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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. |
Bible Question (short): Ordaining Others... |
Question (full): By what authority can a person give to another a ministry degree? I have been an outreach minister and want to ordain several young women who are already functioning as outreach ministers. I know that God is the judge but because I know their character I can attest to the fact that they are pure and without "blemish" before the Lord. What are the legal boundaries here? Do I have to be a church to do this? I have been functioning outside a normal church ever since I was 17 ministering to the hungry, poor and those who do not know the Lord. Please advise. Above all I want to ask for the Lord's blessing on their ministry and spur them on to love and good deeds. But I do want to be able to declare them ministers in all the legal sense of the word. Any advise would help. There are and will be many called to minister ...coming from all sort of orientations. I have been a minister since I was 17...LONG ago. God ordained me...others recognized and declared it...It was how I functioned and still function. Any advise? |