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The document outlines the typical order of service for an induction ceremony of a new minister at a Baptist church, including elements such as worship, testimonies, and prayers. It emphasizes the call to ministry and the covenant between the minister and the congregation. The ceremony concludes with a declaration of the minister's induction and a blessing.

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Template For Induction Service

The document outlines the typical order of service for an induction ceremony of a new minister at a Baptist church, including elements such as worship, testimonies, and prayers. It emphasizes the call to ministry and the covenant between the minister and the congregation. The ceremony concludes with a declaration of the minister's induction and a blessing.

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Typical Order of Service for an Induction

 Welcome [by local church member]


 Worship (with songs, scripture, prayer) [led by local church member]
 Act of Induction [by Baptist Union representative], including testimonies and
laying on of hands (see text below)
 Song
 Bible Reading
 Message [usually preacher is chosen by new minister]
 Prayers for the church and wider community [by local church member]
 Song
 Blessing [by new minister]

ACT OF INDUCTION

We have gathered to recognise and celebrate the call of Christ.


This is the call of grace that he extends to us all, to respond to his immeasurably great
love for us with joy and faith and holiness.
This is also the call to one another, to become his church, a building of living stones
joined together in him, loving one another as he loves us, united as Jesus and the Father
are one.
And the call of Christ is a call to ministry. Everyone who has been baptised into Jesus
Christ is called to serve him and one another, in the fellowship of the church, wherever
we go and in all that we do. But God calls some to servant leadership among his people;
to devote themselves especially to prayer and the word of God; to better equip the
church for the life of discipleship in God’s world. These people we appoint and release
into that calling with prayer and with our blessing. We respect their role among us as
ministers, examples and leaders.

Testimonies

X, today we recognise that God has called you to become minister of Y Baptist Church.
Through prayer and seeking the Lordship of Christ in your life, you have recognised and
received a call by God’s Spirit to serve in this church family. Would you now tell us how
God has led you to this point?

Testimony by X

The members of Y Baptist Church have discerned together it is right before God to call X
as the minister here. I invite (Secretary?) to tell us how the Lord has led the church to this
point.

Testimony by (Secretary?)
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Questions
To the Minister
X, do you accept the call of Christ and this congregation to serve as minister here,
teaching the word of God faithfully, equipping God’s people for works of service, and
shepherding God’s flock which is under your care?

Minister: In the strength that Christ gives, I do.

[A Song or Hymn may be sung here.]

Induction Covenant.
The induction to ministry takes the form of a conversation between X and the church.
These words you share form a solemn agreement of trust, a commitment which you
make before God today.
So I invite X to lead you in these words and I invite the members and congregation of this
church to stand with him and say the words of response (headed ‘church family’ on the
screen).

X: Today we stand with each other


recognising Christ, the Lord, in our midst,
affirming our faith in the God who loves us
with a love that transforms us,
and who calls us to work for a transformed world

All: Today we stand with each other,


recognising Christ in each other,
affirming the calling of the Spirit
who has brought us together this day.

X: Today I bring myself and the gifts I have,


and I commit to serve and encourage
this church and community;
to respect and care for you,
to take responsibility among you,
to seek God with you,
to listen to God in you,
and to work with you to be like Christ in this world.

All: Today we bring ourselves and the gifts we have,


and we commit to serve and encourage one another;
2
to seek the way of Christ,
to keep the unity of the Spirit,
and to encourage you as our Minister
as we make this journey together.

X: God of life,
you call us and envision us.
We give ourselves today
to each other and to you,
trusting that as you call us
so you promise to be with us,
to nurture and sustain our life together
and to guide our paths. Amen

Recognition (by leader)


I now invite all of us to stand.

For those who are not part of this local church but are here to support and celebrate the
new ministry here, if you are able would you respond to this question ‘We do’?

Do you recognise the work of God’s Spirit bringing together this minister and
congregation, and do you offer your prayers and encouragement for them in the days
ahead?
We do.

Prayer and Laying on of Hands


[Three or four people have been chosen to represent the church and possibly wider
ministries in the area. One or more lead in prayer for X.]

Declaration
X,
today we have heard testimony of how the Lord has led you to this fellowship and how
the congregation has discerned it is the Lord’s will to invite you to become pastor;
you and the church have made promises which now form a covenant between you;
and we have commissioned you to this new ministry with prayer and the laying on of
hands.
Therefore in the name of the Lord Jesus, and on behalf of our Baptist family of churches,
I declare you duly inducted as Minister of Y Baptist Church.

The Lord bless you and keep you,


The Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you.
3
The Lord turn his face towards you
and give you peace.
Amen

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