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. Have you resolved to keep your life untarnished and undefiled as long as you live, by daily and constant study of the scriptures and prayers and by surrendering your life completely to God? c. Will you from this moment and forever order your life and general bearings to be example to God’s children in your community, local Church and the world? d. Will you continue to lead and serve God’s people with your life, talents, time and resources to the end of your life? 5. The answers of a CA and yours in a few hours time to these questions are “I have”, “I do so resolve” and “I will”. Let us at this point ponder at the questions and answers. The following must strike us as the import of the examination. a. An MCN CA is a role model as a child of God in every area of life (1Tim 4:12b, 1Pet 5:2-4). b. The Song of an awardee from the day of investiture till the end of his/her life should be: “I surrender all I surrender all All to Thee my blessed Saviour I surrender all” c. A CA must be a student of the Bible and strong in prayer. d. There is no retirement for a CA in using his/her talents, time and resources for God. It is until “death do us part”. 6. It is the aim of this Paper to draw the functions of a CA from the Purpose, Presentation and Examination. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CONFERENCE AWARDEE 7. Submission to Christ in Word and Deed. A CA is committed to the task of obedient submission to Christ in word and deed. He/She must be in the vanguard of surpassing others in all acts that promote Christian ideals and the spread of scriptural holiness throughout the land. Section 17c of the 2006 Constitution of the Church gave “regular attendance at and observance of the means of Grace provided by the Church” as one of the criteria for the membership of the Church. If it and “constancy, faithfulness and single mindedness in the fellowship of the Church” are criteria for membership, they become stronger criteria for membership of the privileged class of CA. It means that a CA must be in the forefront of attendance of Bible Study, Prayer meeting, 74
Crusade, Convention etc and at times ought to function as a conductor and/or leader. 8. Example to Believers. It is imperative for a CA to be an example to the believers in every area of life. A CA cannot be two faced i.e. be one thing in the Church and another thing outside. In any case examination in para 2c has said it all – “an example in the community, local Church and the world”. A Biblical personality that fits this function is Philip one of the 7 laymen chosen by the brethren on the advice of the Apostles to help in administration. The Bible recorded that Philip who later became an Evangelist had 4 daughters who were virgins and who prophesied (Acts 21:9). Philip, it was, who led the Ethiopian senior government official to Christ (Acts 8:30-37). Philip is an example to all CA. He functioned as a good father, a layman who had completely submitted to Christ in word and deed (Acts 6:35). 9. Defender of the Faith. A CA must function as a bold defender of the faith in his/her loyal service to the Church and the cause of Christ’s kingdom. The main weapon for a defender of the faith is the word of God. The function of a CA as defender of the faith has a strong link with his/her function of submission to Christ, the Captain of all defenders of the faith. Our hymn MHB 821 asks all soldiers of the Cross to stand up for Jesus who leads his army from victory to victory till every foe is vanquished. A good example of a defender of the faith is Stephen who was martyred in defence of the faith. 10. Bridge-Builder and Ambassador of Peace. A CA must function as a bridge-builder and ambassador of peace among all arms of the Church. He/She must collaborate with Ministers and elected Lay Officers in all tasks of reconciliation, peace and concord both in his area of residence as well as throughout the entire Conference Area. The Prelate Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Sunday Ola Makinde CON GPJ once said that if conference award had been in existence the crisis the Church went through would not have happened. He is of the opinion that CA, as bridge-builders and ambassador of peace, would have stepped in. All CA must seek peace and pursue it” (1Pet 3:11b). 11. Performance of Task. A CA must be available to the Church for the performance of any task at all levels of the Church and at International levels. Such tasks may or may not be related to his/her exalted position. After all, at the Covenant Service on the first Sunday of the year all CA did bind themselves with Christ in the following words “Christ has many services to be done; some are easy, others are difficult; some bring honour, others bring reproach; some are suitable 75
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