DEV 07PN Church Leadership (Responsibilities)

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=Session 7: Church Leadership (Responsibility)=

In this session, you will identify the four responsibilities of church leaders and discover what the Bible teaches about the important role leaders play in a local body of believers.

Heart of a Leader

 * 1) What are you learning about abiding in Christ? How are you practicing abiding through His Word, prayer, obedience, PCS, relationships and fellowship?
 * 2) In what areas of your life do you find it challenging to obey God?
 * 3) What unresolved conflict do you have?
 * 4) In what areas are you believing God by faith, beyond your own ability?

Celebration of Faithfulness

 * Share what has happened since the last meeting. Ask them to relate it to goals from the last meeting.

Iron on Iron: Sharpening Myself and Others
 Proverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another.” 


 * 1) What is going well?
 * 2) What is not going well?  What obstacles are you facing?
 * 3) What are possible solutions from the other group members?
 * 4) What do you need to do to add the missing characteristics into each group?
 * 5) Where will you start a new group or church this month?

Discovery Bible Study – Responsibilities of Leaders
Section 1: Four Responsibilities of a Leader Equip: Ephesians 4:11-12

Shepherd: Acts 20:28-31

Example: 1 Peter 5:1-4

Develop: 2 Timothy 2:2


 * What caught your attention? (or What did you like best?) Why?
 * How would you summarize the responsibilities of a leader?

The responsibilities of a leader are: 1.  2. 3. 4.

Section 2: Responsibility #1: Equipping Believers to do the work of ministry (10 mins)

Teach God’s Word: Titus 1:9; Matthew 28:19-20

Source of God’s Word: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 2:11


 * What caught your attention? (or What did you like best?) Why?

Summary:

Section 3: Equipping through the Modeling/Empowering process and the 3/3rds method (15 mins)

Jesus Modeling and Empowering: Mark 3:14, Mark 6:6b-13

Paul Modeling and Empowering: 1 Corinthians 4:16-17, 2 Timothy 2:2, Acts 19:21-22


 * What caught your attention? (or What did you like best?) Why?
 * How does the Modeling/Empowering process equip believers to do the works of ministry?
 * How does the 3/3rds method help leaders to teach people to obey the Great Commission (Mat 28:19-20) and how to teach God’s Word?

Summary:

Preparing for Mission
Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses in Modeling/Empowering and using the 3/3 process. Make a plan on how you can improve.


 * Are you using the 3/3rds method so that believers obey God’s Word and know how to teach it to others?
 * Are you actively mentoring (Modeling/Empowering) other believers?
 * Are believers that you have trained already mentoring (Modeling/Empowering) others as well as using the 3/3rds method?

I will _____________ by _________