Serving in the Church - Understanding the Covenant Relationship
Author: Pamela Smith
A teaching manual that should be required reading for all members of any church!
A MUST FOR ALL CHURCH MEMBERS AND CHURCH LEADERS!
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Serving in the Church is a great teaching tool for Bible classes or group ministries as it walks you through understanding the covenant relationship of church membership.
Church membership is entering into a covenant relationship with the body of Christ, a local assembly and its pastor and members. It is saying I want to be a partaker of the church’s vision, purpose, and mission.
A teaching manual that should be required reading for all members of any church!
This teaching manual will help walk you through church membership and its benefits. It helps to shine light on leadership's responsibility as well as lay members'.
Serving in the Church will help to strengthen your church and you. It will help to refresh and encourage you in areas where your commitment may have lessened and inspire you where you feel unequipped to respond to the ministry area God has called you to serve.
Serving in the Church will also to help re-focus you in areas where you feel burned out or overworked. It is to help bring restoration and to provide a wealth of information to assist you in rising to the challenge of being an effective and consistent laborer in our Father’s vineyard.
8.5 X 11, 168 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
UNDERSTANDING THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 1 Review Questions
CHAPTER 2
I WILL SPEAK THE SAME THING
Confusion Occurs When We Don’t Speak the Same Thing
Chapter 2 Review Questions
CHAPTER 3
I WILL NOT CAUSE DIVISION AMONG MEMBERS
What Should You Do When Wronged?
Chapter 3 Review Questions
CHAPTER 4
I WILL BE PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT
Backbiting
Controlling Backbiting
Gossip Spreads Like Wildfire
Chapter 4 Review Questions
CHAPTER 5
I WILL NOT UNDERMINE LEADERSHIP
Rebellion
Chapter 5 Review Questions
CHAPTER 6
I WILL KEEP MY WORD
When They Don’t Show Up
Chapter 6 Review Questions
CHAPTER 7
THE BENEFITS OF BEING IN A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
Being In Covenant Provides a Place of Discipleship
Being in Covenant Equips Me to Do the Work of the Ministry
Being in Covenant Provides a Place for My Spiritual Gifts to Mature
Being in Covenant Provides a Place for Edification
Being in Covenant Provides a Place for Correction
Being in Covenant Provides a Covering
Chapter 7 Review Questions
CHAPTER 8
MY ROLE AS A MEMBER
Christ Centered vs. Volunteer Centered
Give Members a Chance to Succeed
I Need to Invest in My Calling
Do Not Harbor Unforgiveness
Chapter 8 Review Questions
CHAPTER 9
CONNECTING TO YOUR CHURCH’S VISION
Vision Challenges You
Church’s Responsibility
Chapter 9 Review Questions
CHAPTER 10
GROWING WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
Producing Lasting Fruit
The Importance of being in the Right Soil
Allowing Your Roots to Develop
Chapter 10 Review Questions
CHAPTER 11
OVERCOMING THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION
Signs that the Spirit of Competition is Operating in Me
How Do I Overcome The Spirit of Competition?
Chapter 11 Review Questions
CHAPTER 12
DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE
Types of Difficult People
How Do Leaders Deal with Difficult People?
Chapter 12 Review Questions
RESOURCES
ROLES IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
Your Spiritual Gifts
Group Activities
