Presentation from the October 2012 facilitated session of Equipping People for Ministry.

1. Equipping People For Ministry
CIMS 2140/2/MIP/KL
Graham Owen
27 October 2012
graham.owen@ntcog.org.uk

2. John 1:6
There came a man/woman sent from
God, whose name was <Your Name
Here>. (NASB)

3. Matthew 28:19-20
Go therefore and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and the Son and
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to
the end of the age.” (NASB)

4. Ephesians 4:11-12
…He gave some as apostles, and
some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and
teachers, for the equipping of the
saints for the work of service, to the
building up of the body of Christ;
(NASB)

5. Word By Word
Equipping (verb)
People (noun/plural)
For (preposition)
Ministry (noun)

6. Equipping
equip vb (equips, equipping, equipped)
1 to furnish with (necessary supplies, etc.)
2 usually passive to provide with abilities,
understanding, etc her son was never
equipped to be a scholar
3 to dress out; attire [c16: from Old French
eschiper to embark, fit out (a ship), of
Germanic origin; compare Old Norse skipa
to put in order, skip ship] > eˈquippern

7. People - 1
people n usually functioning as plural
1 persons collectively or in general
2 a group of persons considered together
blind people
3 pl peoples the persons living in a country
and sharing the same nationality the
French people
4 one’s family he took her home to meet his
people

8. People - 2
5 persons loyal to someone powerful the
king’s people accompanied him in exile
6 the people a the mass of persons
without special distinction, privileges, etc
b the body of persons in a country, esp
those entitled to vote ▷ vb
7 tr to provide with or as if with people or
inhabitants [c13: from Old French pople,
from Latin populus; see populace]

9. For
for prep
1 intended to reach; directed or
belonging to there’s a phone call for you
2 to the advantage of I only did it for you
3 in the direction of heading for the
border
4 over a span of (time or distance)
working for six days; the river ran for six
miles

10. Ministry
ministry n, pl -tries
1 a the profession or duties of a minister of
religion b the performance of these duties
2 ministers of religion or government ministers
considered collectively
3 the tenure of a minister
4 a a government department headed by a
minister b the buildings of such a department
[c14: from Latin ministerium service, from
minister servant; see minister]

11. Learning From Jesus
 The Crowd – Mark 6:34
 The Seventy – Luke 10:1
 The Twelve – Matthew 10:1-4
 The Inner Circle – Matthew 17:1

12. Making Disciples
 What is a Disciple
 A Disciple of Who?
 Rabbinic Training
Instruct
Supervise
Monitor
Release

13. Discipleship Outcomes
Knowledge
versus
Understanding
Theory
versus
Practice

14. Mentoring Is
 Relationship
 Commitment
 Investment
 Care
 Development
 Correction
 Connection

15. Mentoring Is Not
 Discipleship
 Teaching
 Passive
 Control
 For Everyone

16. Biblical Examples
 Moses and Joshua
 Eli and Samuel
 Elijah and Elisha
 Paul and Timothy
The things which you have heard from me in the
presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful
men who will be able to teach others also.
(2 Timothy 2:2 - NASB)

17. And Finally
The Lord God has given Me the tongue
of disciples, that I may know how to
sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a
disciple.
(Isaiah 50:4)