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Tips For Growing Your Ministry

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Though God gets all the credit for growth in any ministry, there are practical steps pastors can follow to make their cities their congregations and enlarge their ministries for Christ:

1. Know your call and catch the vision. If a pastor has the vision, the mind-set, to break out of traditionalism, great things can happen. Don’t lock yourself in a box. Find a need and determine to fill it.

2. Be faithful in the little things and be consistent. “One thing about pastor is that he is very predictable,” says Jennifer Mallan, an outreach pastor at Church Without Walls. “He does the same things every day, so people know they can count on him. You know that on Wednesdays and Fridays our trucks will be out; on Saturday foods are prepared. It’s never hit-and-miss. Pastor has parented the city very well.”

3. Realize that it takes time to grow. You have to prove yourself. You want to show that what you are doing is not fly-by-night. Ask yourself, “Am I building my own kingdom or really helping my community?”

4. Put people around you who will catch your vision. Build a team that has diverse talents to accomplish the vision you are called to fulfill. Focus on a particular hurt and cure it; find an ill in society and figure out how to solve it. Realize that you and your team will need to put 100 percent into bringing a solution to the problem. Bridge the gap.

5. Work within all aspects of your community. Realize that the support of city council members, police chiefs and other leaders is necessary for the large-scale success of any growing ministry. Meet with city leaders when you first start and share your vision. Then get on a council agenda once or twice a year thereafter to give a progress report.

6. Look for ways to gain visibility and exposure. When planning events at which media would be appropriate, be sure to invite them. Learn how to prepare press releases or add someone to the ministry who is familiar with media relations. One good newspaper write-up is an “endorsement” for your ministry that can be used to gain other support.

7. Break out of the mentality that church is your building and realize that your call is to your geographical area. When you are faithful in that area, God will expand the borders.

8. When growth begins, remain consistent at home. Keep your focus. That’s where men miss it. They get a little success under their belt and neglect in the home base.

9. Be innovative and creative. The message of the gospel never changes, but methods do. What innovative, creative method can you use to reach people? Is it a ministry for bikers, a club for lost young people? Do you want to go into the public schools or have a coffee shop for the homeless? You can only get the message to people in a way they can relate to. If you’re going fishing for shark, take shark bait.

10. Do not let finances be a dictator to you. Your decisions should be based on your vision and what the Lord has put into your heart, not on finances. Be creative in looking for funding.

11. Take care of yourself. Keep your body healthy and your marriage a priority. And always keep a close walk with the Lord. Make sure your vision is His vision, and He will bless you.