Sermons on Ministry:

What Does A "grownup" Church Look Like? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 26, 2020

Paul tells the church at Ephesus that one of their goals should be to "growup" and no longer be children. But how would they know when they had accomplished that? What are the marks of a mature congregation?

OPEN: My grandson Benjamin (the apple of my eye) is 2 years old, and I know that one day someone is going to ask him this question: “What are you going to be when you …. (grow up)?” As I was doing research for the sermon this morning I found there was huge number of children’s books with this ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Peace Makers Series

Contributed by Kranthi Kumar Medida on Dec 26, 2006

God is looking for volunteers who are willing to serve Him. He will not force any one to serve Him. He does not like people who are required to be promised of blessing before they can serve Him

Introduction: Now we are entering into the next step of our spiritual lives. This step tells us about our ministry for the Kingdom of God. If you jump on to this step directly without taking the previous steps, you cannot stand there for long. Your ministry (whatever kind it may be), will never be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Explanation Of Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jan 29, 2024

Session 3: This upload, which is a supplement to Session 2, contains an explanation of all the spiritual gifts, along with examples of where each gift can be used in the life of the church.

The Gift of Administration (Exodus 18:20-22) The Holy Spirit enables some of us to motivate, direct and inspire God's people in such a way that they voluntarily and harmoniously work together to do the Church's work effectively. To exercise the gift of administration is to assume oversight ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11-13

Denomination: Baptist

Perfecting The Saints

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Sep 15, 2006

Church, weve got a problem...

Perfecting the Saints Scripture setting- Ephesians 4:8-12 Text-Ephesians 4:12 “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” “Houston, we’ve got a problem!” came a voice from space. It was an Astronaut high above the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:8-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Do You See?

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 4, 2024

What do you see? I see a lot of Jeremiah’s entering God's seasons. A lot of Esther’s in the secular world are being pulled into God's plan.

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” Jeremiah 1:11 What do you see? I see a lot of Jeremiah’s entering God's seasons. A lot of Esther’s in the secular world are being pulled into God's plan. A lot of Jonah’s are being sent to God’s Nineveh. A wave ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:11

Caring And Daring To Get Involved Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on May 9, 2003

Third sermon in a series dealing with how we can make a difference for Christ in the world

CARING AND DARING TO GET INVOLVED ACTS 6:1-7 INTRODUCTION: As we have said before, salt is only effective when applied. In fact if we leave the salt alone, it will ultimately become hard and useless, unable to accomplish its original purpose. We are salt, and unless we are used, we will also ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Called To Minister Series

Contributed by Stuart Blount on Apr 24, 2001

God has enabled all of us to minister to him and for him. Discovering our place and our part is a crucial step in advancing discipleship.

MAXIMISING YOUR MINISTRY Part one …. CALLED TO MINISTER Series Reading: Ephesians 4:1-16 It is God’s desire today for each Christian to use his or her God given gifts and abilities. The scriptures are clear - God has given to each of his children unique ministries and it is OUR ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Called To Serve

Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 16, 2014

We have been called by Christ to serve His Kingdom

Called to Serve Luke 10:17-24 November 2, 2014 Evening Service What is an essential quality for ministry? What do we have to do to be effective in ministry? People have to be the primary focus in making ministry effective. There is no ministry if there are no people. The whole purpose behind ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:17-24

Denomination: Church Of God

Developing A Passion For Meeting The Needs Of The Family Of God Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 15, 2005

Sorry for the long title! Message about the family of God coming alongside other members, meeting their needs. Warning! Not for those who believe in the traditional roles of pastors!

Developing a Passion for Meeting the Needs of the Family of God Ephesians 4:11-16, Acts 6:1-7 February 13, 2005 Introduction Today we pick up our series of re-iterating the purposes of the church. We’ve talked about worship, fellowship, and discipleship, and today we pick it up looking at the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Being A Good Steward Of My Talents Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 15, 2007

A sermon about being a good steward of our what has given us to serve Him with.

As we think about being good stewards of our talents, I want us to first consider what the Bible says about the priority of ministry. In other words, why should you be interested in finding a place of service within the life of the church? Let me share ten reasons why you should be interested in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10

Denomination: Baptist

What Are The Means Of Grace?

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 6, 2018

In our lesson today, we learn about the means of grace that God has provided to enable believers to grow in Christ.

Scripture This is our third “Sunday Seconds” service. When the Session considered topics for the Sunday Seconds’ sermons, one of the topics suggested was: “What are the means of grace? That is, how does a Christian grow?” So, that is tonight’s topic. After the Apostle Peter preached on the Day of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Spiritual Gifts, Wrapping It Up. Series

Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 10, 2006

You are gifted by God to serve God.

I’ve been a little disappointed with your winters here so far. I was hoping that we would have more snow. Not because I’m a big fan of snow, but I never got around to raking my leaves this fall and I was hoping that there’d be snow to cover that fact up. All my neighbors had their leaves nicely ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 31:1-11

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

We Are All Ministers

Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Jun 30, 2010

A sermon for the 6th Sunday of Pentecost, proper 9 Series C.

6th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 9] July 4, 2010 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, you sent your Son among us to reveal your grace, to proclaim your forgiveness, and to assure us that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

The Way The Church Should Operate

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Sep 5, 2002

Forms Functions, Foundation, Fullness. What doe those words have to do with the church? Find out

The Way the Church Should Operate Introduction A. Today we are going to examine and issue that has really struck me hard in the last couple of weeks B. I have come to the realization that there are a lot of thing we do in the name of ministry and we forget the purpose of what they are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:3-7

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Helping Spiritual Young Adults Help Others Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 20, 2014

Making Disciples; Making a Difference Helping Spiritual Young Adults Help Others

Making Disciples; Making a Difference Helping Spiritual Young Adults Help Others Mat 20:25-28 We started this series seeing that Jesus defined the win for us as making disciples. A disciple is someone who follows Christ, is being changed by Christ, and is committed to the mission of Christ. Then ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:25-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational