There is a strong need to raise up able-bodied leadership to be pillars of support. These would take various aspects of responsibility in the church like, homegroup teaching, preaching, administration etc. The team of leaders would eventually take charge of the responsibilities of the church.
In the initial phase this would involve teaching and the raising up of Elders and Deacons. Eventually this would hopefully transition to them having a calling to be Pastors.
Another aspect is to raise people up and send them out to do the work of the Lord be it missions, preaching, teaching etc. All these programs involve financial needs.
The raising up oflaborers in the ministry
There are many areas for the average congregant to be involved in the church, these include visiting people in the hospitals and homes, web site development and maintenance, volunteering in the book shop and media work as with the Stories of God films. This doesn’t even take into account the need to fill various daily functions in the church like cleaning, secretarial etc.