Don't Fire Your Church Members PDF

Jonathan Leeman (PhD, University of Wales) ist Redaktionsleiter von 9Marks, einer Organisation, die in Washington, DC Ressourcen für Kirchenführungen erstellt. Er ist Autor von „The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love and Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus“ sowie Herausgeber von „The Underestimated Gospel“. Außerdem ist er gelegentlich Dozent am Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary und Lehrbeauftragter am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Nach seinem Bachelor- und Masterabschluss in Politikwissenschaft begann Leeman seine journalistische Laufbahn als Redakteur für ein internationales Wirtschaftsmagazin. Seit seiner Berufung in den Dienst hat er einen MDiv und einen PhD in Theologie erworben und als Interimspastor gearbeitet. Derzeit dient er als Ältester in der Capitol Hill Baptist Church und lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen vier Töchtern in einem Vorort von Washington, DC.

Don't Fire Your Church Members pdf von Jonathan Leeman

Don't Fire Your Church Members: The Case for Congregationalism

Church membership is not just a status, it’s an office. Leaders shouldn’t fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and love, discipleship and mission.  Complacency and nominalism are diminished.
Jesus gives every church member an office in the church’s government: to assume final responsibility for guarding the what and the who of the gospel in the church and its ministry.  Similarly, Jesus gives leaders to the church for equipping the members to do this church-building and mission-accomplishing work.
In our day, the tasks of reinvigorating congregational authority and elder authority must work together.  The vision of congregationalism pictured in this book offers an integrated view of the Christian life.  Congregationalism is biblical, but biblical congregationalism just might look a little different than you expect. It is nothing less than Jesus’ authorization for living out his kingdom rule among a people on mission.