The Essential Vision: God’s Plan for World Evangelization

By Evaristo Filho

The “Church Ministries” series consists of seven (7) books aimed at fostering the biblical principles and practices essential for the exercise of Christian ministry in the local church and for the benefit of the world. The Bible teaches that there are a variety of services (ministries) that can and need to be performed in the church. Some of these services are common to all Christians (evangelizing, interceding, etc.) and others are performed only by those who have a specific calling from the Lord (pastor, teacher, evangelist, etc.). All ministries are needed and it is only as “each part does its work" (Ephesians 4:16) that the church can produce its own growth. This first book in the series, "The Essential Vision," is about sharing the essence of the divine plan for world evangelization, explaining how every Christian can be a worker and every local church a missional center to bring the Gospel of Christt to the whole world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Evaristo Filho
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463858486

Evaristo Filho

Evaristo Filho é teólogo, cientista social, escritor e professor. Ele é o fundador e diretor do SETEB – Seminário Teológico Evangélico Bíblico, um ministério cristão que oferece cursos ‘livres’ de teologia. Através do SETEB, o autor tem facilitado o acesso a uma educação teológica de qualidade a líderes brasileiros e luso-africanos em várias partes do mundo. Sua grande paixão é ver centenas de igrejas sendo edificadas de acordo com o padrão estabelecido por Deus no Novo Testamento, a fim de que o evangelho seja pregado a milhares de pessoas que se converterão e serão discipuladas.

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THE ESSENTIAL VISION

GOD’S PLAN FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATION

Church Ministries Course, Book 1

By José Evaristo de Oliveira Filho

Copyright 2014, 2019 José Evaristo de Oliveira Filho

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Content

Presentation

Unit 1 – Warm Up

Unit 2 – Main Study

1 Looking at Jesus

2 Ordinary People

3 The Source of Power: The Holy Spirit

4 God’s Mission to the Church

5 God’s Strategy

6 Obstacles

7 A Biblical View of the Church

8 The Universal Priesthood

9 Dedicating to Discipleship

10 The Church as a Missional Center

11 Coordinating the Expansion of God's Work

12 The Local Growth of God's Work

13 A Growth Plan

Final considerations

Unit 3 – Review Questions

Unit 4 – Final Work

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About the Church Ministries Series

The Church Ministries series consists of seven (7) books aimed at fostering the biblical principles and practices essential for the exercise of Christian ministry in the church and for the benefit of the world. The Bible teaches that there are a variety of services (ministries) that can and need to be performed in the church. Some of these services are common to all Christians (evangelize, intercede, etc.), and others are performed only by those who have a specific calling from the Lord (pastor, teacher, evangelist, etc.). All ministries are needed, and it is only by the just cooperation of home part (Ephesians 4:16), of each member of the body of Christ, that the church can produce its own growth.

Although there is a diversity of services or ministries, this series is not intended to study each of them, not even most of them. We just want to study some general principles and practices about some specific ministries that are related to God's plan for world evangelization. Thus, this series deals only with those ministries that are essential and that can function in any and every church, in any context and at any stage of growth in which a church finds itself. Unlike the books in the other series (Christian Discipleship and Christian Leadership), except this first book in the series, all the others can be read and studied in any order, since the numbering we have established is for publication order only and not for use. Therefore, after reading book 1 of this series, feel free to study the other books according to your needs and your church or ministry.

The first book in the series, The Essential Vision: God’s Plan for World Evangelization, is about sharing the essence of God's divine plan for world evangelization, explaining how every Christian can be a disciple and every local church a missional center. to bring the Gospel of Christ to the whole world.

The second book, Introduction to Missions, deals with some important mission-related concepts, their biblical foundations, the missionary and his task, unreached people, and some basic strategies and tips for working with missions in the context of the local church.

Church Planting 1, vol. 1, the third book in the series, emphasizes biblical principles related to the church and the church planter, showing how the church is viewed by God and what the implications of this are for the church planter's ministry. Thus, the book studies some biblical figures of the church (field, pearl, flock, crop, building, city, bride, body) to expose the basic ideas about the nature of the church and how they relate to the planter's profile and work. churches.

In the fourth book, Church Planting, vol. 2, the reader will learn why to plant churches, what are the requirements for being a church planter, and how he can prepare and qualify for this ministry. In addition, the book also presents the church planting cycle, some effective methods, how to form a 'core' for the new church, some evangelism strategies for church planting, how to develop a 'ministry philosophy', how to make the statements of values, priorities, mission and faith for the church, and how the church can grow.

In the fifth book, Children Ministry, we explain the importance of ministry to children, its purposes, requirements and responsibilities for child leaders, how to develop a weekly program for children, how to work discipline and worship in meetings, how to use games, and how to teach creatively the children under your responsibility.

Youth Ministry is book 6 in the series and seeks to define the kind of leadership needed to minister to youth. In addition, it shows how to minister to young people with purpose, how to motivate them, and develop their ministry with