Ministry versus Soul Winning
I believe we often confuse ministry with soul winning, but there is a difference.
As church members, we spend time working with the usher ministry, prison ministry, music ministry, senior ministry, urban ministry, family ministry, personal ministry, and other such ministries, which are very important in the work of winning souls. Christ gave the gift of pastoral leadership, prophecy, evangelism, and teaching. Pastors and church leaders, in turn, are supposed to equip members with the work of the ministry based on Ephesians 4:11, 12 - "....For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:"
Church members are content with helping in their favorite ministry or the ministry where they can use their spiritual gifts. And usually, that is where they stop. Just doing good ministry.
But the great commission does not tell us to "...go and do ministry". In Matthew 28:19-20, Christ commands us to: " 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
Jesus did ministry, but He didn't stop there. Christ commands us by "Teaching them," which means to "make disciples", which is done by deliberate teaching, as Jesus did.
Are you making disciples? Or are you stuck on ministry only?
I invite you to be involved with soul winning.
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