QUESTION 8

Are you involved in a maturing ministry?

The last question focused on serving, and we included some ways for people to get started. But maybe your answer to that question is yes, you are a servant. The next question is this – Am I involved in a maturing ministry?

The term “maturing ministry” simply refers to a regular area of service in your life that is causing spiritual growth for you and blessings for others. For instance, it is easy to start a new workout plan (thousands of people do every January), but it takes dedication to continue to that plan all year. It might be easy for us to find a few ways to serve here or there, but are we willing to dedicate ourselves to an area of service and pour our lives into it?

Think about the areas where God has given you extra abilities – would you be willing to commit to serving in that area for an extended period of time, like six months or a year? Chances are, the longer you serve, the more your efforts will mature, and the ministry will become increasingly effective.

One key ingredient for maturing as servants is that we are involved in a congregation of Christians. This does not necessarily mean that all our service has to be done through organized ministries of a congregation (though those are important), but it means that my relationship with brothers and sisters in Christ is important as I grow. In Acts 2, for example, we find out that the earliest Christians immediately regarded other Christians as their spiritual family, sharing food and money with anyone who needed it. God designed the church to be a special, irreplaceable, and necessary resource for Christians.

You may not currently be a member of a congregation, or you may have other questions. If someone shared this website with you, you may want to talk to them about their church family.

God bless you on your journey!