In our partner appreciation weekend, Pastor Darren revealed to those in attendance the concept of Lakeside moving to the forefront of ministry training. The concept is to become very intentional in discipling believers to prepare them for service not just for Lakeside, but for the Kingdom of God at large.
I am so behind this concept it isn't funny. The 1st century church wasn't the domain of paid professional ministers. It was peopled by new converts whose lives had been radically transformed and they could do nothing else but share their experience with everyone else. I used the term "pressure of anointing" to describe what builds up in believers who are seeking what God wants to do their their lives. They have to minister to relieve that pressure. We have seen in recent years that ministry takes on so many more forms than just preaching, and every believer has a ministry within that needs to be developed and utilized for the Kingdom.
I can't wait to see how this develops.
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