LeadershipDiscipleship Group

Study Guide

Forming Disciples who make Disciples

Meeting Outline (75 Minutes)GATHERING (5 minutes)

• As people gather, allow 4-6 minutes to catch up with one another. PRAYER (2 minutes)

• Open with prayer. Try to start consistently and promptly at 4-6 minutes after the appointed time, to live into the expectation of honoring the group by arriving on time and ready to participate. TEACHING VIDEO (10 minutes)

• Screen the day’s teaching video. (First week only).BIBLE MEDITATION (15 minutes)

• Invite the group to listen to the day’s scripture as it is read and pick out the word or phrase that stands out to them.

• Invite a group member to read the passage slowly and clearly.

• Go around the circle and invite each person to share the word or phrase that stood out to them. At this point, we are only sharing the words, not commenting on why they stood out.

• Invite another member to read the passage a second time. • Go around the circle again, this time inviting each member

to share in one minute how the passage connects with their life today.TEACHING (5 minutes)

• Small group leader wraps up the Bible meditation, sharing a personal example of how the day’s scripture meets their life, or touching on the teaching bullet points given in each lesson. DISCUSS (30 minutes)

• Choose one or more of the discussion questions.LIGHTNING ROUND (5 minutes)

• Reserve 5 minutes at the end of the meeting for each person to share in 30 seconds or less their take-away for the day. CLOSE IN PRAYER (8 minutes)

• Invite people to share any prayer concerns they have.• Close in prayer, using either the written prayer or praying

extemporaneously.

Introduction Much has changed in the two millennia since Jesus called his first disci-ples, but the bedrock of our lives and faith remains the same. We follow the risen Christ who has called to all who would hear, “Follow me.”

Jesus’ followers soon learned that Jesus’ call “Follow me (Mark 1.17)” is always followed by his call “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations . . . (Matthew 28.19)”. This is the life of discipleship: Entering into relationship with Christ and learning to be like him inevitably leads to going forth for him. Disciples disciple others.

Our call is like that of Jesus’ first followers: to go into our families, neighborhoods, and workplaces with new purpose which is found in the kingdom of God. In this post-Christendom time, no longer is the pattern of the church such that clergy carry out the mission of the church on the peoples’ behalf. As Jesus intended from the beginning, every Christian will become a disciple who is equipped to witness to the life of Christ in all the various spheres of his or her life.

Discipleship is following to go. It touches everything of life. And although Christian discipleship is a vast subject and a lifelong process, we stress five core patterns derived from Jesus’ own example:

• Attentiveness• Rhythm• Relationships• Leadership• Mission

All discipleship ultimately is intended to lead to mission, and all mission is deeply dependent on sound discipleship. They are part of the same activity of God in Christ. Our calling and sending are rooted in worship: the mystery and wonder of God’s incarnation, cross, and resurrection life.

This study on Leadership will help us learn to hear Jesus more clearly and consider how to respond. We are grateful that you are entering into this group and hope that after completing these studies, you might consider also leading a discipleship group.

Contents

Introduction ii

Devotions

1. Multiplying Disciples 2 2. Invitation and Challenge 6

3. Learning to Lead Like Jesus 12 4. Leading Others Through Discouragement 18

5. 5-Fold Calling 24

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1MULTIPLYING DISCIPLES

God calls us as disciples to multiply Christian leaders for the church and the world

Beginners in the Christian life need a head so that they can be taught what they do not know. You need someone to teach you. . . It is not enough only to know what is good. A Christian must also be trained to practice these virtues. . . The head ought to commit himself with special determina-tion to forming those in his charge according to the pattern of Christ. This means that he imprints on them the way of life and the doctrine of Christ. He seeks to lead them to imi-tate the Lord in every aspect of their lives, not just to refer to him in their thoughts. . . Verbal instruction by itself is not enough to convey the whole teaching of Christ. Leaders, therefore, should be visible models of Christ’s way of life.

