As You Go Creating A Missional Culture Of Gospel Centered Students

Rediscovering Discipleship emphases the importance of both evangelism and discipleship. While the two are different and distinct, both are crucial aspects to building the church. Gallaty gives helpful tips and insight on what discipleship looks like and how to cultivate discipleship groups in a church setting. The three most important things that I took away from this book are the following: thinking Hebraically, encouraging new believers to engage in ministry, and how to cultivate a healthy discipleship group.

Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).

In chapter one, Cannister claims that when teenagers matter, student ministries will thrive. Cannister begins by showing what most churches are doing by outlining the “good enough” principle, a mentality and form of organization that states that 80% of youth/parents will be satisfied with only 20% of the effort, much like a consumer. Cannister, however, advocates for a comprehensive youth ministry or a ministry that does not just focus on safety, what the parents want, or only

This paper is the final results of my internship ministry practicum II experiences reflection in my church organization work settings and training. My experiences from different areas of exposure sharpened my skills for my professional role of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the theological field of counseling and teaching. My ministry practicum consists of direct involvements with hands-on, real-life interactions under the supervision of my Supervisor, Chaplain Andrea Fletcher. This Comprehensive Written Review analyzes the full spectrum of my observation and participation in tasks from my Ministry Learning Agreement Form. The opportunity allowed me to view other leaders in ministry exercising their gift and in turns

Evangelhouse Christian Academy is a private, parent-choice therapeutic boarding school for girls. You could say it’s more than a school, it’s a place for troubled teens. Located in St. Martinville, LA and includes 25 acres of beautiful scenery, the young Christian girls who attend will have a wonderful place to become rooted, grow and mature into the young women they should be, not delinquent.

This summer, I got to see firsthand the way my liberal arts education impacts the way I share Christ. Along with ten other OBU students, I was given the privilege of serving through the North American Mission Board in Portland, Oregon. My job as a church-planting intern was to build relationships with unbelievers, share Christ with unbelievers, learn what it would be like to actually plant a church, and ultimately, learn to live life on mission.

In the book, “Breaking the Missional Code,” Ed Stetzer and David Putman lay a foundation for church leaders and pastors to break the missional code that has caused so many churches today to decline or worse, shut their doors. It is not easy to grow a church because there are many factors that have to be dealt with when dealing with people. This book does a great job to connect the dots in showing how churches can achieve their mission to connect the message of the gospel with the community at large. It is also evident that others are equally frustrated, following the exact same model for outreach but with lesser results. The authors go to great detail to show that just because a missional breakthrough occurs in one place that does not mean

Moreover, God calls us to make disciple. People should be far more important than task and project. Simply running around and get occupied by activities do not mean we are leading people to a deeper relationship with God. Spending quality time with our congregation and our neighbor is a must to build up a missional church. If we do not know how they struggle spiritually in the world, then how can we lead them with gospel wisdom? Gibbs states that the church leaders must have significant life experience in the secular world. We find it very true in our own ministry. Those who can only talk but fail to walk produce more trouble than good to the church. Ministry is disciple making not decision making. The church leaders must earn the trust from the congregation

Critical Review: “Witnesses to the world”- Chapter 4 “The Evangelists as Authors” by Daniel J. Harrington. I have reviewed the chapter entitled “The Evangelists as Authors”. I will begin by summarizing the chapter and then I will conclude by giving my personal response to the passage. In the beginning of the chapter, the author stresses that the inspiration of the Holy Spirit came from a communal and an individual level. The author emphatically states that the Gospels are believed to have been passed from people to places.

Introduction Missional, is a term that seems to have taken its place in the church of today. The term is not foreign, but one that many have come to understand. Prior to launching into seminary school, I became familiar with the term, and possibly used it, however, I fully understood the term missional, upon taking this class. I also understand the purpose of the term missional and the characteristics of it as well. When God set the world into place the missional church was on the rise.

In OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook, Kendra Creasy Dean goes over several different ways on how to do youth ministry in today’s world. Through reading this book and evaluating Grace United Methodist Church, I have noticed several things that need to be fixed. One of the main things is the youth group lesson focus and the way the youth relate to one another.

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

The thought simply occurred to him while driving home from church one morning: Why not pursue youth ministry? The question came with the understanding that he simply enjoyed working with those who were younger than him, helping them grasp topics concerning Christian spirituality. Returning to college the very next morning, Sean met with his academic advisor and decided to weave ministry classes into his schedule in order to double major in Intercultural Studies and Youth Ministry. Eventually this gave way to a full-fledged Christian Ministries major with a focus in youth ministry.

San Francisco International Christian Academy believes that the school is the agent of God’s redemptive and reconciling plan to help students establish good habits and manners following the guidance of God. SFICA maintains the Bible as the foundation for the students’ spiritual and academic growth, and each student should follow the instruction of the Scripture and the biblical principles.

“Beyond aesthetic sensitivity, the study of literature leads to inductive insights in such areas as psychology, philosophy, history, and sociology; and it provides data on such topics as human nature, sin, and the meaning and purpose of human existence” (Knight, 2006, p. 230). As Knight so clearly states, the secondary English classroom is rife with opportunities for teaching biblical-based values and helping students develop their characters as Christian young men and women. By examining literary characters, historical figures, writing samples, and by expressing themselves through the use of language, students encounter many opportunities to reflect upon and discuss a plethora of values. Van Brummelen (2002) lists an extensive amount of values grouped into twelve categories: spiritual, moral, political/legal, economic, social, language/communication, analytic/logical, aesthetic, psychological, physical health, biological and physical, and mathematical. Out of these categories, the easiest values to integrate with English are drawn from the spiritual, moral, social, and language/communication categories. Specifically, three values that can be taught in conjunction with secondary English for the character development of students are integrity, clarity, and devotion. While this list is far from exhaustive, it is a good base to show how easily values can be integrated into English instruction.