TY  - BOOK
AU  - John, Samuel 
TI  - Philosophy of Ministry:Building Effective Ministry at Koi International Worship Centre, Windhoek, Namibia
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Johannesburg South Africa
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
N2  - If  you  fail  to  plan,  you  are  planning  to  fail.  Therefore, to  be  effective  at anything  requires  careful  planning  and  implementation.  The  desire  to  see churches operate effectively while pursuing God’s mandate on earth was the main  motivation  for  this  research.  It  has  been  observed  that some church breakups  are  attributed  to  disagreements  in  the  methodology  of  operation rather than about doctrinal  issues. Whereas beliefs provide  the  convergence point of the members of churches, philosophy of ministry provides the meeting point  of ministry in  a  ministry methodology.  This  work’s  primary  objective, therefore,  was  to  formulate  a  theologically  informed  strategic  plan  to  ensure that  the  theory  and  praxis  of  Koi  International  Worship  Centre  regarding  its philosophy of ministry are faithful to God and optimally relevant to its ministry context.  The  primary  objective  was  further  broken  into  three  secondary objectives:1)  to  interpret  the  philosophy  of  ministry  of  Koi  International Worship  Centre;2)  to  determine  what  a  biblically  faithful  philosophy  of ministry ought to look like for Koi International Worship Centre in its context;and3) to develop a strategic plan to strengthen the philosophy of ministry of Koi International Worship Centre(Koi).In  fulfilling these  objectives,  I  studied  all  relevant  materials  and  narratives  of Koi that relate to its philosophy of ministry. In addition, I interviewed the senior Pastor  and  conducted a  small-scale empirical  research  with  a  sample  of church  members to  gain  their  perspective  on  philosophy  of  ministry  and  to determine Koi’s philosophy  of  ministry praxis.  Following  this,  a  generic framework  for  the  development  of  a  philosophy  of  ministry  that is faithful  to God’s will and purpose for the Church was developed. This was the outcome of   a   critical   study   of   relevant   literature and application   of  biblical   and systematic theology. The  framework  for  the  development  of  a  philosophy  of  ministry  was  then contextualized  for  Koi and  defended. The  results  indicated  that  Koi  had several  elements  of a  biblically  faithful philosophy  of  ministry  but  lacks  the 1Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)5coordinated  interplay  of  the  key  elements that the  proposed  framework recommends. Further, though Koi  did  not  have  written  doctrinal  beliefs(one key  block  in  the  philosophy  of  ministry  framework),  it  had  a  well  written “culture   statement that succinctly   portrays   the   operative   philosophy   of ministry at Koi. In this light, 10 doctrinal statements were proposed that align with the Pentecostal alliances to which Koi subscribes. Other issues that were addressed were critiquing Koi’s mission, vision and  culture statements (two other  blocks)  through the  Christocentric  and  missional  lenses and  relevance to Koi’s context. Finally,  a  communicative  and  a  strategic  plan  was developed  to  enable  the proposed philosophy of ministry to gain acceptance and be implemented
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