The Equipping Ministry, Student Workbook, SW15

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T H E E Q U I P P I N G M I N I S T R Y

Exegetical Project

As a part of your participation in the Capstone module The Equipping Ministry, you will be required to do an exegesis (inductive study) on one of the following passages on the practice of equipping others through preaching and teaching the Word of God:

Purpose

Ephesians 4.11-16

Acts 6.1-8

2 Timothy 4.1-5

Acts 20.17-35

Hebrews 5.11-6.3

2 Corinthians 4.1-12

1 Thessalonians 5.11-14

The purpose of this exegetical project is to give you an opportunity to do a detailed study of a major passage on the nature and practice of the ministry of equipping the saints for ministry. In many ways the example of the apostles provides us with a clear and compelling model of this expression of Christian leadership, and the texts above highlight this expression. Your task will be to discern some key insights in the equipping ministry, and then to think critically about how your selected text makes plain some aspect of that work. Your job will be to carefully analyze the text so as to add to your insight into the Bible’s teaching on ministering the Word of God with integrity. We also desire that the Spirit will give you insights that pertain to your own personal walk of discipleship, as well as to the specific ministries God has given to you currently in your local congregation or service to the Kingdom. 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 ?

Outline and Composition

Here is a sample outline for your paper:

1. List out what you believe is the main theme or idea of the text you selected.