Building Leaders who Build Champions
The Partners Profile
- Senior pastor-Teachers with congregations that meet regularly.
- Christian Leaders of a para-church organization..
- Individuals with a confirmed call to prepare for the pastorate.
- Ministers with a confirmed call to launch a para-church or on a track of preparation for a para-church ministry.
- Minister involved in a church plant process.
The Ministry
The Macedonia International Bible Fellowship will serve as:
- A covenant of mutual prayer and spiritual accountability
- A channel of teaching, equipping and encouraging
- A consecrated fellowship which promotes integrity
- A clearinghouse of technical, professional and personal resources
- A context of counsel and assistance with the challenges of ministry and leadership.
The Strategy
Paul responded to the call to “come over into Macedonia and help us.” His goal was to meet needs in the power of the Holy Spirit. The strategy of the Macedonia International Bible Fellowship is to create a variety of settings in which the practical issues of the pastorate, ministry and leadership can be sensitively and forthrightly confronted. There will be multiple opportunities to wrestle with the peaks and valleys of ministry. Members of the fellowship can take advantage of:
- Annual events in the form of conferences, seminars, or educational ministry experiences/excursions.
- School of Pastoral Ministry (SPM) – Training Sessions with Bishop Ulmer in smaller groups.
- Discussions, Internet conferencing and E-mail
The Services
By the grace of God, the Macedonia International Bible Fellowship will provide the following service:
Ordination Certificates upon request, examination and approval. This optional service is offered in response to existing needs by some members facing a potential call to a specific ministry assignment. The ordination document will bear the seal of MIBF, and the name of he local church as applicable. The ordination process will be a standardized evaluation procedure which examines the candidate spiritually, morally, and theologically.
The Responsibility
Sons and daughters of Macedonia International Bible Fellowship are expected to:
- Pray for the fellowship and Presiding Bishop
- Live a holy life before God, your family and your church or constituency.
- Tithe into MIBF monthly. This requirement is in demonstration of the spiritual relationship of teacher and student (Galatians 6:6). It is the demonstration of the relationship of prophetic impartation into the lives of the recipient (1 Samuel 9:8). Finally, it is a demonstration of the principle of father and son, spiritual covering and the idea of financial honor implied in said relationships (Malachi 1:6, 1 Timothy 5:17).
- Faithfully attend designated assemblies to the best of your ability.
- Develop relationships with other members of the fellowship or other God-ordained relationships of accountability and prayer support.
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