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1. The Gowen Consulting Firm 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 1 Providing Biblically Based Consulting Services

2. Marketing Your Ministry Marketing your ministry is crucial to fulfilling the Great Commission as outlined in Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said “All authority in Heaven and on Earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. NIV 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 2

3. How do we Market our Ministry? Acts 1:4-8 4. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you heard me speak about, 5. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit;” 6. So when they met together, they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the Kingdom to Israel?” 7. He said to them; “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.” NIV 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 3

4. How do we Market our Ministry? 1.Preparation A. Take time to prepare Acts 1:12-14 “Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying; Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Phillip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.” NIV 1.Prayer Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. NIV 2. Equip and Train Your People 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” NIV 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 4

5. How do we Market our Ministry? 2. Promise Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.” NIV Acts 2:1-4 1. “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all in one place. 2. Suddenly the sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from Heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them 4. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.” NIV John 14:16-17 16. “And I will ask the Father and he will give you another counselor, to be with you forever. 17. the Spirit of truth; The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him; But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” NIV 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 5

6. How do we Market our Ministry? 3. Proclamation Acts 2:38-39 “38. Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off- for all whom the Lord our God will call.” NIV Romans 1:16 “ I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God, for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jews, then for the gentiles. NIV 5/4/2010 Copyright © Gowen Consulting Firm 2010 6