St. Bonaventure, The Character of a Christian Leader

And, Jesus came and said to them “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28.18-20

St. John the Evangelist

1625-1628 | Oil on canvas| 70.5 X 55.2 cm J. Paul Getty Museum

Frans Hals | 1582/1583-1666

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Opening Prayer Almighty God our heavenly Father, you declare your glory and show forth your handiwork in the heavens and in the earth: Deliver us in our various occupations from the service of self alone, that we may do the work you give us to do in truth and beauty and for the common good; for the sake of him who came among us as one who serves, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Collect 24: For Vocation in Daily Work, Book of Common Prayer, p. 261

Video 1 | Leadership (see stgeorgesnashville.org to view video)

Bible Meditation |Luke 22.24-27

Teaching The ministry of Jesus in the gospels is brack-eted by two clear exhortations: “Follow me (Mark 1.17), and “Go and make disciples” (Matthew 28.19). This parish is pas-sionately committed to deeper engagement with what it means to be a disciple of Jesus who is empowered to make disci-ples in His name. Disciples make disciples who make disciples.

Following Jesus’ example, we embrace the serve/inspire/em-power model of leadership (Luke 22.26) over the “worldly” superior/lordship/expert model. Jesus’ servant-leader mod-el of leadership relies on relationships. Discipleship is nev-er merely an individual matter nor only an instructional one, but always a relational one. To lead and disciple effectively, we must commit to building relationships with those we lead.

Key Principle: Learning happens in relationships, community, and through personal investment in another. We can only truly come to know Christ through union, communion, and relationship.

Christian leaders are formed as they, with increasing respon-sibility, learn from other Christian leaders what it is to be-

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come a mature follower of Jesus Christ. Our growth is born of shared life together more than through taught concepts.

The crisis of leadership in contemporary Western culture is born of a loss of the model of learning through apprenticeship (a com-mitment of time in a mentor-mentee relationship). The more prominent model today is one of acquiring expertise, specializa-tions, and narrow skills for limited jobs rather than character devel-opment and the nurturing of personal habits and Godly wisdom.

Jesus formed leaders who made disciples through his own pas-toral plan of apprenticeship. We embrace his relational ap-prenticeship model for forming leaders who make disciples.

Discussion Questions • Does the idea of helping others grow in their relationship

with Christ by building a relationship with them and sharing your life with them, appeal to you? Challenge you? Why? What are the potential blessings? What are the potential obstacles?

• Who have been your most important mentors? Why?

Gather Prayer Concerns

Closing Prayer Lord Christ, your saints have been the lights of the world in every generation: Grant that we who follow in their footsteps may be made worthy to enter with them into that heav-enly country where you live and reign for ever and ever. Amen. Order for Evening, Collect for Festivals of Saints, Book of Common Prayer, p. 111

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2 INVITATION AND CHALLENGE

Jesus teaches us to empower others by calibrating Invitation and Challenge

. . .if anything has become clear in our day, it is that leadership is a shared vocation that develops by working closely together in community. Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer

Vision After the Sermon 1888 | Oil on canvas| 73 X 92 cm National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh Paul Gauguin | 1848-1903

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4.18-20

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Opening Prayer Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Collect from the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Book of Common Prayer, p. 215

Bible Meditation |Matthew 16.13-23

Teaching Life with Jesus is a healthy tension between INVITA-TION and CHALLENGE. This is the pattern Jesus employs with his disciples: Jesus invites others to follow him, to be with him, to learn from him. Then he challenges them to go forth and represent him in the world. The culture of discipleship is one of high invitation and high challenge as we are invited into the closest of relationships with God and challenged to represent him more fully in the world. A culture of HIGH INVITATION and HIGH CHALLENGE is an EMPOWERING one.

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High Invitation COZY EMPOWERING Low Challenge High Challenge BORING DISCOURAGING Low Invitation

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As people enter into communities (small groups, families, and workplaces, for example) that offer both high invitation and high challenge, they will most often not immediately feel empowered. Depending upon whether they are more used to living in high-invitation or high-challenge environments, as they are growing in empowerment they will usually experience a dip in energy and confidence, finding themselves either in the DISCOURAGING or BORING quadrant. The key for disciples to move from those quadrants into the EMPOWERING quadrant is to yield into the new identity that is being offered in Christ, with the authority and humility that come with it.

