Here are seven things you should know about the tent ministry:
# The tent ministry is actually the lay ministry- combining secular work with real ministry. Paul the Apostle is the model of the tent ministry because he was a tent maker (see Acts 18:4).
# It is possible to combine secular work with ministry.
# The best New Testament example of the tent ministry is the Apostle Paul. The best Old Testament example is the Prophet Daniel, who had three jobs (see Daniel 2:48; 5:29; 6:1-2).
# Sometimes it is the will of God for you to be a tent minister and sometimes it is the will of God for you to be in full time ministry (see Philippians 4:12).
# The tent ministry will be a prominent ministry in the last days.
# Paul practised the tent ministry so that others would follow his good example (Acts 20:32-36; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9).
# The tent ministry can be just as fruitful as full-time ministry.
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Culled from Chapter 9 of Church Planting by Bishop Dag Heward-Mills.
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