RELATIONAL MINISTRY — TC solutions

If you are in ministry you hear the term "relational ministry" used a ton.

I guess my question is...what is relational ministry? Is it a bunch of programs that bring lost people in and share the word of God?

I think that relational ministry goes a lot farther than that. I think that it is getting into their life and investing in them. It means meeting them where they are currently in their lives. Sitting across the table and sharing a meal goes farther than
anything I can ever do on a Sunday morning. Going to coffees, lunches and meeting with them in a small group setting... that is relational ministry.

What are you doing to get inside their world and on their turf?

Growing up, I can't remember one message that my youth pastor said, but I can tell you the times we hung out. I think that we have to figure out how to do relational ministry since Sunday morning programming is only going to go so far in the lives and memories of the students we teach.