Focus on Reproduction, Student Workbook, SW12

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

3. Granted authority to pastor, shepherd, and provide oversight to the flock

4. Accountable to the church’s membership for their life and ministry

5. No outside hindrances or interference on what the leaders and members believe God desires for them

C. Criteria Three: Newly Defined Relationship with Missionaries Who Helped Found the Church, Acts 20.24-28

1. No longer children only, but partners and colleagues

2. Leaders exercise authority for the direction of the body without appeal to the missionaries

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3. Responsibility for direction and operation lie with the leaders and members alone

4. Missionaries change their role in the church; become friends, colleagues, co-workers.

D. Criteria Four: Distinctive and Unique Burden-driven, Gift-oriented Ministries of the Church, 1 Pet. 4.9-11

1. Pastoral staff equips members for the work of the ministry