Our Fellowship in it's younger years developed a one size fits all approach to ministry. One message for everyone. One expression for everyone. But as we have grown up, some of our Fellowship churches have begun to realize that in Christ all men (and women) are not created equal. And this is expressed in scripture.
"For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function." Romans 12:4
"Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them:" Romans 12:6
A sign of maturity in a local church is when it's members find their unique gift from God and use it to benefit the whole church.
All ministry is a gift of grace. None of it is a result of anything that we do. We can be found faithful and be put into the ministry. We can be disqualified from ministry. But in the end we minister with the amount of grace that God gives us.
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