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    Randall House Minister's Manual NKJV Edition
    Randall House Minister's Manual NKJV Edition
    Randall House Minister's Manual NKJV Edition
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    Randall House Minister's Manual NKJV Edition

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    Randall House Minister's Manual provides a minister with the ideal resource for conducting most any special ceremony or church related service. Considered a staple product for ministry, the manual includes sections with instructions for the minister as well as a variety of services including dedications, ordinations, weddings, funerals, baptisms, and many more. You can also select from a section of scriptural benedictions as well as selected poetry for various occasions. The notebook includes a section of forms to record and track services and ceremonies performed for the minister's use. Many Scripture passages are typed out for easy use in services and ceremonies.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandall House
    Release dateSep 25, 2012
    ISBN9781614840701
    Randall House Minister's Manual NKJV Edition
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    Billy Melvin

    Billy Melvin was born in Macon, Georgia in 1929. He grew up in North Carolina and graduated from Taylor University and Union Theological Seminary. Melvin has received honorary degrees from Azusa University, Huntington College, and Taylor University. From 1951 until 1959 he served as pastor of churches in Tennessee and Virginia. In 1959 Billy became the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, serving until 1967 when he became Executive Director of the National Association of Evangelicals. Melvin served in this role for 28 years. During his ministry at NAE the association experienced dramatic growth with service to more than 50,000 local churches from 63 denominations. He currently lives in Florida and is President/CEO of Church Consulting Services, Inc. Dr. Melvin is a co-founder of the Christian Association of Prime Timers (CAP), a ministry to Christian seniors founded in 1993. Dr. Melvin and his wife, Darlene, have two grown children, eight grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

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      2

      Church—Pastor Relationship

      Getting off to a good start

      Before arriving on the field:

      Respond to a church’s call with humility and enthusiasm, understanding the seriousness and privilege of ministry.

      Ask for prayer.

      Answer all letters. A general letter to all members of the congregation is a good idea.

      Begin to pray for the church. Establish prayer list to pray for members by name.

      Get an up-to-date copy of the church roll.

      Begin to think through your planning for this particular church.

      After arriving on the field:

      Do not brag or promote yourself.

      Under normal circumstances, don’t outline any ambitious program too quickly.

      Be characterized by simplicity, humility, friendliness, and spiritual power.

      Launch into the work as if you intended to stay the rest of your life.

      If you want to make rapid progress, go slow.

      Don’t make any major changes for six months. It will take at least that long to get to know the people and begin to earn their trust.

      Get acquainted with the people in the church and community.

      Be careful how you relate to and speak about your predecessor.

      General suggestions for a happy pastoral relationship

      Be a leader and not a dictator.

      Recruit and equip other to help do the work. Don’t do everything yourself.

      Insist on regular meetings with your deacons, trustees and other leaders in the church.

      Don’t claim to know everything or insist that everything be done your way. Laymen can have good ideas too.

      Commend your people as often as possible, and always when it is deserved. Don’t always address them as if they fall short of your expectations.

      Spend sufficient time each week in the study of God’s Word. Your people will expect to be fed. Feed them.

      Let the Holy Spirit, through the Word, guide people into steps of spiritual progress. Progress should not be dependant upon human effort apart from the work of the Spirit.

      Make wise use of your time. Don’t waste it. It will quickly become obvious if you are not a hard worker.

      Visit the families of your church as well as the prospects. Balance outreach and care for present members.

      Never betray the confidence of a member. If you do, you have probably destroyed any possibility of a future counseling ministry.

      Never allow yourself to be alone with any member of the opposite sex.

      Take responsibility for the leadership and welfare of your home. Congregations will not long respect a pastor who is not the loving leader of his home.

      Pay your debts. Failure to do so will soon kill any possibility of a successful ministry.

      Keep the church fully informed about the finances. If a budget is adopted, honor it.

      Set up a system of financial accountability to protect you and the church from the possibility of accusation of the misuse of finances.

      Seek to keep finances from being an unreasonable burden or distraction in the life of the church.

      Be known as a man of God.

      When leaving a church

      Never use a threat of resignation in an attempt to get a raise in salary or win a power struggle.

      If you have enjoyed a good relationship with your deacons, it is usually wise to share your decision with them shortly before resigning.

      Write out your resignation and read it to the entire church.

      Once you have resigned—leave!

      3

      Christian Baptism

      Suggestions

      Prior to the baptismal service, the minister should speak with each candidate, explaining the significance and meaning of the ordinance. He should let the candidate know what to expect and confirm the time and the place of the baptism. The minister should take this opportunity to stress the importance of membership in the church. He should instruct the candidate to wear suitable clothing of a modest nature or an appropriate baptismal robe. The baptismal service should usually be part of, or follow a Sunday worship service, or be at a time and place which allows as many members of the church as possible to witness the baptism. It is wise to baptize an individual soon after his conversion.

      One or more of the following Scriptures may be read before the minister descends into the water.

      I

      In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me? But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

      —Matthew 3:1-17

      II

      The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the Prophets: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You. The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

      —Mark 1:1-11

      And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

      —Matthew 28:18-20

      Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

      —Mark 16:14-16

      Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call. And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation. Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

      —Acts 2:38-42

      III

      Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and overtake this chariot. So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading? And he said, How can I, unless someone guides me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. The place in the Scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth. In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth. So the eunuch answered Philip and said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized? Then Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.

      —Acts 8:26-39

      While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

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