Making Disciples, Making Leaders: A Manual for Developing Church Officers

by Steven P. Eason

Overview

This book offers a model for selecting and training church officers that is grounded in spiritual discernment and development. The book begins with a biblical understanding of leadership, moves into consideration for how to train a Nominating Committee to select leaders according to the biblical vision, and then offers a step-by-step plan for a training event with three components. The training plan is designed to build up the church leaders spiritually and to set their work in the context of discipleship, as well as to teach them some of the fundamentals of the rules of governance of their denomination. The book concludes with concrete suggestions for how future work of the church board can be structured to reflect the emphasis highlighted in the training session.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664502638
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	06/21/2004
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Steven P. Eason is the Director of Consulting Services at Macedonian Ministry. He previously served thirteen years as the Senior Pastor of Myers Park Presbyterian Church, the fourth largest church in the PC(USA), in Charlotte, North Carolina. His other writings appear in the Feasting on the Word series, Upper Room Books, Alert, and Presbyterian Outlook.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	A Biblical Model for Team Leadership	7
Chapter 2	Choosing the Team: Nominations	12
Chapter 3	An Overview of the Training Course	18
Chapter 4	Begin with Worship	25
Chapter 5	Teaching Tips	30
Chapter 6	Lesson Plans for Four Sessions on Theology and Polity	36
Chapter 7	Sharing Personal Faith in Small Groups	56
Chapter 8	Officer Examination	59
Chapter 9	Moving Away from "Bored" Meetings	65
Chapter 10	Other Team-Building Opportunities	70
	Conclusion	81
Appendix A	Study Guide for New Elders and Deacons	87
Appendix B	Book of Confessions Presentation Outline	103
Appendix C	Worship Services for the Four Training Sessions	111
Appendix D	Theology and Polity Worksheets and Handouts	121
Appendix E	Small-Group Worksheets	139
Appendix F	Miscellaneous Correspondence and Forms	147
Appendix G	Resources for Church Officer Development	153
	Biblical References	155
	Notes	157
	Books to Aid in Church Officer Development	159