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We must not only seek God's answers to a question directly, but we must let the Holy Spirit lead us in the question. In this case let me ask: Has a woman a lesser role of being an Ambassador of Jesus Christ? "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." ( 2 Cor. 5:20).....Now, thru prayer, what does the Spirit testify to your Spirit? Or/and what questions now come to mind? God will have us think, and harder than most realize, but He will never have us think based on our own intentions and prejudices. Self, is a thing of the past, our New Creation, is all things yet considered in Christ.
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Lol okay back to being serious.
I will give you quotes from the book and y'all can give me feedback.
Page. 17
"The United Methodist church holds that servant leadership is at the heart of ministry and leadership, and that God's call to ministry is responded to by an individual, but confirmed by the Church community. Those responding to a call to ministry (whether lay, licensed, or ordained) must embody Christ's teaching and demonstrate their gifts for ministry and promise for future usefulness."
A servant leader makes "sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served. The best test is: do those served grow as persons, do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser freer, more autonomous."
It talks about those who see themselves as servants leading how to lead and those who see themselves as leaders learning how to serve.
I will give you quotes from the book and y'all can give me feedback.
Page. 17
"The United Methodist church holds that servant leadership is at the heart of ministry and leadership, and that God's call to ministry is responded to by an individual, but confirmed by the Church community. Those responding to a call to ministry (whether lay, licensed, or ordained) must embody Christ's teaching and demonstrate their gifts for ministry and promise for future usefulness."
A servant leader makes "sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served. The best test is: do those served grow as persons, do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser freer, more autonomous."
It talks about those who see themselves as servants leading how to lead and those who see themselves as leaders learning how to serve.
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"Categories of Servant Leadership described in this book"
Lay ministry
* Lay leader, who serves as primary representative of the laity in the local church, district or annual conference.
* Lay missioner, who works in a team to develop faith communities
* Lay servant ministries, which gives assistance and support to program emphases of the Church
* certified lay ministers, who enhance the quality of ministry and provide pastoral leadership under the authority of an elder, particularly to small membership churches.
* deaconesses and home missioners, who are consecrated and commissioned to ministries of love, juatice, and service, embodying the Church in the world through a full time vocation of Servant ministry.
"Categories of Servant Leadership described in this book"
Lay ministry
* Lay leader, who serves as primary representative of the laity in the local church, district or annual conference.
* Lay missioner, who works in a team to develop faith communities
* Lay servant ministries, which gives assistance and support to program emphases of the Church
* certified lay ministers, who enhance the quality of ministry and provide pastoral leadership under the authority of an elder, particularly to small membership churches.
* deaconesses and home missioners, who are consecrated and commissioned to ministries of love, juatice, and service, embodying the Church in the world through a full time vocation of Servant ministry.
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Licensed and Ordained Ministry
* chaplains and pastoral counselors, who serve in specialized ministries of counseling
* deacons, who lead the Church in the servanthood to which every Christian is called, relating the congregations life of the church to their ministries of compassion and justice in the world.
*elders, who lead the Church in preaching, the sacraments, administration, and ordering the life of the church for mission
*local pastor, who provide pastoral leadership in local congregations under the authority of a license for pastoral ministry.
* chaplains and pastoral counselors, who serve in specialized ministries of counseling
* deacons, who lead the Church in the servanthood to which every Christian is called, relating the congregations life of the church to their ministries of compassion and justice in the world.
*elders, who lead the Church in preaching, the sacraments, administration, and ordering the life of the church for mission
*local pastor, who provide pastoral leadership in local congregations under the authority of a license for pastoral ministry.
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True, I will make an appointment to discuss with the pastor next week if he has time.
Anyway thanks all for your insights and time.
May God bless and keep you. May His light shine through your hearts to give hope and peace to a world living in darkness. May they by your outpouring love be drawn closer to our Heavenly Father.
Anyway thanks all for your insights and time.
May God bless and keep you. May His light shine through your hearts to give hope and peace to a world living in darkness. May they by your outpouring love be drawn closer to our Heavenly Father.
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To tell the soldiers the false information (in the case of Rahab) is the same as teaching in the Church?Oh please... this thread is becoming to look desperate
Telling the soldiers false information isn't the same as telling the gospel, so don't know how that ties into the thread at all.
I was asking is there a difference between telling the gospel like evangelist do. Or telling people a word of knowledge like prophets and prophetess do and teaching?
I guess teaching would involve explaining the Bible and what it means in our daily life?
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