The Business of Administration of the Church (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “The Business of Administration of the Church” - the president of our country chooses his “cabinet”, a group of advisors made up of the heads of executive departments, and he ensures that he surrounds himself with the best qualified men and women to hold these various offices. This is the format that successful church assemblies should use in selecting their department heads. A successful assembly should train capable men and women, and become very acquainted with these workers. The apostle Paul instructs us “to know them which labour among (us) and are over (us) in the Lord, and (who) admonish (us)” (I Thessalonians 5:12). Beloved, many times churches are handicapped in their attempted ministries by a lack of well-trained personnel. In addition, in order to have a successful ministry, the church is obligated to forge bonds and relationships among its members. Paul goes on to instruct us that we should “esteem them (the workers in the church) very highly in love, for their works’ sake...and (to) be at peace among (our)selves” (I Thessalonians 5:13).

Precious Ones, the pastor should therefore be informed, so that he or she would be able to train and make able assistants for each of the required offices of the church. Beloved, in the complex 21^st century society in which we live, the pastor needs much knowledge in addition to that contained in his/her Bible and songbooks. For example, there is nothing, to my knowledge, to instruct a spiritual leader concerning Internet operations. This is just one of many challenges that one faces in this time which the scriptures do not directly address. Therefore, Beloved, in order to equip a local assembly to be well balanced and technologically apt to effectively minister in this age, it is necessary for these professions to embroider the leader.

Chosen Ones, each pastor should adopt, for the local assembly that the Holy Spirit has placed under his/her leadership, a code of ethics or governance by which the business of the church should be operated. We have already accomplished this at the Anointed Harvest Fellowship Church. God’s Word enjoins us to comply with every ordinance of man. “Render...unto Caesar (the kings of this world) the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s” (Luke 20:25). Beloved, let our church be set in order according to God’s plan and according to the laws of our country, and we will not offend either God or man.

I will write more on this subject next week.

I love you all SO very much!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy