Today is the conclusion of this 4 part series where I’ve shared my biggest mistake in ministry and the 7 ways I plan to correct it.

Yesterday I revealed the first three strategies I’ll use to get more intentional about calling out the called.

Here are my remaining four:

4. Work the call to ministry into our discipleship classes and membership gatherings. I need to talk about it more in these forums. One thought is to tell my story in membership class and devote more time to discussing what it means to answer  the call to ministry. I can also do this in prayer meetings and special events.

5. Develop resources on what it means to be called.
Create a process for someone called to ministry. In my coaching networks I teach the Principle of Spiritual Readiness, which says that your preparation precedes God’s blessing. You must prepare your new believer packets before you have new believers. I need to create that process for the called.

6. Share the story of my call more – same for staff pastors.
I need to share it from the stage, and continue encouraging our teaching pastors to also be ready to share their story.

7. Invest in the young and second-career pastors.
A challenge, particularly in the contemporary church, is that we don’t have a way to raise up young pastors. Those who do it best are in more historical churches where they have venues for young people to teach and lead worship. So I want to do more to invest in them: have lunches and meetings, give them resources, do all that I can to invest in those who God has entrusted to us.

What if we were to cooperate with God and see a revolution of people going into ministry? Will you join me in doing more to call out the called?

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.