Fighting the darkness together in Christ What have you faced that you could not handle alone? Darkness is a real enemy pressing on us from every place. Ephesians 6:10-18 uses […]
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Meeting summary for Ndu+Njide Eke’s Personal Meeting Room (05/08/2025) Quick Recap Ndu led a discussion on the selflessness of God, the construction of the Ark of the Covenant, and the
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Contemplating Easter A close friend once asked…”What is the history of Easter celebrations? Who introduced the concept into Christainity? What was his motive at the time? Why did Christians adopt
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Contemplating Scripture as a Discipline The First Song in Scripture (Exo. 15) My wife & I studied Exodus 14/15 yesterday morning. Paused We both paused at how they went from…
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Reconnecting to our great story and purpose I always look forward to our time, our assembly every Sunday, even this morning. Did you notice that all we do-our singing, our
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COVENANT. TREATIES. AGREEMENTS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. Happy Sunday Gateway and GM. My name is Ndu Eke. Before we participate in this meal, please give me your attention as
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OPINION LEADERSHIP IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS If you have a concern about what is going on in the congregation, who are the two or three people that you would trust to go
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Annotated Biblical Hermeneutics Bibliography Glenn Giles 2007 Brown, Jeannine K. Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007. Dr. Brown’s advanced level book approaches Scriptural interpretation and meaning
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Some Good Commentary Series and Individual Commentaries to Consider Glenn Giles, PhD There are a plethora of commentaries, many that are really pretty good. Note that the first 10 below
MY TESTIMONY WORKSHEET Communicating Your Convictions Primary Objectives: To help you put together a clear presentation of your personal testimony (for a non-Christian audience) by bringing clarity and organization
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SYMPTOMS OF A TRUSTLESS TEAM Leadership Group: ___Elders ___Evangelists ___Deacons *Next to each category, provide a rating from 1-5 with: – Strongly Disagree 2- Disagree 3- Uncertain 4- Agree
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Studying Congregations Registering for and completing all the modules in Congregational Studies (CM751), has been a real blessing to me. The lessons were very impactful. The authors of the recommended
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Essential Elder/Shepherd Functions Dr. Charles Siburt, ACU General Observations: The role description below is drawn from biblical, functional, and practical reflections. The format used is that of a typical job
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MEASUREMENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF “GROUP THINK” IN THE CHURCH “Group Think” is the tendency of highly cohesive groups to work so hard toward sustaining agreement within the group that
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MEASUREMENT FOR THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF CONFLICT IN THE CHURCH *Next to each category, provide a rating from 1-5 with: – Strongly Disagree 2- Disagree 3- Uncertain 4- Agree
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HOW TO TURN AROUND YOUR CHURCH Overcoming barriers to Growth and Bringing New Life to Your Church George Barna Rank in order of 1-7 with 1 being the main reason
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How Am I At Building Trust? Take a survey to see where you are at in building trust in your congregation. Assess how you see yourself in relating to friends,
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Eight-Stage Change Process Adapted from John P. Kotter (1996) Leading Change Where is your organization in the change process? Indicate the percent of completion of each stage by placing an
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Congregational Studies – Final Paper I am delighted that this course was offered and that I participated in learning from its rich contents. I have been richly blessed by its
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CONFLICT COPING STYLES Instructions: Add the point totals for each line on page 1 from left to right (each line should total 10 points). Then add the point totals for
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4-R Report On Studying Congregations Dr. Gregg Marutzky in his course lectures, mentions that for purposes of this class, the congregation is local, voluntary, and a religious organization, and that
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4-R Report On Natural Church Development A short research-based insight-packed interesting book “Natural church development: A guide to eight essential qualities of a healthy church” (8th edition) by Christian A.
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4-R On Churches, Culture and Leadership In their book, Churches, Cultures and Leadership-A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities, Branson and Martínez discuss the issues of culture and ethnicity
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Finding Our Place In God’s Story As a newly baptized disciple, I recall being appointed as a Bible Study Leader for the first time. This was after we had graduated
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GATEWAY BIBLE LEARNING COMMUNITY PRODUCTIVE PERSONAL QUIET TIMES – A 4-WEEK CURRICULUM COURSE COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on learning how to have effective personal Bible study. The need
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Jesus: Bearing the Name and Building the Kingdom It’s such an honor and privilege to have been selected to teach this class at this North American Church-Building Teacher’s Conference ’24
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