Mobile Ed: ED201 Empowering God's People for Ministry (7 hour course - audio)

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: The Need for a Paradigm Shift

• Introduction
• What Is a Paradigm?
• Paradigms at Work
• Lessons from Paradigms
• Investigating the Development and Forms of Church Government

Unit 2: 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 3: Where the Reformation Failed

• The Necessity of Institution
• The Reformation and Institutionalism
• The Reformation’s Radical Promise
• The Unfulfilled Promise
• Reasons the Reformation Failed to Deliver (1–3)
• Reasons the Reformation Failed to Deliver (4–7)
• Summary Thoughts on the Failure of the Reformation

Unit 4: The Corruption of Biblical Language

• Transformation of the Mind
• Corruption of the Term “Saint”
• Corruption of the Terms “Minister” and “Ministry”
• Discovering the Common Greek Root behind Key Terms in Acts 6:1–4
• Corruption of the Term “Priest”
• Corruption of the Term “Clergy”
• Corruption of the Term “Laity”

Unit 5: Pastoring between the Paradigms

• The Apostolic Paradigm
• The Christendom Paradigm
• The Role of the Pastor in the Christendom Paradigm
• The New Apostolic Paradigm
• The Collapse of Christendom
• Responding to Marginalization
• Authentic Service

Unit 6: 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

Unit 7: 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 8: Small Groups

• A Theology of Small Groups
• Benefits of Small Groups
• Types of Small Group Systems
• Definitional Elements of Small Groups
• Types of Small Groups (1)
• Types of Small Groups (2)

Unit 9: Ministry Teams

• Biblical Vision of Team Ministry
• The Importance of Ministry Teams for Discipleship
• Staying Connected in Prayer through Faithlife
• Ministry Teams or Committees?
• Definition and Elements of Ministry Teams
• Starting a Ministry Team
• Necessary Ingredients for Starting a Ministry Team

Unit 10: Life Transformation Groups

• Basic Components
• Character Questions, Scripture Reading, Prayer Focus
• Creating and Sharing a Custom Reading Plan
• The Strength of Threes
• Important Features and Benefits

Unit 11: Disciple-Making Groups

• Ingredients for Christlike Transformation
• Transparent Trust (1)
• Transparent Trust (2)
• Truth in Community
• Life-Change Accountability

Unit 12: 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

Conclusion

• A Reflection Exercise