Ministry Tips — You Make the Call

Ministry Tips — You Make the Call

Interim director of missions
Morgan Baptist Association

Lesson learned

Some time ago I learned an extremely valuable lesson from a fellow church member whose occupation involves financial planning. His employer, an investment firm, required him to make 25 meaningful, interactive and responsive touches each day. 

Goal accepted

If my friend had such a lofty goal given to him in the realm of business, I reasoned that I should be able to make 20–25 additional touches weekly for the sake of God’s kingdom. I began to make lists of people and intentionally increased my “extra” weekly contacts.

Lists made

Some were guests, some were prospects, some were celebrating life victories and some were people going through challenges. I included names of people who had visited the church and people who had been members of the church for years. People from the community at large were on my lists.

No longer “extra”

Every person I put down on the lists was important to God and important to me. I made “extra” contacts during the week and I set aside time to make “extra” phone calls on Saturdays as a designated “calling day.” 

It was not always convenient but it was always fruitful. Along the way I realize now that there is nothing “extra” about these calls at all.