G.R.O.W./EQUIP SCHEDULE & RECAP OF PAST MEETINGS

  

8:00a.m.–8:45a.m.

BREAKFAST

 

8:45a.m.–9:45a.m.

SESSION 1 -DOCTRINE

SOME PAST TOPICS

  • Biblical Authority
  • Why the Church: Christ’s Plan for the New Testament Church
  • Pre-Tribulation Rapture
  • Eternal Security

 

9:45a.m.

BREAK

 

10a.m.-10:45a.m.

SESSION 2 – EQUIPPING SAINTS

SOME PAST TOPICS

  • Evangelism:  Passion and Urgency
  • Sharing the Gospel in Less Than Five Minutes When That’s All You Have
  • Answering Common Objections to the Gospel
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Personal Prayer Life
  • Personal Bible Study
  • Stewardship from a Financial Biblical Perspective
  • Principles of Successful Youth Ministry
  • Rules of Biblical Interpretation
  • Real Talk about Church Planting

 

10:45a.m.

BREAK

 

11:00a.m.-11:45a.m.

SESSION 3 – LEADERSHIP

SOME PAST TOPICS

  • Administration: Decently and In-Order
  • Finding and Communicating Faith and Vision
  • Learning to Lead: Preparing for Ministry
  • Being a Godly Woman in Ministry
  • The Motivational Ministry Leader
  • Finding God’s Will
  • Me and My House

 

11:45a.m.

LUNCH

 

12:45p.m.-1:30p.m.          

SESSION 4 – DISCIPLESHIP

SOME PAST TOPICS

  • Personal Walk: Discerning the Call of God
  • Me as a Disciple
  • Being a Godly Woman in Ministry
  • Personal Walk: A Life of Balance
  • Helping New Converts Grow
  • Discipling a Believer Who is Recovering from/or Struggling with an Addiction
  • Taking a Believer Under Your Wing –One-on-One Discipleship
  • Social Media Minefield
  • Balancing Life in the Ministry
  • Persevering in Ministry
  • Lessons from a Pastor’s Wife
  • Identifying God’s Call
  • The High Cost of Being a Disciple

 

1:30p.m.-1:50p.m. – A MOTIVATIONAL PREACHING CHALLENGE TO LEAVE AND SERVE CHRIST

 

IMMEDIATWELY FOLLOWING THE MEETING WE ALSO OFFER A STAFF AND CHURCH PLANTER FORUM – Q & A SESSION OF PASTORS TAKING TIME WITH THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAY

SOME PAST TOPICS

  • Family Matters: Things You Did Right and Things You Would Do Differently?
  • What Do You Do to Try to Remain Zealous?
  • Who (If Anyone) Did You Focus on Reaching When You Started
  • How Do You Manage Your Time?
  • Best Things I’ve Learned About Dealing with People
  • What Are the Costs of Leadership?
  • What Are the Dangers of Leadership?

 

I read years ago that something needs to possess two qualities to get involvement from people.  It must be desirable and reachable.  To that end, we have tried to put together a conference that everyone believes is personally beneficial.  We also keep the cost low, so everyone can afford to attend.

The point of this article was not in any way to boast about what has taken place in Ohio.  We are constantly aware that Jesus said, “Apart from me, ye can do nothing.”  Our only desire for writing this article is to encourage other pastors from other states or even other countries: if God could do a work like this in rural Ohio, He could do the same where you are.  We prayed for the Lord to send laborers into His harvest.  He answered by calling many men in our own churches into the ministry.  This conference is our best effort to be faithful in training those whom He has called.

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” – Jer. 33:3

 

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