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Church and Ministry Articles

What is the church? 
Six functions of the church  
Upward, inward and outward in word and deed 
The goal of the Christian life
Turn-key or makeover?
Whatever happened to church growth?
Why don't more people go to church?
When goals are bigger than our accomplishments 
"Ministry" means "service"  
Leadership roles in the church  
Leadership in the church 
Lay ministries 
Lay members' role in the early church  
"To one another" — living in Christian community 
Articles about spiritual gifts
Working together for the gospel
Give me one good reason to go to church 
Why you need the church 
The quest for the ideal church 
Your church needs you 
Building unity: the story of Euodia and Syntyche
Church buildings and church growth 
Good things in small packages 
What makes a church grow? 
Giving love and honor to pastors  
The bivocational pastor 
Code of ethics for elders

Women in ministry

Women who spoke the word of God   
Women in leadership
  

Study paper 1: An introduction to the question PDF
Study paper 2: The nature of leadership in the church PDF
Study paper 3: Men and women in Genesis 1-3  PDF
Study paper 4: Women in the books of Moses PDF
Study paper 5: Women from the Conquest to the Exile PDF
Study paper 6, part 1: Women in the teachings of Jesus PDF
Study paper 6, part 2: Women in the ministry of Jesus PDF
Study paper 6, part 3: The all-male disciples PDF
Study paper 7: Women in the early church PDF
Study paper 8: Women who pray or prophesy (1 Cor. 11:3-16) PDF
Study paper 9: "Women should remain silent" (1 Cor. 14:34-35) PDF
Study paper 10: Questions about 1 Timothy 2:11-15 PDF
Study paper 11: Biblical Teaching and Modern Application PDF
All 11 papers in one PDF document — 161 pages, 2 gigabytes PDF



Paul's Policy on Women: Three Key Questions
Women's ministry resource material

Youth ministry 

- a series by Jeb Egbert and Ted Johnston
     
Steps forward in youth ministry, by Dan Rogers
     Loving God: foundation for youth ministry
     Youth ministry and the great commission  
     How SEP supports healthy youth ministries
     Building young believers
     Disciplemaking includes equipping workers
     Equipping our youths for peer evangelism
     How to make your congregation youth-friendly
     Youth ministry includes developing young leaders

CANS1: Building young believers through community
CANS2: Building young believers through adoration
CANS3: Building young believers through nurture
CANS4: Building young believers through serving

Disciplemaking ministry foundations
         Building an atmosphere of love
         The adoration of Christ
         Prayerful dependence
         Communication of the Word
         Building a biblical group image in your youth ministry
         Having a "commitment to contact" in your youth ministry
         Disciplemaking ministry foundations, conclusion

Other articles about youth ministry:

Modification, formation, reformation  Steve Argue and Dave Livermore
Evangelizing postmodern youth  Mark Tittley
Organizing non-Christian youths into the church Mark Titley
What is youth ministry? Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry: the importance of prayer  Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry must be spiritual  Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry values and mission  Ted Johnston
Back to the future of youth ministry Mark Cannister
Youth ministry: playing as a team  Kara Eckman Powell
Teen ministry: rethinking our paradigm David Smith

For articles about children's ministry, click here

"From Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work" (Eph 4:16). 

U.S. Church Administration Manual

Equipper

Ministry and money

  • Money and worship
  • Poverty and generosity
  • Three reasons to give
  • How much is freedom worth?
  • Stewardship involves all of life
  • A command Paul did not obey: a study of 1 Cor. 9 
  • The grace of giving: a study of 2 Cor. 8
  • Rich in good works: a study of 2 Cor. 9

Small groups 

Cell-based church: community, nurturing and outreach 
Small groups or cell groups? 
Edification through holistic small groups 
Spiritual formation — 15 small group lesson plans

Church history 

  • Early church history — a broadening perspective
  • The road to Nicea — and beyond
  • Quartodeciman controversy  
  • The African-American Church in America
  • The Apostles' Creed
  • Athanasius Lists the New Testament Writings
  • Augustine "Father" of the Western Church
  • Billy Graham: Evangelist to the World
  • Black History Month: An Interview With Curtis May
  • Christmas Past and Present in the Church
  • The Council of Chalcedon and the "Two Natures" Controversy
  • The Need for "Depth Perception" in Church History
  • Easter in the Church
  • Fasting and Repentance After the Salem Witch Trials
  • The First Church Christmas
  • The Great Awakening
  • The Great Disappointment
  • The "Great Schism" of the Church
  • How Russia Became Christian
  • Irenaeus and the Second Century Church
  • Jesus Christ of 'One Substance with the Father'
  • Karl Barth: "Prophet" to the Church
  • The Nicene Creed
  • Persecution, Penance and "the Lapsed"
  • The Protestant Church in Hitler's Germany and the Barmen Declaration
  • One ‘Mere Christian’ in Church History Clive Staples Lewis
  • Pentecost: The Birth of the Church
  • Vatican II and the Future of Church Unity
  • William Seymour and the Rise of Pentecostalism
  • William Tyndale and the Birth of the English Bible
  • William Wilberforce: Christian Abolitionist, Reformer, Statesman
  • When Astronomy Became a Theological Football
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