What Is the Work of the Ministry?
The basic work of the ministry that we are called to as members of the Body of Christ is first to be the extension of Christ on the earth today.
His Body is what He works
through now, just as His literal body was what He worked through when He walked
the earth. He wants to do everything through His people now that He did when He
walked the earth. (Photo via Wikimedia)
When Jesus walked the
earth, He taught, healed the sick, and set the captives free. He trained His
followers to do what He did and then sent them out to do it.
Today most of the
ministry of the Church involves teaching, with some charitable work, and a few
that also include healing and deliverance.
With those that include
healing and deliverance, it is something they do, but rarely release others to
do. Some do a little more by training people how to pray for the sick,
prophesy, and be the evangelists we are called to be, but where is there even
one place that all are being equipped and released to do the whole work of the
ministry?
Watching God Move
John Wimber may have been
one of the most effective leaders to break this mold and train and release
people to do the work of the ministry. The Vineyard Movement that he raised up
sent great shock waves throughout the worldwide Body of Christ as multitudes
were trained, equipped, and released to do the works that Jesus did. While this
was happening, The Vineyard Movement was the most exciting in the world to be a
part of. (Photo via Wikipedia)
The Vineyard Movement was
messy as the people learned and matured, just like the Lord's own meetings
tended to be. One thing The Vineyard was not was boring. I was in more than one
meeting in which a raging demon-possessed person would come screaming and
thrashing about. Yet each time, the person left "in their right
mind," free.
In many meetings, we
witnessed extraordinary miracles. Such grace from God was upon The Vineyard for
a time that there was a sense of awe and wonder greater than the world's
entertainment could match.
There is nothing
more interesting than God and nothing more exciting than watching Him move.
There is nothing more boring than religion, and we are about to be delivered
from religion to follow the Lord, not just men.
We can also be
sure that He has again saved His best wine for last.
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
Email: info@morningstarministries.org
Website: morningstarministries.org
MorningStar Ministries
Email: info@morningstarministries.org
Website: morningstarministries.org
Rick Joyner is the founder and executive director of
MorningStar Ministries and Heritage International Ministries and is the Senior
Pastor of MorningStar
Fellowship Church .
He is the author of more than forty books, including The Final Quest, A
Prophetic History, and Church
History. He is also the president of The OAK Initiative, an
interdenominational movement that is mobilizing thousands of Christians to be
engaged in the great issues of our times, being the salt and light that they
are called to be. Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn,
Amber, Ben, and Sam.
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