The Ministry

With the announcement that I will be moving to Mt. Oak on July 1, 2007, I would like to begin a discussion about what the minister of MZ should look like and what are the Scriptural points we should look at for our next pastor.

The Scripture that comes to mind first for me is 2 Timothy 4:1-5 - 1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word ; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage-with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

We want a pastor who isn't ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and will preach it in season and out of season.

Your thoughts?