100 Days to a Healthier Churchनमूना

Day 10 Today is the second Monday of our 100 Days. By now, you’ve been using these daily devotionals for a week. This is a good time to add one more helpful step to this process. Every Monday, take a few moments to scan through what you’ve already recorded in your notes. This reminds you of the process you’re engaged in, and it sets you up for the devotionals to come. Today’s Big Idea: Equipping God’s People. The word pastor only appears once in the New Testament. In that passage, we pastors share the responsibilities of leading the church with those who have four other ministry gifts—apostles, prophets, evangelists and teachers. And in that passage, all those church leaders are given one task—not to do the ministry for the church, but to equip the church to do ministry for each other. Key Verse: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up (Ephesians 4:11). Thoughts to Consider: If equipping God’s people for the work of ministry is the primary role of church leaders, it’s important to ask ourselves how well we’re doing it. Is our congregation consciously and actively engaged in ministry, or is the structure of the church set up so that the pastor and/or staff members are expected to do the ministry for us? Are our church’s discipleship programs primarily about attending and learning, or are we engaged in training people to do the ministries of the church.