{"id":3903,"date":"2017-09-11T19:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T19:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyonleadership.brentwoodbaptistonline.com\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2017-09-11T19:46:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T19:46:41","slug":"future-church-equipping-group-members-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadership.brentwoodbaptist.com\/adult-discipleship\/future-church-equipping-group-members-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Church: Equipping Group Members to Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Paul Wilkinson<\/address>\n

Pastor Mike has been saying for the entirety of 2017 that the time is coming soon when we will be called to pastor our neighborhoods<\/strong> and house churches as opposed to expecting unbelievers to come to a centralized institution. We, as LIFE Group leaders, are crucial in this endeavor. What Mike cannot do when speaking to a couple thousand people, we can do speaking to a couple dozen people. We have the opportunity to train and equip<\/u> those in our groups to pastor their neighborhoods!<\/strong>
\nWe want transformational learning to empower our group members to pastor their neighborhoods. There\u2019s some debate about the order of head-heart-hands, but in keeping with the command to renew our minds for the sake of transformation (Romans 12:2), I want to begin with the intellect. As I sat with a young man last week to talk about possible teaching opportunities and his continued development in the faith, I gave him the assignment to write out his personal statement of faith. To equip our people to pastor well, we must help them think through and shore up their own beliefs.<\/strong> They don\u2019t need to know every <\/em>answer, but they have to understand their own faith and be able to help others think through faith.
\nA tool that I use for theologically training is theological triage<\/a> (I\u2019m endorsing the concept rather than the details). This tool helps me focus on:<\/p>\n