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Step 5-7

This unit introduces Steps 5, 6, and 7, which are taken together because they are inextricably interconnected. Being out in the open, ready to change, and facing our shortcoming with humility all go...

Step 4: Just the Facts

This unit introduces Step Four. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 3: Discovering the Real God

This unit introduces Step Three. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments...

Step 2: There’s hope out there, and I want it

This unit introduces Step Two. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Step 1: Powerlessness and Unmanageability

This unit introduces Step One. The assignments are broken down into four week-long sections. You can give fewer assignments during that week if the mentee needs more time, or give more assignments if...

Recovery Ministry Introduction

Anyone leading a recovery ministry must be a recovering addict with solid sobriety while continuing to work rigorously at the 12 Steps as a model for those being led. Paul said in 1 Corinthians...

Part 5: Preparing Notes

The mind has a way of forgetting things when you need them and recalling things at just the wrong moments, like forgetting your sermon fl ow and remembering that you’re scared of public speaking just...

Part 4: Choosing Illustrations

Illustrations are pictures in books that show what the book tells. They add force to its message. In a sermon, they serve the same goal but the medium has changed. Instead of ink and paper, you have...

Part 3: Drafting an Outline

Structures are everywhere, though you rarely notice them. It’s like watching a movie. You see the story but forget the screen it shows on. Each sentence you speak is a structure. When you whisper...

Part 2: Study the Text

“You can’t just read the Bible and do what it says.” His words are a bit shocking but he has a point. Dr. Donn Leatherman, an Old Testament professor, is a master at word craft. He knows just how...

Part 1: Getting Started

Local elders and other lay leaders often have to preach a sermon or even preach quite often in some congregations. This series of five units on preaching brings together the experience of pastors who...

Part 1: Readiness for Bible Studies

Public evangelism is often the only way we think of evangelism. There is also the evangelism that occurs in the privacy of one-to-one relationships and small circles in the home. Ellen White writes,...

Part 3: Getting Decisions

Public evangelism is often the only way we think of evangelism. There is also the evangelism that occurs in the privacy of one-to-one relationships and small circles in the home. Ellen White writes,...

Baptism

If following Jesus can be compared to a race, how does one go about starting the race? Where do you sign up? How do you register? Where do you get your numbers? Jesus prescribes an initiation rite for...

Part 2: Sharing A Call

When it comes time to start talking to others about a potential Mission Group—announcing a call to mission—it is very important to have the key message points well in mind.

Part 6: Seeking Partnerships

Collaboration is vital to the development and effectiveness of your missional project. Without collaboration you will not get people from the target group to come into your project, you will not have...

Part 5: Getting Acquainted with Mission Context

Once your Mission Group has begun to implement some initial projects, the next major task is to begin to study the culture and needs of the people you are attempting to minister with. This is not...

Part 1: Finding a Call

The emphasis of church outreach of all kinds has been “come to church” or “come to the meetings.” That is the focus of all of our efforts and the basic message to the general public. That approach...

Part 4: Exploring the Mission

Once a Mission Group has developed its covenant and identified the gifts of its members, assigning each of them a definite role in the enterprise, it is then ready to launch out into its new mission....

Part 3: Developing a Covenant

The spiritual foundation of a Mission Group is expressed in its “covenant.” This is a document which states the mission of the group and then outlines the basic operating rules of the group. These...