God offers YOU opportunity and empowerment!

Members Acts 1.14 NET: All these [apostles] continued together

in prayer with one mind, together with the women,

along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Members Spirit-filled

Acts 2.4 NET: All of them were filled

with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak

in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy

Acts 2.16-18 NET: “But this is what was spoken about through the

prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour

out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will

prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will

dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I

will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’”

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy

Acts 21.8-9 NET: On the next day we left and

came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the

evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service

Acts 9.36 NET: Now in Joppa there was a

disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas).

She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service Hospitality Church Host.

Acts 16.13-15 NET: On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to

the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and

we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there. A

woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-

fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying. After she and

her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me to be a

believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service Hospitality Church Host. Mentoring Teaching

Acts 18.26 NET: He began to speak out

fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila

heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God

to him more accurately.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service Hospitality Church Host. Mentoring Teaching

Titus 2.3-5 NET: Older women likewise are to exhibit

behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to

excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. In this way they will train the younger women to love

their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind,

being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of

God may not be discredited.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service Hospitality Church Host. Mentoring Teaching

1 Timothy 2.12 NET: I do not allow a woman

to teach or exercise authority over a man.

Members Spirit-filled

Prophesy Care / Service Hospitality Church Host. Mentoring Teaching Baptizing

Early Church Literaturereveals women teaching other

women and children, andbaptizing female new believers.

Gave generously

Served in any way needed

Shared the truth about Jesus

Prophesied by the Spirit

Taught each other

Christ

Other Believers

Local Pastor/Elders

Deacons / Spirit. Leaders

Apostles & Emissaries

Serve / Help 1 Peter 4.10 NET: “Just as each one has received a [spiritual] gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards

of the varied grace of God.”

Serve / Help

Provide Care

Meet needs

Philippians 2.3-5 NET: “Instead of being motivated by selfish

ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more

important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned not

only about your own interests, but about the interests of

others as well. You should have the same attitude toward one

another that Christ Jesus had.”

Serve / Help

Provide Care

Meet needs

Teach

Colossians 3.16 NASB: “Let the word of Christ richly

dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and

admonishing one another…”

Serve / Help

Provide Care

Meet needs

Teach

Evangelize

Matthew 28.19-20 NET: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them

to obey everything I have commanded you.

Serve / Help

Provide Care

Meet needs

Teach

Evangelize

Pray

James 5.16 NET: “So confess your sins to

one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed.

The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.”

Growth leads to increasing ministry involvement.

Growth involves becoming more equipped for ministry.

One means of growth is through ministry involvement.

Christ

Apostles & Emissaries

Other Believers

Local Elders/Overseers/

Shepherds/Pastors

Deacons / Spiritual Leaders

Christ

Senior Pastor / Lead Elder

Other Believers

Pastor/Elders

Deacons / Spirit. Leaders

Apostolic Scripture

Authority

Administration

Christ

Senior Pastor / Lead Elder

Other Believers

Pastor/Elders

Spiritual Leaders

Apostolic Scripture

Ephesians 4.11-12 NET: It was he [Christ] who gave some as apostles,

some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors

and [other] teachers,

to equip the saints [believers] for the work of ministry…

Mentoring

Coaching

Ministry Training

Teaching

Counseling

Small Groups

Development Classes

Ministry Programs

Christ

Senior Pastor / Lead Elder

Other Believers

Pastor/Elders

Spiritual Leaders

Apostolic Scripture

invest in develop into

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believer

II. Believer Committed Member

III. Member Mature Believer

IV. Mature Spiritual Leader

V. Leader Multiplying Disciple

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believerlearn about Jesus; begin daily prayer and Bible study; develop relationship with God; water baptism[possibly contribute to ministry even now]

II. Believer Committed Member

III. Member Mature Believer

IV. Mature Spiritual Leader

V. Leader Multiplying Disciple

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believer

II. Believer Committed Member learn the core beliefs of the church; commit to worship and church community; begin taking communion; become a voting member of the church; join a ministry team in the church

III. Member Mature Believer

IV. Mature Spiritual Leader

V. Leader Multiplying Disciple

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believer

II. Believer Committed Member

III. Member Mature Believergrow in prayer and Bible study; read through the entire Bible; participate regularly in a small group; become consistent in giving, serving in various ways [including on church ministry teams], sharing the gospel.

IV. Mature Spiritual Leader

V. Leader Multiplying Disciple

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believer

II. Believer Committed Member

III. Member Mature Believer

IV. Mature Spiritual Leaderlearn more about theology and Bible interpretation; receive training in evangelism, mentoring, teaching, and leading; start leading a ministry team; help lead a small group.

V. Leader Multiplying Disciple

What is your next step?

I. Seeker Believer

II. Believer Committed Member

III. Member Mature Believer

IV. Mature Spiritual Leader

V. Leader Multiplying Disciplelead a small group; help teach in various contexts; mentor others; get involved in strategic planning.

Elders and other spiritual leaders will be… growing spiritually becoming equipped leading small groups mentoring teaching leading ministry events leading ministry teams

Everyone else will be… growing spiritually becoming equipped helping in ministry

Christ

Senior Pastor / Lead Elder

Other Believers

Pastor/Elders

Spiritual Leaders

Apostolic Scripture

invest in

develop intoinvest in

develop into