Church Management and Ministerial Ethics Made Simple

By Michael M. Charway

Managing a church has never been easy, because one is dealing with both the spiritual and the physical, among other things. Most often, the physical aspect is completely neglected, resulting in administrative chaos. At times, ethics is thrown to the background, resulting in moral failures. This book addresses all this issues and is a perfect handbook for any minister.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514491997

Michael M. Charway

Michael M. Charway is a minister and teacher of the Gospel. He has a deep insight in the subject of soul winning. His simple methods, approach and presentation makes it quite easy for readers and listeners to quickly grasp what he conveys. This book is practical and certainly a must for all soul winners.

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Copyright © 2016 by Michael M. Charway.

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

1.   Qualifications and qualities of a minister

2.   The shepherd’s duty to the sheep

3.   Lest you may not know (1)

4.   Ordaining people

5.   Code of conduct for the minister’s wife

6.   Ministerial duties for the pastor’s wife

7.   Avoiding the Saulish spirit

8.   Anointing and character

9.   The minister’s relationship to women

10.   Blamelessness

11.   Lest you may not know (2)

12.   When behind the pulpit

13.   Church premises

14.   Yearly calendar

15.   Your sermon

16.   Praying for results

17.   Lest you may not know (3)

18.   Conflict resolution

19.   Serving tables

20.   Growth by addiction

21.   Visitation: why you must visit

22.   Keeping secrets secret

23.   Lest you may not know (4)

24.   Announcements

25.   Usher’s ministry

26.   Lest you may not know (5)

27.   The pastor and church services

28.   Grapevine reporters

29.   The ‘I’ factor

30.   Keeping company

31.   Lest you may not know (6)

32.   Where something is happening

33.   Fearlessness

34.   Television ministry

35.   The choir ministry

36.   The Elijah and messiahnic complex

37.   Departments

38.   Having time for all

39.   How to avoid loosing members

40.   Lest you may not know (7)

41.   Showing concern for others

42.   Avoiding being misunderstood

43.   Reverencing sacred things

44.   Partisan politics

45.   Position and titles

46.   Lest you may not know (8)

47.   Double standards

48.   Greek gifts

49.   Lest you may not know (9)

50.   Simple steps to soul winning

51.   Know your calling

52.   Church governments

53.   When leaving a church

54.   Lest you may not know (10)

55.   Why you must teach

56.   Star and celebrity mentality

57.   Lest you may not know (11)

58.   Helping the poor

59.   Dealing with rebellion

60.   Have a good report

61.   Things you must avoid

62.   Lest you may not know (12)

63.   Things to remember

64.   Questions you alone can answer

FOREWORD

Most of the subject matters treated in this book has come about by direct experience of the author over a period of years; namely through interactions with churches and other ministers, study of issues and matters arising in the churches and so on. Where extracts has been taken from other sources, due credits has been given.

Still, some has come from teachings and ministrations from others which the author fine tuned. In the light of this, it is possible extracts and quotations has been taken from some sources which the author may not know; in which case due credit is not given. Should there be such ommisions, it is purely accidental and not intentional.

The entire write up is devoid of intellectual jargons so the average reader could easily grasp the knowlegdge it imparts. The reader will easily notice that certain topical headings are spread at intervals throughout the book instead of being under one heading. The whole idea is to constantly draw the ministers attention to these subject matters since they are issues the minister comes across everyday in his ministerial duties.

The issues of church management and ministerial ethics are wide and certainly this book cannot in anyway exhaust everything concerning the subjects. The writer, however hopes that whatever information this book has to offer may be added to what the reader already knows.

INTRODUCTION

Church management is all about people and the church. It involves both physical and spiritual issues, conflict resolution, financial management; just to name some few. In a co-operate entity, which the church is, the minister must have a good knowledge of administration and church management so he can have a good grip of things.

Failure to understand matters concerning church management will lead to maladministration which is what has led to many churches litterally breaking up or forced to live with staunted growth. This book offers the minister a lot of simple but practical information that will help him to properly administer the church.

Ethics, simply defined, is the moral principles that guides our actions or inactions. Ethics guides us to the right behaviour patterns and good character moulding. Without proper ethics, we will be lost in a world of avoidable mistakes, moral laxity, lack of achievements and many more.

Ministerial ethics therefore seek to properly guide the minister to wholesome behavior patterns and actions both inside and outside the church. Ministerial ethics places on the minister an enormous amount of pressure to do everything properly as both the congregation and the puplic watches his daily life to see how he lives his christian life.

QUALIFICATIONS AND QUALITIES OF A MINISTER

Definitions:

Qualifications- A quality or accomplishment that is required by law or an institution for somebody to have the right to hold an office or a position.

Qualities- An essential and perculiar characteristics of a person that levels him up as excellent.

1. He must have assurance of salvation.

2. He must be a born again child of God.

3. He must be knowledgeable and diligent in the word of God.

4. He must be blameless in all things.

5. He must be a man of prayer.

6. He must be well informed in whatever topics he ministers on.

7. He must have a vision and