As leaders, we are naturally wired to feel more comfortable offering invitation or challenge. These may be expressed through our body language, tone of voice, word choice, behaviors, and attitudes. Part of growing as a leader is learning to calibrate invitation and chal-lenge so those we lead are empowered and mobilized into deeper relationships and greater effectiveness.

The ministry of Invitation and Challenge is inherently relational. It is not a matter of the “leader” dispensing information or content from the “stage,” but of a living relationship that brings invitation and challenge as needed to best serve the growth and health of the disciple.

Discussion Questions • Can you identify where in our scripture passage today Jesus

offered invitation? Where did he issue challenge? What other examples of Jesus calibrating invitation and challenge to help his disciples learn and grow can you think of?

• What is an area of your life that reflects each of the quad-rants (DISCOURAGING, BORING, COZY, and EMPOW-ING)? What might Jesus be saying about those areas of your life?

Discussion Questions Cont’d• As a leader, are you generally more comfortable expressing

invitation or challenge? What are the strengths and weak-nesses of your natural wiring? How might God be inviting you to grow in expressing invitation and challenge within your relationships? How might you respond?

Gather Prayer Concerns

Closing Prayer Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlast-ing life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Book of Common Prayer, p. 225

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3 LEARNING TO LEAD LIKE JESUS

Jesus’ leadership style changed as his disciples grew

The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant - first to make sure that other people’s needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer is: Do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wise, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And what effect on the least privileged in society; will they benefit, or at least not be further deprived? Robert K. Greenleaf, Servant Leadership

Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet 1563-1610 | Pen and Brown ink, wash, over red chalk on paper The Metropolitan Museum of Art (not on view) Attributed to Francesco Vanni | 1563-1610

But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit-ted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love. Ephesians 4.15-16

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Opening Prayer O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Collect for Day of Pentecost, Book of Common Prayer, p. 227

Bible Meditation | John 6.1-13

Teaching During this session we are invited to consider how Jesus’ leadership style changed as his disciples grew. What helps his dis-ciples grow during one stage may not be as helpful during another stage. Part of our growth as effective mentors and leaders is learning to discern the leadership needs of our people, and leading in the style that will bring the best mix of invitation and challenge for their stage of growth.

Watch how Jesus leads his disciples:

Leadership Style 1 (Directive): “I do, You Watch”

Jesus said, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; re-pent, and believe in the good news.” Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fisher-men. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mend-ing the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him. Mark 1.15-20

In this passage, Jesus’ disciples are brand-new. They are enthusiastic and confident, even though that lack experience and competence for the job at hand. They don’t yet know what they don’t know. Jesus’ leadership is DIRECTIVE. He casts vision by calling to the disciples, “Follow me.” In this stage, Jesus leads by example, inviting the dis-ciples simply to observe. He does not explain what he is doing or ask 14

their input into decisions.

Leadership Style 2 (Coaching): “I do, you Help”

Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12.32-34

In this passage, Jesus’ disciples are discovering that following Jesus is harder than they thought. They are starting to be persecuted by the Pharisees and are discovering what their discipleship will cost them personally. Their enthusiasm and confidence are flagging as they discover they lack both competence and experience for the challenges ahead of them. Jesus, in turn, shifts to COACH-ING, offering high direction, explaining what he is doing, and high example, going out ahead of them to do it. He has made himself highly accessible to them, spending time with them and discussing how and why he is making the choices he is.

Leadership Style 3 (Consensus): “You do, I help”

‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, be-cause the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. John 15.12-17

In this passage, Jesus calls his disciples, “Friends.” He has called them and taught them, and they are beginning to do the things they have seen him do. They are preparing to carry on Jesus’ mission in

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his absence, and they are learning to love one another in a new way. Jesus is leading by CONSENSUS, offering his disciples lower direc-tion and shared decision-making, trusting that they know what to do. He is still highly accessible to them, spending time with them and discussing all that he and they are doing together. The dis-ciples are growing in competence, experience, and enthusiasm.

Leadership Style 4 (Delegating): “You do, I watch”

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28.18-20

In this passage, Jesus commissions his disciples to carry on his mis-sion, doing all they have learned from him. After Jesus’ ascension, he will no longer be accessible to his disciples in the same way. He is now DELEGATING his authority to them and has equipped them to launch into their own ministries with enthusiasm and con-fidence born of experience and trust in their competence.

