The Timothy Conference

T H E T I M O T H Y C O N F E R E N C E

A. Theological Tenet: The presence of the Holy Spirit as the arrabon (down payment and pledge) of the Kingdom promise, Ephesians 1.13; 2 Corinthians 1.20.

B. Paradigmatic Ramification: Awakening to the empowering presence and leading of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the Church, become aware and sensitive to what he is doing both within (and desires to do without) the local church.

C. Our Ministry Implication: TUMI believes and seeks to express its confidence in the Holy Spirit as the all-sufficient guide for ministry display and development .

VII. Shift from Training Ministry Professionals to Manage Structures and Procedures to Identifying Gifted and Burdened Christians who can be Equipped and Released to Fulfill the Ministries the Holy Spirit has for Them to do (Ministry Entrepreneurs) .

A. Theological Tenet: The gifting and unction of the Spirit, 1 Corinthians12.1-27.

B. Paradigmatic Ramification: Concentration upon helping gifted and burdened Christians identify the place and opportunities for ministry that the Holy Spirit has called them to do, and commissioning and resourcing them to do it.

C. Our Ministry Implication: TUMI seeks to generate ministry entrepreneurs who, under the guidance of their spiritual leaders and the prompting of the Holy Spirit, will invest their lives and efforts in new and diverse ways of ministry, both in the Church and to the world.

VIII. Shift from Expensive, Professional, Isolated-from-Ministry-Context Approach to Leadership Development to Affordable, Culturally-Conducive Theological Mentoring in the Context of the Church and Ministry .

A. Theological Tenet: The universality of Jesus’ call and the ubiquity of the Holy Spirit, Romans 12.3-8; 1 Peter 4.10-11.

B. Paradigmatic Ramification: Focusing on reorienting both the venue and context of leadership development to make it affordable, meaningful, and grounded in the locale in which the Spirit has both called and resourced his leaders to function.

C. Our Ministry Implication: TUMI seeks to provide excellent, affordable, and culturally sensitive training for urban church leaders in the context of their lives, equipping them to live and minister with integrity wherever God has called them .

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