Leaving a Legacy of Loving Leaders

The 4E Ministry Training StrategyRobert W. Kellemen, Ph.D.

Are You Milton Berle or Ed Sullivan?

The Big Question

How do we effectively disciple the Body of Christ for one another ministry in the church and to

the community?How do we leave a legacy of loving leaders?

Equipping the SaintsCan Feel Like a Maze!

Need Some Directions?

Some Signs Are Spot On!

Some Signs Are Confusing!

The Big Picture: The End Goal—Transformed People

A relationship with the transforming Person leads to a transforming Pastor

wisely leading a transforming Process that transforms People

(Individually and Corporately) so they transform People (Church and Community)

The Big Picture: Transformed People

A Fellow Traveler, Not the Expert Guide A Transformational Process, Not a Program A Relational Strategy, Not a Straight-Jacket An Approach, Not the Answer Not One-Size-Fits-All

The 4E Ministry Training Strategy

Envisioning: Jointly Creating the MVP-C Enlisting: Birthing Family/Building Team Equipping: Transformational Coaching Empowering: Leaving a Legacy/Loving Leaders

4E Ministry Pictured: The Bus Analogy

Envision: Is the Bus Moving in the Right Direction?—Core Values Enlist: Is Anyone on the Bus? Are the Right People in the Right Seats?—Committed People Equip: Is Every Passenger Also a Good Driver?—Coached People Empower: Is the Engine Running on All Cylinders?—Comprehensive Strategy

Envisioning God’s Ministry:Assessing Needs: Examining Heart Health

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet”

(Frederick Buechner).

Envisioning God’s Ministry:Dreaming God’s Dream

Three Major Problems: Top-Down No Biblical Theology No MAP

Mission: Universal Calling Vision: Unique Calling Passion: Captivating Identity Commission: MAP—Ministry Action Plan

Envisioning God’s Ministry:Dreaming God’s Dream

How Do You Get the Congregation on the Bus?

Enlisting God’s Ministers for Ministry

Enlisting God’s Ministers for Ministry:

A Church Of Not Just a Church With Don’t Just Have a Biblical Counseling Ministry; Be a Biblical Counseling Ministry

Enlisting God’s Ministers for Ministry:

Birth a Family/Build a Team

Many Churches Enlist/Employ Ill-Equipped People Many Churches Fail to Comprehensively Equip the People They Enlist/Employ

Equipping Godly Ministers for Ministry

The Résumé of the Equipped Christian

Romans 15:14 “I myself am convinced,

my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,

complete in knowledge,and competent to instruct

one another.”

The Apostle Paul and theOrdinary, Average Christian in Rome

Content: “Complete in Knowledge” Character: “Full of Goodness” Competence: “Competent to Instruct” Community: “Brothers”/“One Another”

Empowering Godly Ministers for Ministry

Empowering Godly Ministers for Ministry

Leaving a Legacy of Loving Leaders

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