Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: July 25, 2014 01:09AM
My observation and understanding - of how things were to function and did function.
These areas of the ministry were a work in progress, because they were evolving - being new to the church. Even the titles Kingdom Communications and Kingdom business counselors - were new words being added to the churches vocabulary, to describe and define these branches of the ministry .
The apostle of Kingdom Communications ( Gary ) and the apostle of Kingdom business. ( Bob McClane.) These were 2 different branches of ( a service ) that was provided for the church. Gary was the overseer of Kingdom Communications and Bob was the overseer of Kingdom Business and just as Gary had a company of brothers who helped Gary and worked with and for Gary - Bob also had a company of brothers who also worked with and for Bob, as K.B. counselors. These were two separate branches of the ministry. Both having a distinct and a different purpose .
The ministry of Kingdom Business Counselors came into existence as a branch of the ministry before the ministry of Kingdom Communications became a branch of the ministry, for the church.
How the ministry of Kingdom business Counseling - came into existence - was many of the people over a period of years, who owned their own businesses began asking Bob, who was a member and a pastor of one of the churches - began asking Bob for help as a consultant as to what they could do to improve their own business. And Bob as a friend to many - who ever came to him for help, gladly made time to share what he had learned in business with the people, encouraging them to have faith in God, knowing many of the difficulties those who had businesses were struggling with. And so what ever he had learned, Bob shared and gave freely his help in this way, to others in the church.
Bob began to be known and well spoken of, finding favor among the people, for his service and for his generosity of the unselfish giving of himself in this area - which began to be recognized as being a " help" ministry to the members of the church and because Bob did not charge or even think to charge any one for his helping them, this was also considered to be a " gift " to the church.
Definition " Commissioned " authority granted for a particular action or function.
Those who were commissioned by John Stevens , as ministries in the church and for the church - were enabled by being commissioned to the church, to work and perform a specific function, of service , for the good of the church.
Any one who was serving in a given area of the ministry, who was commissioned as a ministry - or set in the church - as a ministry, was considered by all, to be a man of excellent character.