OFFICIAL STATEMENT
"God bestows upon all members of His church in every age spiritual gifts that each member is to employ in loving ministryfor the common good of the church and of humanity. Given by the agency of the Holy Spirit, who apportions to eachmember as He wills, the gifts provide all abilities and ministries needed by the church to fulfill its divinely ordained functions.According to the Scriptures, these gifts include such ministries as faith, healing, prophecy, proclamation, teaching, administration,reconciliation, compassion, and self-sacrificing service and charity for the help and encouragement of people.Some members are called of God and endowed by the Spirit for functions recognized by the church in pastoral, evangelistic,and teaching ministries particularly needed to equip the members for service, to build up the church to spiritual maturity,and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of God. When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewardsof God's varied grace, the church is protected from the destructive influence of false doctrine, grows with a growth that isfrom God, and is built up in faith and love."
(Acts 6:1-7; Rom. 12:4-8; 1 Cor. 12:7-11, 27, 28; Eph. 4:8, 11-16; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; 1Peter 4:10, 11.)
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