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    Ministerial Ethics
    Ministerial Ethics
    Ministerial Ethics
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    Ministerial Ethics

    By Dag Heward-Mills

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    In this outstanding book, Dag Heward-Mills examines real life situations in ministry today. He addresses practical issues like finances, politics, relating with the opposite sex, and ministerial interactions.
    A common sense guide to the principled practice of your calling, this book is a must for every Christian leader. It is highly recommended for Bible schools and clergy in general.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDag Heward-Mills
    Release dateJul 26, 2016
    ISBN9781613959220
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    Dag Heward-Mills

    Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a medical doctor by profession and the founder of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC). The UD-OLGC comprises over three thousand churches pastored by seasoned ministers, groomed and trained in-house. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills oversees this charismatic group of denominations, which operates in over 90 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, and North and South America. With a ministry spanning over thirty years, Dag Heward-Mills has authored several books with bestsellers including ‘The Art of Leadership’, ‘Loyalty and Disloyalty’, and ‘The Mega Church’. He is considered to be the largest publishing author in Africa, having had his books translated into over 52 languages with more than 40 million copies in print.

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      It make us to understand the ethics is very important for the minister

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    Ministerial Ethics - Dag Heward-Mills

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    Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the

    King James Version of the Bible.

    Copyright © 1999 Dag Heward-Mills

    Originally published 1998 by Parchment House

    Second edition published 2014 by Parchment House

    Find out more about Dag Heward-Mills at:

    Healing Jesus Campaign

    Write to: evangelist@daghewardmills.org

    Website: www.daghewardmills.org

    Facebook: Dag Heward-Mills

    Twitter: @EvangelistDag

    EBOOK ISBN : 978-1-61395-922-0

    All rights reserved under international copyright law. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book.

    Contents

    Chapter 1: Why Ethics?

    Chapter 2: Ethics for the Head

    Chapter 3: Ethics for Assistants

    Chapter 4: Ethics for Resignations and Departures

    Chapter 5: Ethics for the Church Service

    Chapter 6: Ethics for Interacting with Church Members

    Chapter 7: Ethics for Relating with the Opposite Sex

    Chapter 8: Ethics for Relating with External Ministers

    Chapter 9: Ethics for Handling Visiting Ministers

    Chapter 10: Ethics for the Travelling Minister

    Chapter 11: Financial Ethics

    Chapter 12: Ethics for Receiving of Gifts

    Chapter 13: The Ethics of Privacy

    Chapter 14: Ethics for Public Appearance

    Chapter 15: Ethics for Handling Outsiders

    Chapter 1

    Why Ethics?

    ...that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to BEHAVE THYSELF in the house of God...

    1 Timothy 3:15

    Ministers are under a lot of pressure. The pressures of finances, the pressures of family and the pressures of human expectations are just a few of the many demands of ministry. These pressures in the Lord’s work are often the causes of improper behaviour of pastors.

    In the ministry, improper conduct can create an unfortunate misrepresentation of what we stand for in the ministry. At no time in the history of Christianity has the conduct and lifestyle of the clergy come under such scrutiny. We, who are called into this ministry have to fight to maintain certain standards. The world is watching us, hoping to find something wrong so that they can persecute us. That is why Paul said that ministers should have a good report even with unbelievers.

    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

    1 Timothy 3:7

    When God calls a man, He calls him first to follow Him, and then to learn of Him. We are never to stop learning. The ministry is a long road of continuous education. One of the things that Paul instructed us to learn of him was his manner of life. In other words, we are to follow the ethical principles that influenced his behaviour as a minister.

    But thou hath fully known my doctrine, MANNER OF LIFE…

    2 Timothy 3:10

    So what are ministerial ethics? These are the standards, principles and broad guidelines we must observe in the ministry. Ethical practices are upright, sound, honourable, moral, lawful, above-board, and full of integrity.

    Unethical behaviour on the other hand, is that which is indecent, unfair, improper, dishonourable, shady, unscrupulous and maybe even crooked.

    What Ethics Are Not

    Ethical guidelines are not absolute laws. They are not the law of God. Ethics are not scriptures and you will find that some of them even became impractical at different seasons of the ministry. However, they are generally helpful guidelines for practicing ministry. Not living according some of these ethics is not necessarily a sin. They are just ideas that may help us to fulfil our ministries. I am presenting these biblical guidelines to help ministers live and minister with wisdom.

    It is my prayer that you will find within these pages, something that is profitable for instruction in righteousness, that you - the man of God – ...may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:17).

    Chapter 2

    Ethics for the Head

    There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the

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