Pulpit -: is a raised platform or enclosure from which the
Priest / Pastor or their representatives addresses the worshipers in a Church.
Altar -:
Is a Holy structure (table) in a Church or temple on which sacrifices are offered
in worship. The most important place in a particular Church or temple (The Holy
of Holies – Hebrew 9:3)
Both Pulpit and Altar are connected
with God. The terms can be used interchangeably in the Church or temple
setting. Pulpit or an Altar should be kept sacred. They are considered to be
Holy, important and treated with great respect.
THE PULPIT PERSONNEL’S
Any dynamic organization must have
a group of people who would be working for the progress of that organization.
They are said to be skilled or trained personnel to see the welfare of that
organization.
In Church setting today, Paul the Apostle named about five
(5) basic offices that can formulate the Pulpit / Altar’s Personnel’s:
(Ephesians 4:11) 1. The Apostles (2). The Prophets; (3). The Evangelist. (4).
The Pastors and (5). The Teachers. And
in (Acts 6:3; Philippians 3:2, 8, 12) (6). The Bishops and (7). The
Deacons.
Because of sacredness in nature of
the Pulpit and technical of its holiness, our Church constitution, (like any
other Baptist Church), mandated Church Pastor to use his own initiative to add
more to the Pulpit personnel in order to accommodate other individual spiritual
gifts in the Church. This is how the Church has been operating.
Characteristics of Pulpit Personnel-:
Their most characteristics are Biblical in nature.
1. Acts 6:3 – 1. Known to be full of the
Holy Spirits and wisdom;
2. I Timothy 3:2 – 2. Above Reproach;
3. The
husband of but one wife, temperate, Self – Controlled, Respectable,
Hospitable, able
to teach (Teachable);
V3. 4. Not giving
to drunkenness,
5. Not violent but gentle,
6. Not
quarrelsome,
7. Not
lover of money,
V4. 8. He must mange his own family well and see
that his children obey him with
proper respect.
V8. 9. Be men Worthy of respect, sincere, not
indulging in much wine, not pursuing
dishonest gain.
V9. 10. They must keep hold of deep
truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
V10. 11. They must first be tested;
and then if there is nothing against them, let them
serve as deacons and or Pulpit
personnel
Duties of the Pulpit Personnel’s.
There are Biblical and practical
duties, because they are serving among Peoples. They are directly or indirectly
serving God.
1. Biblical duties: (Ephesians
4:12 – 13; II Timothy 3:16 – 17)
The Holy Spirit
has given each Christian Special gifts
for building up the Church (Through the Pulpit or an Altar). If each Christian
would know his /her gifts and look for opportunities to serve God and humanity, there would be no problem in the Church.
Among the Biblical duties includes
Preaching, Teaching, Healing, Nurturing, Giving, Administering, Building lives and
many others (I Peter 4: 10 -11).
- The Practical Duties: Visitation, Carryout Specific aspect of worshiping Programmes and many
others.
In carry out these specific
functions in a giving worship programmes, the followings will be of help:
- Be a prayer Person (Be in the mood of prayer for timely directive by the Holy Spirit).
- Be time conscious (Coming on time and note items before and after your own part).
- Be agile (able to move quickly and easily to avoid vacuum).
- Conduct without pride (Luke 18:14) and covetousness (Hebrew 13:5).
- Conduct with sound mind that is ready to serve (II Timothy 1:7).
- Conduct with spirit of self denial – (Luke 9:23)
- Faithfulness in all aspect (II Corinthians 4:2)
- Seeking the good of others all the time and avoid exaggeration
- Set our mind on external things and not the worldly things (Colossians 3:2).
- (Hebrew 12:27 – 28) conduct with spirit that can remove all removable elements.
- (Leviticus 20:7; Psalm 93:8; I Samuel 17:40; I Peter 1:15 – 16) Conduct with holiness and
smoothness stone.
Reward / Gain of Pulpit Personnel
(I Corinthians 9:13 – 14; Matthew 16:27).
a. Your anointing will increases – (Psalm 92:10).
b. You will become problem (solution) solver.
c. Joy that you serve Human being before God and a coworker
with God – (I Corinthians 3: 8 – 9)
d. Place in the eternity. (Luke 10:20)
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