Equip Fall 2014 blog:
Greetings Imago Dei Church! We’re excited to announce that we are about to begin our third year of our Equip training program. Equip is a discipleship training time that allows the Elders to get to know and begin equipping future leaders for roles that will take the gospel all over the world, and also to identify future Aspire interns. We will be developing a two-year curriculum with content including The Gospel, The Church, Missions, and Ethics—hitting on all of them each semester.
Equip typically meets four times over the course of a semester on Saturday mornings at a new time, from 8:15am-9:45am. Through this program, the church seeks to equip and train any aspiring church planters, pastors, missionaries (anyone involved in Going), growth group leaders, church planting teams, or anyone wanting futher equipping.
This fall, Equip will hold its first meeting on September 13th at the new 8:15-9:45 time slot at the IDC Building. Typically, we watch/listen to a sermon, or read an article, and interact with Scripture on our own time and then having come prepared, discuss the content with teaching and/or small groups.
For our September 13th meeting we will discuss:
The Gospel – Gospel Appropriation
Tim Keller, audio sermon: “Preaching the Gospel” (40 min.) http://theresurgence.com/2006/07/11/preaching-the-gospel
John Piper, audio clip: “The Morning I Heard the Voice of God” (11 min.)
Scripture: Galatians 2:11-14; 3:13
Here a few questions that will help you add to any discussion or your own growth:
• Give a brief summary of the content.
• Agreements? Disagreements?
• Why would IDC leadership want us to learn this?
• What are some implications for your future ministry (whatever context God has you in)?
• What will this look like in the life of the church (particularly IDC)?
Here are the tentative dates for this fall’s Equip meetings
• September 13th
• October 18th
• November 8th
• November 22nd
Covenant members and prospective members—be on the lookout for the content of each meeting. We will likely make it available through multiple channels, including a link on the website. If you are unsure about it, email equip@idcraleigh.com with any questions you may have. Also, childcare will be provided upon request (at least a week in advance by emailing jillian@idcraleigh.com) for children under age10. We look forward to growing alongside you. Grace and peace.