HELPS MINISTRY TRAINING by TOPE A. BANJO

TWO METHODS OF HELPS 1a. Those Who Can Help In a local church, we see two methods of HELPS in operation. I want to call them: 1. Those who can help; and,  2. The Organized Helps Ministry. The Contemporary English Version bible translates HELPS in 1st Corinthians 12:28 as, “Those who help others.”  For any type of ministry call, whether pastoral or non-pastoral, God will always touch the heart of men and women to help the work in different ways, at varying levels and at strategic times. Those who help others operate within the local church assembly and also across ministry borders. That is, they provide support for both the Pastor as well as field ministers (called ministers who do not pastor church congregations).  God Bless!  Culled from The Ministry of Helps by Tope A. Banjo (2013)

WHAT IS THE ‘HELPS’ MINISTRY / 3 Whenever a God-given Vision is declared, there will also be a call for helpers to support the sent minister.  As a Church Member, you have been called to serve God by supporting your Pastor. As a Ministry work Volunteer, Employee or Partner, supporting your Minister is a service to God. As a Church work Leader or Worker, supporting your Pastor is a service to God.  God Bless!  Culled from The Ministry of Helps by Tope A. Banjo (2013)

WHAT IS THE ‘HELPS’ MINISTRY / 2 The service of Helps goes beyond merely being registered as 'active' in one department or the other.  The work that qualifies as HELPS is that which actually directly or indirectly relieves your Pastor, and assists him or her to focus on the duties of oversight in order to achieve God's goals in the lives of the people. God Bless!  Culled from The Ministry of Helps by Tope A. Banjo (2013)

WHAT IS THE ‘HELPS’ MINISTRY? WHILE SPEAKING AT A CHURCH WORKERS' training workshop, I asked, “What does 'help' mean to you?” One young lady answered, “Taking the burden off someone else”!  Quite apt, or don't you think?  The service of Helps encompasses the whole gamut of:  - Who does what duty? - How it is done; and,  - The Attitude of the doer  God Bless!  Culled from The Ministry of Helps by Tope A. Banjo (2013)