...are from rural Wyoming. All middle class. 3 White and 2 Hispanic. Spiritual Maturity Level of Students: All have been attending church regularly for years and would be considered spiritually mature for their age group. 3. Specific Group Characteristics Interests: Horseback riding, 4H shooting sports, Abilities: Animal care and gardening. Lesson plan Target group – Teen Sunday school class Passage – Ephesians 4:11-16 Cross-references – Matt. 28:16-20, 1 Corinthians 14:12 Exegetical Idea – God gives special gifts to each of person, so that individual Christians may come together and work as a group in order to strengthen the Church and carry out the Great Commission. Pedagogical Idea – In the Great Commission, Jesus commands His Church to take on the enormous responsibility of teaching all nations about the Salvation of Jesus...
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...SPIRITUAL GROWTH PLAN I JACQUELINE GOODWIN EVAN 500 SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 Spiritual health means that we are alive and vibrant in Christ. For that, we need some disciplines to help us stay on the right track, focused on God and not on our own problems or distractions. Jesus sets an example for us of how to boost our spiritual health. He engaged in spiritual disciplines such as discipleship, worship and fasting. Both my personal and spiritual health were good but have improved. At the beginning of the term my personal and ministry growth were limited to the perspective of the leaders I studied under. Since I have started this class my personal and ministry spiritual growth has been enriched. I have been enlightened in the areas of fasting, living a crucified life, discipleship, worship, and revival. Though fasting has been a key factor in my personal and ministry growth, I had never been introduced to the concept of keeping a fasting journal. I have participated in personal fast for healing as well as a ministry fast for God to increase membership. During both fasts I would mediate on God’s word and pray. This concept that Towns reveals in his book, Fasting for Spiritual Break Through, has been a tool that has contribute to my personal and ministry growth. As I began to follow the guidelines that Towns provided for a fasting journal I gained insights about my current tribulation that I am going through. I was able to take my eyes off of my circumstances...
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...of the evangelical works of the Evangelist, the love and knowledge of God were brought to my attention on several occasions, in various places at various times. It was those moments of evangelism by preachers and pastors and member of the church society that influenced me to seek God’s face and His purpose for my life. Many people are on the verge of rendering their souls to the devil, if their souls have not already been surrendered to the evil one. For this reason mainly, I think the lack of understanding of how manipulative the devil and his children actually are should encouraged God’s people at all cost , even to death, to continue to evangelize and bring society in direct contact with God. The church and evangelism The great commission commended by Jesus instructs us to go into the world and make disciples of all nations and baptize those nations in the name of the spirit, the father and the son (Matthew 28:19-20). I always wonder about the practical aspect of those commands. How can a Christian go into many nations? Not every persons desire to be converted, nor are every person a Christian. All nations will certainly not be willing to adhere to such a command, because not all nations...
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...EVANGELISM VISION PAPER Herb Tarlike EVAN 525 LUONLINE Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary 3/7/14 INTRODUCTION This course has had a great impact on my walk with Christ as well as my witness for Christ. I pastor a church and teach two classes and for me I thought that I was doing plenty. However this course has helped rekindle my passion for sharing Jesus Christ with people through personal evangelism. This paper will demonstrate what I have learned throughout this course. EVANGELISM AS IT RELATES TO CHRISTIAN WALK In Philippians 1:27, Paul writes; “Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,” (NKJV) This scripture speaks of our daily lives being lived for God’s glory. Our conduct or the way we live must reflect the gospel by which we are saved. Our lives are a witness to the world about who Jesus is to us. Evangelism is more than just pulling people aside and giving them the heaven or hell speech. We are challenged by Paul to live our live in a manner that is worth of the gospel of Christ. People must be able to see that Christ is presently working in our lives. Jesus challenged the disciples by saying; “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Mat.5:16) (KJV) Our walk with Christ is extremely...
