The Christian Ministry

We begin a new adult Sunday School tomorrow on The Christian Ministry. This study will investigate 15 issues that are important to a group of churches that is seeking to have the ministry of the church determined from the Scriptures alone. They are as follows:

1. Expository Bible Preaching
2. Biblical Worship
3. Inclusive Psalmody
4. Morning and Evening Worship
5. A Theology of Lord’s Day Experience
6. Family Worship
7. Biblical Theology (or Westminster Calvinism)
8. Shared Vision for Evangelism/Church Planting/Missions
9. Ministerial Piety
10. A Biblical Understanding of the Gospel and Evangelism
11. A Biblical Understanding of the Law and Sanctification
12. A Biblical Understanding of Conversion and Discipleship
13. A Biblical Understanding of Church Membership and Discipline
14. A Biblical Understanding of Church Government
15. A Reformed Worldview”

I am indebted to the work of Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III who developed this list. Tomorrow we begin with the first item on the list, Expository Preaching.