We had two sessions this morning - one from Chola Makunga and one from Robert Strivens. They were both stumulating. Chola looked at the subject of equipping God's people to serve today and Robert took a historical approach looking at the use of catechisms and training for the ministry.
Chola asked a number of questions
1 How do we encourage believers on the fringe to become more involved in church life?
2 How do we motivate and mobilise those who are already members? (Converted Hungry for the Word gospel saturated prayer warrior loving to fellow believers regular sharer of the gospel cares for the holiness of the church accountable to the church)
3 What are the constraints and challenges that we need to overcome?
4 What attitude should we have as we seek to motivate and mobilise? (patience hard work prayer love the gospel)
There were plenty of answers but there will eb more discussion tomorrow.
Robert concluded with these conclusions and challenges
• They took the work of discipling and preparing for ministry very seriously.
• They did not despise traditional methods, while adapting and innovating where appropriate.
• They were fundamentally theological in their approach.
• Preaching was central to the promotion of Christian growth and discipleship.
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