Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

Exegetical Project

As a part of your participation in the Capstone Focus on Reproduction module of study, you will be required to do an exegesis (inductive study) on one of the following passages:

Purpose

Matthew 28.18-20

Acts 1.1-8

Luke 24.44-48

2 Timothy 2.1-2

Romans 10.12-18

Matthew 5.13-16

Titus 2.11-15

Luke 4.16-21

The purpose of this exegetical project is to give you an opportunity to do a detailed study of a major passage on the issue of Christian evangelism and reproduction. Our hope is that in thinking through step by step the insights presented in one of the texts above you will be able to explain critically how God wants us to conceive and conduct ministry that advances his Kingdom in the city. As God-called and enabled men and women, God’s desire is that we go forward through the power of the Spirit to bear witness to Christ and his Kingdom where he has placed us. Understanding the nature of this call is fundamental to fulfilling it in the urban community, or wherever God has currently positioned you. As you study one of the above texts (or a text which you and your Mentor agree upon which may not be on the list), our hope is that your analysis of your selected text will make more clear to you how God intends you to bear fruit in ministry, and fruit that remains. We also desire that the Spirit will give you insight as to how you can relate its meaning directly to your own personal walk of discipleship, as well as to the leadership role God has given to you currently in your church and ministry. This is a Bible study project, and, in order to do exegesis , you must be committed to understand the meaning of the passage in its own setting. Once you know what it meant, you can then draw out principles that apply to all of us, and then relate those principles to life. A simple three step process can guide you in your personal study of the Bible passage: 2. What principle(s) does the text teach that is true for all people everywhere , including today? 3. What is the Holy Spirit asking me to do with this principle here, today , in my life and ministry? Once you have answered these questions in your personal study, you are then ready to write out your insights for your paper assignment . 1. What was God saying to the people in the text’s original situation ?

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