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...How to Be a People Helper is a book by Dr. Gary R. Collins, it is based on the belief that people helping must be built on the Bible, God’s Words, and must be consistent with the Great Commission in which Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples of all nations. This edition has been revised, and changes were added in counseling techniques, approaches to training, research findings, and types of problems. There are many books on counseling; however, How to Be a People Helper has continued to be the basis for people helping training programs in a number of churches, colleges, and Christian organizations. This book is translated into several foreign languages and it is written to help people become skilled Christian people helper who serves Christ by helping others. Dr. Gary R. Collins is a Clinical Psychologist and is the President of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the editor of Christian Counseling Today. He refers to Christians who wants to learn counseling skills as people helper or lay-counselor. He admits that lay-counseling may be even more useful than professional counseling. He states that while professional psychological help is vital in dangerous life-threatening situations, lay-counseling is the matter of everyday life and therefore, is compulsory as the means of keeping people in a healthy psychological state in their daily routine. He believes that psychological help should not be a mere treatment with the help of test and medication...
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...Disciple Making Plan HEBRON BAPTIST CHURCH __ A Paper Presented to Dr. Douglas White Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for DSMN 500: Discipleship Ministries __________________ by Timothy Taylor #177780 October 15, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………….………………………………………………2 VISION…………………………………………………………………..………………3 VALUES…………………………………………………..…………………………….4 VIEWS………………………………………………….…………………….…….……6 VEHICLES………………………………………………………………………………6 VERIFIERS…………………………………………………………………………….14 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………17 BIBLIOGRAHY…………………………………………………………………..……20 Introduction As I prepare the Disciple Making Plan for Hebron Baptist Church I have had time to reflect on the desires of the congregation and listen to the voice of God as He has spoke to my spirit. My current status has been encouraging, as we have shifted from being a reactive ministry to a proactive ministry. At this time I am presently in my 10th year as pastor of a church in an urban area of Brooklyn, N.Y, My first 8 years very little in the way of discipleship was accomplished as our building was old and the congregation was already small and began diminishing though relocation and death. Our efforts at discipleship were further hampered after in my 3rd year we experienced a major collapse in part of our building. Over the next 5 years the concentration of the church was on our building. Every bit...
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...This One Assignment These last words of Christ as He was ascending back to heaven are more than just words. These words form in a simplistic harmony with a sweet melody to the saved heart, that this one assignment is the real business of Life. These words acts as a main verse or chorus of a battle hymn for the ones who seek to evangelize the lost. The great commission is not for the weak. It is not for those who easily give up. It is a commandment for the persistent and for those who will truly do God’s will. The problem with our churches today, the problem with those who label themselves as Christians, is that the Great Commission has turned into the Least Commission. The only time we want to evangelize somebody is inside the church. Journey with me if you will. There are some in here and there are others at different churches that the only time they speak to anyone in the manner how Christ would want us to speak is when the pastor says “turn to your neighbor and say neighbor” or “thus sayeth the Lord, the Lord told me to tell you” Where is all of that stuff on your job, in your neighborhood in your schools, in the gym in the grocery store in the mall when you participating in lude and lascivious conversation or gossiping about the next one! The problem with our churches today is that we treat the church as our own mission field. The harvest is indeed plentiful but the wheat fields are not in here, it’s outside the church walls. The church acts as a Millhouse cultivating the...
