Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide

Author : Michelle J. Morris
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501899082
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide written by Michelle J. Morris and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each congregation has a unique mission field. Several tools for developing disciples and for engaging in discipleship are available to churches; however, the resources assume that the churches using them are similar to the church that created them. With Gospel Discipleship, individuals and churches learn how to engage in self-reflection, which then defines a path that fits their context. The discipleship path for each individual disciple is assessed and determined through the Gospel Discipleship Participant Guide while this Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide guides the implemntation of the program and assesses the discipleship path for the congregation as a whole. Therefore, the program leader(s) needs the congregation guide while individual particpants need their own participant guide. With Gospel Discipleship, churches can identify a pathway for discipleship applied from one of the four Gospel storytellers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each had a distinct approach to discipleship which can be applied to a given church's identity, vision, and mission. As disciples are encouraged by the church to step beyond the door and engage the needs of people, they can be sent forth confidently with an awareness of personal, unique gifts, and insights into the actual mission field where they participate with God in changing the world.

Author : Michelle J. Morris
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501899066
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gospel Discipleship Participant Guide written by Michelle J. Morris and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time when discipleship was taken for granted. It was assumed that people could be persuaded to believe and that each person would step into the path that took them to Jesus. That assumption is no longer valid. As early as the Gospels, Jesus and his biographers recognize that each person brings experience to the journey, which travels through different times and places. The discipleship path for each individual disciple is assessed and determined through this Gospel Discipleship Participant Guide while the Gospel Discipleship Congregation Guide serves as the implementation guide for church leaders. It also assesses the discipleship path for the congregation as a whole. By understanding what type of disciple you are, participants in Gospel Discipleship can clarify the path they need to walk. Some people love to go on mission trips; some people really thrive learning from a great teacher; some people connect to God through painting and music; and some people just want to have a cup of coffee and talk about life and eventually get around to talking about Jesus. Participants in Gospel Discipleship can be set free from the guilt of not feeling like a "real" disciple because they don't feel called to experience the journey the same way as everyone else. Instead, participants can become the disciple Jesus wants them to be. They can spend their valuable time and energy living and walking on the path where Jesus is calling them to follow.

Author : Jeffrey D. Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996848
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traveling Together written by Jeffrey D. Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone concerned for the life and ministry of the church, who has a sense that things are not what they might be, and who is seeking a new understanding of congregational life and mission will find hope and help in the pages of this book. Jeff Jones takes his readers on a journey, providing a guidebook that maps out the factors facing congregations in this postmodern, post-Christendom world. With the heart of a pastor, Jones shows congregational leaders how to embrace the best parts of their church's rich heritage and reclaim it for a new day.

Author : John W. Stewart
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467443247
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel written by John W. Stewart and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible and instructive book is designed to equip lay leaders of Protestant churches to better envision and practice gospel-driven ministry and mission in contemporary society. Seasoned pastor and practical theologian John Stewart presents and explains five biblically mandated, foundational practices for being and nurturing the church: fellowship, discipleship, witness, service, and worship. Stewart argues that these five practices are normative, indispensable, and doable for congregations that seek to remain faithful to their risen Lord, and he offers memorable, achievable models of ways they are already being used in current mainline congregations.

Author : General Board Of Discipleship
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426736800
Total Pages : 985 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 (Set of 26) written by General Board Of Discipleship and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guidelines booklets, one for each ministry area, are tools that enable you to help get new lay leaders off to a good start. Each booklet includes the basic ""job description"" for the leader as well as practical ""how-to"" information important to implementing ministry effectively. Brief and to the point for the busy, but spirit-led leader, these Guidelines take some of the unknown out of leading these ministry areas. One booklet for each title makes up this set of 26 Guidelines, perfect for making them available to all church members. The twenty-six Guidelines, one for each ministry are.

