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Vital Ministries Checklist
Mobilize your flock to serve Christ actively, and monitor
progress.
Find a task when a trainee or church needs it, by its
number (the list is a menu).
GIVE PASTORAL CARE AND COMFORT TO
THE TROUBLED
Correct disobedience without condemning, Gal. 6:1-2;
Matt 18:15-20; 1 Cor. 5:
♦ Remove roots of bitterness before they destroy both
hater and hated, 06-g
♦ Correct others’ bad habits without grumbling,
gossiping or judging, 07-e
♦ Provide care-giving for persons and families that have
problems or addictions, 08-c
♦ Help the anguished and dejected to trust in Jesus’
relief, 09-f
♦ Reconcile enemies, 13-b
♦ Restore those who stray, without delay, 14-c
♦ Assure the dying, console mourners, and help all to
think on eternity, 15-e
♦ Follow the steps that Jesus prescribed to deal with
offenders, 19-b
♦ Agree on a Peace Pact to
heal division, 21-b.
♦ Be a peacemaker; forgiving even the one who has
injured you painfully, 22-a
♦ Staunch Satan’s sneaky undercurrents of finicky
criticism, 03-c
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Advise and reconcile troubled folks, Philemon:
♦ Deal decisively with crushing feelings of guilt,
05-a
♦ Explain why our heavenly Father lets His beloved
children suffer, 07-c
♦ Let courage and faith override feelings and fear, to
overcome harsh trials, 08-a
♦ Face the world’s hatred without letting it trigger
despair and dismay, 09-d
♦ Put to rest gnawing doubts that derive from defeat
and fatigue, 09-e
♦ Agree with one’s spouse on prudent management of
family finances, 15-b
♦ Deal decisively with addictions, such as to
gambling, 23-a
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Watch over the flock and drive off ‘wolves,’ Acts
20:28-31; Titus 3:10-11:
♦ Drive off wolves that threaten a flock and shun all
who cause division, 06-a
♦ Heed Jesus’ warning against apathy’s deadly effect,
02-b
Practice confirmed (date):
____________________
PRAY, INTERCEDE, DO SPIRITUAL
WARFARE
Pray daily alone and with one’s family, 1 Thess.17;
Eph, 6:10-18; Gen. 18:20-33:
♦ Detect Satan’s treachery as he strives to stifle a
church’s revitalization, 04-b
♦ Replace prayers to idols and images with prayer in
Jesus’ name, 09-g
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Pray for the sick and helpless, expose false religion, free demons’
victims, Eph. 6:10-18; Jas 5:13-18:
♦ Pray with confidence in Jesus’ name for the sick and
oppressed, 14-d
♦ Rely on the power of Jesus’ name to discern and cast
out evil spirits, 16-b
♦ Detect and resist “demonic forces of darkness,” 21-c
♦ Discern and expose false spiritual power, 22-e
♦ Wage spiritual warfare strategically, prepared
always for martyrdom, 03-e
PRACTICE CONFIRMED (date):
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GIVE AND BE A GOOD
NEIGHBOR TO THE NEEDY
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Serve the needy in useful ways, being model citizens, Luke
10:25-37; Acts 6:1-6; Gal. 6:9-10:
♦ Avoid using Satan’s tools to extend Christ’s Kingdom
earth, 05-d
♦ Achieve social justice by using methods that also
are just, 07-f
♦ Deal with employers and employees with respect and
fairness, 10-d
♦ Instruct believers to do business in an honest way,
15-g
♦ Help the poor improve their economic status without
causing dependency, 16-a
♦ In disaster’s wake, deal with both spiritual and
physical needs, 16-d
♦ Integrate benevolent development work with other
vital ministries, 16-e
♦ Strive without rancor for social justice, 17-a
♦ Train deacons to lead others caring for the needy
and oppressed, 20-a
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Be good stewards of one’s treasure, talent and time, Mat.
25:14-30; Lu. 6:38:
♦ Practice Christian stewardship for the right motive,
13-a
♦ Encourage believers to give cheerfully, 15-f
♦ Instruct believers to do business in an honest way,
15-g
♦ Verify a benevolence project before contributing to
it, to avoid scams, 19-k
♦ Take vacations as Jesus did, 20-d
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
WORSHIP AS A BODY AND HAVE SINCERE
FELLOWSHIP
Worship as a body, have fellowship and celebrate Communion, Matt.
