Analysis Of The Book ' Big Four ' By Dr Kidder

The church’s ministry on teaching and learning is simultaneously a simple and complex ministry. It is a ministry that is potentially misunderstood more often than it is understood in the life of a congregation. As the congregation struggles to combine secular life with spiritual practice, the vision for the teaching and learning ministry of the church can fall out of focus for those who feel called to this ministry’s vocations. To begin, I will define the teaching and learning ministry of the church as I understand it followed by an elaboration of its definition. Lastly, I will discuss a few implications of this ministry as it applies to a congregation.

The mission of ministry should be “that we exist to know Christ, and to make Christ known.” This primarily is accomplished and becomes reality through creating healthy churches that also plant new churches and revitalize existing churches. As the Apostles were united together in ministry, so should God’s people be united in one purpose, vision, and mission! I believe in the essential function of Ministry Action Teams in the church, given that, a key element is found in the word “action.” The church exists so that something might be accomplished.

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

To be a successful church the author states that the church should function and relate to the people’s culture that the church is located within.

Now that I explained the ideal qualities of God’s Church, how does it apply to my life? During my eleven years as Christian, I grew up to become a singer, encourager, leader, and faith believer in my Christian journey. Though I felt depressed and discouraged when I did not know my gift from God, I realized that just knowing my gift is not enough if I do not live out my

The growth of the church is consistent with the original impetus for the church plant. God continues to pour His blessing through a vibrant ministry to

They give scripture which identifies the importance of unity. Ephesians 4:14-16 shows how the body of Christ should be unified in the midst of diversity. Leaders should work extra hard to keep the church family worshipping together. The authors condemn chronological snobbery and suggest that both the young and old come together. The young generation must grow up and the older generation needs to adapt.

A ministry must have a focus and vision in order to effectively do the work of God. The importance of this vision is highlighted when the Bible says, “Where [there is] no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). Mancini described the Kingdom Concept as consisting of the “big idea” that will define the way a church will bring glory to God and help to make disciples (Mancini, 2008, p. 84). It is from these concepts that this student will identify several major needs in personal work of ministry. These needs are supported by compelling evidence and aide in focusing efforts of work.

Robert Morris writes a book about the essentials of Church growth and it's development. Having made that statement, the book achieves its own manner of possessing small nuggets of wisdom. Although, that pill was extremely hard to want to swallow as Robert Morris' book is comprised of the typical attitude of mega church pastors even down to the organizational community approach needed to guide a church, all of this is exceedingly evident in part three. The premise of this book is good that we would want our church's to be blessed and be a blessing. Though the premise was good and had good intention, he tends to have shortsighted view based upon the way he envisions church versus the holistic view of what church should be as a whole.

The risk for organizations during this phase is to assess for good yet a limited set of qualities in potential church planters. Current tools are helpful, but they are lacking. What they are lacking causes a problem because what is missing in the gap is not emphasized during the earliest stages of church planter formation. What is being emphasized, in other words, assessed is being communicated as a value such as skills, ability, knowledge but what about a planter’s posture towards God, the church, and culture? Church planting organizations will often teach and train about what the purposes of the church are and what the planter needs to do in those areas but without an assessment of their current preferences

In this paper, we are going to look at some of the vital parts that make a church plant successful. We will first examine the importance of the location and will look at three reason why this is something that requires extreme thought and prayer. We will then look at finances of the church. We will examine the who and the how when it come the stewardship. Finally closing the paper, we will examine where the main growth will take place small groups. Looking at four areas of small groups that a church plant must have.

# Mission is not just another task that the church should engage in, but is the very essence of its nature. Christ “founded his church as the sacrament of salvation and sent his apostles into the entire world just as he himself had been sent by his Father.” (#5) The Word became incarnate in order for humankind to share in the life of GOD. Through Christ and in the Spirit we are knit together and taken up as one people into the love of God. We must walk the path paved by our founder, Christ, a path of poverty, obedience, service and self-sacrifice. We walk in hope, knowing that even in trials and sufferings, our sacrifices will serve as a seed to bring about the plan of GOD, which is a plan for unity. The church becomes itself as it participates in the mission of the Trinity—going out in love to others.

“In order for a Southern Baptist Church to grow both spiritually and numerically, personal evangelism must be actively pursued by the congregation as a whole.”

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.

Furthermore, it is vitally crucial for the church leadership to clearly articulate its missional vision, which is to be embraced by the rest of the church’s community. The process of spiritual transformation starts from the invitation and continues through engagement and discipleship. This transformational process embodies the missional vision and the language for 'right now ' and 'here '. Surely, the church’s vision ought to be aligned with the missional attributes of the gospel itself, which are 'the good news is for everyone ' and 'belonging before believing '. Our witness should take place amidst relationship and listening. One principle that I consider to be exceptionally useful in my community is St. Patrick’s idea of Celtic Evangelism: establish community, engage in conversation, and invite commitment (2009, 101).