THE MINISTRY OF HELPS by TOPE A. BANJO
THE MINISTRY OF HELPS
Helping Your Pastor Fulfil God-given Vision
(Re-edited and Improved Edition. Second Print 2018)
Copyright © 2013, TOPE A. BANJO
Published by VISION BUILDERS,
Tel: +234 803 3075 969
…………….
Dedicated To
Victoria Abosede Banjo
My Helper & Best Friend
You’re The Best!
…………………
Introduction
THE MINISTRY OF HELPS - Helping Your Pastor Fulfil God-given Visions is written to encourage all those who are holding up their Pastors hands through their service in church. There is a need, scriptural basis and value of your spiritual service and church work to God, your own Pastor and your local church assembly.
If you are yet to get involved, or are having struggles with finding your own best place of spiritual service in your church, you will find useful guidance. Your life will experience a fresh new excitement as you serve the Lord and His people in your own church. If Career guidance is vital for choosing life vocations, or professional training valuable for enhancing workplace performance, then Teaching and Training in church work should be prerequisite for appointed leaders, workers and church members whose actions can positively or inadvertently, negatively impact the eternity of the souls of thousands of people in just a moment!
Dear reader, my prayer for you is twofold:
- That you will know more clearly how significant an individual you are in God's plan for your fulfilment of your Pastor’s vision; and
- That you will come to know what functions in church God has uniquely gifted you for and how to occupy your office powerfully with lasting results.
Please enjoy it! I believe that some more great things are about to unfold in your life! I hope to receive your testimonies of God’s marvellous blessings as you serve in His vineyard.
Tope A. Banjo
1. THE NEED OF GOD’S LEADERS
God has designed things in such a way that makes you vital to the fulfilment of your Pastor's God-given vision!
SOME YEARS AGO, WE WERE OUT DISTRIBUTING invitations to churches, inviting the Workers to our Helps Ministry Training Workshop. According to one of my associates, when one Pastor got the invitation he said, “This must be another new revelation. Which one is ministry of helps again?” The Helps ministry is not a ‘new revelation’. It is actually in the bible. And God put it there!
“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, HELPS, administrations, varieties of tongues.” (1 Corinthians 12:27-29, NKJV) (emphasis mine)
Before we define what HELPS is, a very good place to start this discussion would be to first define what ‘ministry’ is. Ministry is service.
The Greek word translated HELPS in 1 Corinthians 12:27-29 is Antilepsis (pronounced antil-ape-sis), which means ‘Relief, Rendering practical aid and support’. Antilepsis is derived from another Greek word Antilambanomai, a compound word made up from Anti, meaning Instead of; For, In the room of and Lambano, which means To take hold of in turn, that is Succour; also to Participate, Help, Support, [be] A partaker.
The ministry of helps is God's workforce system for facilitating the work of ministry. God put Helps in the Body of Christ, the Church, specifically to provide AID, RELIEF and SUPPORT for the work of the ministry. It is important to understand God's plan, purpose and operations of the ministry of helps. It will help a local church assembly better harness its available human resource for the fulfilment of the Pastor's divine assignment.
Helpers - The Great Need Of God's Leaders!
In Numbers 11:14, Moses prayed, “I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.” He found himself unable to handle the daily responsibility of caring for all the millions of the Children of Israel all by himself! The Lord told him, “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.” (NKJV)
Johnny Mcmahon said, “Helps” ministry is very important and vital for the success of any ministry.” Not everyone will operate in leadership functions. A larger portion of church members will operate in support functions for the Pastor’s God-given vision.
The ministry or service or work of Helpers is a real and required function in the Body of Christ, especially in the local church's operations under the Pastor. The bible shows that the helps ministry also features prominently in the operations of the Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist and Teacher also.
A minister once said, “I need this badly. No matter what you do to help me - you may take your van or cars, go pick up people and bring them to church - that is the Ministry of Helps. You are helping to bring people in here so I can evangelize the world. Why should laymen and women always be helping the sent leader? Because God set it up that way! God did not set it up that I am the 'mighty mogul'. I'm not. We are all the same size. When we get to heaven, you in the ministry of helps will get the same reward that I'm going to get for being the big preacher.”
There is a divine reason behind your membership in your home church. According to Kim Harrington, “In the body of Christ we need arms, legs, fingers, toes, and all the various organs and muscles, not just a bunch of heads! The desperate need in all sorts of Christian ministries is for those who will dedicate themselves to serving the sent-minister there in the ministry of Helps.”
