METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA - Online Study Bible

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CALL AS A CONFERENCE AWARDEE AND
AN AGENT OF CHURCH STABILITY
By
Sir Jimmy N. Coker, Lay President of Conference
1. PREAMBLE
Grace and peace from God the Father be upon you all in Jesus
precious name. On behalf of His Eminence, Dr. Sunday Ola.
Makinde GPJ, CON, Prelate Methodist Church Nigeria, I warmly
welcome you all to this maiden Orientation Seminar for
Methodist Conference Awardees and their spouses. As part of
our repositioned programme is to ensure that our Leaders at all
levels of leadership are adequately informed and knowledgeable
of their various offices or calling. This Seminar is therefore to
equip and prepare you for the services expected of you after
your investiture, when you must have assumed a new status
within the Church of God.
Every enterprise has its goals. Christ the Saviour preached the
good news healed the sick and educated the people and He has
set these for His bride the Church. The Church of our day must
accomplish these goals. Conference Awardees of the Church
must support the Church to succeed resoundingly in Preaching,
Teaching and Educating. The success must be of such magnitude
so that people can say we have never seen any thing like this
from our previous Awardees.
2. YOUR CALL
To be called is to be set apart after your investiture and given the
privilege and responsibilities in the body of Christ. It is a call to
divine service, stewardship, responsibility, leadership and
giving by the grace of God and leading of the Holy Spirit. It is
not a social title or retirement benefit.
Remember that whoever is called or chosen by God is called for a
certain purpose. God said in John 15:16 that “He is the one who
has chosen you”. Although you may have done some things in the
past for the Church, God has call you at this time because of the
potential He has seen in you that you can develop His Church. I
will expatiate further as we go on. Some of you may think you
have been called because of your money, do not forget that the
money you have has been given to you by God as Paul wrote in 1
Cor. 4:7. Both riches and honour come from the Lord and
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