Training Leaders at All Levels for Your Church

In this workshop, we will consider biblical guidelines and contemporary applications for training leaders. Then, more importantly, we will experience them!

Biblical Guidelines 1 Timothy 3:1-16Overseers and deacons Titus 1:6-9Elders and overseers Titus 2:1-10Older men and women, younger men, slaves Ephesians 4:7-16“Each of us” and fivefold gifted leaders 2 Timothy 2:2Reliable men who teach others

Lessons Learned from Church Planting, especially in the Global South: Leadership training must: Be inclusive. Use Training Materials for standardization. Involve Socratic Discussion. Be application/competency-oriented with Assessment. Be church-based for rapid multiplication. Be affordable. Be multi-level to impact spiritual children, parents, etc.

Curricular Features “Study the Scriptures.” “Consult the Scholars.” True workbooks, not “fill-in-the-blanks” (pre- and post-discussion). Socratic discussion led by church leaders. “Apply the Principles.”

Let’s Try It! Break into groups of no more than 6. Assign one leader to facilitate. Use the outline we’ll give you to read and discuss the scripture. If you have time, continue past the scripture to review commentary and other questions as well.

Churches Founded by the End of the 1st Century Eerdman’s Handbook to the History of Christianity (Berkhamsted, Herts, England: Lion Publishing, 1977), 66-67

Churches Founded by the End of the 2nd Century Eerdman’s Handbook to the History of Christianity (Berkhamsted, Herts, England: Lion Publishing, 1977), 66-67

Churches Founded by the End of the 3rd Century Eerdman’s Handbook to the History of Christianity (Berkhamsted, Herts, England: Lion Publishing, 1977), 66-67

Training Leaders at All Levels for Your Church