MINISTRIES & DEPARTMENT
A Call To Serve
- After the born again experience every believer must take the next step of commitment to Christ’s body – the church where the saints are Perfected. [Eph 4:12] to grow unto spiritual maturity.
- A very important proof of spiritual growth is Service [serving in a ministry in the local church], Where we graduate from the ‘church goers class’.
- Rom 12:10 – 11 – Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honour giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
CORE MINISTRIES
Prayer And Evangelism
- Prayer and Soul-winning are the basic responsibility of every believer and for that matter every member of our church.
- A very important proof of spiritual growth is service [serving in a ministry in the local church], Where we graduate from the ‘church goers class’.
- Prayer and Evangelism are not departments in our church. Our church is “one big Prayer and Evangelism department’’.
- All of us by virtue of membership are automatically enlisted into these two vital ministries.
- Our church is a house of PRAYER and SOUL WINNING.
- These two commands to the church are too weighty and dear to the Lord’s heart to be left for just a few.
- We believe we all have the grace to pray and evangelise unlike other specialised services areas.
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Joyful Noise
- Our Children’s church is an integral part of the adult church.
- This ministry simply partners with parents to guide our kids toward a HEART for God.
- It is established to expose the children to all the provisions of Grace and also to enable them to have basic Christian experiences.
- This ministry assists our children to live the victorious Christian life in readiness for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Its programs and activities are aimed at evangelising, teaching, and disciplining the children for Jesus; training them up in the way of the Lord and equipping them to win their world for Christ.
YOUTH CHURCH
Consumed (Jn-2:17)
This ministry is tasked to:
- Run Services and programs that help young people [Age 13-35] become established in God’s love and God’s house.
- Provide a safe, loving, and wholesome atmosphere for young people to grow spiritually while serving God selflessly.
- Create mentorship avenues allowing interaction with adults who authentically model the Christian faith.
- Organise activities (Outreaches, games, etc.) that provide opportunities for soul-winning and also enhancing fellowship.
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
- This ministry plans and manages the church’ s Discipleship School [Spiritual Growth Class – SGC].
- They produce Bible studies curriculums/outlines for our Area Fellowship and CV Family meetings and other resources to help the church family grow spiritually.
- They basically run all our Bible studies and church spiritual growth campaigns.
- They are also in charge of the church’ s prayer activities. They lead and drive the church to and in prayer.
HOSPITALITY
Ushers | Protocol | Host & Hostess | Armour Bearers | Traffic Control / Security Dept
- This ministry is a vital part of our church. They are the face of the church.
- Members of this ministry represent the church in a very visible way.
- They help set the tone in preparation for all our services, as well as assist with the allround smooth operation within our services.
- They are the representatives of the church to visitors including guest ministers. They always have the first critical opportunity to give all first-timers a great and lasting ‘first impression of our church’.
- They basically make our members and especially visitors feel at home at church.
MUSIC
Xchange Songs | Instrumentalist | Praise Team | Hymnal Team
- The Music Ministry shares the gospel of Jesus Christ through Christ-centred songs.
- They lead the congregation in thanksgiving and praise and provide an avenue through which individuals may share their gift and be an integral part of the worship.
- They spread the Word of God through music experiences.
FOLLOW UP
Acts 15:36 – 41 & Acts 18:23
Acts 15:36 – 41 – Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing”.
Acts 18:23 – And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the countries of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
- This ministry is assigned the task of following up on all new converts and ensures their smooth integration into our church family via the SGC.
- Visit every visitor/first-timer within 24 hours, They give special attention to those who indicate interest in becoming members of our church.
- They also randomly visit all church members (esp. our backslidden brethren).
All visitation must be done on Pastor ’ s behalf – extend pastor ’ s warm greetings to all.
FELLOWSHIP
- Members of this ministry are friends of everybody including visitors and new members.
- They are special friends to the [I have no friends in church].
- They are always on the lookout for isolated/too quiet/no friend’ s people.
- They basically ensure that there is healthy fellowship each time we meet.
- They also help the new members to get easily adapted to the church.
- They creatively suggest and help organise events that foster fellowship in our church family.
XCHANGE DIGITAL
Videography | Photography | Audio | Social Media | Website | Graphic Design
- Ps 68:11 – The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
- This ministry works behind the scenes to make it possible to share the message of a church [The gospel of God’ s Grace] with large groups of people through amplified sound, recordings , PowerPoint presentations, Web pages, and other forms of communication, including social media.
- They are basically responsible for all of the technical functions of the church.