serving
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If their “attitude” is poor, should you tell them to just stop serving?
Well yes, it really depends on what you mean by having a “poor attitude”. But extremes aside, if someone’s attitude is just “off” or “a bit grumpy” about being part of a ministry… what should you do? Tell them to… Continue reading
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Reblog – Encourage informal ministry or formal ministry?
Both of these are good and vital to a growing church. Informal ministry is simple good gospel deeds; they go under the radar, usually only seen by one or two. It’s things like prayer, meals, phone calls, catching up, helping,… Continue reading
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If you recruit on the basis of need you will usually get “average”
It is common for Christians to make a call for people to get involved or sign up to serve or even to give because there is a great need. And there is a great need! However, if the need is… Continue reading
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Long & wordy offers unwittingly communicate immense workload
If you’re going to ask someone to take on a responsibility, make it short. Not the responsibility… but the “ask”. If you make the “ask” long and wordy, it will communicate that this task you’re offering them is so huge,… Continue reading
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A map to help people find their way into serving…
One of my responsibilities is to help pastor everyone at our church to have servant hearts and find their way into serving in formal ways at HBC. We recently sat down and realised that the types of roles we would… Continue reading
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Should you serve if you don’t have the skills?
Some Christians will “humbly” say they can’t do this or they can’t take on that because they feel they don’t have the required skills. This presents an opportunity to pastor them: Jesus designed them with gifts to serve the body… Continue reading
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Limiting your ministry to “with my spouse” only
On one hand, married couples have a great ability to focus and influence and care and endorse. I love married couples who do team ministry. It’s great. There are certain seasons of life where this can happen more and others… Continue reading
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Reblog: What separates us from the secular managers…
…is motivations. The secular world only cares about motivation; they want motivated people. People with drive and self-persuasion. But Christians don’t want just motivated people. We want people with specific, godly motivations. As an example, you could work for something… Continue reading
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Reblog: Do you know why there’s a roster?
Do you have a good reason for using a roster to run your church meetings? Not just any reason, but a good reason? Some churches (I suspect) have very bad reasons. “So that everyone gets to have a go.” Is… Continue reading
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Why you should move people from front-of-house via back-of-house
Different sorts of people put their hand up to be “out the front” at church. And, to some extent, the very fact they’ve put their hand up for that might be a reason to raise some eyebrows – but that’s… Continue reading
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Take other-person-centred holidays
What are holidays for? Well the answer to that depends on your answer to the question, “What are you for?” See, if you think that you exist for your own joy, fun, happiness… then holidays and time off is when… Continue reading
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No one brags about subverting a community they care about, because your peers will ostracize you (and why would you hurt a group that you are part of?). No, we feed the community first, then we take our share. On… Continue reading
MINISTRY PRINCIPLES & PRAGMATICS 