Author : Bill Hull
Publisher : HIM Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780998922607
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discipleship Gospel written by Bill Hull and published by HIM Publications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Len Woods
Publisher : Rose Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1628623586
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rose Guide to Discipleship written by Len Woods and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you help believers become more Christlike? How do you facilitate spiritual growth in others? Featuring simple summaries, charts, illustrations, practical applications, and discussion questions, the Rose Guide to Discipleship is an ideal reproducible guide for pastors and ministry leaders. It includes 30 ready-to-use lessons for discipling new Christians on the topics of salvation, forgiveness, prayer, trusting God, studying the Bible, and more. Rose Publishing Product Code: 4112X

Author : Erik Raymond
Publisher : The Good Book Company
ISBN 13 : 1910307920
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gospel Shaped Outreach Leader's Guide written by Erik Raymond and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leader's Guide for the Outreach track of Gospel Shaped Church from The Gospel Coalition, exploring what it means to be a community focused on mission. Gospel Shaped Church is a curriculum from The Gospel Coalition that will help whole congregations pause and think carefully and prayerfully about the kind of church they are called to be. This nine-week whole-church resource will help members see both the priority of evangelism for our churches, and to see the role that everyone can play in reaching out to those who are lost without Christ. The Leader's Guide contains everything you need to lead this flexible course. Many Christians are nervous about telling someone else about Jesus. We prefer to leave it up to the preacher, or to those we see as particularly gifted for evangelism in our congregations. But all believers are called to make disciples. The nine sessions in this curriculum don't offer quick fixes or evangelism "gimmicks". But by continually pointing us back to the gospel, they will give us the proper motivation to work together as a church to share the gospel message with those who are lost without Christ. This flexible resource will train your whole church through teaching, preaching, daily reading and small-group Bible study and discussion-or any combination of those elements. The overall aim is that your church will embark on a journey to discover the kind of people they should be as they are shaped by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Works alongside the Gospel Shaped Outreach DVD and the Gospel Shaped Outreach Handbook for use by church members.

Author : Bobby Jamieson
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433525593
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing One Another written by Bobby Jamieson and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discipleship was one of the central themes of Jesus' teaching, yet it is not a major emphasis today for many churches. This short study guide explores the Bible's teaching on discipleship, and covers such topics as the need for discipleship, the demands of discipleship, and the enemy of discipleship. With discussion questions at the end of each chapter, groups will work through guided discussions together as they learn about the centrality of discipleship in the Christian life. A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of a healthy church as originally laid out in Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever. This series explores the biblical foundations of key aspects of the church, helping Christians to live out those realities as members of a local body. Conveniently packaged and accessibly written, the format of this series is guided, inductive discussion of Scripture passages and is ideal for use in Sunday school, church-wide studies, or small group contexts.

Author : William H. Willimon
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501848178
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Disciples: Coordinator's Guide written by William H. Willimon and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Disciples is a 13-session mentor-based confirmation program that pairs confirmands with adult mentors and guides them through a variety of learning experiences that will strengthen the student's understanding of the faith while connecting him or her with the community of believers in a personal way. It can be used as a stand-alone program, or in conjunction with your current curriculum as a special experiential unit. This is a confirmation program that is more like a process and less like a reading assignment, more engaging and congruent with the nature of the Christian faith than existing programs. Using an “apprenticeship” approach to confirmation Will Willimon produced a series of learning experiences where adult mentors and confirmands are both teachers and learners at the same time. This time-tested approach has been extensively revised and updated for usage in today’s churches that take seriously Christ’s command to be engaged in disciple making The Coordinator’s Guide can be used by the pastor, if that is how your congregation chooses to oversee and support the process of confirmation. However, it’s good to involve as many laypersons as possible in mentoring and guiding. This Coordinator’s Guide is designed to be easily used by a lay coordinator to support the mentors as they guide their confirmands through the journey toward confirmation. Topics explore the basics of Christian faith: •God •Jesus •the Holy Spirit •worship •the Bible •gifts •ministry •baptism •spiritual life •death and resurrection •the church