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Welcome!
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Are You Ready To Start a Ministry?Are You Ready To Start a
Ministry?
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We need to HearWe need to Hear
From God about aFrom God about aFew Things...Few Things...
Does Heart = Calling?Our Specific Mission
What Type of Outreach?
The Cost of Ministry
Are We Ready Yet?
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Does Heart = Calling?
Some have a heart for the ministrybut are not called.
Some are called but do not have theheart.
Its ok to have a heart for theministry and not be called. Its
notok to be called and not have theheart.
Passion for an issue can be mis-leading.
Deep Heart Check - What are mytrue motivations?
You must know the Lord is directingyou into this type of
Ministry.
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Your specific Mission?Target Audience?
Evangelistic?
Parents? Spouses?
Social/Political Issues?
Education?
Youngins?
Overcomers?
The Church?
Knowing Mission Statement is Essential to Obtain Spiritual
Covering and Blessing.
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What Type of Outreach?
Peer Based Support Group
Professional Counseling
Pastor Care / Discipleship
Church Based or Para
Church 501(c)3 ?
Movement toward Church
Based Outreach
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The Exodus Triadic approach:Peer, Professional &
Pastoral
EMMN - Exodus Member Ministries (both Para Church and Church
Based.) -
Terri Brown (Exodus Membership Director,
[email protected])
EPCN - Exodus Professional Counselor Network -Dr. Marc
Dillworth( Exodus Professional Counselor Network Director,
[email protected])
ECA- Exodus Church Association -Jeff Buchanan (Sr. Director of
Church
Equipping,[email protected])
Information Packets and Applications Available
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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The Cost of Ministry
Scriptures tell us to count the cost in
following Christs will.
The business of Ministry is important.
Personal time and energy.
Impact on family.
Priorities: God, family, church and then
ministry.
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Are We Ready Yet?
Called, Have the heart?
Know for who and why you are in this.
Know the structure and approach of the
outreach.
Mindful of the commitment you are making.
Have sought and received the blessing of your
Spiritual covering.
Trusting God alone and only for His glory.
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Now After all that ...Now After all that ...
Lets get started!!!Lets get started!!!
Developing your Board of Overseers
Developing a leadership plan that grows
with the ministry and not out of balance.
Exodus Standards
Ongoing Education, Transparency and
Humility
All this hard work and preparation will
protect you ... and the people the Lord
brings to you.
... and remember, if you know Christ, you
can start ministering the gospel today!
