As a pastor, you must not let ministry harm your marriage. How can you keep the balance between marriage and ministry? Avoid these nine ways that pastors let their ministry harm their marriage.

How does one prepare to receive a call into the ministry after the completion of one's studies? This article offers four thoughts.

How should you handle false accusations in the ministry? This article calls for an attitude that is in line with Christ's.

What are aspects to consider when considering a call to the ministry? This article raises six questions to reflect on.

What is a Reformed ministry? This article explains that the Reformers saw ministry as God's gift to his church. It deals with the work of the ministry, and the weakness of the ministry.

This article explains that one's personality influences his ministry. It discusses what personality is, and points out that God redeems and renews our personalities as well. It then explains that one's personality should touch but not torch one's ministry.

What is one cause of losing excitement in ministry work? This article suggests that familiarity with the things of God can cause you to lose your awe and amazement at the grace of God.

As a Christian, you are an ambassador of God. Therefore, God calls you to minister. Sometimes it happens that you might limit your ministry. This article discusses four ways in which that happens.

How do you face every new day in the ministry, even those days where you awaken with discouragement or even dread? This article offers five reasons why you can experience comfort every morning of your ministry.

As Christians, you are called to be ambassadors for Christ. What does it mean to be an ambassador? It means your whole life is a life of ministry.

This article offers ten things for a pastor to consider that will aid his marriage and his ministry.

The nature of a pastor's work often means he needs to be strategic about making time to continue learning. This article offers five practical ways to continue to grow theologically in the ministry.

Is your definition of ministry as comprehensive as the Bible's? This article considers Colossians 3:12-15 and its call to and definition of ministry.

This article addresses an unbiblical approach to survival in ministry—seeking an easier church—and then explains how a minister should prepare for surviving and growing in the work of ministry—knowing where his identity lies.

Life as a sinner with other sinners is challenging and messy. How shall we respond to one another when misunderstanding happens? This article points to Christ as the picture of what ministry and discipleship look like: they involve being misunderstood and being vulnerable.

What is the fullness of the Spirit referred to by Paul in Ephesians 5:18? Often this text is read in terms of the empowerment of individual believers for discipleship and ministry, and this leads to difficulties in relating the text to its immediate literary context.

This article offers guidelines for a congregation member to consider when he has problems with his pastor's ministry. These are of help for living peaceably with one another, and avoiding conflict.

This article explains how the task of ministry involves all members of the local church. It takes its cue from Ephesians 4:11-13.

This article focuses on a fundamental principle for Christian ministry: the contrast between the glory of the new covenant ministry and the shame of the new covenant minister. This comes from 2 Corinthians 4:7.

The work of the Spirit as explained in the Pastoral Epistles is examined in this article. The author takes a look at a number of texts that call our attention to the work of the Spirit in prophecy, ministry, and renewal; e.g. 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:14, Titus 3:5.

For a beginning pastor, the ministry may look daunting. How should you approach pastoral ministry? This article shares six lessons: soak yourself in the Word, avoid the performance syndrome, point people to the Saviour, honour other pastors, love your wife, and love your people.

This article reflects mainly on Luke 10:20, which contains a command for the seventy disciples to rejoice in their ministry, for in Christ it was a victorious ministry. This same joy is to be there today, and this article provides much encouragement to that end.

Are you using ministry for your personal fulfilment? If so, there are seven disastrous results you can expect.

This article considers both the pros and cons of a long-term ministry in one location.

This article considers Ezekiel's call in Ezekiel 2-Ezekiel 3, full of character qualifications required for a God-glorifying ministry.

This article offers ways for pastors to help encourage young men to pursue the ministry of the Word.

Can the function of the ordained ministry be reduced to "equipping saints" for service? Ephesians 4:11-12 is often read in that way. The question is therefore whether Ephesians 4:12 teaches that the "ministry of the Church" is done by the "saints" and the only distinctive role of the officers is to equip the saints for such service. The article, through a presentation of a translation and exegesis of these verses in context, argues against such a view.

