Church & Ministry

I am currently working with my camp board on establishing criteria for new board members. We have discussed using the deacon as the biblical comparative. At present we are kind of stuck. What criteria do other groups use? Are they higher/lower/same as for church officers? Does your church look at the makeup of a organizations board when partnering with them? What would cause your church to decline partnering or dropping a group with regards to the board?

I am certain that this is not limited to “my” church. How do we encourage people to grow in the Lord without enabling them to continue to live off of the system? Our area seems to be in a terrible recession and a morally depraved society. We don’t live in a big community. However, the amount of sexual predators, teen mothers, and even lesbians is astounding. We have many people who “scam” the church with sob stories about how they don’t have money to pay the rent but they have enough to play the lotto. Joe can attest to this one - HOARDERS.

Witnessing and being an active evangelist is not easy. I am all alone in my efforts as my church believes in a more servant/friendship evangelism approach. No one in my church stands against me, and no one stands for me… Witnessing to post moderns is not easy as so many just want to believe whatever they wish. I have been called a legalist a thousand times by the liberal and broader new evangelical & Charismatics whom do not believe in using the law in evangelism, do not believe in speaking on sin, etc..