It’s wonderful that a Pastor is willing and secure enough to have singular ministries call their church home — a safe place to leave their wives and children while they do what God called them to do.
However, there must be House rules so that no one is confused and no one gets hurt.
Imagine a baby Christian is coming to a Church that God is calling them to or someone that God is healing from backsliding and the usher assists them to a chair and then that usher talks about their ministry and asks if they could get their email to send them something.
God is calling that person to that church to sit under that pastor and a para-minister is hustling to get a new partner out of them.
Then every time that person comes to church that para-minister works on that person until that person whom God called to that particular church for that particular Pastoring decides not to go anymore because this para-minister who is not anointed by God to pastor. NOT GOOD!
Rule One:
Never approach a flock member about your ministry or give any type of information about your minister unless asked by the individual.
Rule Two:
Never speak “pastoral” with authority to someone. Always speak with a tongue of a disciple. There is only one person that is anointed by God to see into someone’s life and it isn’t you.
Rule Three:
Do not pry into another’s personal business unless invited by that person.
Being in full time ministry is a sacred trust before the Lord and when you are Anointed by God people will seek you out — not the other way around.
How will I build my partner list if I cannot talk to people at church?
By simply doing your ministry and opening up the altar physically and on your website portal — the more you do ministry, the more God can endorse your ministry.
Rookie preacher — yes, sometimes God has called people to quit their job and Go— and God provides. However, if you are sponging off others and no one is giving to your ministry then “go get a job” — even a second part time job to save up as your starter capital seed. — until the Lord tells you to sow it — either to your own ministry or even to another’s — then you will have seed in the ground for yours through righteous labor and biblical faith application — you do not have to hustle like the world if God really is calling you — His will, His bill.
However, you must obey His Word to accomplish it. Follow His way of doing and being with all moral excellence.
Be a good partner and you will reap good partners.
Many young believers are sensing a full time ministry calling on their life. However, many run ahead of God without an “apprenticeship season” endeavoring to whip up a ministry through hype and personality — which is “strange fire” before the Lord. Slow down little buddy and learn before you do — novices should NOT be in authority for many reasons — pride, foolishness, error — arm of the flesh — ALL HURT INNOCENT PEOPLE and it doesn’t display the righteousness of God.
Stay close to your pastor — mimic him — he may have learned a few things over the decades that will save you a lot of self inflicted problems — and bad fruit.