Personal Ministries

Everywhere there is a tendency to substitute the work of organizations for individual effort. Human wisdom tends to consolidation, to centralization, to the building up of great churches and institutions. Multitudes leave to institutions and organizations the work of benevolence; they excuse themselves from contact with the world, and their hearts grow cold. They become self-absorbed and unimpressible. Love for God and man dies out of the soul.
Christ commits to His followers an individual work—a work that cannot be done by proxy. Ministry to the sick and the poor, the giving of the gospel to the lost, is not to be left to committees or organized charities. Individual responsibility, individual effort, personal sacrifice, is the requirement of the gospel.
“Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in,” is Christ’s command, “that My house may be filled.” He brings men into touch with those whom they seek to benefit. “Bring the poor that are cast out to thy house,” He says. “When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him.” “They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Luke 14:23; Isaiah 58:7; Mark 16:18. Through direct contact, through personal ministry, the blessings of the gospel are to be communicated. MH 147

We would like to help you become a more effective in your personal ministry, a list of helpful resources follows.

  • Our Evangelism Resource Center (ERC) has materials available to you.
  • Health Education
  • Training on Wiki
  • https://www.sabbathschoolpersonalministries.org/pm-resources
  • https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/38.2311
  • https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/15.497
  • https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/147.2111