Every ministry group and leadership role in the church exists to ensure that the local church is functioning well to equip people to live as faithful disciples in the world. This Committee Orientation will offer insight and instruction for the servant leaders who have agreed to help guide that crucial work and to coordinate their efforts for the common good of the congregation and the community.

There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; and there are different ministries and the same Lord; and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. . . . If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all the parts celebrate with it. You are the body of Christ and parts of each other. (1 Corinthians 12:4-6, 12, 26-27)

The orientation will help church leaders (and ministry groups) begin to learn about the individual ministries of your congregation and the ways that all ministry functions, groups, and leaders work together to fulfill the church’s mission.