26:26-28; Heb. 10:25; Acts 2:46; 20:7
♦ Know the place of emotion in worship and a
Christian’s life, 05-j
♦ Consecrate the time and place set apart for serious
worship in homes, 07-b
♦ Obey New Testament ‘one another’ commands in small
groups, 07-a
♦ Let children take a serious part in worship and
church life, 10-a
♦ Maintain order during worship without discouraging
spontaneity, 10-f
♦ Experience the divine mystery of the bread and cup
of Communion, 11-a
♦ Build loving relationships between new and mature
believers, 17-c
♦ Include worship songs that one can recall and sing
during the week, 11-f
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Develop interaction in and between cells and churches,
Rom. 12:3-21; 1 Cor. 13:
♦ Let believers prophesy in the way the New Testament
prescribes, 06-e
♦ Let all use their spiritual gifts in small groups,
to obey the ‘one another’ commands, 07-a
♦ Churches and cells help other do vital ministries so
that all are healthy, 12-b
♦ Practice honest pastoral ethics, 17-d
♦ Respect Christian leaders, regardless of their
social and educational level, 18-b
♦ Expose and shun false leaders without compromise or
delay, 18-e
♦ Cooperate closely with other churches in the area,
22-b
♦ Respect sincere Christians with differences in
doctrine or practice, 22-d
♦ Maintain true unity in Christ and avoid cultural
bullying, 23-c
Practice confirmed (date):
____________________
BE TRANSFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF
GOD’S SON
Be transformed and renewed daily by God’s Holy Spirit, 2 Cor.
4:16:
♦ Resist deceptive alternatives to serving God in a
fruitful way, 01-b
♦ Resist the subtle lure to criticize too much, 04-g
♦ Live by faith without seeking constant signs from
God to bolster it, 08-d
♦ Explain why the risen Christ is one’s only hope for
pardon and immortality, 09-c
♦ Resist fleshly temptations by slaying sinful
passions, 12-e
♦ Explain original sin and its consequence
for everyone, 15-a
♦ Discern God’s will with certainty, 19-c
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Cultivate the ‘fruit of the Spirit’,
Gal. 5:16-25:
♦ Achieve holiness by nurturing the fruit of the
Spirit, 06-c
♦ Correct children, coworkers and employees with
patience and a cool head, 03-a
♦ Detect and arrest gossip before its venom spreads,
05-b
♦ Pound one’s ego down daily with God’s ‘hammer’ to be
a servant to all, 09-a
♦ Love and forgive enemies, 10-e
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
EVANGELIZE, MAKE DISCIPLES AND PLANT
CHURCHES
Declare Jesus’ death and resurrection, what
He’s done in your life, Lk
24:46-48; Acts 1:8; 2 Tim. 4:5:
♦ Demonstrate how to evangelize
entire families and networks of friends,04-d
♦ Let all believers use the power
that God promised, to spread the Good News, 05-c
♦ Warn people of final judgment and God’s just
punishment in hell, 05-h
♦ Encourage and enable believers to witness with power
to friends and relatives, 05-i
♦ Proclaim Jesus as one’s only Savior and Mediator,
08-b
♦ Help doubters and those who think that their good
works will save them to trust in God’s grace, 11-e
♦ Be alert to God-given opportunities to witness for
Jesus, 03-d
♦ Evangelize a head of a family first, or as soon as
possible, 19-h
♦ During public festivals, offer wholesome
alternatives to indulging in vices, 23-d
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Receive and baptize the repentant without delay due to non-biblical,
legalistic rules, Acts 2:38-42:
♦ Know baptism’s original purpose and effect, and
practice it accordingly, 05-g
♦ Respect the sensitivities of younger and new
believers, 11-f
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Make disciples by training believers to obey all of Jesus’ commands, Mt.
7:24-29; 28:18-20; Jn 14:15:
♦ Form seeker, seeder and feeder cells to keep
multiplying, 06-d
♦ Lets Jesus be a church’s top leader, by obeying His
commands, 01-d
♦ Let older children lead younger, serving as role
models, 10-b
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Start daughter churches and home groups (cells), Acts
Chapters 13 - 14:
♦ Send workers who know how to multiply churches to
neglected peoples, 18-a
♦ Free a flock from assuming that a building is always
necessary, 19-i
♦ Keep churches and cells multiplying in their normal,
biblical way, 22-c
♦ Remove man-made barriers to the expansion of
Christ’s Kingdom, 23-e
Practice confirmed (date):
____________________
Prepare and send workers to neglected fields near and far, Mt.
28:18-20; Rom. 15:20-21:
♦ Respond by faith to questioning by hostile
authorities, 21-a
♦ Prepare workers to enter neglected fields, adapt to
a culture and be accountable, 21-d
Practice confirmed (date):
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MOBILIZE AND TRAIN SHEPHERDING
ELDERS
Apply the Word to equip all believers for edifying ministry, 2 Tim.
