exploring the quadrennial theme bishop darryl b. starnes, sr., presenter
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Exploringthe Quadrennial Theme
Bishop Darryl B. Starnes, Sr., Presenter
Exploringthe Quadrennial Theme
Fortifying Our Faith
While Focusing on Our FutureThrough
•Worship•Leadership•Discipleship•Stewardship
Fortifying Our Faith
Faith is our trusting response to what God has promised
or commanded.
•Dynamic Faith
•Head Faith
•Temporal Faith
•Saving Faith
Fortifying Our Faith
How then is faith fortified?
•Faithful attendance to the Faithful attendance to the appointed means of graceappointed means of grace
•The Ministry of the WordThe Ministry of the Word•The Public and Private Worship of The Public and Private Worship of
GodGod
Fortifying Our Faith
Fortifying Our Faith
Focusing on Our Future
Our Storied PastOur Storied Past
•From 1 Church in 1796From 1 Church in 1796
•To thousands of Church on 5 To thousands of Church on 5 ContinentsContinents
•The Freedom ChurchThe Freedom Church• Frederick DouglasFrederick Douglas• Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman• Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth
Focusing on Our Future
Our Promising FutureOur Promising Future
WorshipWorship
•Authentic WorshipAuthentic Worship
Right Object (God)Right Object (God)Right Objective (Pleasing Right Objective (Pleasing Him)Him)
Right Relationship with Right Relationship with GodGod
WorshipWorship
•Inspiring Worship- Inspiring Worship-
In proper balanceIn proper balance
In SpiritIn SpiritIn TruthIn Truth
LeadershipLeadership
•Transformative LeadershipTransformative Leadership
Leaders Are TransformedLeaders Are TransformedCongregational TransformationCongregational TransformationCommunity TransformationCommunity Transformation
LeadershipLeadership
•Empowering LeadershipEmpowering Leadership
Empowers others to lead and serveEmpowers others to lead and serveEquips the saints for their ministryEquips the saints for their ministryHelps people discover, develop, Helps people discover, develop, and use their spiritual giftsand use their spiritual gifts
Uses nominating power to help Uses nominating power to help people find their place in people find their place in meaningful ministrymeaningful ministry
discipleshipdiscipleship
•Disciple-MakingDisciple-Making
Evangelism: sharing the gospelEvangelism: sharing the gospelBaptism: initiating and Baptism: initiating and assimilating new converts into a assimilating new converts into a loving churchloving church
Teaching: training converts to Teaching: training converts to obey the commands of Christobey the commands of Christ
discipleshipdiscipleship•Small-Group DiscipleshipSmall-Group Discipleship
Henderson: Henderson: the class meeting was the class meeting was the most influential instructional unit the most influential instructional unit in Methodismin Methodism
Beecher: Beecher: The greatest thing John Wesley ever gave to the world is the Methodist class-meeting.
Moody: Moody: The Methodist class-meetings are the best institutions for training converts the world ever saw.
StewardshipStewardship
•Faithful StewardshipFaithful Stewardship
The stewardship of our time, The stewardship of our time, talents, treasures, and templetalents, treasures, and temple
The stewardship of God’s The stewardship of God’s mysteries, our ministries, and mysteries, our ministries, and our management of His Churchour management of His Church
The stewardship of the care of The stewardship of the care of soulssouls
StewardshipStewardship•Tithing Tithing
God’s plan God’s plan
For financing His ChurchFor financing His ChurchFor the support of its ministriesFor the support of its ministriesFor meeting the needs of the For meeting the needs of the communitycommunity
For the evangelization of the For the evangelization of the worldworld
ConclusionConclusion
Isn’t it time?Isn’t it time?
ConclusionConclusion
O Zion Haste!O Zion Haste!