Starting today, I am the new pastor at Rosemont Baptist Church in Montrose, Colorado. I am honored that this church has not only voted to have me lead them as pastor, but today the church will participate in an installation service, during which a representative from the church and myself will be signing a covenant outlining our responsibilities to each other. I anticipate being a moving and meaningful part of the service tomorrow.
I will be the one preaching tomorrow so instead of preaching a charge to myself, I will preaching a charge to everyone there. I will preaching from 2 Timothy 3:16-4:5. I will be preaching on four marks of effective ministry.
To have an effective ministry, we must...
Recognize the Character of the Bible (3:16-17)
- It is inspired
- It is profitable
- It equips us
- Our ministries must be bible-centered
- Our ministries must be prepared
- Our ministries must be discipling
- Our ministries must be patient
- Our ministries must be instructive
- The culture rejects sound doctrine
- The culture gathers false teachers
- The culture only hears what pleases them
- The culture refuses to hear the truth
- The culture follows myths
- We must be counter-cultural
- We must be serious (taking the things of God seriously)
- We must endure hardship
- We must be evangelistic
- We must fulfill our ministry
I am looking forward to this new opportunity to serve Christ by shepherding the wonderful people who make us Rosemont Baptist Church. It is my desire to post regularly here in order to encourage the body of Christ at Rosemont as well as anyone else who stops by.
Please post here if there is anything you would like to me to address of even if you just want to say "Hi". I would love to know if anyone is encouraged by this blog.
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