Mobilizing the Church for Ministry
Today we visit with Jeff & Alesa Miller, US Missionaries with the Assemblies of God. They work in the mission of Church Mobilization connecting churches in need with those who can meet those needs.
Jeff & Alesa Miller
Jeff & Alesa have known each other for 43 years and will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in June of 2023. They pastored for over 30 years before going into their current ministry. The couple have planted churches and served in all sizes of ministries, from tiny churches to mega churches.
Church Mobilization
Jeff & Alesa serve as US Missionaries with the Assemblies of God in the Church Mobilization Department.
They work with both the Kansas & Oklahoma Assemblies of God Districts to assist them with projects that the churches/ministries in those districts might have.
They travel to both states, meeting with Pastors, Churches and District Leaders sharing the mission of Church Mobilization.
Church Mobilization covers three aspects: RV volunteers, Church Teams, and Church Development.
Passion for Local Churches
Through the program Jeff and Alesa are passionate about helping local churches be as strong as they can be. They strive to make connections, from Clerical to Construction, and focus on mobilizing the church for ministry.
Some of the connections they have made include: mechanics, carpenters, plumbers, beauticians, dentists, creative designers, website developers, worship leaders, piano players, tech teams, and much more.
They believe in taking the hand of someone a little ahead in your journey and someone a little farther behind you and marching together. This is an example of mentoring at its finest.
Every need that a church has, we believe is already inside the church walls, it just may be the church down the street or across the state.
Rise Up Soldiers!
Churches are better together. It is time to rise up and be a team of soldiers.
When we think of the harvest, we think, “We’ve gotta have workers”. Harvest time is when we have to work the hardest. Farmers work the hardest when it is time to harvest the crop. They have a limited time to bring in the harvest and in farming communities you can see neighbors and communities working together to aid in the harvest.
We can learn a lot from this example. It is time to set aside our differences and come together for the good of the Kingdom! How can you step up to use your giftings in a way to help build the Kingdom?
In episode 003, I talk about how churches in surrounding communities worked together in unity.We are all striving to reach the same destination. We can all benefit from a little help along the journey!
If we are going to see the harvest, we have to have a place to plant the harvest first with fertile soil. We need volunteers to help aid churches in being the best they can be in their neighborhood. If they need a bathroom remodeled, others can step up to help in the construction, painting, and cleaning. While this is happening there may be other members helping with office work or even outreach or children’s ministry.
Are you willing to pay the price to see one person get to know Jesus?
Is God Calling You to help with Church Mobilization?
Is God nudging you to step out and do something today?
Don’t wait for a net to catch you. Trust that God will open the doors that you need Him to.
What is the Holy Spirit prompting you to do? He is asking you” Do you trust me?”
Reach out to Jeff & Alesa Miller to find out how you can connect and get involved in the ministry of Mobilizing Churches for Ministry.
I want to empower people to do what God has called them to do.
~Jeff Miller
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“Behind the Parsonage Walls”
During this time in ministry Alesa Miller has written a book: “Behind the Parsonage Walls “
Alesa Lewis Miller takes the experiences she has learned behind the parsonage walls as a Preacher’s kid, Pastor’s wife, and now Missionary’s wife and connects them to everyday life with Christ. You’ll follow the journey of her love story that some would call a modern-day Hatfield’s and McCoy’s kind of story she falls in love at thirteen years old and just four years later marries the love of her life only to fight through marital battles and emotional infidelity.
See her go from tragedy to triumph as she overcomes the betrayal of family, and friends as well as sexual abuse all inside the church walls. Follow her as she battled bulimia and infertility, then at the age of sixteen, she learned she was adopted. You will walk with her as she meets her birth family and through it all, she sees that God has had her in the palm of His hand before she was even born. As God continues to use the experiences in her life to mold and make her into the person He has created her to be. He teaches her that her family may fail her, and her church may fail her, but her God has never failed her. Because the plans He has for not only Alesa but for all of us, are for good and not to harm us but to give us hope and a future. (see Jeremiah 29:11)
Connect with Jeff & Alesa Miller
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