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1 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | justme | 121583 | ||
ourfathersheart: For whatever reason, for which I personally have some very serious doubt about, you claim to have been "minister" from age 17? Might I ask, by whom were you ordained into the ministry? What group of believers so recognized your calling from God? Who laid hands on you and set you aside as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? These questions may seem unimportant, but they do serve a purpose. Unless a group who is established as a religious body, and duely authorized to legally make someone a "minister", your legal status as a minister is likely unvalid. Most established churches require a period of proving ones self to be set aside as a minister. This is quite Biblical. Most usually this cermony of becoming a minister is for the most part called "ordination". One must be "ordained" inorder to take ssomeone under their watchcare to train a person to become a "minister". Ordination and granting degrees are TOTALLY two different aspects of ministery. One is a function of the church, the other a function of an educating school. There is no easy to become a "servant" of Jesus Christ! In the world of today overflowing with so many uneducated false teachers, who are doing exactlly as it seems you were hinting of perhaps doing, this just is not Gods will!!!! There are Ordained people in this forum, and many with Master of Divinity degrees. Some with ever higher learning degrees than that. I do not equate srirituallity with having a degree, however the chances of a person willing to do spiritual study and learning to do ministry in a very serious mannor increase the chances for a better "minister". There is no "short cuts" to God, or becoming a "minister". I strongly warn you not to be a "lone ranger" in "ordaining" or giving a "degree" to anyone. Unless you are authorized to do so. Should you do so you have become like those in the in The Word of Faith Movement which is in my opinion a cult from the pit of hell! If as your pen name says you have "our fathers heart", I believe you will understand what I have said. justme |
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2 | Ordaining Others... | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 121584 | ||
Justme: Good post. You are right. Individuals do not ordain ministers. Churches ordain ministers. That is, the authority to ordain does not come from an individual. It comes from a church. Grace to you, kalos |
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3 | Ordained In A Church | 2 Tim 2:15 | ourfathersheart | 121617 | ||
Please read the thread where I answered this question. I was ordained at the age of 17 by a mainstream Christian church. | ||||||
4 | Ordained In A Church | 2 Tim 2:15 | Searcher56 | 121625 | ||
What denomination ordained you? | ||||||