8 CE N T R E F O R MIN IS T R Y DE V E L OP ME N T
The gospel and ministry effectiveness Archie Poulos / Director, Centre for Ministry Development
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FOR SOME YE ARS I H AVE BEEN INVESTIGATING HOW TO FURTHER ENH ANCE THE COMPETENCY OF THE CLERGY WHO GRADUATE FROM MOORE COLLEGE.
So, h w at else could possibly be needed, since these are the essential roles of gospel ministry? In a world that is constantly his has involved exploring changing, with new challenges to how we perceive ourselves. Christians and churches emerging After hundreds of every day, the research showed that interviews, it is exciting to report there are seven other identiffiable that at the heart of our identity is roles that need to be undertaken the desire for the glory of the Lord for a ministry to ffourish. This to cover the earth as the waters helps our ministers know how to cover the seas (Hab 2:t14)— hat is, navigate competing issues, and h w at being an evangelical. Additionally, to focus on in a tumultuous world. the core business of clergy is to The roles are about competency contend for the faith once for all and not character and conviction, delivered to the saints (u J de t3)— hat and since that is the case, they can easily be overlooked. tI is not the is, being Reformed—and to be an minister’s task to do them all, but it example of the life of faith (1 Cor is their responsibility to ensure they 1:)—being a Christian. What drives our clergy can be summed up in the are all conducted well. Evidence exists that no matter how good Apostle Paul’s words in 2 iT mothy performance in the other roles is, 2:109under-development in one role will aect the h w ole functioning of the ministry. The roles are:
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