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Well I am the Teacher and I love that Ministry and when I tell you that God gave it to me as a child and I have been doing it all my life and I am amazed at what God has done to empower me as a Teacher. I feel of all the folds that it gets the least attention (respect) because like the world the church percieves the old addage "THOSE WHO CAN PREACH" and THOSE THAT CAN'T PREACH well they TEACH..."...Don't laugh...You dynamic Preachers sat in Sunday and Vacation Bible School and learned the word from a Teacher of the Word and then you fail to look back and remember that God blessed you with that Teacher who taught you that Word that you preach so handly now.
I think the Other Four Folds need to all be teachers but then some rest on anointing and drammatics to make their point and sometimes use catchy subjects and whimsical theatrics to be effective but you can be all form and no substance sometimes too. I personally think the TEACHER should get mad props because the ability to ingest and digest the word return the word back so that adults, children in and out of the church can understand.
Don't get it twisted...THE TEACHER is all of the folds but I TEACH FIRST THEN I AM able to operate in the other folds. You never see EDUCATION CONFERENCES do you...it's time to work on that !!!
Yes! Teaching is a passion for me and I love it! When I started in ministry, I was teaching, and now I still teach. Preaching is in me and it flows, but teaching is what will flow the most. Everyone puts so much emphasis on preaching, preaching, preaching, but they forget that if the people don't even first have an understanding, then you aren't doing anything! Everyone apart of the fold should teach. Even the Bishop's have to be 'apt to teach'; Ministers in the Bible never stressed preaching as much as being taught. A preacher is no good if he doesn't know how to teach or be taught and respect the gifting of teaching. They push the teacher to the back burner; many don't want the teaching in the "regular" service, only in sunday school or maybe bible study. This is a bad tradition that was picked up long ago and I'm glad to see many have gotten out of it and I am glad that I am part of a ministry that allows the gift to flow and not try to force me to be like everyone else. No more of this putting one over the other, but appreciating EACH gift in its place and allowing it to grow. No preacher is just called to be a preacher alone, if that's all he does, then he's getting nothing done. Without teaching, preaching isn't very effective.
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