Pastoral Policy Statement

Benjamin M.E. Michael
Messengers of Messiah
International Ministries
Banjul The Gambia, Africa
Telephone --- ( 220) 7794684
or (220) 4223850
Fax ----------- (220) 4228004
e-mail -------- benjimichael@hotmail.com

I humbly submit and accept the call of God to be a Gospel Minister with the intention of conveying God's word to the church and through them to the world.

I define prophecy as the forthtelling of God's word. This was the primary task of God's prophets in the ancient Israel. It is the same task for the Church today unto the nations. The Church is the prophet to the world and must take up the task. It is Christ's desire for His Church to proclaim the Gospel unadulterated to the world. This is a commission and is not subject to choice. For this reason He sent the Holy Spirit to the Church for the necessary spiritual equipment.

I believe the nature of God is unchanging and that The God Who Communicated His Word to the people of ancient Biblical times still Communicates with His people, the Church today through the agency of the Holy Spirit. The ministry
of the Holy Spirit enables us to understand the Scriptures and God's will and purpose for mankind. Without the teaching of the Holy Spirit we cannot understand God's word set forth in the Scriptures, we will only be left with our human rational minds bereft of every soundness to try to interpret the written word of God.

The Bible contains all that is required and necessary for our salvation and it is the complete and final revelation of God that can neither be added to nor taken away from. It is the only authentic and authoritative word of God which alone is worthy to be called "Holy" due to its accuracy and powerful transforming effect on all that heartily receive it. God in the Scriptures revealed Himself and His person to mankind so that we could have a personal knowledge of Him and can intimately relate with Him.

I also believe that the present world situations is so seriously in danger that the very existence of mankind is heavily under threat. In all the nations it is noticed that there are dangerous demonic spirits of violence and disorder that are set loose through the fabric of our human existence upsetting family life, weakening the community and eroding moral and social stability of the world.

It is of note that in the ancient biblical times in Israel that God used His prophets during national crisis to alert the people to danger and to correct their ways, to call them back to Him and to direct with order their steps to walk in obedience unto Him. Likewise, today I believe God longs and is presently using His Church being His prophet to the nations to call the
world to repentance and faith towards His Son - Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach) for salvation.

I believe that the most urgent need for the nations today is not to hear the opinions of top political and financial brains, but to hear the pure unadulterated word of God which alone can bring answers and healing to life's problems presently threatening the world. Because it is my belief that the root problems facing mankind are not simply economic, social or political, but Scriptural and that the Gospel alone is the answer to it.

My willing involvement towards this task of proclaiming the Gospel for the Spiritual and total healing of the nations and mankind is why I am a Gospel Minister. It is sad that many in the church today abuses their role as God's prophets and are rather preaching error and not the truth due to their love for personal gain and selfish indulgence. It will be my ardent committed duty to exhort them and expose their heretical teachings.


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