Commissioning Service for a Field Minister

Commissioning Service for a Filed Minister

This service is to be done by the candidate's endorser, mentor, pastor, church leader, denominational leader, house church representative, or ministry leader.

We gather today to commission a new Field Minister to a specific work of ministry within the Church and/or community. 

This commissioning of _______________________ includes the following characteristics that are timeless for commissioning into ministry: 

(1) This leader is an active believer who is walking with God, is spiritually qualified, is called, and is then placed into specific ministries or tasks (Acts 6:2-6; 14:23).  

(2) This leader will be publicly prayed over and commissioned with the laying on of hands in this empowering service (Acts 6:6; 13:3).

(3) This leader is commissioned to spiritual leadership. This commissioning has been bathed in prayer and/or fasting recognizing the spiritual nature of this event (Acts 6:6; 13:3; 14:23). 

(4) This Field Minister is connected to the Church and the work of the Church. He/she desires to build the Church and God's kingdom (Colossians 3:16-17).

(5) This Field Minister understands that the object of this appointment into ministry is the spreading of the gospel (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8).

Since New Testament times, the Holy Spirit has appointed and anointed Christian leaders to build the Church. The Holy Spirit equips them so that through their leadership believers may grow their faith, lead their families, serve others in love, and share the gospel.

The apostle Paul encouraged early church leaders to stay connected to God and His Word, which is the foundation and handbook for every commissioned leader as well as for all believers. Paul writes in Acts 20:32, “Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified."

____________________ has completed formal ministry training at Christian Leaders Institute. This training was rigorous, including reading materials, lectures, quizzes, and tests. _________________ has received the Field Minister credential and has earned at least a 2.0-grade point average (you can insert your grade point average here if you choose).  

The Charge to the One Being Commissioned

1) This commissioning is a solemn occasion. You are not going into this lightly. Understand that you are being raised up to increased responsibility in your service to God. This responsibility includes the care of the spiritual life of the soul (Hebrews 13:17).

2) Your commissioning recognizes the filling of the Holy Spirit in your life. You know that the Holy Spirit guides your life in God’s Word and service (John 14:26; Acts 4:31). 

3) Your commissioning is given to those who are serious about putting to death the sinful nature and living a new life in Christ (Romans 8:13-17; Colossians 3:5). Understand, that though no one is free from sin and the effects of sin, you must commit your life to the sanctification process where you are being transformed into the image of Christ (Colossians 3:10).

4) Your commissioning is a rejection of any allegiance to Satan and the kingdom of darkness (Colossians 3:5-10).

5) Your commissioning means that the qualifications for office bearers found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 2 apply to you and that you will continue to grow in these qualifications.

Finally, the commissioning challenges you to be:

- A minister of peace (Galatians 5:22,23; Colossians 3:15; Philippians 4:4-7).

- A minister who holds no bitter root and will not take offense easily (Hebrews 12:15).

- A minister who is humble and teachable (Philippians 2:3) 

- A minister who is balanced and moderate, one who does not show favoritism (James 2:1; 1 Timothy 5:21).

- A minister who will remain accountable to other believers, whether officially or unofficially (Galatians 6:1,2; Hebrews 10:24,25).

- A minister who will give Spirit-filled servant leadership to the best of your efforts (Ephesians 3:7; 2 Timothy 2:24).

A Statement of Accountability:

As with all ministers in the church or community, if this minister should become delinquent in doctrine or life, you here are encouraged to contact this local authority and/or the Christian Leaders Alliance. 

To express your acceptance of this Field Minister role in our community of faith, you are asked these questions in the presence of those assembled here:  

Do you believe that in the call of this congregation or ministry God, himself is calling you to serve as a Field Minister?

Do you believe that the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and life?

Do you subscribe to the Biblical doctrinal standards practiced in this community of believers, rejecting all teaching which contradicts them?

Do you promise to do the work of your office faithfully, in a way worthy of your calling, and in submission to the governing authorities God has placed in your life?  

_________________________, what is your answer?

Answer [by the candidate]: I do, God helping me.

The officiating leader shall then say, with the laying on of hands at this point (and may include any leaders to lay on their hands that the officiating leader or candidate sees fit):

 May God, our heavenly Father, who has called you to this solemn ministry role, guide you by his Word, equip you with his Holy Spirit, and so prosper your ministry commissioning so that the church may increase and His name will be praised. In Christ's name, Amen.

Final Charge to the Newly Commissioned Field Minister!

I charge you, ­­­­­____________________, to guard yourself and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you a ministry leader. Be a shepherd of the church of God, which he bought with his blood (Acts 20:28). Stay faithful in prayer and close to the Lord Jesus Christ.