Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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biblical aspects of godly urban church leadership. Without a doubt, godly, servant leadership is critical to ensure a dynamic growing church in the city. Throughout these lessons it will be important for you to emphasize and draw the student’s attention to the objectives. Determine right away to emphasize them throughout the lesson, in every part and dimension, and especially during the discussions and interaction with the students. The more you can highlight the objectives throughout the class period, the better the chances are that they will understand and grasp the magnitude of these objectives. Do not hesitate to discuss these objectives briefly before you enter into the class period. Draw the students’ attention to the objectives, for, in a real sense, this is the heart of your educational aim for the class period in this lesson. Everything discussed and done ought to point back to these objectives. Find ways to highlight these at every turn, to reinforce them and reiterate them as you go. This devotion focuses on the significance of the Great Commission to the Apostles, and the way in which they took this calling seriously, even willing to risk persecution, rejection, and death in order to fulfill it. In a real sense this devotion is on the Great Commission itself, and a nice summary from J. B. Green may be helpful as you orient the students to the heart of Christian mission, which is Jesus’ command to go and make disciples of all nations. Through the Great Commission of Matthew 28.16–20 Jesus focuses his followers on the ongoing importance of discipleship through the ages. . . Jesus committed his earthly ministry to “making disciples” within Israel (cf. John 4.1), and he commissioned his disciples to “make disciples” among the nations (Matt. 28.16–20; see Gentiles). The obvious meaning of “making disciples” is to proclaim the gospel message among those who have not yet received forgiveness of sins (Luke 24.46–47; John 20.21; see Forgiveness of Sins). The command finds remarkable verbal fulfillment in the activities of the early Church (e.g., Acts 14.21), where disciples went from Jerusalem to Judea, to Samaria (see Samaritans), to the ends of the earth

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