Training Category: Nuts & Bolts Ministries
Like nuts and bolts, service-oriented ministries hold church life together. Consequently, …
- They are needed and to be valued like other ministries.
- They’re essential to the big picture.
- They too need God’s empowerment to be effective.
Sometimes it’s easy for people in service-oriented ministries to forget these truths.
Specific Principles That Will Help People in Nuts & Bolts Service-Oriented Ministries
We can pull some specific principles from Ephesians 6:5-8 that could very well apply to people in Nuts and Bolts Ministries since they are in service-oriented ministry.
These principles help us understand what it means to serve as unto the Lord.
Treat those you serve honorably.
… obey your earthly masters with respect and fear
Maintain integrity in your heart, not just in what you say or do.
and with sincerity of heart
Look at the bigger picture in serving.
just as you would obey Christ … doing the will of God from your heart
Be faithful in serving whether or not seen by others.
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
Make the good of others a priority in your heart and mind.
Serve wholeheartedly
Do what you do as if you were doing it unto the Lord.
as if you were serving the Lord, not people
Remember that we’re all accountable to the Lord whose reward should be enough.
because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
The overriding, key principle? — Read: Serve as Unto the Lord
The Nuts & Bolts Ministry Manual expounds on each of the above principles. It also provides principles for leaders and teachers overseeing people who do Nuts and Bolts types of ministries.