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...shifted dramatically over the last decade in the United States. Globalization is connecting the United States to the outside world in ways never experienced before. Technological advancements in communication and information sharing have broken long-standing barriers once separating countries and cultures. As a result, diversification is being experienced throughout our neighborhoods, schools and places of work. People of different religious backgrounds and beliefs are now living in closer proximity. Christians must acknowledge and understand this shift in community demographics so they can respond accordingly. They must evangelize in selfless ways that are relevant and effective in order to fulfill their primary mandate set forth in The Great Commission. Jesus successfully bridged cultural gaps when befriending people very different than himself. Observing how he relationally encountered diverse people provides the necessary model for Christians. This is clearly seen in the lives of the Apostle Paul and Charles De Foucauld. By living his model of relational evangelism Christians can influence others. Relational evangelism, embodied by Jesus, is critical in reaching diversified communities. Globalization Globalization is a concept not easily defined. Thomas Larsson described it as being a “process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer.” Communities once separated geographically and culturally are more integrated today. In large part, this integration...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Centrality of Christ Submitted to Dr. Robert Gowins in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of DSMN 500 Discipleship Ministries by Shawn T. Hunt January 24, 2015 Introduction There some basic principles of Christian discipleship that can be seen from the beginning of this class. That Christ is the center piece of the Christian faith is the core of discipleship and disciple making. Without Christ there would not be a need for discipleship, if He had not come here to die for our sins we would still be trying to live up to the imperfect law. But because He did come down to us and did die for us we can see the need to follow Him. Obedience to Christ and to His teachings to paramount and the first thing a disciple needs to set out to do. Because Christ is the centerpiece of our faith Dave Earley and Rod Dempsey have detailed three stages of discipleship. Declaration, development and deployment are a model of how Christ is seen making disciples in His early ministry and can still be seen and used today. Christ as the Center From the very beginning of His ministry Christ demonstrated how a life of discipleship is intended to look. Christ did not use mere words to teach, His actions were confirmation to the first disciples the cost of following Him. Of all that He did, Christ demonstrated for us that humility was the core of following Him. Christ humbled Himself with His very...
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...Book Critique of Share Jesus Without Fear by William Fay In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For The Course EVAN 525 Liberty Baptist Theological seminary Lynchburg, Virginia Sunday, November 17 , 2013 Biographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville, TN: B and H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information The author, William Fay, before giving his heart to God was a gambler, ran a house of prostitution, and was involved in the mafia. After having everything that success could offer, Fay began to feel as if something were missing. Eventually, his establishments were raided and he was faced with the threat of jail time. Faced with the possibility of spending his life in jail and losing everything he had, he made the commitment to believe in Jesus. Fay is currently a Chaplain with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and a host of the radio show, “Let’s Go”. He evangelizes by sharing his testimony and loving people with simple, basic methods of sharing the gospel. Content Summary Fay begins his book by describing the state of evangelism in churches today. In the brief first two chapters, Fay explains that Christians can not fail if they will just share their faith. It is the sharing itself that is our success, not the expected outcome (Fay, 3). Fay describes the vast majority of Christians that are guilty of committing what he calls the sin of silence. He expresses the need for Christians to be excited about...
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...THEO 104 2. What are seven conditions that hinder prayer? "What is Revival?" 1. What church’s revival does the Author recount in this reading? 2. What started the revival in that Church? 3. T/F According to the author revival is only a recent phenomenon, a unique cultural event erupting in the late 19th and early 20th century. 4. How does the Author define revival? "The Greatness of the Great Commission" 1. Geographically, to what portions of the world did Jesus command his disciples to take the good news? 2. What significant response did the disciples show Jesus when he appeared to them the third time? 3. What was Jesus’ systematic plan to preach the Gospel to the world? 4. What was Jesus’ last commandment called? What did it entail? 5. What are 4 Lessons that the Author suggests for the individual? 6. What are 4 Lessons that the Author suggests for the church? "Simple Steps to Solid Study" 1. List and explain MacArthur’s five step Bible Study method. "But What Does it Mean to Me?" 1. What does MacArthur feel about the belief that we should guard against preachers whose emphasis is on interpreting Scripture rather than applying it. 2. According to MacArthur, "There is no danger of _______; the real threat is an ________ attempt at _______. 3. We don't make the __________; it is inherently so, simply because it is God's Word. 4. What are your thoughts on this excerpt? "Making Hard Decisions Easy" 1. What are the 10 Questions that the Author Suggests you should ask in order...
