Success has taken the status of a cult in the western culture, and the definition of superior culture acknowledged by the Church, making the success as growth in membership and budget as the focus of attention, rather than on the growing faithfulness in the followers of Jesus Christ. When we do not correspond, we turn disheartened, disappointed, and maybe even resentful (Moots, 2004).
Paul Moots proffers a welcome solution in his book Becoming Barnabas: The Ministry of Encouragement: an idea for the ministry of encouragement. Moots has acknowledged five ...