Discussion questions• Do you have a typical default Leadership style (Directive,

Coaching, Consensus, or Delegating)? Are there one or more Leadership styles that are more difficult for you? Does it depend on the phase or area of your life?

Note: Often a leader’s default will be to move directly from Directive to Delegating, or to move only between Coaching and Consensus. To effectvely disciple and empower others, we must gain facility with all four leadership styles.

• Think of a group you are discipling or leading. This may be family members, people you volunteer or work with, or someone in your neighborhood, or at your club. Where are

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they in their learning? What does this suggest for how you might most helpfully lead them as they grow “into the full stature of Christ?”

Gather Prayer Concerns

Closing Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen. Morning Prayer, Book of Common Prayer, p.101

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4 LEADING OTHERS THROUGH

DISCOURAGEMENT

Jesus teaches us how to help others move from discouragement and

stress into empowerment

Leadership begins the moment you are more concerned about others’ flourishing than you are about your own. Andy Crouch, Strong and Weak

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you; as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanc-tuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. Psalm 63.1-3

Young Woman at a Table 1895-1900 | Oil on canvas| 92.1 X 73.5 cm J. Paul Getty Museum Paul Cezanne | 1839-1906

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Opening Prayer Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Collect from Proper 11, Book of Common Prayer, p. 231

Bible Meditation | Matthew 4.18-22, Matthew 14. 28-33, Matthew 16.13-20, Acts 2.37-41

Teaching When people are called into a new vision and start try-ing to live into it, each person and the group as a whole will nor-mally pass through four stages. • Stage 1 (Naïve confidence) is marked by enthusiasm and hope-

fulness as the group or person is called into a new vision as well as confidence in the group’s ability to accomplish it. However, the group or person often lacks needed competencies and un-derestimates the difficulty of the vision.

• Stage 2 (Discouragement) is marked by decreasing energy and confidence as the group or person realizes the challenge is harder than they thought and they are neither as competent nor as experienced as they had thought. Discouragement sets in.

• In Stage 3 (Growing Confidence), something has changed. The people have let go of old securities that are not strong enough to support the new vision, and have found new security in God. They are able to move forward again with returning energy and increasing competence.

• In Stage 4 (Empowerment), the people’s confidence has re-turned as they are living into the new vision, with new capacity and new strength based on the spiritual, personal, and practical growth they have experienced.

We see Jesus’ disciple Peter pass through these stages in our Scrip

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ture readings today. As you read today’s Scripture passages, see if you can trace Peter’s development through the four stages.

In this lesson, we will examine how a leader helps a group or person through Stage 2, with its accompanying discouragement, questioning, and doubt. Stage 2 is the most crucial stage in developing disciples and future leaders as they pursue a vision. The leader’s response makes or breaks the group’s ability to move through and out of what might be called “the valley of the shadow of death.”

Even though Stage 2 often presents as a series of knotty problems, discontent, or questioning the vision, the essential growth that a person or a group must experience to finally move from Stage 2 to Stage 3 is growth in identity and security. As we struggle through our doubts, our newly apparent inadequacies, and our discouragement, God makes space for us to grow, not just in practical competency, but even more, in Christ-like character. We are renewed in our identity which is rooted in the Father through Christ, given in baptism, such that the words spoken to Jesus (“you are my beloved Son) are trusted as given to us in our own baptism. Even though the Enemy and our own worldliness would tempt us to believe our identity lies elsewhere than with the Father, the key to moving from Stage 2 to Stage 3 is coming to trust more fully that we are who we are by virtue of who the Father is. God often gives fresh revelation of who he is and who we are as we move from Stage 2 to Stage 3.

This growth in identity and character most often requires surrender-ing sources of security to which we have clung: a particular agenda, pre-conceived ideas about what should happen and who should do it, or a piece of our character – yielding a particular hubris, laying down masks and faked competencies or relinquishing thought patterns or behaviors that don’t bring life, for example.

Leaders help disciples stay focused on this important work by con-centrating on Vision, Grace, and Time:• Holding the vision before the person or group and resisting

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the temptation to cast a different vision. This is not a time to decrease the challenge given, but rather to hold steady until the challenge is met.

