Notes · Ministry Leadership

Evaluating Ministers For Ordination

This teaching provides spiritual leaders with a comprehensive, Scripture-based framework for evaluating candidates for ministerial ordination and re-licensing. Drawing on passages such as 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1, Romans 12, and 1 Corinthians 12, the author outlines specific criteria leaders must examine before placing individuals into ministry roles, including evidence of spiritual gifting, fruitfulness, spiritual maturity, godly character and integrity, effective teaching and preaching, submission to apostolic authority, servanthood, a consistent prayer life, evangelistic burden, ongoing spiritual growth, and the ability to discern truth from judgmentalism. The document explains why hasty ordination without evidence of genuine calling and character leads to confusion, division, and harm to congregations, and it calls leaders to accountability for those they place in office. A detailed checklist of over 80 evaluative questions is included, covering teamwork, service, love and compassion, faith and dependence on God, and living above reproach, giving leaders a practical tool for ongoing assessment rather than a one-time approval process. Written by Apostle Mary Banks, founder of Bible Teachers International and the Mary Banks Faith Library, this resource is ideal for apostles, pastors, denominational overseers, and ministry boards responsible for licensing, ordaining, or supervising ministers. It combines direct biblical exposition with practical, real-world discernment questions, equipping readers to protect the flock, uphold ministerial standards, and ensure that those given titles and authority genuinely reflect the character and mind of Christ in their present service, not merely in some future reward.

Apostle Mary Banks · 18 chapters · 6k words · 323 scripture links