Philosophy of Ministry...

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20, commanded His disciples "to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age." The Gospel account according to Luke, Chapter 19, Verse 10, finds Jesus explaining His mission, "to seek and save the lost." During His ministry, Jesus sent out seventy-two by twos and instructed them, "The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few...pray...go..." (Luke 10:2). In the first church, which turned the world upside down, we read in Acts 2:41; 47; 5:14; 10:44-48, " they added to their number." We learn that it is the will of our Lord for the church to grow both spiritually and in number.

Therefore, growth must permeate all activities of the church. We learn that we have a "shepherding" responsibility of "equipping and enabling" the people of God for their ministry of going out and bringing the unsaved into His Kingdom (John 21:15-17). The church carries out its responsibility through called ministers, both lay and professional (Eph. 4:10-12).