Mentor's Manual

150 For the Nex t Generat i on: The Urban Mi n i s t r y I ns t i tute ’ s Mentor Manua l

7. Know and apply how the Church worships through praise and thanksgiving, through liturgy, which emphasizes the Word and the sacraments, and through our obedience and lifestyle as a covenant community.

After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to:

Objectives for Lesson 3 The Church as Witness

1. Outline the most significant aspects of the doctrine of election as it applies to Jesus Christ as the Elect Servant of God. 2. Describe how God’s election relates both to his chosen people Israel as well as to the Church. 3. Explain the relationship of God’s election of individual believers “in Christ,” that is, in connection to Christ as they cling to him by faith. 4. Articulate how the Great Commission provides an overall outline for the Church’s threefold witness in the world to make disciples. 5. Recite how the Church fulfills Christ’s commission by obeying Jesus’ call to evangelize the lost, by baptizing new believers in Christ (incorporating them as members into the Church), and by teaching true converts to observe all the things Christ commanded. 1. Articulate the various dimensions and elements of the Church, and be able to say how we may detect authentic Christian community through the Church’s actions and lifestyle. 2. Discern the marks of the Church according to the Nicene Creed. 3. Recognize the dimensions and definition of Church according to the teaching of the Reformation. 4. Recite the standard of doctrinal unity through the lens of the Vincentian Rule, a helpful guide to understand and evaluate traditions and teachings claiming to be binding upon Christians. 5. Describe the character of the Church’s works in the world by exploring various images of the Church mentioned in the New Testament. After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to:

Teaching Objectives for Capstone, by Module

Objectives for Lesson 4 The Church at Work