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...party. And the rationale behind such relationship is to gain 100% attention of such individual, not only that such person will have freedom to express himself or herself to the person talking to him/her without any form of suspicion. This writeup is made to x-ray the importance of one-to-one discipleship as stated by our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. This report also focuses on the hinderances to this missing ingredient in christendom today. 1.1 Disciple In Christian usage a disciple is a follower of Jesus Christ, an adherent to the Christian tradition. A student, learner or pupil in the school of his/her master (Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright © 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers) Someone who believes in ideas of a great teacher especially a religious teacher and tries to follow him. Someone who has an aptitude to acquire knowledge from a mentor (disciplar). Someone that accept the doctrine of his master without any logical reason. The example is that of Jesus Christ and His disciples. Matt. 10:24 says “the disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord’’. In other words no man can ever expect to be greater than Christ, for He is the only Lord and Christ (Act 2:36). The word disciple appears in the bible 28 times, while the plural form (disciples) appears 244 times The disciple, as an adherent and follower of Jesus is a prominent figure in each of the four Gospels, and is the counterpart of Jesus in His role as teacher, as well...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY Writing Assignment 1 – Christ in Discipleship Submitted to Dr. Gary Waller in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of DSMN 500 – B03 Discipleship Ministries by David J. Miller May 29, 2016 Centrality of Christ in Christian discipleship Christian discipleship is to follow Jesus, to be his disciple, doesn’t mean community involvement and the veneer of tolerance. It means, mainly, first and central, to worship him — with joy at the heart. Making disciples of Jesus means gathering his worshipers. Discipleship starts with the heart, it is to have Christ at the center, to have His love, His Holy Spirit fill you, and guide you. To have Christ as the centrality of Christian Discipleship is the most important thing. The Apostle Paul describes it best in Colossians 3:1-11. “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Book Review: The Great Commission to Worship Submitted to Dr. Austin Tucker / Instructor of Practical Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of EVAN525 – D20 Contemporary Evangelism by Richard Dennis November 17, 2014 In their book The Great Commission to Worship: Biblical Principles for Worship-Based Evangelism, authors David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley contribute their respective expertise in evangelism and worship in an attempt to synthesize the two categories by showing each fundamental imperative of the Christian disciple to be integral to and an outflow of the other. The impetus for evangelism par excellence is the “great commission” found in Matt 28:19-20, while the “greatest commandment” is described as providing the fundamental basis of the nature of and motivation to worship: “‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’” (Matt 22:37-40, ASV) The authors argue that evangelism is a natural outflow of fulfilling the second part of Jesus’ instructions: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…’” God is love and desires relationship with and flourishing growth for his children of “all the nations.” Therefore, we can never rightly see worship as merely something else we do. once a week. Wheeler emphatically asserts that worship is obedience in all aspects of life and part of being obedient is fulfilling God’s will that...
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...I had a life changing experience when I started going to church, and taking discipleship class. I developed a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I learned to build Christlike character, and achieve spiritual victory. In my family going to church was something we did faithfully. I can remember as a little girl every Saturday and, Sunday we would have Morning Prayer at Grandmother’s house. I like going to church, but I didn’t like going every Sunday. When I was a teenager, I would tell myself, when I get older, and move away, I’m never going to church again. When I was eighteen I moved to Atlanta, and I did that exactly, I stopped going to church. At first it was good, I enjoyed my Sundays, working, relaxing, or just doing nothing. Some Saturday nights, I stayed out late, partied knowing that there would be no prayer or church first thing Sunday morning. I did this for many years went by, I didn’t attend church while living in Atlanta. Then one day I started feeling like something was missing from my life, I started missing going to church. First I had to find a church, one that I would enjoy praise, worship and the sermon. I sent out to find that church, and I did that. I went for a little while as a visitor and I joined church at Voices Of Faith. One Sunday, an announcement was made for discipleship class, I didn’t know what the class was about, but I was curious after church I spoke to a representative, and I signed up. Little did I know that the classes were every...
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