Divinely Positioned And Equipped To Support
As a member of a local church, you occupy a strategic position in God's plan as it concerns your own Pastor’s call and assignment. You may not look or feel so significant right now, but God has a special job for you! You do not have to be “called” into the five-fold ministry or become appointed as a leader in your church before you can support your Pastor in fulfilling his or her divine assignment. If however you have been appointed into a leadership position, then know that you have been provided with an official platform and authority to support your Pastor in fulfilling his ministry calling.
I want you to know that God has already placed certain gifts within every church member and just like the days that followed the appointment of the first deacons in Acts 6, this generation will see much more of the power of God in demonstration in our churches when more church members get involved in enabling their own Pastor’s God-given assignments. This is God's design. Anyway you look at it, you are vital to the fulfilment of your Pastor's God-given vision!
-------
If you are yet to get involved, today is a great day to sign up in your church to become a worker. Add your name to the number of helpers in your church today so that your Pastor, and your church will HAVE ENOUGH LOVING PEOPLE (like you) SERVING!
Enjoy the adventure!
--------
Dear Reader,
Thank you for sharing this time with me in 'The Ministry of Helps'. If you are yet to get involved, today is a great day to sign up in your church to become a worker. Add your name to the number of helpers in your church today so that your Pastor, and your church will HAVE ENOUGH LOVING PEOPLE (like you) SERVING!
Enjoy the adventure!
May God Bless You Richly!
Tope A. Banjo
To contact the Author, please write to: buildyourvisions@gmail.com
OTHER TITLES
I sincerely look forward to you purchasing and enjoying all my publications as E-Book and Print. Thank you!
NOVELS
Merchant of Happiness
Assignment
BUSINESS TRAINING
A Better Workforce Leader
A Better Employee
A Better Church Worker
Business Start-Up 1.0
CHURCH WORK ENHANCEMENT
The Ministry of Helps
Making Haven On Earth
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Improving Performance & Increasing Results
Christian Living
Potential
Enjoy Tope Banjo’s Books available for purchase as: i) Epub Version @ Okada Books OR ii) PDF Version @ Vision Builders Resources
Helping Your Pastor Fulfil God-given Vision
(Re-edited and Improved Edition. Second Print 2018)
Copyright © 2013, TOPE A. BANJO
Published by VISION BUILDERS,
Tel: +234 803 3075 969
…………….
Dedicated To
Victoria Abosede Banjo
My Helper & Best Friend
You’re The Best!
…………………
Introduction
THE MINISTRY OF HELPS - Helping Your Pastor Fulfil God-given Visions is written to encourage all those who are holding up their Pastors hands through their service in church. There is a need, scriptural basis and value of your spiritual service and church work to God, your own Pastor and your local church assembly.
If you are yet to get involved, or are having struggles with finding your own best place of spiritual service in your church, you will find useful guidance. Your life will experience a fresh new excitement as you serve the Lord and His people in your own church. If Career guidance is vital for choosing life vocations, or professional training valuable for enhancing workplace performance, then Teaching and Training in church work should be prerequisite for appointed leaders, workers and church members whose actions can positively or inadvertently, negatively impact the eternity of the souls of thousands of people in just a moment!
Dear reader, my prayer for you is twofold:
- That you will know more clearly how significant an individual you are in God's plan for your fulfilment of your Pastor’s vision; and
- That you will come to know what functions in church God has uniquely gifted you for and how to occupy your office powerfully with lasting results.
Please enjoy it! I believe that some more great things are about to unfold in your life! I hope to receive your testimonies of God’s marvellous blessings as you serve in His vineyard.
Tope A. Banjo
1. THE NEED OF GOD’S LEADERS
God has designed things in such a way that makes you vital to the fulfilment of your Pastor's God-given vision!
SOME YEARS AGO, WE WERE OUT DISTRIBUTING invitations to churches, inviting the Workers to our Helps Ministry Training Workshop. According to one of my associates, when one Pastor got the invitation he said, “This must be another new revelation. Which one is ministry of helps again?” The Helps ministry is not a ‘new revelation’. It is actually in the bible. And God put it there!
“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, HELPS, administrations, varieties of tongues.” (1 Corinthians 12:27-29, NKJV) (emphasis mine)
Before we define what HELPS is, a very good place to start this discussion would be to first define what ‘ministry’ is. Ministry is service.
The Greek word translated HELPS in 1 Corinthians 12:27-29 is Antilepsis (pronounced antil-ape-sis), which means ‘Relief, Rendering practical aid and support’. Antilepsis is derived from another Greek word Antilambanomai, a compound word made up from Anti, meaning Instead of; For, In the room of and Lambano, which means To take hold of in turn, that is Succour; also to Participate, Help, Support, [be] A partaker.
