| Church Growth |
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| Week |
Date |
Subject/Lecture Notes |
Observation
|
Reading
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Lecture
Notes Audio
File |
| 1 |
T
8-19 |
Introduction--In this opening class period we will get acquainted with one another, go over the class assignments and learn the inductive method. |
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TH
8-21 |
Forum |
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| 2 |
T
8-26 |
A
Model of Holistic Growth |
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TH
8-28 |
History
of Church Growth |
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| 3 |
T
9-2 |
No Class | |||
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TH
9-4 |
Communion—The
Word |
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4 |
T
9-9 |
Communion—Prayer |
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TH-9-11 |
Community—Fruit |
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| 5 |
T-9-16 |
Community—Small
Groups |
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TH-9-18 |
Commission—Matthew
28 |
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6 |
T-9-23 |
The
Mission of Jesus—Matt. 3-4 The main focal point of the ministry of Jesus was the discipling of the Twelve. This lesson looks at both the importance and method of Christ's mentoring of His disciples. |
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TH-9-25 |
The
Mission of the Holy Spirit This lesson will focus on how the
Spirit worked in the New Testament in order to greatly add to the mission
and growth of the church. |
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| 7 |
T-9-30 |
No Class | |||
TH-10-2 |
Holy
Spirit—Release–In contrast to Matthew who puts the
commission at the end of his gospel, Luke places Jesus' commission at
the beginning in order to link the Spirit with the mission of release. |
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8 |
T-10-7 |
Bible
Studies–In this lesson we are going to
go over the basic principles of Bible study and how to contextualize your
ministry in order to be effective. |
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TH-10-9 |
The Mission of the Sabbath and Prophecy The Sabbath is often taught in an "apologetic" manner which deals little with the real life experience of the person. This lesson will focus on the prophetic and discipleship aspect of the Sabbath. |
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9 |
T-10-14 |
Contextualization and the Core Group In our last lesson we will look at how our modern society compares to the New Testament community of believers. We willl also learn how to build discipleship in the local church through the concept of core group ministry |
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| TH-10-16 | Exam |
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