Matt Farina - Tech / Faith / Life

Have you ever watched an apocalypse movie and wondered what it would be like to live in a fallen world? Or, ever talked about what it would be like if society as we knew it crumbled? Ever thought about how you would treat others if you survived into this world? If you saw people falling apart and dying because of this fallen world. How would you help others if there wasn't enough medicine or if people were slowly dying from radiation poisoning from some bomb? Now, what if I told you that were are living in that post-bad-thing-happened world.

When most people think of the book of Genesis they think about creation. While, Genesis does teach about creation, creation is about 4% of the book and is only 2 of the 50 chapters. The book of Genesis contains much more than creation. This includes the first time many of the essential teachings of Christianity are taught. So, lets dive into a brief overview of a few of the really important ones.

Leaders are only one part of successful ministry. A far larger part, in number of people, is the volunteers and workers. These are the people that carry out the work of the ministry most of the time (God steps in occasion and parts seas n' stuff). Let's dive into what can be done to help them be a success.

First, as in all things ministry related we have to put God first. We need to pray for the people God wants working in the ministry, for God to send the people He wants working in it, and for God to lead them in this.

Now, on to the other maybe not so obvious things....

Being a ministry leader isn't easy. There is so much going on, so much to organize, so much to remember, and so much energy to have and share. Over at the Project Management Source blog they have come up with a list of "101 ways to organize your life".

While some of these tips make me go "duh", they are a great and gentle reminder of simple little things we can do to help ministry along from a leadership point of view. And, as I wrote about yesterday, A leader is a key part of any successful ministry.

Successful ministries are hard to come by these days. It's not that God isn't backing ministries, it's that our sin keeps getting in the way and killing them. This doesn't have to be the case. We don't have to let that happen. Here are a few key elements that can help a God backed ministries be a success.

God Backed

The first thing one needs is the ministry to be God backed. It has to be something God cares about. If it isn't, then why do it? At the same time God calls us to do certain things in certain places at certain times. This is a theme through the bible. It's not about what we want to do when we want to do it, but about what God wants how and when God wants it. We should respect that, pray to God, follow scripture, and let God lead us.