Mentorship in Ministry Questions And Answers

7 PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ON MINISTRY FROM SON’S AND MENTEE’S ACROSE THE GLOBE:

NUMBER 3, 4 AND 5 WILL HELP YOU:

QUESTION 1:
Bishop, Who do I pay my personal tithe to, is it to my father or to my mentor?

MY RESPONSE:
You are to pay your personal tithe to the church you pastor, where you are not a pastor over a church, you pay it to the church you attend. It will help your members to see your faithfullness in tithing. It is easy to tithe under a pastor that also tithe.
Your church tithe is the one you pay to the ministry of your spiritual father.

QUESTION 2:
SIR, WHO DO I PAY MY MINISTRY TITHE TO? IS IT TO MY FATHER’S MINISTRY OR TO MY MENTOR’S MINISTRY?

MY RESPONSE:
The tithe of the church you pastor is to be paid to your father’s ministry or to your father’s account. Based on the revelation of the father you have. Some fathers accept tithe, some don’t accept it. They believe it should be paid to the church they pastor and not to them. Whatever your father believes in, you operate the same system with him. You can send seeds to your mentor. The person doing the real job of fathering you, should be considered in this regard.

QESTION 3:
SIR, IS INAUGURATION SERVICE A MUST WHEN STARTING A NEW CHURCH:

MY RESPONSE:
You can be lucky to hear from God about who should inaugurate you into ministry, and be also lucky to have the person accept to come and do the inaugural service. Like in the case of Papa Oyedepo and Daddy Adeboye. Both of them heard God to have it done. Even though Daddy G.O first said, he won’t be available. In our present generation most fathers can’t come to inaugurate a work that is headed by a son who has not proved his loyalty to them over the years. In the days of our fathers they hear from God, but in our days, they check your record with them. More ever, the person you may wish to invite, may not see a future in what you are about starting.
The best inauguration, is that of the holy spirit, if you eventually succeed those big names will send for you. When it comes to inuguartion, leading is better than feeling. Everything Rev Simeon Afolabi spoke the day he inugurated Pst Kingsley Okonkwo has all come to pass.

QUESTION 4:
BISHOP WHAT WILL YOU ADVICE I DO WITH A CAR THAT SOMEONE GAVE TO THE CHURCH AS A SEED? CAN I USE IT SINCE I DONT HAVE A CAR AT THE MOMENT?

MY RESPONSE:
You are to first ensure the member fill a form that is tagged MATERIAL OFFERING AGGREMENT FORM, where he or she is to state clearly the car was given to the church not under duress. He or she was not forced, coarse, cajoled or manipulated to give it. This is to avoid stories you won’t want to identify with. Secondly, sell off the car and transfer the money to church the account for proper documentation.
The car was not given to you but to the church. So it is completely wrong to drive such a car. How will you feel inside the car, driving to church, with the owner trekking to the same church? Don’t use your hand to destroy your ministry.

QUESTION 5:
MY ASSISTANT PASTOR CONFIDED IN ME THAT HE SLEPT WITH A MARRIED WOMAN IN CHURCH, WHAT DO YOU ADVICE I DO, SINCE THE HUSBAND IS ALSO OUR MEMBER?

MY RESPONSE:
The pastor is to be sacked from the ministry, where you don’t sack him, he should be suspended, and finally you can call the husband of the woman and relate it with him, and also leave him to decide what he wants. If you chose to bury it for the both sinners, be sure the woman will not confess to her husband what she did, and that you are also aware of it. That man will never forgive you. If a good and faithful son to you, find a way to save him, but if a RABEL and A DISLOYAL son, use the occasion to free yourself permanently from him.

QESTION 6:
BISHOP, I HOSTED MY FATHER FOR JUST ONE DAY, I GAVE HIM A MILLION NAIRA AFTER THE MEETING, HE REJECTED THE MONEY, AND SAID HE DESERVE MORE THAN THAT, BASED ON WHAT CAME IN DURING THE MEETING, HE IS INSISTING ON 2 MILLION OR I FORGET IT, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

MY RESPONSE:
If you have the two million, give to him, and cut off the relationship with immediate effect. He is not a father, he is a fighter. A good father leaves inheritance not resistance. There are fathers that will come and minister for you at their own cost. Conclusively, He may not be your father, and you may not be his son. Money is not strong enough to make a father and son separate. Go and look for your real father, where you left him.

QESTION 7:
SIR, I AM IN ONE OF THE AFRICA COUNTRIES, I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR MONDAY MENTORSHIP IN MINISTRY POSTS, THANKS FOR BEING A BLESSING TO ME SIR, MY QUESTION IS THAT MY SENOIR PASTOR HAS JUST GONE THROUGH DIVORCE, HE DROVE HIS WIFE AWAY AND REMARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN, MOST PASTORS HAVE LEFT HIM, I AM AMONG THE FEW REMAINING WITH HIM, WILL I BE WRONG TO RESIGN, SINCE I AM NOT OKAY WITH THE DIVORCE THING, BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS AREADY AFFECTING MY MARRIAGE, MY WIFE IS SAYING SHE CANT STAY UNDER SUCH A MAN, WHAT DO YOU ADVICE SIR?

MY RESPONSE:
You are not following marriage but a person. Divorce sometimes cannot be predicted, it can happen to couples you never expect will go through divorce. A pastor in Lagos said Arch Bishop xyz can’t father him as a divorced person, after some years of disconnecting from the father, himself also went through a divorce.
i will advise you to stay under him, try and talk to your wife to understand, but in the event your marriage is to crash because of your continuous stay under him, I will also advise you save your marriage and cut off from him. But never allow your wife lead you into starting a church. She can’t sustain you on that journey. Also guide against your wife using threat of leaving you to pass a point. It is completely wrong. There will still be many I will leave you ahead of you, if you don’t do what I want. Apart from the problem of your spiritual father, you also have a problem to manage at home.

Be blessed.

Bishop irabor wisdom.

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