May 6, 2019

Episode 3: The Goal

A football coach has a goal for his team. In fact, he has a goal for every practice. When it comes to church-based training, what is the overall goal? And how is the purpose of ministry training frequently misunderstood?

Episode 3: The Goal

A football coach has a goal for his team. In fact, he has a goal for every practice.  But when it comes to church-based training, many pastors seem to act without a specific, measurable goal.

In this episode, Chris, John and Nigel talk about what should be the overall goal of ministry training, and how that purpose is frequently misunderstood.  There's a brief revisit of the distinction between discipleship and training, and then we try to figure out if you can ever say that you're done, and a person stands equipped and ready to go...

Timecode Topic
1:45 How do pastors frequently misunderstand the call to train men?
9:33 What should be the target for ministry training?
17:32 How are training and discipleship different?
19:30 How do you know when you're done training someone?