1Co 12:28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
As we can see from this verse administration is placed alongside spiritual gifts which build up the church and demonstrate the Lord’s power and glory. It is [...]
Continue reading about Biblical Administration part 2 - The Gift of Administration
As I move into a series on my understanding of Biblical Administration I feel that my personal testimony may be helpful.
Being an Armour Bearer
At the Newfrontiers TOAM Conference in July I felt God prompt me to testify at the end of Joel Virgo’s talk on Jonathan and his armour bearer about my being an ‘armour bearer’ [...]
Continue reading about Biblical Administration - part 1 - My Personal Story
Since the start of September we have been considering the principle of having Key Indicators of Good Practice to guide our thinking in planning a ministry among the Poor or to use as a plumbline against which we can monitor how we are performing. This is part of the desire of the Task Team of [...]
We have been considering Key Indicators of Good Practice under the title The Poor deserve the Best and now come to the final 2 of 20.
11. Sustainability
Much charitable work relies on continual fund raising. Called Donor Dependency this makes a ministry very vulnerable. However, Donor Dependency introduces a measure of insecurity and puts the permanence [...]
Continue reading about The Poor deserve the Best – part 12 - Sustainability
In this penultimate posting on Key Indicators to Good Practice we shall consider two Indicators related to the context and environment in which a ministry is being carried out.
9. Local community ownership
Some ministries are contained within the local church whereas others intentionally impact a local community. Where the latter is the case the active endorsement [...]
Continue reading about The Poor deserve the Best pt 11 – Engaging with the local context
After a brief look at three of the crises currently facing African nations in which Newfrontiers churches are working, Guinea, Kenya and Zimbabwe, we shall now return to the Key Indicators which should typically characterise well-executed ministries with the Poor.
During the first weeks in September we looked at Key Indicators which were peculiar to Christian [...]
Continue reading about The Poor deserve the Best - part 10 - Achieving success
I am breaking into my series entitled ‘The Poor deserve the Best’ to report on situations in Africa. These are living situations which exemplify the need for the church to be active in bringing hope to local communities.
Newfrontiers have churches in several African nations. In 3 of these nations - Guinea, Kenya and Zimbabwe - [...]
Workers are your most valuable resource. If they set out taking part in a ministry with great enthusiasm but then burn out through lack of support there may be serious consequences. First, and most important, they may experience short or long term damage to their physical, emotional or spiritual health. Second, you lose an effective [...]
Continue reading about The Poor deserve the Best – part 9 – Supporting people
