MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT

To be a Christian, simply put, is to be a Jesus-follower—to do what Jesus did and to act like Jesus’ acted. However, we are only able to truly act like Jesus when our minds are being transformed into “the mind of Christ” through the ongoing, renewing work of the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 2). We were created in God’s image to rule and reign in the earth as God’s ambassadors of wholeness, peace, joy, healing, righteousness, etc. (Genesis 1:26-28).

It is through service that God develops believers and provides a way for the body of Christ to use and mature their spiritual gifts. The unifying principle of God’s plan acts like “new energy” within the church. The apostle Paul wrote to the Church at Ephesus that the purpose of using spiritual gifts is, “to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4: 12, 13).