AWARD WINNING MINISTRY VS SOUL WINNING MINISTRY
Some years back I was talking with a gospel music singer and she told me of several awards her album has won, I felt like what does winning awards has to do with Christian ministry? When does Christian ministration become a center for winning earthly or secular awards?

It baffles me when I watch a Christian movie and it’s advertised as award winning Christian movie, or when I enter a minister’s office and I see it decorated with several awards, or when I see a gospel songs tagged with winning awards, what does spiritual ministration has to do with winning earthly award? Or rather what is the correlation between winning souls and winning award?

In this generation of majority of Christian goats and wolf ministers, it is more impressive for a Christian movie, music or book to be tagged or advertised as an award winning than a soul winning.

Imagine, Elijah waving an award he receives from king Ahab as the best prophetic minister of the year. Imagine Apostle Peter and Paul being handed an award from the representative of Scribe or Roman Empire as the best influential ministers of God of the year. How will that sound to you?

When does Christian ministry becomes a contest or a show or a secular stuff where they begin to compare themselves with one another and giving award? Who are the people that give awards to Christian ministries or Christian ministers? I read on newspaper saying “The best pastor of the year” With what yardstick do they use to give the award? Who is the Judge of Christian ministry or ministers apart from God? When the Bible says what is highly esteemed before men are abomination to God. Those who award Christian ministry or ministers are committing evil of usurpation of God’s throne, and those who receive the carnal awards are not only disqualifying themselves as genuine ministers of the gospel but they are also making void of their God’s given ministry.

Apostle Paul boasted of salvation of souls, edification of souls, grace of God, persecution and sufferings his ministry passed through, but today’s ministers are boasting of awards, population, popularity and properties their ministries are winning.

Are we going to the same heaven?