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Graduates of the Dominion Theological Seminary have been charged to be faithful to their calling irrespective of challenges that may confront them.

Graduates of Dominion Seminary asked to stay focused in ministry

Graduates of the Dominion Theological Seminary have been charged to be faithful to their calling irrespective of challenges that may confront them as they enter the ministry of God.

They were also advised not to allow the things of the world to divert their focus of impacting society through the word of God.

 

Hardship in service

In a brief exhortation at the 2015 graduation ceremony of the seminary in Accra, the General Overseer of the Action Chapel International (ACI), Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, said becoming a servant of God came with afflictions, rejection and loneliness.

He said the rejection and loneliness might come because people did not believe in the servant of God’s vision, style of preaching or because of jealousy. He, therefore, advised the new ministers of the Gospel not to allow such circumstances to weigh them down when the time came but rather remain faithful to their calling.

Archbishop Duncan-Williams stressed that faithfulness was the only thing required of a servant of God and not anointing or power.

Talking from his 39 years of experience as a servant of God, he gave an assurance that those who remained faithful in times of persecution were rewarded by God in dynamic ways, adding that faithfulness was the key to a successful ministry.

He further urged the graduates not to lord it over their congregations but rather serve them as stated in the Bible.

Things to watch out for as God’s servants

Delivering a sermon at the event, Senior Bishop James Saah of ACI named pride, prosperity, power, popularity and pleasure as the instruments of destruction of most servants of God.

He, therefore, urged the graduates to be watchful of them if they really wanted to succeed in their respective ministries.

He added that the kingdom of God was not about competition, hence the graduates must walk in their calling rather than branding themselves with unnecessary titles, and also diverting their calling to areas of ministry where they were not called to serve.

He said many pastors now adopted titles such as “Rev. Doctor”, “Bishop” and “Apostle”, forgetting that the titles were not worn on a silver platter but took years of active and dedicated service in the work of the ministry.

According to Bishop Saah, the main purpose of pastoral work was to become an agent of change and bring the word of God closer to unbelievers, which he said led to conversion of people to the kingdom of God.

He, therefore, asked them not to rush for titles but rather  be humble, serve, respect and love their congregations irrespective of their status, which would come with divine elevation from God.

For his part, the President of the seminary, Rev. Felix Hammond, urged the graduates to make the best use of their training.

He further advised the new pastors to programme themselves well enough to accept criticisms and eliminate any fear of failure in their church-planting efforts or any other positive endeavour.

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