The Place of Christian Education in the Ministry of the Church

The church as God’s agency on earth has a two-fold ministry which is focused externally. Its first ministry is to itself, the equipping of the saints. Its second ministry is to the lost world, making disciples of all nations. It must first successfully equip the saints before it can successfully make disciples of the nations.…

Gleanings from Discipleshape: 12 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness by Dan R. Crawford, Spiritual Leadership: Responding to God’s Call by J. Oswald Sanders and Preparing for Christian Ministry: An Evangelical Approach by David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson, Editors

INTRODUCTION This is article presents gleanings from three books: Discipleshape: 12 Weeks to Spiritual Fitness by Dan R. Crawford, Spiritual Leadership: Responding to God’s Call by J. Oswald Sanders and Preparing for Christian Ministry: An Evangelical Approach by David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson, editors. Each of the three books was quite different and each…