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One of the unique challenges for churches that want to fill the earth with God’s glory is to develop and employ a curriculum designed to equip the next generation of leaders. The Aspire curriculum is designed to serve churches to disciple disciple-makers in and through the local church.
Aspire is a 15-week study, written in two parts, designed to be used to disciple believers in the local church. Each week's study combines rich theological content and clear practical application in a journal-based format. Ideal for one-on-one discipleship relationships, Aspire guides believers toward life-long transformation.
Aspire is a 15-week study, written in two parts, designed to be used to disciple believers in the local church. Each week's study combines rich theological content and clear practical application in a journal-based format. Ideal for one-on-one discipleship relationships, Aspire guides believers toward life-long transformation.
Discipleship is for everyone. The Aspire Student Edition invites students to build a life of active, Christ-exalting discipleship by diving deeper into the Gospel to become more like Jesus. Aspire’s model equips and pairs a mature follower of Jesus with a student. In Aspire, you will study the relationship between the Gospel and Theology:• Creation and Life• Sin and Judgment• Covenant and Incarnation• Cross and Resurrection • Obedience and Worship• Church and Mission Understanding God’s redemptive work in the world transforms our hearts and lives for God’s glory. The time you invest making disciples or being discipled will deepen your knowledge and love of the Gospel and will multiply your love and worship of God.
Multiplication Issues
Churches seeking to fulfill the Great Commission ask different questions than churches that don’t. They want to know how to structure their training to raise up the next generation of leaders. They want to know how to fund those leaders. They want to develop creative strategies for sending. They want to think long and hard about how to best relate to diverse leaders. These resources are designed to help with these questions and issues.
How do we raise up the next generation of leaders?
The need for godly, mature, Spirit-filled pastors is of paramount importance to the health and vitality of God's church in North America. Questions abound concerning the best method of training these future leaders. Should they go to seminary? Is hands-on training in a local church a better option? Or, it is best to simply find a mentor and learn from a pastor worthy of respect? A Workman Approved answers these questions, providing a biblically robust and intensely practical look at pastor training in North America for those who long to love and lead God's church.
How can we fund the next generation of leaders?
Money. It nags for the attention of every pastor, particularly consuming the focus of the church planter. Money is far more than a necessary evil for the church; God uses it as a vital conduit to accomplish his mission. With it, we plant churches, send missionaries, fund staffing, and run the various ministries of the church. Though we may feel a bit less-than-spiritual in admitting it, money is essential for the work to which God has called us. The goal of this short book is to aid church planters, missionaries, city mission strategists, denominational leaders, and established church pastors in raising the funds needed to fulfill their God-given vision. In this version of Pastor's Notes, you will find a step-by-step process for fundraising designed with the church in mind.
How to combine churches to the glory of God
Sometimes one church is better than two. The missionary landscape of the North American culture necessitates churches, young and old alike, rethink how they can, and should, align to strategically engage in God’s mission in their cities. Using the real life example of two churches in Greenville, South Carolina, Mergers provides a description of the rationale, biblical basis, and process by which two churches can unite to more effectively declare and demonstrate the gospel of Jesus Christ.
How to bridge the generational divide
"I just don't get them." "They are so different." "What are they thinking?" Both young leaders and seasoned leaders struggle with thoughts like these when seeking to understand one another. All across the nation a hesitant handoff is emerging between generations that often lack a meaningful relationship and partnership with one another. If leaders do not take intentional steps to bridge this generational divide they will squander one of the richest blessings of God's grace. Younger leaders need the wisdom, mentorship, and care that seasoned leaders can provide. Leaders with years of experience need the joy of investing in future leaders and bearing their ministry burdens.
Biblical Study
Spreading the glory of God to the nations demands that prioritize the study of God’s Word in community. One of the tools that has been helpful in this process has been the Seven Arrows Bible study method. This method allows small groups and young leaders develop healthy patterns of discussion and study.
Polished sermons and prepared Bible studies can inadvertently cause average Christians to feel inadequate and ill-equipped to study the Scriptures themselves. It often seems like trained church leaders have a secret skill that can leave the rest of us wondering "How do they do that?" The result is an ever-increasing level of biblical illiteracy in most churches and an over-dependence on preachers and sermons.
Seven Arrows is written to aid all of God’s people in the task of reading, understanding, and applying God’s Word. Using seven simple arrows Rogers and Mathis provide a clear, orderly, and memorable guide for studying any passage of Scripture. New Christians, maturing believers, disciple-makers, and pastors will find in this book a practical tool to produce biblically-saturated lives and churches.
Features:
• General Bible introduction with an explanation of the Seven Arrows Reading Method
• Introductions for each book of the Bible
• 150 passages with a full page application of all 7 arrows
• 600 passages with a highlight on 1 of the 7 arrows
• Full text of the Christian Standard Bible
• Unique Bible reading plan
• Maps
• Bible Concordance
Features:
1-year devotional book
5 days of reading per week fits into busy schedules
Bible reading plan that walks students through the redemptive narrative of the Bible in one year
The last devotion of each week connects that chapter of God's story to Jesus Christ
Daily devotional material will help students correlate Bible reading and real-life application