As we’ve already noted, no area of church life is exempt of our need for God’s power. That includes even record keeping and reporting.
Increase the possibility of pulling on God’s power in record keeping by identifying people to get involved who have the spiritual gifts most suited to this kind of ministry. Remember, spiritual gifts are God’s special divine empowerments to do ministry His way.
Spiritual Gifts Most Used in Records Keeping
Keeping records focuses on the gathering and compilation of data whether into a computer or on paper — a task-oriented ministry. The following gifts tend to be more task-oriented and consequently could be ones to pull on in records keeping.
administration
helps
service
The Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use briefly explains how the motivating factor is what distinguishes these gifts in record keeping. The handbook looks at spiritual gifts most beneficial in 26 other tasks a church leader often oversees. It also looks at gifting for 16 broad ministry areas under which most of your church ministries should fall.
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