What Are You Doing Now?

I have been asked on several occasions, “How do you start a ministry?” My answer is, “Be a ministry and you won’t have to start one.” Many years ago, when I was pastoring, we went to the bank to borrow money to build a larger facility. The banker asked only one question, “Reverend Gabler, what are you doing now that you need my $1.2 million to do better?” It effectively shocked me into reality since we were doing little more than having two services a week. One doesn’t need a position, a title or even a paper that says they are ordained to actually do ministry. Ministry is simply giving to others what Jesus has given us for them. (Jn.21:15-16)

(This is the fifth excerpt from an article by Marty Gabler entitled “The Kingdom Of God In Action.)