Effective ministry training lines up with:
God’s equipping plan
God’s equipping objectives
If you haven’t read the above posts, be sure to click on the links and read them as these tips grow out of those truths.
Tips for an Effective Ministry Training Plan
1) Begin by helping people identify their best fit in ministry and then providing opportunities for them to fan into flame the spiritual gifts God has given them so people are effectively doing the part God has given them.
2) Provide training opportunities for everyone regardless of how/where they serve and previous experience, training, or background.
- Thoroughly Equipped for What?
- Why Don’t We Train Everyone for Ministry?
- Who Needs to be Thoroughly Equipped?
3) Develop a comprehensive approach to ministry training which includes pre-service, in-service, and post-service efforts.
4) Seek to line up with character and ways of God, using Him as the standard against which you define and measure ministry.
5) Use God’s Word as the foundation and filter through which all training content is determined.
6) Emphasize reliance on God’s provisions and power for ministry, that the training opportunities you provide aren’t sufficient in themselves to make people truly effective.
- Can You Ever Truly Be Prepared for Ministry?
- Ministry Tools that Equip Us for Serving
- Ministry Tools that Encourage Us in Serving
Resources to Help: Ministry Training Resources