The ministry of helps is God's workforce system for facilitating the work of ministry. God put Helps in the Body of Christ, the Church, specifically to provide AID, RELIEF and SUPPORT for the work of the ministry. It is important to understand God's plan, purpose and operations of the ministry of helps. It will help a local church assembly better harness its available human resource for the fulfilment of the Pastor's divine assignment.
Helpers - The Great Need Of God's Leaders!
In Numbers 11:14, Moses prayed, “I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.” He found himself unable to handle the daily responsibility of caring for all the millions of the Children of Israel all by himself! The Lord told him, “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.” (NKJV)
Johnny Mcmahon said, “Helps” ministry is very important and vital for the success of any ministry.” Not everyone will operate in leadership functions. A larger portion of church members will operate in support functions for the Pastor’s God-given vision.
The ministry or service or work of Helpers is a real and required function in the Body of Christ, especially in the local church's operations under the Pastor. The bible shows that the helps ministry also features prominently in the operations of the Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist and Teacher also.
A minister once said, “I need this badly. No matter what you do to help me - you may take your van or cars, go pick up people and bring them to church - that is the Ministry of Helps. You are helping to bring people in here so I can evangelize the world. Why should laymen and women always be helping the sent leader? Because God set it up that way! God did not set it up that I am the 'mighty mogul'. I'm not. We are all the same size. When we get to heaven, you in the ministry of helps will get the same reward that I'm going to get for being the big preacher.”
There is a divine reason behind your membership in your home church. According to Kim Harrington, “In the body of Christ we need arms, legs, fingers, toes, and all the various organs and muscles, not just a bunch of heads! The desperate need in all sorts of Christian ministries is for those who will dedicate themselves to serving the sent-minister there in the ministry of Helps.”
Divinely Positioned And Equipped To Support
As a member of a local church, you occupy a strategic position in God's plan as it concerns your own Pastor’s call and assignment. You may not look or feel so significant right now, but God has a special job for you! You do not have to be “called” into the five-fold ministry or become appointed as a leader in your church before you can support your Pastor in fulfilling his or her divine assignment. If however you have been appointed into a leadership position, then know that you have been provided with an official platform and authority to support your Pastor in fulfilling his ministry calling.
I want you to know that God has already placed certain gifts within every church member and just like the days that followed the appointment of the first deacons in Acts 6, this generation will see much more of the power of God in demonstration in our churches when more church members get involved in enabling their own Pastor’s God-given assignments. This is God's design. Anyway you look at it, you are vital to the fulfilment of your Pastor's God-given vision!
-------
If you are yet to get involved, today is a great day to sign up in your church to become a worker. Add your name to the number of helpers in your church today so that your Pastor, and your church will HAVE ENOUGH LOVING PEOPLE (like you) SERVING!
Enjoy the adventure!
--------
Dear Reader,
Thank you for sharing this time with me in 'The Ministry of Helps'. If you are yet to get involved, today is a great day to sign up in your church to become a worker. Add your name to the number of helpers in your church today so that your Pastor, and your church will HAVE ENOUGH LOVING PEOPLE (like you) SERVING!
Enjoy the adventure!
May God Bless You Richly!
Tope A. Banjo
To contact the Author, please write to: buildyourvisions@gmail.com
OTHER TITLES
I sincerely look forward to you purchasing and enjoying all my publications as E-Book and Print. Thank you!
NOVELS
Merchant of Happiness
Assignment
BUSINESS TRAINING
A Better Workforce Leader
A Better Employee
A Better Church Worker
Business Start-Up 1.0
CHURCH WORK ENHANCEMENT
The Ministry of Helps
Making Haven On Earth
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Improving Performance & Increasing Results
Christian Living
Potential
Enjoy Tope Banjo’s Books available for purchase as: i) Epub Version @ Okada Books OR ii) PDF Version @ Vision Builders Resources
TRAINING WORKSHOPS
FOR APPOINTED LEADERS & WORKERS
by TOPE A. BANJO
Making Your Church A Haven
Understanding The Helps Ministry (Church-Work)
Effectiveness In Helps Ministry (Church-Work)
Church Team Building & Leadership
Effective Communication for Church-Work
Publishing Skills for Ministry
The Church Usher Training Program
Programme Bookings/Enquiries:
+234 803 3075 969
Comments
Post a Comment