{"id":1798,"date":"2013-08-11T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2013-07-24T22:30:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T03:30:14","slug":"ministry-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ministry<\/a><\/p>\n

A ministry leader is a servant (Matthew 20:25, 26) who sets an example in lovingly serving others (John 13:12-17). By being Christians and living a Christian life, we all inadvertently are ministry leaders. Not so much from the point of view of putting ourselves in a position of responsibility over others, but setting an example others might want to emulate.<\/p>\n

However, there are ministry leaders who have a higher profile position and sometimes have responsibility over others. These people would not only exhibit qualities appreciated by the secular community but by Christians as well. They would have good character, biblical knowledge and emotional stability, plus be able to work well with others.<\/p>\n

In New Testament times these ministry leaders fell into many different categories such as apostles (Mark 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:1), preachers (Romans 10:14), deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13), deaconesses (Romans 16:1 NLT), elders (Acts 20:17, 1 Peter 5:1-2), teachers (2 Timothy 2:2, James 3:1-2), and so on.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 4:11 tells us God gave \u201csome to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.\u201d Why was there a need for this? The answer is found in verses 12-13: \u201cto prepare God\u2019s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"List<\/a><\/p>\n

From time to time we may have need of various ministries in addition to preaching and teaching. Today\u2019s social, cultural, and Christian climate seem to favor categories such as Children\u2019s Ministry, Teen Ministry, Women\u2019s Ministry, Worship Ministry, Men\u2019s Ministry, Small Group Ministries, etc. Each of these ministries usually requires a ministry leader. The Bible term might be an \u201coverseer\u201d which is another way of saying \u201cministry leader.\u201d In other words a ministry leader oversees various ministries and the people who help with those ministries.<\/p>\n

The Bible lists qualities of overseers (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9).<\/p>\n