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ED201 Empowering God’s People for Ministry
Reading List
Introductory content
The Need for a Paradigm Shift
An Organism Paradigm of the Church
- The Lens of Organism
- The Church as Body
- Finding Every Place Where the Term “Body” Refers to the Church
- The Church as Body: An Illustration
- The Church’s Relationship to Its Founder
- Finding References to Christ as the “Head” of the Church
- Attitudes That Hinder the Body: Inferiority
- Attitudes That Hinder the Body: Superiority
- Attitudes That Build the Body: Interdependence
- Finding Comparison Charts of Spiritual Gifts
- Unit 2 Quiz
Where the Reformation Failed
The Corruption of Biblical Language
Pastoring between the Paradigms
A Vision for Equipping Ministry
- From Dependency to Equipping
- Equipping in Exodus 18
- Conducting a Character Study with the Bible Facts Tool
- Fostering Dependency: Pastoral Self-Expectations
- Fostering Dependency: People’s Expectations of Their Pastor
- Jethro’s Advice (1): Change Your Role
- Equipping Ministry
- A Contemporary Image for the Equipping Pastor
- Sharing the Leadership
- Styles That Inhibit
- Jethro’s Advice (2): Change Your Style
- Sorting the Singular and Plural Forms of the Term “Elder”
- Jethro’s Advice (3): Decentralize Your Structure
- Our Challenge
Midterm Exam
Vocation and Call
- A Disconnection between Work and Faith
- A Distorted View of Call
- Gifts of the Whole Body of Christ
- Biblical Teaching on a “Call”
- Identify Biblical References to God’s Calling
- A Heart Call: Focus on a Need You Care About
- A Heart Call: A Positive Burden
- A Heart Call: Bigger Than You Can Accomplish
- A Heart Call: Energy and Joy
- Unit 7 Quiz
Small Groups
Ministry Teams
Life Transformation Groups
Disciple-Making Groups
Wesley’s System of Interlocking Groups
- Wesley and His System
- The Society: The Cognitive Mode
- The Class Meeting: The Behavioral Mode
- The Class Meeting: Its Format
- The Class Meeting: Its Leader
- The Class Meeting: Its Value
- Wesley’s Bands
- Select Society: The Training Mode
- Penitent Bands: The Rehabilitative Mode
- Wesley’s Group Strategies and Leadership Principles
- Unit 12 Quiz
Conclusion
Final Exam
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