Called to Minister, Empowered to Serve


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Women have served as pastors in leading Wesleyan-Holiness churches such as the Church of God (Anderson, IN). However, some of these churches are now refusing to consider women for pastoral ministry. Nine leading women ministers of the Church of God examine the cultural reasons for this drift. They highlight the work of several women evangelists and pastors whose ministry proved that God blessed their work.







A Heart to Serve


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The information contained in this book is vital to those called to the Ministry of Helps. It is a valuable resource for individuals who desire to understand and apply the scriptural principles to the area of servanthood. It can be used as a guide for all denominational churches in teaching members and leaders how to develop a heart to serve the individual that God has set as the overseer of the church. In every church, God has appointed an individual to oversee the sheep, or to teach and train His people. Everyone else has been called within the ministry to fulfill the vision of the ministry.




Crushing


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Follow God's process for growth and learn how you can benefit from life's challenging experiences with this book by bestselling inspirational author T.D. Jakes. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with the age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey-the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose. Crushing will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.




The Death of Porn


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ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist Your Battle against Porn Isn't about Porn. It's about Hope. Pornography may seem inescapable, but God can free us from its destructive power. The gospel replaces the dehumanizing lies of pornography with this surprising truth: God created us as royalty. How then can we reclaim our God-given identity to take a stand against—and ultimately starve—the predatory porn industry? In The Death of Porn, Ray Ortlund writes six personal letters, as from a father to his son. Ideal for individuals and small groups, it will give hope to men who have been misled by porn into devaluing themselves and others. Through Scripture and personal stories, Ortlund assures readers that God loves them the most tenderly in their moments of deepest shame. The Death of Porn inspires men to come together in new ways to fight the injustice of porn and build a world of nobility for every man and woman—for the sake of future generations.




Ministry of Helps Handbook, Revised and Updated


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Helps: Having Enough Loving People Serving! Churches need the ministry of helps. The time has come for church members to begin doing the work for the ministry, and let the pastors return to being what they have been called to do - be spokesmen for Jesus. Finally, a book filled with useful information for many: Ushers...




Ministry of Helps


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The Ministry of Helps Handbook by Buddy Bell is a unique combination of teaching, seminar guidelines and answers to often-asked questions. This useful and complete book provides pastors, and members with the tools and insights to restore the ministry of helps to their church.




Serving With Power


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Is Christian ministry in a state of crisis today? What is the nature of the crisis? How does it relate to the imperatives and challenges of the proclamation of the Gospel today and the extension of the ministry of Jesus Christ himself? What constitutes faithful and obedient servanthood today? What are the new frontiers? Is there a radically new spirituality that can reshape and transform the lives of those called to minister in God's world in this age? These are some of the issues with which Kortright Davis attempts to wrestle in this scholarly yet pastoral conversation with the Church and the world. Serving With Power explores the power of God's Word and Spirit in an attempt to shape a new spirituality of Christian ministry in the new millennium.




Dynamic Ministry


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To serve God in the ministry, you need to know Dynamic Ministry. Before God can put you in the ministry first he empowers you. In order to serve God in ministry you need the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. If Jesus needed the Holy Spirit and power of God, you too need the same mighty Gods touch. In dynamic ministry you will learn prayer and the ministry of the word. And know the call to the ministry. And you will discover spiritual keys to the ministry and to serve God and minister in power. You will learn that dynamic ministry is ministry of power. Dynamic Ministry imparts you to worship and serve God in powerful way. In Dynamic Ministry you will discover how to serve God successfully in ministry. You will know Dynamic ministry is wrought by God. And the Holy Spirit is the source of ministry and impact. And you will realize that Dynamic ministry is not new. Many ministers and servants of God were dynamic: Moses, Samson, Samuel, Elijah, Peter, Paul and Apollos. You will agree you too can be dynamic and serve God in his presence and power now. The purpose of Dynamic Ministry is to show you that God can empower any person for service. Dynamic ministry shows relationship with God is the golden key to serve in the ministry and obtain work success.




Lord, I’M Available; You Can Use Me


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Lord, Im Available; You Can Use Me is written as a handbook for men and women in ministry and for those who are seeking to serve God effectively and to influence their generation. God will use anybody and any situation to serve his purpose. He is the Creator of all things and Lord of all the earth; he can reach out, touch, and take anything he chooses for use, but it is not just anybody he uses for an honorable assignment. Through the pages of Lord, Im Available; You Can Use Me, you will discover: the generation of them who are seekers of God; the three categories of people in churchesspectators, receivers, and worshippersand what they bring; what God found in David, the son of Jesse, causing him to raise him to be a great king of Israel and an ancestor of Jesus; the five types of vessels that God takes and uses for great and honorable assignments; the gifts of the Spirit, why they are given, and how to operate them; ways of staying spiritually healthy and connected to God; and why the Second Coming of Jesus tarries. God is always seeking for men and women upon whom he can pour out his Spirit for the end-time revival and harvest. There is a time of great harvest before us. God is seeking for someone he can bless spiritually, financially, and materially; someone he can use to execute his plan and purpose here on earth. He is seeking for someone he can use to change a nation, empower the weak, undo poverty in the life of someone, and help bring freedom and dignity to a people. You can be that person God is seeking for.