Pastoral Ministry

Several of the books pointed to practices of ministry and the ‘being’ aspect where by the pastor was the preacher, evangelist, officiant, counselor, teacher, and worship leader. Although, this is not to be confused with a pastor being all things to all

While the women in the church have an organized discipleship effort happening, there is not a concerted effort to grow men into faithful followers of Jesus Christ. The men of the church need a program where discipleship happens intentionally. The scripture that First Baptist Church uses for it’s vision is Matthew 5:13. The City on a Hill theme comes for this verse. The idea is that we should be salt and light to the world so that others will know Him through us.

To be a successful church the author states that the church should function and relate to the people’s culture that the church is located within.

Julie Livingston and Angela Garcia both provide ethnographies centered around the theme of illumination. In the case of Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine works to illuminate the growing cancer epidemic in Africa as well as the unique way cancer is handled in situations of improvisation. Angela Garcia also works to illuminate via her ethnographic work, The Pastoral Clinic, by emphasizing the importance of dispossession in treating heroin addiction in the Española Valley and also working to counter common beliefs regarding heroin addiction. In defending these respective arguments, both authors use similar tone and voice; however, the structure of each ethnography is markedly different. Even with some weaknesses being relatively apparent

Why did you choose to go that route? What are the cons and pros of that structure? How has that structure fulfilled the mission? How does it limit you as a pastor? Have you always been the pastor? How did you join Grace? What are you doing different from the founding pastor? Are you the key influence to the success and growth of the church? What was the turning point of your growth in numerical figures? What are the pros and cons of elderly led church? Why don’t you preach in suits? Do you have a problem with superstar mega pastors? How do you keep yourself grounded as a pastor? What are the structures of your growth? Do you involve external skills to impact your leadership team? Relational Intentionality: Who do you consider to be difficult? What are you doing to engage the difficult people on one on one? Prayer dependence: How is prayer key to this ministry? A lot of churches use reason to fight spiritual battles, how are you able to handle reason and

To begin, the English settlements contained countless differences between their regions. Colonies such as Massachusetts and Pennsylvania where settled for the purpose of allowing the citizens of that area to be able to practice the Protestant faith in peace. Unfortunately, the Southern Colony, Georgia was founded for the purpose of having a barrier between the hostile Indians and Spanish from Florida and South Carolina. Religious tolerance as well varied from colony to colony. In Massachusetts many had to agree to convert to their Church or leave the town. The exact opposite happened in Rhode Island for a time; the colony went as far as to allow even Jews to practice the faith without fear. New Jersey as well was ethnically and

The author discovered four major factors that church growth in the North American Division tremendously. First factor is empowering servant leadership. In this section, the leaders work hard and they are willing to make sacrifice in the purpose to see a growing church. The second one is passionate and authentic spirituality they believe that it is spirituality that is the source of passion of passion and power behind their effectiveness. The third point is about how their members are committed to get involved in different activity. Some churches they not growing because they expect their pastors to do all the duties of the church. The fourth factor about a growing church is God exalting worship. Worship is one of key factor for church growth.

A pastor is a shepherd at the head of the Church of Jesus Christ not to be served but to serve the flock.

If I were to choose one last place to eat, I would go to Mexico Viejo. Whenever there is a birthday in my family, we go out to eat at the birthday person’s place of choosing. I would always choose Mexico Viejo. Recently, I started working at Mexico Viejo and I really enjoy it. When I’m there, I feel as though I have a second home with the welcoming vibes.

Leaders are appointed to serve here on earth on behalf of Christ since Christ is the good and chief shepherd. Leaders should lead the believers based on how Christ related with the church when he was on earth[5]. Shepherds had to feed the people of God and to protect them from predators[6]. Churches today ought to do things how the New Testament churches did[7].

Christ Deliverance Mission Word Ministry (CDM) is my place of worship. My involvement with CDM extends beyond me being a member. I hold active roles in my church, and I find it rewarding to be serving in the house of GOD. My sincerity in performing duties at CDM gives me the chance to exercise my talents and gifts. As head hospitality, and usher I take pride in my duties and ability to serve. I consistently bring ideas to the Clergy that will keep our church moving forward. I have implemented our events calendar; serve as mistress of ceremony at our women day brunch, orchestrated family fun night that consisted of food, fun, and games for CDM member’s, family, and friends. Additionally, duties have included environmental assisting, catering

My faith tradition informs my theology of pastoral care as that a pastor has an authority in the pastoral care relationship. The pastor’s image in my faith tradition is an advisor, director, and guide. In my faith tradition, the lay people like to have the pastoral care, when they make important decisions. Since my culture is the hierarchal and patriarch system, the lay people believes that pastors are better to know about God’s will. Therefore, the lay people are too much depending on the pastor’s advices, and taking pastor’s perspective, rather than choosing what they want. There is no space to listen their inner voice in the pastoral care in my faith tradition. My theology of pastoral care in my faith tradition was that what Jesus did is what we should do. Because of my traditional ideal of pastoral care, I thought pastors have to know everything and be better than others until becoming like Jesus. However, I realized that the theology can be dangerous to look down the lay people and non-Christians, and is not helpful for the pastors and the lay people as well. I think it is important to remember in my tradition that the head of the church is the only one, Jesus, and we are all the body of Christ. There is the better part in the body of Christ. We are all the same and we need each other.

This in short summarizes what the role of a pastor is to be which was illustrated by the head of the Christian church. Today, the role of pastor “in a modern-day “pastor” system is as much a departure from the New Testament pattern of church as is an ecclesiastical hierarchy. No one man can assume the

My theological of pastoral care and pastoral counseling I will view all the human being as it was written in the beginning with Genesis 1:27: "And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them." As I know the creation of human being, therefore, my pastoral care and pastoral counseling will also views all human being as spiritual and bodily creatures created by God. As a result, my priority in pastoral care and pastoral counseling is that I was called into relationship with God and with one another. the same way my counseling session with client my main goal with he / her as a clients is to meet them where they are at now in their trials, tribulations, and suffering; we also celebrate their moments of personal growth, self-awareness, discovery, and change. As a pastoral counselor, the stakes are changed in the sense that there is an additional responsibility to look after the client’s journey in towards spiritual growth and a more mature faith. We seek to aid in the process of humanization, psychological wholeness, and well-being where we desire to give our client’s a taste of what is means to be “a fully functioning, free, consciously aware, responsible, and loving” individual. God did not create human beings to suffer any evil; that was the fault of man. Therefore, the ultimate questions I will ask of my clients are these: “What part is God playing in the story of your life?” and “What is God asking of you in this

In this section, I will identify new mental models that will assist in prescribing relevant perspectives, practices, and ideas toward "Engaging with spiritual seekers" as an Affirmative Topic.