Serving
At Mansfield Baptist Church, we believe that serving is a vital part of growing in faith and advancing the Kingdom.
Whether you’re greeting guests, teaching children, running tech, or helping with outreach, there’s a place for you to use your gifts. Serving is more than filling a role—it’s an opportunity to make an eternal impact, build relationships, and grow in your walk with Christ. We offer a variety of ways to serve in the church, in the community, and around the world. Find your place and start making a difference today!
PRACTICES
Spiritual practices and disciplines are a major factor in our Christian development. We believe there are three practices that can greatly impact our spiritual formation: personal devotion, corporate worship, and group engagement. We cannot expect to respond according to the Word of God if it is not in our heart. The words of Moses to the Israelites still ring true today...
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9
Personal Devotion
- How is my Bible intake?
- Do people entrust me to pray for them?
- How often do I intentionally engage in personal time with the Lord?
Where am I in my personal discipleship pathway? That can be a tough question to process. We all want to be further along the pathway of personal devotion. Paul’s challenge to Timothy can also be applied to our faith walk as well, “If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.” We are all responsible to train for godliness.
Corporate Worship
- When it is comes to corporate worship, do I give my first and best?
- Am I fully available?
- Am I being faithful with the time, talents, and resources the Lord has entrusted to me?
Christ loves the church and gave himself up for her. The local church is a body of Christ followers that regularly gathers for corporate worship to exalt Christ and encourage one another in the faith. Hebrews 10: 24- 25 reminds us, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” We are called to be involved in the body of Christ.
Group Engagement
- Am I engaged in a small group community?
- What can I offer to others with my availability?
- Am I available to challenge and encourage others in their spiritual journey?
A Small Group is a community of people who commit to grow spiritually and live intentionally alongside one another in the regular rhythms of life. These groups provide the primary context for discipleship at MBC by nurturing the spiritual development of Gospel, Practices, and Advancement. Small groups are communities in similar seasons of life that are challenging and encouraging one another to take the next step in their discipleship pathway.
