Missions Training and Sending
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Introduction
Introduction
two testimonies
prayer
Up-to-Speed
Up-to-Speed
Open up for questions concerning the move of VBM & OGTC
Encourage men to fill out the Ministry Survey
Open up for questions
Core Value
Core Value
Missions Training and Sending
We cannot outsource our responsibility
This is something that cannot or should not ever move away from the church.
Acts 19:10 (KJV 1900)
10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Trellis and the Vine Summaries
Trellis and the Vine Summaries
Chapter three is called “What in the world is God doing?” This chapter gives a big picture view of God’s plan to make a people for Himself through Christ, beginning in Genesis and ending in Revelation. It emphasizes that the New Testament, and especially the Acts record, never focuses on the institutions of the church, but on the growth of people (what they call “vine work”).
Chapter four emphasizes that ministry is what every Christian does as they speak the Word to one another. Really helpful is the statement on p. 58 that while the elders are “responsible for guarding and teaching the word and maintaining the gold standard of sound doctrine,” it is members who “do vine work themselves.”
Chapter five emphasizes from the book of Philippians that a normal Christian life is one that is lived in partnership in the defense and proclamation of the gospel. In fact, they suggest that the term “partnership” is another term to describe membership in a local church (66-67).
Chapter six discusses training in the local church. The authors stress that training is a central part of local church ministry (1 Tim. 4:7; 2 Tim. 3:16-17). They insist that training has to do first with character qualities and sound doctrine. They also show how Paul demonstrated that training takes place as the one trained imitates the life of the trainer. There is both a relational aspect and a formal aspect to this training. Once the focus is on the mind and heart, the trainer may also help the trainee to develop ministry skills such as teaching and leading.