How did the apostle Paul view the scope of his ministry and mission? Bowers reviews the data available on what Paul considered within the range of his missionary calling.

What are the pastor's motivations in the ministry? He should not be motivated by envy. His ministry motives must be rooted in gospel faithfulness, gospel contentment, gospel humility, gospel diligence and gospel love. This article explains.

What is the importance of theological education for an evangelist? How important is theological training for the ministry? This article argues that the church needs scholarly evangelists and evangelistic scholars.

How do believers understand and carry out their role in the church? This article discusses a proper perspective on individual ministry, and what ministry involves.

What does it mean to be involved in a ministry? This article shows that the modern definition of the word 'ministry' is sometimes inaccurate. The priesthood of believers should not be confused with the call to ministry, which is limited to the ministry of the word and the administration of sacraments.

This trilogy of articles are an exposition of 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 about prayer. Those involved in the ministry must be prayed for. The nature of their work requires it, because of the importance of the work and the abundance of temptations and difficulties facing them.

This trilogy of articles are an exposition of 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 about prayer. Those involved in the ministry must be prayed for. The nature of their work requires it, because of the importance of the work and the abundance of temptations and difficulties facing them.

This trilogy of articles are an exposition of 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 about prayer. Those involved in the ministry must be prayed for. The nature of their work requires it, because of the importance of the work and the abundance of temptations and difficulties facing them.

How does God make ministers? How does He prepare pastors for the ministry? This article seeks to answer these questions.

After seeing how difficult a calling the ministry can be, why would anyone want to be a minister? This article answers that God makes the pastor, and prepares the way for him from childbirth. The apostle Paul is an illustration of this. It is God's power that makes men useful to his ministry. A minister will therefore not be proud, since he is only an instrument of God's hand.

These two articles build off of the series entitled The Congregation's Support of Her Diaconate​. Is it the obligation of each church member to financially support the ministry of the Gospel? The author first defines what the ministry of the Gospel is, and then discusses paying the minister, providing a place of worship, and supporting mission work.

Motherhood is a good analogy for the work of the minister. They are great principles for the ministry embedded in the role of the mother. The author discusses this concept by looking at 1 Thessalonians 2:7.

Motherhood is a good analogy for the work of the minister. They are great principles for the ministry embedded in the role of the mother. The author discusses this concept by looking at 1 Thessalonians 2:7.

When is it that someone can say he is called to the ministry? This article provides some clarity to this question. Calling is the work of God through the Holy Spirit. The author identifies three essentials aspects of the call to ministry.

What is the process behind the decision of whether an individual will go to a theological seminary? This article maintains that not only is the individual himself behind the decision, but the church federation and the church elders. Elders have the responsibility to seek out and encourage suitable individuals to consider going into the ministry.

The author of this article urges readers to financially support the work of ministry and the spreading of the gospel through mission work.

This article shows that for church ministry to continue having life, there must be a ministry of the word and Spirit. Without the Spirit the word cannot bring life - a balance between the two is needed so that one is not emphasized above the other.

This article describes the negative impact celebrity culture can have on the ministry of the church.

The author of this article maintains that the reason ministers leave the ministry is often due to a lack of gratitude for ministry. Seeing ministry as the gracious work of God will develop gratitude in both the minister and the church.

This article looks at the gospel ministry to non-Christian Jews. The author discusses how the Reformed understanding of the covenant of grace, the unity of the people of God, the harmony of the law and the gospel, and eschatology has bearing on evangelism to non-Christian Jews.

This article on church history looks at the three missionary journeys and the ministry of the apostle Paul.

This article discusses the importance of prayer in the ministry of the Gospel (Acts 6:2-4).

"I urge you, Timothy, as we live in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus (whose coming in power will judge the living and the dead), to preach the Word of God. Never lose your sense of urgency, in season or out of season.

Prayer for those in the Christian ministry is indispensable. (1 Thessalonians 5:25)

This essay paints in broad brushstrokes a picture of what ministry looked like in the early church. The author discusses the ministry's organization, purpose and authority.