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    Ministry Protocol
    Ministry Protocol
    Ministry Protocol
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    Ministry Protocol

    By Diego Mesa

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    Churches today are characterized by problems, errors, and frustrations resulting from misunderstandings, misinterpretations, negligence, ignorance, and naiveté. It is a lack of protocol within the church itself as well as the body of Christ that has weakened the church in this way.

    Wouldn’t it be great if we could minimize these types of problems? That is sure to happen with the assistance of Pastor Mesa. "Ministry Protocol" is a gold mine of valuable guidelines, including many “nuggets of truth,” for the church and its members to help both restore and maintain order—God’s order. From finances to etiquette to respect, Diego Mesa imparts wisdom from his twenty-two years’ pastoral experience.

    Church members will learn to improve relationships, and have understanding, accountability, and responsibility. The church will gain productivity, a firm direction, and a unified purpose. That ultimate purpose is to tear down the kingdom of darkness and win souls for Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristian Living Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 6, 2014
    ISBN9781562299545
    Ministry Protocol
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    Diego Mesa

    In 1994, Pastor Diego and his wife Cindy founded Abundant Living Family Church which began with twelve people. The weekly attendance now exceeds 6,000 and God continues to add to the church daily.Pastor Diego is committed to ministering to the whole man–spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally–with priorities focused on family, youth, and children. His style is simple, allowing the hearer to easily identify and apply God's Word to his personal life.

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      Ministry Protocol - Diego Mesa

      MINISTRY PROTOCOL

      Let all things be done decently and in order.

      Diego Mesa

      Largo, MD

      © 2020 by Diego Mesa

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please go to christianlivingbooks.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Unless otherwise indicated Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version. Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – Ministry Protocol is Biblical

      Chapter 2 – The Purpose of Ministry Protocol

      Chapter 3 – Personal Conduct

      Chapter 4 – Church Conduct

      Chapter 5 – Responsibilities to the Church and Members

      Chapter 6 – Accountability in Relationships

      Chapter 7 – Leadership

      Chapter 8 – Spiritual Maturity in the Gifts

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Introduction

      What would aviation be without protocol? Are there protocols on your job, at the gym?

      What would the military be without protocol? How can you have a marriage without it? Is there a protocol to pass laws? Is there protocol enforced by police officers when someone is arrested?

      The term protocol is defined as a code of policies and procedural standards established by an organization whether secular or religious, to provide purpose, direction, and guidelines with the ultimate objective of maintaining and sustaining order. The need for a book that provides guidelines on how this concept applies to the church is the impetus for this book, Ministry Protocol.

      Ministry Protocol is a compilation based on many years of pastoral experience. Issues that are rarely discussed, yet pondered by many, are examined in this book. Observations of repeated and innumerable errors made by the composite of the body of Christ cultivated in my heart an urgent need to address these issues. The mandate to be obedient, exercise common sense and walk in God’s wisdom is imperative and must be taught and learned. Ministry Protocol is an attempt to provide the tools and knowledge necessary to keep people from sinning, prevent church splits, discourage people from leaving their God-given assignments, and to help churches mature in God.

      Challenges are inevitable within a church; only the recently saved or the uninvolved are immune. The tenets presented in Ministry Protocol will eliminate the prevalent utilization of excuses generated and supported by ignorance or misinformation. Protocol, properly developed and implemented, will positively impact and reduce the number of individuals who can inadvertently cause strife, confusion, division and headache.

      It is hoped that in reading Ministry Protocol, church members can enjoy improved interpersonal relationships and acquire or exercise understanding, accountability and responsibility. For the church to be productive with optimum output, unwavering direction coupled with a unified purpose must be in place. The examples and suggestions made in this book are merely illustrative and are not exhaustive. Protocol is equal to doing all things in an orderly fashion and not being out of order.

      To function successfully in most situations, it is important to be fully aware of the organizational purpose, direction, vision, destination, guidelines, policies, boundaries or parameters. The objective of church protocol is not to control our lives, but to protect lives. By analogy, speed limit laws are enacted to increase road safety. The ramification of reduced traffic fatalities is undeniable. The laws are not randomly instituted to control our lives. With the enactment of speed laws, a comprehensive study is conducted to determine safe speeds based on location and environmental factors. Unfortunately, so many times the Bible, God’s law, is misunderstood. The prevalent belief becomes that God is trying to control our lives. God is trying to protect us, not exercise dominion and control.

      It may be contended that the twenty-first-century church is weak because it is out of order. Many problems, errors, and frustrations have occurred within the church because of misunderstandings, misinterpretations, negligence, ignorance, and naiveté. The underlying reason that the conditions above exist is a lack of adherence to protocol. So many people have left the church hurt, offended, and angry simply because they lacked knowledge of church protocol which could have rendered clarity and made the inexplicable explicable. Moreover, conditions frequently exist in churches where protocol may be existent but is not properly communicated.

      Luke 12:48 reads, For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required. This teaching is not to be exclusively retained for us four and no more; it is to be shared. I am presenting the resources, information and wisdom shared in Ministry Protocol to do my part in winning souls and tearing down the kingdom of darkness. I want more for the church. I strongly sense that the message contained herein can be a blessing to the Body of Christ.

      Ministry Protocol is intended to be a reference document—a manual, if you will—that will shape our character as we, as members of His church, constantly seek to reflect the will of Jesus Christ. The tenets of ethical conduct are intended to provide guidance and rules of accountability for the church. Abundant Living Family Church (AFLC) strives to maintain high standards for the ministry. We want to be an available resource to the Body of Christ, accepting and exemplifying the principles of protocol. May you enjoy the journey as we examine how God does things decently and in order – with excellence, structure, methods and rules. I believe Christians can function better in the Body of Christ when we honor and respect God’s protocols. From us to Him and from us to one another. Sometimes we can be quicker to understand protocol in the business world or outside of church but can be ignorant or arrogant to and within the Kingdom of God, church, and Body of Christ.

      Chapter 1 – Ministry Protocol is Biblical

      For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. Let all things be done decently and in order. (1 Corinthians 14:33, 40)

      In examining the Old Testament, God’s sense of order is readily discernible. Everything in the temple or sanctuary was built in an orderly manner. When Noah built the Ark, he followed God’s prescribed

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