Inspirational Leadership
This ministry area provides spiritual oversight, vision, and direction to the church as a whole. Responsibility for credentialing and ministerial discipline rests with this ministry. It is also to provide the arrangements necessary for conducting the General Assembly. This area consists of the General Overseer and the General Presbyters.
The office of the General Overseer is recognized within the Church of God of Prophecy as one that provides, to the membership in general and the leadership in particular, God-given direction to accomplish the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) given by the Lord Jesus Christ. The General Overseer, selected (without ethnic preference) by and accountable to the General Assembly, should have freedom to exercise his spiritual giftedness and realize the potential for ministering as the Holy Spirit directs. His selection is in accordance with the one-accord principle. He is responsible, in conjunction with the General Presbyters, to carry out the following functions:
1. Inspirational—Short-term and Long-range Planning
a. World outreach evangelism
1) General Assembly
2) Presbytery meetings
3) Other
2. Administrative/Executive
a. Appointment of general and area leadership
b. Establishment of ordination and licensure requirements and procedures in conjunction with the General Presbytery
c. International Offices committees-serve as ex-officio members
d. Stewardship-international budget and planning
e. Communication-publishing and mass media
f. Representation for the General Assembly in legal matters
g. Development of plans for infrastructure to meet the changing needs of the body
h. Management and implementation of infrastructural change
3. Oversight of the Ministry
a. Pastoral oversight
b. Discipline
c. Counseling
d. Education
4. Accountability for General Oversight and the Implementation of General Assembly Recommendations
a. To General Assembly through the Administrative Committee
b. To International Presbytery through spiritual recognition/confirmation
Global Outreach
This ministry provides for the church's outreach and media efforts at the international level. Particular attention is given by this ministry to the call for the church to enter wholeheartedly into the harvesting ministry that results from Christ's Great Commission. The World Missions, Evangelism, and Voice of Salvation Ministries (Radio, TV, Video, both English and Spanish) are under this umbrella. The director is responsible to develop and coordinate the ministries that would efficiently and effectively deliver services in the following categories:
These services are carried out through the following avenues:
Leadership Development and Discipleship