Gospel-Centered Leadership
To supplement what I’m learning in the 5-week Gospel-Centered Leadership class I’m taking at River West Church, I have been listening to a few resources that I have found invaluable and would highly recommend to anyone involved in leadership or considering it for the future. The first is a 5-part seminar from two pastors from Sovereign Grace Ministries examining what it means to be called to leadership in God’s church. I found the wisdom and teaching of Dave Harvey (author “When Sinners Say ‘I Do’” and “Rescuing Ambition”) to be incredibly edifying. The second is a conference that took place last year in conjunction with the release of Colin Marshall and Tony Payne’s latest book “The Trellis and the Vine”, and focused on exploring the paradigm shifts that need to occur in our thinking if we are going to build ministry around people not programs.
The Summons: Exploring the Call to Ministry (Sovereign Grace Ministries)
Dave Harvey and Jeff Purswell
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In December of 2004, men from three nations and representing more than 20 churches gathered at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania for this one-day seminar. The teachings presented that day are designed to provide pastors, leaders, and potential leaders with a biblical framework for exploring a sense of calling to full-time ministry.
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The Caller and the Summons Part 1 (Dave Harvey)
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The Caller and the Summons Part 2 (Dave Harvey)
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Eldership and the Call to Character (Jeff Purswell)
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The Call to Prepare (Jeff Purswell)
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Q&A Panel Discussion (Dave Harvey and Jeff Purswell)
GOSPEL GROWTH = PEOPLE GROWTH (Matthias Media)
Gospel growth happens “in” people and “through” people.
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IN PEOPLE: You can have growth in numbers, in budgets, in programs, in activities, in staff, in baptisms, in buildings, in reputation, and even growth in the quality of preaching, but unless individual people are growing in knowledge, in faith, in godliness, and in love as disciples of Christ, it’s all a noisy clanging gong. Are your people really growing? How would you know whether they are or not? Who is discipling each person in your congregation?
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THROUGH PEOPLE: Jesus commissioned every disciple for disciple-making, and a pastor-teacher’s job is not only to proclaim and to pray but also also to equip, train and mobilize People for the task. Gospel growth multiplies as Christians get involved in the three P’s: Proclamation, Prayer, and People — in prayerfully speaking God’s word to other people, in whatever way they can, large or small, at home or at work, in small groups or one-to-one. Is this happening where you are? Or is the ministry basically done by the staff? How many people in your congregation, for example, would be willing and able to do the foundational personal discipling work of following up a new believer and establishing them in the basics of the faith?
| WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 14) |
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| D.A. Carson | Introduction: Ministry, Motives, and Mentors | MP3 (download) [34mb] | 50min |
| David Helm | The Personal Work of Gospel Witness | MP3 (download) [42mb] | 61min |
| Mark Dever | The Four Ps of Evangelical Ministry | MP3 (download) [31mb] | 44min |
| Phillip Jensen | Biblical Theology of Ministry 1: The Aim and Method of Ministry (degraded audio quality) | ||
| THURSDAY (OCTOBER 15) | |||
| Phillip Jensen | Biblical Theology of Ministry 2: All God’s People as Prophets and Disciple-Makers | MP3 (download) [54mb] | 79min |
| Phillip Jensen | What is Training? People not Programs. | MP3 (download) [53mb] | 77min |
| Marty Sweeney | Obstacles to Training |
MP3 (download) [27mb] | 39min |
| David Helm | The Pastor’s Work of Gospel Training |
MP3 (download) [35mb] | 51min |
| FRIDAY (OCTOBER 16) | |||
| Tony Payne | Training and Gospel Resources | MP3 (download) [41mb] | 60min |
| Phillip Jensen | How a Training Mentality Leads to Gospel Workers | MP3 (download) [32mb] | 46min |