Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 2 | FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: THE CHRISTIAN LEADER AS PASTOR / 303

3. Concentrate again on biblical criteria for leadership in the local church.

a. Watch over the flock of God, (we’re looking for people who never sleep when it comes to the well-being of the flock).

(1) Acts 20.28 (2) Heb. 13.7

b. Counter false teaching and their heresies by nourishing the saints on the Word of God, Acts 20.29-32.

c. Equip the saints for the work of ministry (training pastors who are skilled in the art of making disciples and disciple makers, 2 Tim. 2.2).

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4. Simplify the process of recruiting, training, and commissioning pastors.

C hr i s t i an M i n i s t ry

2 Tim. 3.16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

a. The Gospel of Jesus Christ

b. The Kingdom of God

c. The Nicene Creed

d. The Sacraments

e. Teaching and preaching the Word of God