EP 47: Are You Engaged In Genuine Ministry Or Professional Nonsense?

Most pastors do a lot of things in ministry. By the end of the week or year, we look back and wonder if all the preaching, counseling, budgeting, seminars and meetings were actually productive. Ephesians 4:11-16 states that there are five specific leadership callings in the church: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We talk about what this means in present-day terms during the podcast. At the end of the day, the number one question we all must answer when we stand before Christ and give an account of our labors is: did we train the people God gave us to do the work of ministry? If you want to see Christianity in action, sneak into a restaurant sometime and observe how Christians act. In general, Christians often are the most disagreeable and demanding patrons! Something is broken in how we train people for ministry. I wrote a study guide designed for individuals or small groups. The guide will help people in your congregation discover and then function in their gifts under your supervision. On today's show, I mentioned the soon to be released book, When A Good Church Goes Bad. Now that it is published in three separate formats (book, Kindle, and Audio book), I invite you to read the first three chapters for free here.