...Essential Guidelines for the Servant Evangelism Projects & Report How to do the servant evangelism project 1. This Servant Evangelism Report must document TWO true, face-to-face encounters a. (not a virtual encounter – via www, email, IM etc) with unbeliever in a setting in which you served them unconditionally. The servant evangelism encounter must take place within the semester that the student is enrolled in this particular course. 2. The three P’s to Servant Evangelism- b. P- PERSONAL: These 2 encounters must be personal- face to face- encounters done within this semester. c. P- PRACTICAL/PHYSICAL: In both of these encounters you must meet the physical needs of another individual. Even though prayer, and bible study are essential to the Christian life and growth. These are unacceptable forms of servant evangelism and do not meet the requirements of this assignment. This assignment is for you to meet the physical needs of another individual (Matthew 25:31-46; James 2:14-20). (SEE end of document for a list approved, and unacceptable Servant Evangelism projects.) d. P- PENNILESS: In both of these servant evangelism encounters you may not receive money for your work. This must be a free service to those you are serving. NOTE: All servant Evangelism Papers will be graded by the 3-P system (see above). If your assignment does not fulfill the three P’s it will receive a grade deduction. 3. The point of the service...
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...r Divine-Human Synergism in Ministry Dennis Bratcher A paper presented to the Breckenridge Conference on Clergy Preparation I. Introduction II. Synergism: A Biblical and Theological Base III. The Church's Mission and Ministry: A Recovery of Balance IV. Divine-Human Synergism in Ministry Footnotes Bibliography I. Introduction The Issue In Context The Church In this series of conferences begun last year, we are in process of reflecting on the direction and focus of the ministry and ministerial training in the Church of the Nazarene as our community of faith moves into the twenty-first century. We have attempted to approach our task from two complimentary perspectives, caricatured last year as the "field" of hands-on work and the "realm" of reflective inquiry (although I think there are serious problems inherent in such an artificial dichotomy of responsibilities). -1- From our initial attempts, it has become obvious that we face a multiplicity of issues in such an endeavor. The range and diversity of these issues arise partly from the variety of theological, historical, and practical concerns operating with each of us as individuals and partly from the assumptions and perspectives imported from particular arenas of ministry. One common element that keeps reappearing in various forms is the issue of the nature and mission of the Church. This issue is not unique to our enterprise in these conferences, as the new eleventh Article of Faith on...
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...LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MacArthur Reading Report Submitted to Dr. David W. Hirschman, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course, LEAD 635 Pastoral Theology by Shonda M. Curb September 30, 2013 John MacArthur Reading Report Introduction Pastor John MacArthur and the Masters Seminary Faculty provide a unique manual for the aspiring pastor or church leader in "Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically". The major theme of the writings focuses on the character and development of pastors in accordance with New Testament scripture including: Acts 6, 1 Timothy 2-4, Titus 1, 1 Peter 5. The authors demonstrate through biblical reference and personal experiences the model and character of one prepared for pastoral ministry. The aim of the text is to validate the biblical authority of the ministry, to educate in the biblical qualifications of pastoral ministry, and to outline priorities for the pastoral ministry. Summary John MacArthur and his panel at the Master’s Seminary Faculty separate the twenty chapters presented in the book into four major categories that are designed to provide the reader with a dynamic portrayal of what it takes to be an effective biblical pastor. The four categories transition the reader from the biblical perspective of pastoral ministry to the practical. They include: biblical perspectives of pastoral ministry, the preparatory perspectives of pastoral candidates, personal perspectives...
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...Liberty University Servant Evangelism Report 3 A paper submitted to Dr. Yat-Por Lau In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the course EVAN 565 Liberty Baptist Theological seminary By Lisa Head St. Gabriel, Louisiana Saturday, June 22, 2013 Since beginning this course, I have turned my daily neighborhood walks into opportunities to spread the message of Christ. I have been more intentional about meeting my neighbors and learning about their life situations. Most are Christians, which is nice, and we exchange prayer requests. As I walk and pass their house, I lift them in prayer, which is a blessing to me, as I have developed many new relationships just by being intentional about speaking to people. On a walk this past week, I met an elderly gentleman who moved into the neighborhood about four months ago. He has a large piece of property that spent many years being ignored. He is always working in his yard, so I thought he might appreciate some help. I spent Saturday morning hoeing, weeding, and trimming trees with him. I had no idea if he had any spiritual beliefs, but decided to wait until we were sitting down to begin that conversation. Around mid-morning he invited me to sit on the porch with him and have some water, which I was more than ready for in South Louisiana heat! He asked me why I was helping him when he knew I had a large yard to care for myself. I told him that a shared burden lightens the load and then jumped out on a limb where...
