Exploringthe Quadrennial Theme

Bishop Darryl B. Starnes, Sr., Presenter

Exploringthe Quadrennial Theme

Fortifying Our Faith

While Focusing on Our FutureThrough

•Worship•Leadership•Discipleship•Stewardship

Fortifying Our Faith

Faith is our trusting response to what God has promised

or commanded.

•Dynamic Faith

•Head Faith

•Temporal Faith

•Saving Faith

Fortifying Our Faith

How then is faith fortified?

•Faithful attendance to the Faithful attendance to the appointed means of graceappointed means of grace

•The Ministry of the WordThe Ministry of the Word•The Public and Private Worship of The Public and Private Worship of

GodGod

Fortifying Our Faith

Fortifying Our Faith

Focusing on Our Future

Our Storied PastOur Storied Past

•From 1 Church in 1796From 1 Church in 1796

•To thousands of Church on 5 To thousands of Church on 5 ContinentsContinents

•The Freedom ChurchThe Freedom Church• Frederick DouglasFrederick Douglas• Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman• Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth

Focusing on Our Future

Our Promising FutureOur Promising Future

WorshipWorship

•Authentic WorshipAuthentic Worship

Right Object (God)Right Object (God)Right Objective (Pleasing Right Objective (Pleasing Him)Him)

Right Relationship with Right Relationship with GodGod

WorshipWorship

•Inspiring Worship- Inspiring Worship-

In proper balanceIn proper balance

In SpiritIn SpiritIn TruthIn Truth

LeadershipLeadership

•Transformative LeadershipTransformative Leadership

Leaders Are TransformedLeaders Are TransformedCongregational TransformationCongregational TransformationCommunity TransformationCommunity Transformation

LeadershipLeadership

•Empowering LeadershipEmpowering Leadership

Empowers others to lead and serveEmpowers others to lead and serveEquips the saints for their ministryEquips the saints for their ministryHelps people discover, develop, Helps people discover, develop, and use their spiritual giftsand use their spiritual gifts

Uses nominating power to help Uses nominating power to help people find their place in people find their place in meaningful ministrymeaningful ministry

discipleshipdiscipleship

•Disciple-MakingDisciple-Making

Evangelism: sharing the gospelEvangelism: sharing the gospelBaptism: initiating and Baptism: initiating and assimilating new converts into a assimilating new converts into a loving churchloving church

Teaching: training converts to Teaching: training converts to obey the commands of Christobey the commands of Christ

discipleshipdiscipleship•Small-Group DiscipleshipSmall-Group Discipleship

Henderson: Henderson: the class meeting was the class meeting was the most influential instructional unit the most influential instructional unit in Methodismin Methodism

Beecher: Beecher: The greatest thing John Wesley ever gave to the world is the Methodist class-meeting.

Moody: Moody: The Methodist class-meetings are the best institutions for training converts the world ever saw.

StewardshipStewardship

•Faithful StewardshipFaithful Stewardship

The stewardship of our time, The stewardship of our time, talents, treasures, and templetalents, treasures, and temple

The stewardship of God’s The stewardship of God’s mysteries, our ministries, and mysteries, our ministries, and our management of His Churchour management of His Church

The stewardship of the care of The stewardship of the care of soulssouls

StewardshipStewardship•Tithing Tithing

God’s plan God’s plan

For financing His ChurchFor financing His ChurchFor the support of its ministriesFor the support of its ministriesFor meeting the needs of the For meeting the needs of the communitycommunity

For the evangelization of the For the evangelization of the worldworld

ConclusionConclusion

Isn’t it time?Isn’t it time?

ConclusionConclusion

O Zion Haste!O Zion Haste!