| Leadership Training Devotional Guide- Ecclesiology
Defining the Church: Week 1
These next four weeks we will be involved in a topical study on the church. Each day read the assigned verses noting the context. Write down anything you learn about the church. Some questions to get you thinking: What is the church? Who makes it up? What are God's plans for her? What activities were happening for what purposes? Leadership in The Church: Week 2 This week we will study how God desires order in the church and how He has provided leaders to coordinate activities. Read each days assigned verses and write down what you learn from each regarding how the church is supposed to function. What are the responsibilities of each person? You? Day 1: Matthew 20:25-28, Hebrews 13:7-17 Day 2: Acts 13:1-4, Ephesians 4:11,12, Philippians 1:1 Day 3: Acts 15:4-11, I Peter 5:1-5 Day 4: Acts 20:17-35, I Timothy 5:17-20 Day 5: I Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9 Day 6: I Timothy 3:8-13, Acts 6:1-6 Day 7: I Timothy 2:11-14, I Timothy 3:11, Rom. 16:1 (The word translated servant is the masculine noun "deacon". Do you think the church ought to have women deacons based on these verses?) Write out responsibilities for the officers in the church. Membership in The Church: Week 3 This week we will be studying what it means to be a member of an assembly together with what ought to be the activities of an assembly. You will need to look back to Week 1 to get a complete idea of all the activities since those verses will not be repeated. Read the verses each day and write what you learn about membership and function within the assembly. Day 1: I Corinthians 12:1-14, Matthew 28:19,20 Day 2: Romans 12:3-8, I Peter 4:10,11 Day 3: Galatians 6:1-10, Acts 4:31 Day 4: Philippians 2:1-8, I Corinthians 16:1,2, II Corinthians 9:6,7 Day 5: Ephesians 4:1-6, I Corinthians 11:23-30 Day 6: John 17:8-23, John 13:34,35 Day 7: Look over this study and the relevant verses in Study Week 1 and make a summary list of the responsibilities of the members of a church. Dangers to The Church: Week 4 This week we will be studying the dangers which will try to seduce the church. We will use the letters to the seven churches of Asia for the backbone of our study with other related verses. Study the verses for each day and write down what were the dangers. Day 1: Revelation 2:1-7 Ephesus, Acts 20:28-31 Day 2: Revelation 2:8-11 Smyrna, I John 4:1-6 Day 3: Revelation 2:12-17 Pergamun, II Corinthians 11:1-4; 13-15 Day 4: Revelation 2:18-29 Thyatira, I Corinthians 5:3-13 Day 5: Revelation 3:1-6 Sardis, I John 2:15-19, Revelation 3:7-13 Philadelphia, II Peter 2:1-3; 10-22 Day 7: Revelation 3:14-22 Laodocia, Matthew 18:15-20 Which church do you think is most like ours? What does this say to us about what we should be on guard for? What does it say to you? Back |