• Offering grace in discouragement – an honest assessment of failures along with forgiveness and assurances of the leader’s con-fidence and affection are gifts that bring courage.

• Creating time for the relationship – time for needed conversa-tions, time to focus on the issues at hand, and time to play to-gether.

It is on these ladder rungs offered by the leader, Vision, Grace, and Time, that a group climbs out of its discouragement, into new iden-tity, and into refreshed energy and commitment to the vision. Stage 2 is crucial for developing the identity and character of the person or group because it cleaves the group together and empowers them to reach their goals.

Discussion Questions• What insights do you gain from reading how Jesus’ disciple Pe-

ter moved through the four stages, and how Jesus responded to him?

• As you have moved through the discouragement of stage 2 in your own life, what encouragements or actions of your leader have allowed you to grow into the identity and character needed to meet the challenge?

• Is there someone God might be calling to you offer Vision, Grace, and Time, as you seek to reach a vision or a goal to-gether?

Gather Prayer Concerns

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Closing Prayer O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Collect for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Book of Common Prayer, p. 217

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5 5-FOLD CALLING

Our Leadership Gifting in Light of our Calling

The ‘cry’ of Scripture is perceived as the voice, the call of God. When the call is heard it must be embraced as a personal message with its living demands addressed to each individual. God’s Word is not something static, past and dead; something lying inert between the covers of a book. It is what it is called: the manifestation of a living person whom one recognizes by the tone of voice. The call is not simply something out of a distant past; it comes today and it comes to elicit a response from us and to engage us in dialogue. Esther de Waal, Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are variet-ies of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12.4-7

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A Young Scholar and his Tutor 1629-1630 | Oil on canvas| 104.6 X 88.9 cm J. Paul Getty Museum Rembrandt | 1606-1669

Opening Prayer Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Various Occasions 15: For the Ministry (Ember Days) III. For all Christians in their vocation, Book of Common Prayer, p. 256-7

Bible Meditation | Ephesians 4.7, 11-13

Teaching In Ephesians 4, St.Paul identifies five ministry roles God gave into the church, for the purpose of equipping the saints for min-istry and building up the church into the full stature of Christ. Each Christian is given particular “base” gifting in one of these ministry roles, and over a lifetime may enter “phases” of leading, thereby de-veloping a measure of maturity in all five.

Please review the five ministry roles identified:

Apostles: from apostolos meaning “sent out.” These are pioneers who enjoy launching things.

Prophets: those who hear and listen to what God is saying. This is not so much about telling the future as about discerning where God is moving and acting in the big picture. They understand the times and how the church should respond.

Evangelists: these tend to be people-gatherers who enjoy extend-ing the love of Christ to those outside the church. They gain energy sharing the gospel with those who do not know it and remind the church of her missional calling.

Pastors: these encourage and care for the flock like a shepherd. They are particularly gifted at offering pastoral counseling, comfort, 26

and guidance. Pastors have a heart for those in need and possess discernment about how to help.

Teachers: these serve as guardians of the faith through their gift and enjoyment of teaching and explaining the truth of the gospel to the church, as well as how members can apply it. They are gifted in teaching the Bible, prayer, tenets of the faith, etc. and helping people make sense of these realities in their lives.

Discussion Questions• Which of these ministry roles bring you the most life and the

most joy? This is probably your base gifting. Where do you see it at play in your life? Is there a ministry role that you are stretching yourself into right now? This is probably a phase gifting that God is helping you grow into more fully. How do you see your phase gifting being used in your life right now?

Gather Prayer Concerns

Closing Prayer Almighty God, you proclaim the truth in every age by many voices: Direct, in our time, we pray, those who speak where many listen and write what many read; that they may do their part in making the heart of this people wise, its mind sound, and its will righteous; to the honor of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer 39: For those who Influence Public Opinion, Book of Common Prayer, p.827

NOTE: Please complete the 5-fold survey at www.fivefoldsurvey.com and bring your results to this meeting.

* The 5-fold survey was developed by Mike Breen to help identify the ministry gifts with which God has created us. These are based on Ephesians 4. The results of the survey are not tracked in any way, but are for your personal enrichment. You may share them with your group or keep them private.

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