Description: Divine ability to console, encourage, affirm, and strengthen those wavering in the faith or discouraged in life.
Purpose:
- to fulfill the functional church needs
Focus:
- People oriented
- Usually one on one
- Focused on those discouraged or leaning away from the faith
Results:
- Healed or strengthen individual
Attributes:
- practical
- Positive thinking
- faithful
Example:
- Barnabas – “Son of Consolation” (Acts 4:36)
For All: Exhort one another daily (Heb. 3:13)
Possible Ministries:
- Counselors