Our ministry focus employs a dual approach – inward and outward. Inwardly for the spiritual health and vitality of our members and outwardly to reach out to as many as possible through evangelism, bible clubs and book distribution.

All ministries at SGBC are church-based and therefore must remain under the oversight the elders. Elders are the ones charged with the responsibility of governing the church as under-sheph ;erds and will be required to account for this role to the Chief Shepherd Himself (Heb. 13:17, Tit. 1:7, 1Pet. 5:5). This oversight over ministries suggests that in practical terms a ministry will not necessarily decide how to run its affairs on its own. Every ministry must defer to the elders on all such matters. This means that the emphasis that a ministry takes must be identified and governed by the elder in charge. However, all other elders must be kept apprised about what is happening so that unity may be maintained.

The role of elders in the ministries is essential and it is what provides vitality in the ministries. Elders must have hands-on involvement in the ministries under their stewardship. This way, ministry members see their elders as being an example of what a ministry member is and what a ministry member should be doing.

However, elders may delegate certain responsibilities to qualified individuals. This principle of delegated leadership is established in the Scriptures (Ex. 18 and Acts 6) and is applicable to ministries. Ministries, therefore, can have leadership established under the oversight of elders. These individuals, however, may be removed from their position if they are found wanting in their assigned duties.

Plans for each ministry is to be established and agreed upon at the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, a performance report is to be shared with the eldership board before presentation is made to the church.

This ministry shall be led either directly by an elder or by a man appointed by the elders. It shall be for a period of 12 months. The activities of this ministry shall be agreed upon by the men with the elders present to confirm. General expectations of the ministry are however listed below:

1. Periodic meetings for their mutual edification. These meetings may tackle general topics of interest to all men e.g. living as a godly man in the home and the public square, how to manage one’s finances, how to identify the right woman for those who are single etc. These meetings take the form of teaching sessions or a whole day outing.

2. Organize conferences/seminars for men and evangelistic outreaches across the city. This ministry will also oversee outreaches to the prisons and will do this in conjunction with the women’s ministry.

This ministry shall be led by a mature woman for a period of 12 months following which she shall hand over to another. The selection of the woman shall be by the suffrage of all female members of the church and confirmation by the elder who has oversight of the ministry.

The activities of the ministry shall be decided by the women themselves but must be confirmed by the elder in charge before implementation. General expectations of the ministry are however listed below:

1. Periodic meetings for their mutual edification. These meetings may tackle general topics of interest to all ladies e.g. living a godly life as a woman, how to be a faithful wife and caring mother, how to discern the right man for marriage, home making, hospitality, health topics, how to bake and also cook certain dishes etc. These meetings take the form of teaching sessions, prayers and book reading.

2. Visitations to female members of the church and relatives of church members who are sick and been bereaved. Also included in the visitations are female members who have not been to church for some time, been blest with a child or just requested to be visited etc.

3. Organization of camp meetings for girls of all ages, conferences/seminars for women, evangelism and book distribution.

It has been said that “young people are the future of tomorrow” but young people are an integral and vital part of the church of today. As a church, we recognize the importance of ministering to the youth (ages 18 – 24) if indeed they are to become the future of both the church and the nation. This ministry exists to encourage the youth of SGBC to live for the Lord and to get involved in the Lord’s work. This ministry oversees the Blessed Youth Ministry (BYM)… an outreach ministry to youth in our neighborhood. They are also saddled with the responsibility of organizing annual holiday camp meetings for the youth.

This ministry reaches children (3 – 17) with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It runs the children's Sunday School classes on the Lord’s Day mornings (shares this responsibility with the Youth Ministry) and the Blessed Children’s Ministry (an outreach ministry to children) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, weekly in five (5) different locations across Lagos. They are also saddled with the responsibility of organizing annual holiday camp meetings for the children.

This is a ministry that aims to proclaim the gospel of God's salvation on campuses — building up the saints, evangelizing the lost, exposing falsehood and guiding the honest enquirer to the saving truth of God's Word in the Holy Scriptures alone. We are presently situated in 4 campuses in Nigeria.

This is an outreach teaching ministry to secondary schools and universities. The vision of the ministry is to establish Bible Clubs in as many schools and on as many campuses as possible where the Gospel of Christ will be proclaimed, insofar as both labourers and financial resources are available. The ministry is also responsible for distributing age-appropriate sound biblical literature to the university campuses and secondary schools.

The Book Ministry aims to be the central hub for sourcing, publishing, and distributing sound biblical literature within the church community. It focuses on nurturing the personal and spiritual growth of the congregation through quality, doctrinally-aligned materials.

This ministry is responsible for recording and uploading pulpit sermons and other teachings to the church’s website. They are also responsible for the radio ministry, production of digital electronic ministry resources, maintenance of the church’s sound and audio equipment and managing the church’s website.

This ministry is charged with the organization of conferences, seminars and retreats throughout the year. These conferences are the Lagos Bible Conference, The Truth of God’s Word (Mid-Year) Conference, Varsity Forums and Missions Seminars.

1. Lagos Bible Conference: the flagship conference of SGBC organized in conjunction with ministry partners and sister churches. Plans are on the way to make this and the Abuja Bible Conference Interchurch Association Conferences.

2. The conference format for the LBC has been revised from a residential to non-residential one. It will span 3 days starting with a School of Theology for pastors and teachers on day 1 (others may join if they so choose). The general conference will hold on days 2 and 3. ABC remains a 1-day conference pending revision.

3. Truth of God’s Word (Mid-Year) Conference: a conference primarily for church members and regular visitors dealing with often misconstrued doctrines of the Bible

4. Varsity Forums: This is a forum organized on university campuses to preach the Gospel and promote Biblical literacy among students. It’s a platform that provides students with opportunities to ask questions on a range of doctrinal topics

5. Missions Seminar: these are outreach seminars to churches seeking to be better grounded in the Doctrines of Grace. The church(es) gathers people and SGBC supplies both human and literature resources.

6. The intent of this seminar is to promote sound biblical teaching to as many as possible in the hope that a hunger and thirst for the reformation of churches in Nigeria would increase.

Responsible for ensuring there is order during worship service, new visitors are identified after the service and their contact information taken and recorded into the visitor’s database. They are also responsible for enlightening these visitors about the church and conducting follow-ups in the first few weeks after their coming