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...others" (Prov. 12:15 LB). Please send us your candid opinion. 75th Anniversary Celebration The 75th Anniversary Celebrations will kick off at the various Districts and Areas on May 24, 2009. The National Celebration and Grand Finale will come up in Michael Okpara Square, ENUGU on 27th and 28th November. National Choir Competition The National Choir Competition has been full of success stories and nine zones so far visited include: Calabar, Onitsha, Benin, Uyo, Umuahia, PH, Enugu, Abuja and Owerri. Pentecost Week The last week of May is Pentecost Week. The Week is being observed nationally as Week of Spiritual Emphasis on Operation7575! All local Churches will be expected to promote baptism in the Holy Spirit and forward statistical report on the performance of each local Church. 2009 Africa Azusa Conference The next Africa Azusa Conference will be held in Nigeria. Date � August 3-7, 2009. Venue: Youth Camp, Lagos or Evangel Camp (yet to be confirmed) This conference is regional conference of the Africa Assemblies of God Alliance (Central Africa). The last one was held in 2007 at Libreville, Gabon. Peniel 2009 The 2009 Peniel series will be coming up on the third week of June. Date: Arrival Monday 22nd. Departure � Friday, 26th June, 2009. All District Choirs wishing to feature should notify the Director. Also Unit leaders, heads of Schools and Director may contact the Camp Manager for accommodation for newly constructed Guest Houses as early as possible. |[| |p| |i| ...
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...interference of the third 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...
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...Plan A for a Christian Life Key Passage - Colossians 1:24-29 (HCSB) 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church. 25 I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints. 27 God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me. No one can live a Christian life and do it with their own strength. It took me many years to realize that it is only Christ that gives me the strength to endure, cope and deal with the chaos of this life. For years I thought that God had saved me but it was up to me to ensure that I lived a peaceful, joyful and successful life. I had read Galatians 5:22-23, heard it preached and studied it in Sunday School but still it did not register. The answer to living a Christian life is allowing Christ to live your life for you. But, that is not as easy as it sound for a selfish, stubborn Gilmer born and bread Turner. When Galatians explained “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control...
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...Hocutt Baptist Church Constitution and By-Laws CONSTITUTION FOR HOCUTT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLAYTON, NORTH CAROLINA PREAMBLE We declare and establish this constitution for the preservation and security of the principles of our faith so that this body may be governed in an orderly manner. This constitution will preserve the liberties of each individual member of this church and the freedom of action of this body in its relation to other churches of the same faith. ARTICLE 1 – NAME This body shall be known as the Hocutt Baptist Church. The church is located in the town of Clayton, North Carolina in Johnston County. ARTICLE 2 – HISTORY The history of Hocutt Baptist Church began on January 13, 1957, when the church was officially organized. Early efforts date back to November 26, 1956. The 63 charter members met in homes for prayer and discussion concerning the organization of the church. The first services were held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Pulley. After this, permission was given for use of the Clayton Woman’s Club as a temporary place of worship, and the group worshipped there until the completion of the first unit of the building. Many people made sacrificial efforts in the organization of the church. Committees were formed, and much work was accomplished. Rev. J.L. Atkins, first pastor of the church, conferred with the pastor of the First...
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...a di v i si on of gospel for www.gfa.org a si a Re a de rs Re spo nd t o Revolution in World Missions “I have just read Revolution in World Missions. This book greatly ministered to me and stirred me in a way no book has ever done. How can we order more copies?” —Pastor J.P., Lakeside, Oregon “Your book stirred me to tears and drove me to prayer!” —Miss J.S., Towson, Maryland “I have read Revolution in World Missions twice, and now I am more convinced than ever that investing in national missionaries and Bridge of Hope children will yield better returns than silver or gold. Thank you for waking me up, Brother K.P.” —Mr. K.G., Calgary, Alberta “I read your book and think it is one of the most dynamic, down-to-earth books that I have ever read. I want to give a copy to our pastor, each board member and selected other people at our church.” —Mr. P.W., Santa Margarita, California “K.P. Yohannan’s book draws the Church back to the very heart of what Christ has called us to do. I would urge every Christian, and especially every pastor, to read this book with a humble heart before the Lord. I’m reading it through again, and it’s still a heart-stirring blessing.” —Pastor M.W., Worthing, England “We have been challenged and convicted by Revolution in World Missions. We believe that our Lord Jesus is offering us the chance to share in His work in Asia—a chance we don’t want to miss!” —Mr. and Mrs. M.D., Pacifica, California “We...
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...The Chinese church in North America is an anomaly. In the last twenty years, more than three hundred new churches were started. There are three hundred student Bible study groups in Canada and the United States, almost every one of them started by the students themselves. Very evidently God has caused the Chinese in North America to be very responsive to the gospel. The Chinese church is educated, affluent and filled with talent.1 As Two-Third World missions come into prominence in mission circles, the church in the West is looking to the Chinese church to "pick up the baton" and carry out the Great Commission across cultural barriers. Yet with all seven hundred congregations the Chinese church is reaching only five percent of the Chinese community with the gospel.2 She is a small minority. And although endowed with a rich tradition of spirituality and evangelistic zeal, she is weak in two crucial areas: doctrinal maturity 3 and church consciousness.4 She is a young church. Jesus calls the church to disciple the nations (Matthew 28:19-20). Jesus calls us to seek His Kingdom and righteousness in all that we do (Matthew 6:33). Paul tells us that if any human being is in Christ, everything – including his or her whole life -- is made new. The individual is new, or more precisely, there is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), a new world. This means that the Lordship of Christ includes His lordship over our work, our careers, our families, and our ambitions. We are to live as...
