Since spiritual gifts are special divine empowerments, it only makes sense that we seek out people most appropriately gifted to do specific tasks involved in policy-making. This doesn’t minimize the role of prayer in developing and using policies. But, if people who have the spiritual gifts best suited for the varying aspects are involved, it pulls on God’s power in a different way.
Spiritual Gifts Suited for Determining What Policies are Needed
As a leader you need to be involved in assessing needs and determining what kinds of policies are needed at your church to protect and provide for the health and growth of the Body. You would do well, however, to seek the assistance of people with the spiritual gifts of discernment, knowledge, and wisdom in this phase of policy making.
The Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use briefly explains how the above mentioned gifts contribute to determining what policies are needed. The handbook also looks at gifting helpful to 26 other ministry tasks, as well as 16 broad ministry areas.
All Posts about Policy Making:
- Policy Making Objectives
- Policy Making Parameters
- Policy Making & the Big Picture
- Policy Making & Freedom in Christ
- Policies with No Hidden Agendas
- Policies Reflecting Both Grace & Truth
- Church Policies & the Next Generation
- Don’t Let Policies Take on a Life of Their Own
- Spiritual Gifts in Determining Policies
- Spiritual Gifts for Writing Policies
- Spiritual Gifts Suited for Implementing Policies
- Turning to God or to Church Policies?
- God’s Your Defender, Not Your Church Policies
- Policies Shaped by the Gospel
- Policies Reflecting the Gospel
- Policies Shaped by Grace
- Policy-Making Safeguarded by Grace
- Why Policies When We Have God’s Word?
- Power to Maintain the Proper Focus in Policymaking
- Policies Reflecting the Resurrection
- Church Policies Done in the Name of the Lord Jesus