Call of Pastoral Vocation & Spiritual Leadership
There are seven essential dimensions to the call or vocation of pastoral and spiritual leadership
Forming (in) Community – The Practice of Servant Gifts (1)
Listen to the audio teaching of these notes: Being the Beloved – Servant Gifts.1- Part 28 Recap Forming (in) community: its Four Practices. The second core value in following Jesus daily, both individually and corporately as church, is forming – and being formed...Forming (in) Community by Practicing Relationship – Part Two
To listen to the audio teaching of these notes click on: http://followingjesus.org.za/sermons/being-the-beloved-the-practice-of-family-relationships-part-24/ Recap on Church as Family – The Practice of Relationship While I was away for the past two Sundays Waynne...Forming (in) Community by Practicing Family (Relationship)
To follow Jesus is to join his Kingdom Community, and to be formed and transformed in and through loving honest relationships in Christ.
Transformation 2 – How God Changes Us
Introduction to Transformation This is talk 10 in Being the Beloved series of teachings. Last week I introduced how God changes us into becoming who we really are: his BE-LOVED. The process of how God changes us is called spiritual formation. Paul says it in three...TRANSFORMATION 1 – HOW GOD CHANGES US
“Transformation 1 – How God changes us” introduces the ‘praxis’ (practical application) of Being the Beloved. After a recap of the basic framework and practices of being free to love as Jesus loves, Alexander introduces how God transforms us into love.
Being the Beloved: The Framework
Being the Beloved – THE FRAMEWORK – gives the big picture for what it means to become God’s Beloved, in terms of the vision and values, and the priorities and practices
Prayer & Planning for the New Year – Part Two
Recap from last week: Why prepare for 2014? Because God is the God of second chances and new beginnings: “Don’t hold onto the former things… I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, don’t you perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:18-19). Thus we must PRAY to “attune” to God,...Exploring Membership with Following Jesus Session 6
SESSION 6: COMMITTING TO MEMBERSHIP WITH FOLLOWING JESUS Listen to the audio of the Sermon for Session 6 We have looked at: Jesus and his first community – to follow Jesus was to join his local group; The Early Church – initiation into Christian faith (in baptism)...Exploring Membership with Following Jesus Session 5
FROM Session 4: Priorities and practices are what we actually do… what we do first, of most importance, before we do other things. They answer the question of What? we do, and How? we do them… i.e. our basic disciplines and skills that we learn to do and practice on a regular basis – in order to live out our core values, in pursuit of our vision, to fulfill our mission under God.
Exploring Membership with Following Jesus Session 4
SESSION 4: MINISTRY FRAMEWORK – HOW WE DO CHURCH AND MEMBERSHIP The Sociological Framework contrasted three models of ‘doing church’ and membership – we embrace the centered set with its values. We now examine the Ministry Framework through which we do church – key...Exploring Membership with Following Jesus Notes Session 3
SESSION 3: MODELS OF (LOCAL) CHURCH AND MEMBERSHIP We’ve looked at a) Jesus and his disciple-community (following Jesus meant joining his community), and b) at belonging and ‘membership’ in the Early Church. What does this mean for our church? In answer to the...Exploring Membership with Following Jesus (Notes)
As promised, here are my notes from session one of Exploring Membership with Following Jesus. The audio will available this week on www.followingjesus.org.za (or check www.valleyvcf.org.za). SESSION 1: INTRO TO FOLLOWING JESUS What does following Jesus have to do...Introduction
Introduction to Alexander Venter’s teaching ministry as a church planter and pastor. Alexander has been empowered over many years by various relationships to make available treasures of God’s Kingdom; i.e. relevant Christian resources for spiritual formation toward Christlikeness, with a view to equipping people for life and ministry in God’s Kingdom.
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