Ministering to Ministers
One of my greatest passions is to minister to ministers. In fact, ask me a one-word summary of my calling. Go ahead. Ask. “Bob, what’s a one-word summary of your calling?” So glad you asked.
Coach.
God has called me to coach coaches—to equip equippers, to minister to ministers.
This week at the Moody Bible Pastors’ Conference, I have the privilege of doing just that as I’m speaking five times on four topics all related to pastoral equipping. If you’re attending the conference, please drop by for some pastoral coaching.
Four Strategies for Leaving a Legacy of Loving Leaders: The 4E Ministry Training Strategy (Tuesday, May 18, 9:45-10:45 AM)
Presentation Description: You’re passionate about equipping God’s people for every-member-ministry. However, you’re tired of seeing great effort expended on “programs” that don’t launch, don’t last, or don’t result in leaving a legacy of loving leaders. So am I. That’s why this session teaches you a field-tested, biblical, practical approach to equipping God’s people using the “4E ministry training strategy” of envisioning, enlisting, equipping, and empowering godly ministers for ministry. Appropriate for all settings, special attention will be given to the urban ministry context.
Presentation Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
1. Envision God’s Ministry: Jointly create mission, vision, passion, and commission (MVP-C) statements that nourish the compassion, conviction, and connection needed to launch flourishing training ministries.
2. Enlist God’s Ministers for Ministry: Mobilize ministers by birthing a family and building a team recruited to the MVP-C statement, prepared for change, and skilled in conflict resolution.
3. Equip Godly Ministers for Ministry: Apply transformational training strategies that comprehensively address the “4Cs” of biblical content, Christlike character, relational competence, and Christian community.
4. Empower Godly Ministers for Ministry: Oversee the ongoing “organizing of the organism” by leading ministries that are built to last, grow from good to great, and leave a legacy of loving leaders.
Four “TEAM” Skills for Counseling in Urban/Intercultural Settings (Tuesday, May 18, 2:00-3:00 PM)
Presentation Description: One-size-fits-all, homogenous approaches to counseling are neither culturally-relevant nor biblically appropriate. Our increasingly culturally diverse society demands that we learn to build bridges of understanding across diverse cultures. This session equips participants to develop four championship “TEAM” skills necessary for effective counseling, relationships, and ministry in urban/intercultural settings. This session is based upon the biblical conviction that God in Christ is moving all of history toward an eternity where “a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language” will stand before the Lamb in united worship (Revelation 7:9-10).
Presentation Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
1. T: Take another person’s earthly perspective through empathy and culturally-informed listening.
2. E: Engage in bridge-building spiritual conversations through focusing on God’s eternal perspective.
3. A: Abolish barriers through forgiveness and reconciliation.
4. M: Making/Mobilizing/Motivating intercultural peace through spiritual renewal.
Seven Ultimate Questions Every Pastor Must Answer (Wednesday, May 19, 9:45-10:45 AM)
Presentation Description: Everyone talks about “biblical pastoral counseling,” but how do we define and practice it? This session addresses life’s seven ultimate questions that every pastor, counselor, and soul physician must answer in order to use God’s Word accurately, powerfully, and lovingly. Learn how to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth by developing a Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed theological model of people-helping.
Presentation Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
1. Examine the spiritual anatomy of the soul by developing a biblical pastoral counseling model of people from the doctrine of Creation.
2. Diagnose the fallen condition of the soul by developing a biblical pastoral counseling model of problems from the doctrine of the Fall.
3. Prescribe God’s cure for the soul by developing a biblical pastoral counseling model of solutions from the doctrine of Redemption.
Four Methods to Master in Pastoral Counseling Ministry (Thursday, May 20, 9:45-10:45 AM and 2:00-3:00 PM)
Presentation Description: Do you care deeply, but sometimes struggle to know how to care like Christ? Do you often long to know what to do after the hug? Learn how to use God’s Word to empathize, encourage, enlighten, and empower others. This session will equip you toward becoming a skillful spiritual friend by helping you to developing the four biblical soul care and spiritual direction arts of sustaining, healing, reconciling, and guiding.
Presentation Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
1. Empathize with People: Learn how to weep with those who weep—offer sustaining care for discouraged people.
2. Encourage People: Learn how to give hope to the hurting—offer healing comfort for suffering people.
3. Enlighten People: Learn how to be a dispenser of grace—offer reconciling care-fronting for people struggling for victory over sin.
4. Empower People: Learn how to disciple, coach, and mentor—offer guiding counsel for people longing to mature in Christ.
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