Ministry

I want you to tell me what ministries have made you feel the fullest after you finished.
Mine was my camp work I did from 2000-2002 up in Maine. I got to work with youth and special needs campers. I still think fondly about that time in my life.
Also, I got to go on a mission trip to South Africa in 2000. Three of the greatest weeks of my life!

The house to house ministry for many years. I have never really counted how many. Now though my bad heart stops me from getting outside even my home. So I answer questions here with correct answers from the Bible. At least I can use my accumulated knowledge to do some good. Then when one of my brothers or sisters come around, you can ask them further questions you want real answers to.

Ours is not a sometime or two year commitment. We dedicate our lives to Jehovah to do his will. That is a huge difference from other religions. It is the same thing Jesus spoke of about rejecting those who did do many fine works in the name of Christ and of God. Yet he rejected them as being sons of Satan. Why? He answers:

“Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23 And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness." (Matt. 7:21-23)

What they failed at was, " but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will." So they were condemned for doing their own will instead of doing God’s.

I am very interested in sign language and considering career possibilities involving its use. I am only a teen, though, and am very involved in my church. I really want to start a deaf ministry, to reach the deaf for Christ. Only my one friend and I know enough to interpret well. My questions are:
Can we do this by ourselves or do we need an adult? And
Do you have any suggestions where to find deaf people that would be interested in coming?
Thanks so much!

I have a friend who had the exact same interests as you. I use to sing special songs in church while she signed to the song. It was a wonderfully moving experience, even for the hearing. You could try starting like this and if it catches on perhaps the Pastor will put it in the bulletin and bring some deaf people in. You usually need to start small and grow rather than the other way around. It will also allow the Pastor to see your talent and ability which he will have to in order to trust that you are interpreting his messages correctly.

Isn’t all your tithe and support supposed to go to your pastor and ministry ?

If so, why do tv and radio ministries solicit financial support from people other another pastor/ministry?

Tithe is an individual conviction to God, it is not between you and a Pastor or Church, it is between you and God.

A person should tithe where they are being fed. this *should be at your church and can be elsewhere or both.

Remember that tithe and giving are two different things as well.
"God loves a *cheerful *Giver".

If one tithes or gives feeling obligated/without proper desire, they are wasting their money, God does not want it.