaluates his pastor's preaching this way: "It's a lot of, 'On the one hand this, on the other hand that.' He never comes out straight with it. Many a Sunday I've walked away with no idea what he said. He never puts the hay down where the goats can get it."
ARTICLE Children's Ministry Resources for effectively ministering to the youngest members of your congregation.
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