3:16-17:
♦ Disinfect a flock from the contagious, disheartening
leaven of legalism, 05-e
♦ Discern crucial differences between the old and new
covenants, 06-b
♦ Teach doctrine along with its practical duty, using
Bible stories to clarify both, 10-c
♦ Proclaim positive truths, avoiding excessive
scolding, 11-d
♦ Balance the two effective ways of choosing what to
teach, 17-b
♦ Serve as an example that others can easily imitate,
of a conscientious shepherd, 13-c
♦ Let love rather than money motivate bi-vocational
leaders, and recruit many, 04-a
Practice confirmed (date):
____________________
Mobilize and train leaders of new churches and cell groups,
Mark 3:14; Titus 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:2:
♦ Extend mentoring chains as Paul required, 06-f
♦ Recognize conditions that call for extension
training and mentoring for shepherds, 04-f
♦ Train new leaders the way Jesus and His apostles
did, 12-d
♦ Provide pastoral training at all economic and
educational levels, 13-e
♦ Interpret a Bible text according to its context,
14-g
♦ Detect and avoid whatever hinders mobilizing many
volunteer workers, 16-c
♦ Name shepherding elders according to the qualities
that God requires, 17-e
♦ Discern the type of pastoral training that fits a
field and its trainees, 18-f
♦ Delegate a task to a pastoral trainee after doing it
together to model it, 19-e
♦ Let godly leaders who lack degrees serve where
needed and wanted, 19-j
♦ Discern and practice biblical commissioning of new
leaders, 23-b
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Follow God’s order in the
home, Ephesians 5:21
─ 6:4:
♦ Correct children with positive, consistent
discipline, without anger, 03-a
♦ Help couples with a bumpy relationship and advise
folks planning to wed, 11-b
♦ Duties of husbands, wives and children, 08-c
♦ Evangelize entire families, and avoid extracting
isolated individuals, 05-i, 19-h
♦ Manage family finances prudently, 14,b
♦ Moral purity attained, 12-e
♦ Put family before fame and fortune and avoid urgent
duties causing neglect, 01-e, 14-b
♦ Remove roots of bitterness quickly, 06-g
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
OVERSEE AND ORGANIZE
Agree with coworkers on
both short and long range goals and plans, Philip.
2:2; Acts 15:22-31:
♦ Take the first step to become a leader for Jesus:
know him, 01-a
♦ Let churches’ type of administration correspond to
their level of maturity, 04-e
♦ Define short, easy steps to carry out projects large
and small, 05-f
♦ Identify ‘thieves’ of valuable hours, 14-e
♦ Discern levels of authority for what believers do to
serve the Lord, 14-f
♦ Become a leader of leaders by mobilizing and
mentoring them, 19-f
♦ Keep church bylaws general with freedom to adapt to
new situations, 20-c
♦ Let serious projects be agreed upon and bound in
heaven as Jesus said, 03-b
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Develop cell groups in which all members use their spiritual gifts,
1 Cor. 12:
♦ Limit group size to enhance interaction and mobilize
leaders, 12-f
♦ Let believers do tasks that fit their natural
personality type, 14-a
♦ Let folks use God-given gifts freely, and do only
what pleases their leaders, 15-d
♦ Organize different types of groups according to
current, local needs, 18-g
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Arrange for believers to serve one another in practical ways, 1 Cor.
12; Eph. 4:11-16; Rom.
12:3-16:
♦ Let all members of a group serve one another using
their spiritual gifts, 07-a
♦ Let all believers in cell groups teach one another
in some way, 12-c
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Lead firmly as humble servants, not as autocrats, Mt.
20:25-28; 1 Pet. 5:1-4:
♦
Examine one’s motivation to lead, and confess any self-importance, 07-d
♦ Let willing believers help plan projects and do vital ministries,
01-c
♦ Help your church body make crucial decisions
carefully, 04-c
♦ Know when a pastor should resign, and how, 04-h
♦ Recognize the limitations of the democratic process
in congregational meetings, 11-c
♦ Exercise decisive leadership without being bossy,
12-a
♦ Unmask false friendship and deceptive diplomacy,
13-d
♦ Avoid lording it over family, friends or flock, 15-c
♦ Prevent a clique secretly usurping control of a
church, 19-a
♦ Share pastoral responsibilities among several
leaders, 19-d
♦ Avoid making changes merely to please insistent
people, 20-b
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
Keep evaluating progress in all these ministries, Acts
20:28; Eph. 4:11-12; 4:1-5; Jas 1:22-25:
♦ Keep a proper ratio between diverse aspects of any
church ministry, 02-a
♦ Develop and sustain all ministries that God requires
of a church, 09-b
♦ Evaluate results of service for the Lord,
not merely efforts, 10-g
♦ Focus on positive action, not squandering time on
chronic problems, 18-c
♦ Evaluate pastoral trainees’ fieldwork frequently and
frankly, 18-d
♦ Avoid focusing too exclusively on a pet ministry;
keep the body balanced, 19-g
Practice
confirmed (date): ____________________
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