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Find quick how-to help for the 100 most common tasks in ministry. This resource provides one- to two-page summaries on how to: baptize believers, lead a committee meeting, ordain a deacon, dedicate a child, dedicate a building, handle controversy, make a hospital visit, plan effective revivals, utilize computers in your church, write a job description, develop a church constitution, and dozens...

Ordination is setting apart one who has responded to God’s call to the gospel ministry. Although exact steps and procedures vary according to local custom, here are some basics. • A candidate for the ministry is usually licensed by his church soon after he indicates that God has called him into the ministry. The licensing is the church’s tentative approval for a man to serve until he has proved himself qualified for ordination. • Ordination usually takes place when a minister begins serving in a