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I’m KNOW I’m Gifted-But, WHERE Do I Serve?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | Jay McSwain

This past week after talking with two ministers in different states I further committed to stressing an insight along with two keys to connecting people that I knew, but often don’t continually stress.  The insight is:

Churches who believe in helping people discover HOW they are uniquely created to serve must also be committed to helping direct people WHERE to serve.

I have watched many churches teach their people on HOW to serve based on helping them discover elements like their spiritual without any thought about how to help them know WHERE to serve.

Back to my two ministers I talked with this past week.  One was using our mobilyzr ministry guidehttp://mobilyzr.com/onlineguide/overview.html and pumped about how it was connecting their members to meaningful ministry.  The other was excited about the personal discovery going on through the PLACE assessments, but struggling on what to do beyond the personal discovery.  His church was even providing one-on-one coaching after the personal discovery, but still struggling with connecting people to ministry.

I am thrilled with churches that truly desire to help every individual in a personal and individual way discover who they are in Christ by providing insight to members and attendees into their personality, abilities, discovering their spiritual gifts and passions and connecting their life experiences to these insights and discoveries.  This is why I wrote the five PLACE assessments so God’s people can discover their personality, spiritual gifts, abilities, passion and life experiences as it relates to fulfilling God’s purpose for their lives.  But, I hope you will like me commit whether you are beginning your connection process or strategy or have already implemented it you will ensure to incorporate two key steps in your process and strategy.  First, create a ministry guide so your people will know WHERE they can pursue their purpose.  Secondly, provide one-on-one coaching to help your people know better HOW and then WHERE to serve.  The results will be worth the effort.  A commitment to this simple two-step process will avoid, “I’m gift but WHERE do I serve”.

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Discovery and Release of Godly Potential

Friday, July 10th, 2009 | Quentine Lofton

While presenting Assimilation—PLACE and Discipleship—processes at the Stone Mountain Association Executive Conference for Dr. Larry Cheek recently, a most encouraging event took place in my ministry. I encountered a church willing to allow Christ to be the head of the body, a church incorporating as well as looking beyond the practicality of assimilation and discipleship to the spiritual bottom line, simply discovery and release of what God has placed within their congregation in regards to Spiritual giftedness and godly passions (key elements in church health). It began with Charles Rawls associate pastor of Rehoboth Baptist Church of Conyers, Georgia, an empowered leader by his pastor Frank Penley, on a quest for more than a new program or approach that would add an additional wrinkle for the year.

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Serving God and Not Enjoying It

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 | Ginger McSwain

Doing something for which you were not designed can breed all sorts of doubts, emptiness, and unfulfillment.  I have felt feelings of frustration, failure, and loss of passion.  This is not God’s plan or design for any of us.  He created each of us for a purpose, “…to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up” (Ephesians 4:12).  The way I serve in God’s Kingdom won’t be the same as you serve, and according to Scripture that is biblical!

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