Hello everyone! I've been wanting to find a forum like this for a long time, and it's great to be a part of such a great apostolic network.
I chose the name, Ananias, not in reference to the one struck dead by God.
I chose it in reference to the one who won the Apostle Paul to the Lord.
Acts 9:1-19. He was not a "card carrying preacher". In fact, so far as we know, he never even preached a message and his influence is often overlooked by most (if not all) everyone who studies the Bible. We often speak of "those whom we'd like to meet in heaven one day" and Ananias rarely comes to mind. Yet here he is hidden in the pages of the Holy Scriptures. His name only mentioned in relationship to one occurance, yet his influrence unquestionable. He won the Great Apostle Paul to the Lord and possibly may have saved Christianity from being stamped out (arguably). When Paul was recounting his testimony in
Acts 22, he mentions how Ananias baptized Paul in Jesus Name. He never wrote scripture, he never went to a foreign country (as far as we know) yet he was a Great Teacher/Mentor who trained Great Men.
All that being said, I think we have a problem among us apostolics. I'm sure it's not "everywhere". I have been preaching for almost 20 years. I have Pastored and at the present time coming out of an extremely painful Pastoral situation which I will not get into here. But suffice it to say the Lord is majorly redirecting me right now and my ministry. I'm not sure where I will land and what I'll be doing. But it has been, and still is, a very painful experience. My heart is burdened for all of our young ministers who are being told that they are nothing ministry-wise unless they Pastor. This is not true! Have we become a "one fold ministry" church? Has the other ministries of the Evangelist (many of which are merely traveling preachers looking for a church), Teachers, Prophets, been swept under the rug? Where are the Ananias who will stand outside the "ministerial spotlight" and be the one who will mentor and train the young Apostle Paul's? Should we have a greater focus on "the ministry of the Body"?
Blessings to ALL!
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