Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 2 | FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: THE CHRISTIAN LEADER AS PASTOR / 291

Foundations of Christian Leadership The Christian Leader as Pastor – Poimenes

LESSON 2

page 149 & 1

Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to: • Elaborate the three biblical models and analogies of what a pastor does in relationship to the flock of God, i.e., the pastor as nurturer and care giver, as protector and guardian, and as leader of the flock of God. • Give evidence of the particular perils and promise for fulfilling the pastoral role in the inner city, as well as the specific ways we may equip urban pastors for their important duty. • Discuss some of the more important principles in the practice of pastoring the urban congregation, as well as the wonderful promises associated with the pastoring of the flock of God. An Unusual Occupation John 10.10-18 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. [11] I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. [12] He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. [13] He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. [14] I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, [15] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. [16] And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. [17] For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. [18] No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father. Jesus used vivid metaphors and images to communicate his understanding of caring for his people, and one of his most cherished was the image of the shepherd. He addressed himself as the “Good

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Devotion page 150 & 2