Gift-based ministry is based on the conviction that God has already determined who should assume each ministry within the church. The role of the leadership is to help its members identify their gifts and find or create ministries that match them. When you live in harmony with your spiritual gifting, you are no longer ministering in your own strength, but the Holy Spirit is working in you. Thus, even though you may be an ordinary person you can accomplish extraordinary things...The secret of gift-based ministry is (a) to grow in each of the areas of wisdom, commitment, and power, and (b) to bring these three dimensions into balance...
Excerpts from Color Your World with Natural Church Development - Christian A. Schwarz