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...Seventh-day Adventist CHURCH MANUAL Revised 2005 17th Edition Published by the Secretariat General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Copyright © 2005 by the Secretariat, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Unless otherwise indicated, all Bible texts are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Texts credited to NEB are from The New English Bible. © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970. Reprinted by permission. Texts credited to NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Bible texts credited to RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. Texts credited to RV are from The Holy Bible, Revised Version, Oxford University Press, 1911. Printed in U.S.A. 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 0-8280-1947-9 ISBN 0-8280-1948-7 hardcover paperback Printed and distributed by the Review and Herald® Publishing Association Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 Table of Contents Introduction .........................................................
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...Chapter 12: The African Diaspora in the Caribbean and Europe from Pre-emancipation to the Present Day by Roswith Gerloff Caribbean history of Christianity can be divided, with overlaps, into four main periods: the rather monolithic form of Spanish Catholicism from 1492, and of the Church of England from 1620; the arrival of the Evangelicals or nonconformist missionaries, Moravians, Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians from the mid-eighteenth century; consolidation and growth of various European denominations in the region in uneasy tension with the proliferation of independent black Christian groups and African religions in the post-emancipation era from 1833; the contest for political, economic and religious independence after 1870, including the shift from British Imperial intervention and influence to those from North America, and national independence after 1962. Contemporary studies in anthropology and sociology of religion speak of 'religions on the move', or the process of transmigration and transculturation, as it refers to dynamic, reciprocal, transitory and multidimensional creations in shaping a 'poly-contextual world'. This implies that religions have to be regarded as cultural and spiritual phenomena whose 'taken-for granted' essence1 has resulted from transcultural and transnational processes of mutual 1 Klaus Hock, University of Rostock, abstract for an essay on the African Christian Diaspora in Europe, January...
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...How to Release God’s Healing Power Through Prayer IF YOU BEGIN TO PRAY FOR THE SICK AS OUTLINED BELOW, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE JESUS HEAL THE SICK THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS December 2003 Dr. Gary S. Greig Kingdom Training Network and The University Prayer Network Dr. Mark Virkler Christian Leadership University Rev. Frank Gaydos John G. Lake Ministries, Pennsylvania Healing Rooms Ministry Director Contents Healing Prayer Outline ............................................................................................. 2 Biblical Foundations of Healing .................................................................................. 6 I. Not Just “One of the Gifts” ............................................................................ 6 II. Embracing God’s Will concerning Healing....................................................... 6 III. Faith-Picturing—Seeing in the Spiritual Realm............................................... 7 IV. Faith-Picturing Jesus .................................................................................11 V. Faith-Picturing the Body Healed ...................................................................13 VI. God’s Power and Energy is the Force that Heals............................................14 VII-VIII. God’s Healing Power, the Holy Spirit, and the Light of God .....................15 IX-X. The Vulnerability of the Christian & Spiritual Conflict ..................................19 XI. A Biblical View...
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...SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Church Manual SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Church Manual ❖ REVISED 201 0 18 TH EDITION Published by the Secretariat General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Copyright © 2010 by the Secretariat, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Unless otherwise noted, Bible texts are from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Texts credited to KJV are from the King James Version. Printed in U.S.A. 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN ISBN 978-0-8280-2569-0 978-0-8280-2570-6 hardcover paperback Printed and distributed by the Review and Herald® Publishing Association Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Why a Church Manual? ........................................................................17 Authority and Function of the Church Manual ..................................18 Making Changes ..............................................................................19 Where to Get Advice ......................................................................20 Terms Used in the Church Manual ....................................................20 Church..........................................................................................20 Conference, Mission, Section, Delegation, Field, Union of Churches ....20 Pastor and Minister ........................................................................20 Abbreviations ......................................
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...Assessment Material and Sample Ministry Report A. Interview Questions * Schein, Edgar H. (1992). Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Second Edition (pp.177-178). 1. “Let’s go back over the history of your organization.” a. “Who was involved?” b. “What were the critical problems in getting started?” c. “What was the basic mission of the group at that time?” d. “Were there specific goals and ways of working that emerged early? 2. “Were there any critical incidents that occurred early in your history?” a. “Tell me how people were feeling about what was happening. Were they anxious or angry or delighted or what?” b. “What was done? Who did anything?” c. “What happened? Did the response work? How did people feel subsequently? Did the response continue?” ** Deal, Terrence E. & Allan A. Kennedy (1982). Corporate Cultures. Cited in Leading Organizations: Perspectives for a New Era (1998). Ed by Hickman, Gill Robinson. 1. Does Company X have one or more visible beliefs? 2. If so, what are they? 3. Do people in the organization know these beliefs? If so, who? And how many? 4. How do these beliefs affect day-to-day business? 5. How are the beliefs communicated to the organization? 6. Are the beliefs reinforced – by formal personnel processes, recognition, rewards? ...
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