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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제24강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
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2020-06-27 17:07:25, 조회 : 1,478 |
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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제24강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
Discipling the Laity for Disciple Making (2)
(16) Through the first stage the right of the children of God will be given to the people (John 1:12), and then they will be nurtured in their faith and brought on to ethical change through the second stage (Eph. 4:13).
(17) Of course, the first stage must be accomplished at once, while the second stage can be gradually attained to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).
(18) These cannot be separated from each other. In any case, there is no doubt that discipling is one of the most strategic ways to have unlimited personal ministry (Moore 1981, 31).
(19) To succeed in making disciples, first of all the pastor must believe that the philosophy of discipling ministry is to use the lay-people for the most part. The rediscovery of the laity is more significant in the work and management of the church than the clergy (Dobbins 1960, 61).
(20) The starting point of the discipling ministry is to have a vision. Phillip King has insisted that many Old Testament leaders such as Moses (Ex.3:1-12), Isaiah (Isa. 6:1-13), and Jeremiah (Jer. 1:11-19) were fired up for their task through being given a vision (King 1987, 137).
(21) In fact, a ministry is to its vision what a ship is to its key, therefore, the ministry cannot take its direction and its goal unless it has its vision.
(22) The pastor must show the vivid vision to his people and identify his vision with them. According to the vision, the pastor must share his ministry with his lay-people.
(23) The major problem in many chronically small churches is, however, that the pastor just does not trust his lay-people for fear of failing in his ministry (Maner 1982, 65).
(24) He actually cannot, therefore, do anything because he hesitates to do this. The pastor must trust his lay-people and their gifts which are given by God through the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:4-11; 27-31; Eph. 4:7).
(25) Discipling ministry is that of lay-people-centered rather than that of pastor-centered. Hollis L. Green has pointed out that most local congregations have a wrong \"sheepfold mentality.\" He wrote as follows:
.Most local congregations have developed an \"active pastor-passive sheep\" structure that complicates the whole work of evangelism. Converts believe they are saved to be served rather than to become servants of the Lord...This prevailing concept of the local church must be transformed. (Green 1972, 186)
(26) To succeed, especially in modern ministry, the pastor may switch the active pastor-passive sheep structure to the pastor and lay-people-coworker structure.
(27) Then the pastor must motivate and train his people for the purpose of making disciples. When the pastor makes disciples, he will be able to effectually carry on his ministry.
(28) The pastoral team, namely lay-leaders made by the pastor, must be able to assist the pastor in ministry. They can help him:
1) to bring others (evangelizing),
2) to care for the people (carrying),
3) to encourage the members (motivating),
4) to take part in the activities (mobilizing),
5) to teach and train the laity (making disciples) (the General Synod Board of Education under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Oxford 1985, 56).
(29) To succeed in making disciples the pastor must set his principles and methods on the biblical foundation. The first hint of the Great Commission, \"Make disciples,\" has been revealed in Gen. 1:27-28.
(30) This is not only a \"Cultural Mandate\" but also the \"Evangelistic Mandate\" (Matt. 28:19-20) because it is no doubt possible to analogize the concept of the \"Evangelical Mandate\" out of that of \"Cultural Mandate.\"(Conn 1976,1,2).
(31) Direct examples are shown in the cases of Moses-Joshua, Elijah-Elisha, and so on. In the New Testament it is clearly confirmed by Matthew 28:19-20 that Jesus Christ has personally spoken to His disciples giving His command to \"make disciples.\" ⛪️⛪️⛪️
- To be continued
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