What is the church? 
Six functions of the church  
Upward, inward and outward in word and deed 
The goal of the Christian life  
Turn-key or makeover?
Whatever happened to church growth?
Why don't more people go to church?
When goals are bigger than our accomplishments 
“Ministry” means “service”  
Leadership roles in the church  
Leadership in the church 
Lay ministries 
Lay members' role in the early church  
"To one another" — living in Christian community 
Articles about spiritual gifts 
Working together for the gospel 
Give me one good reason to go to church 
Why you need the church 
The quest for the ideal church 
Your church needs you 
Building unity: the story of Euodia and Syntyche   
Church buildings and church growth 
Good things in small packages 
What makes a church grow? 
Giving love and honor to pastors  
The bivocational pastor 
Code of ethics for elders in the WCG  

Women in ministry

Women who spoke the word of God  
Women in leadership  
     Study paper 1: An introduction to the question                            PDF
     Study paper 2: The nature of leadership in the church                 PDF
     Study paper 3: Men and women in Genesis 1-3                            PDF
     Study paper 4: Women in the books of Moses                               PDF
     Study paper 5: Women from the Conquest to the Exile                PDF
     Study paper 6, part 1: Women in the teachings of Jesus               PDF
     Study paper 6, part 2: Women in the ministry of Jesus                 PDF
     Study paper 6, part 3: The all-male disciples                                  PDF
     Study paper 7: Women in the early church                                     PDF
     Study paper 8: Women who pray or prophesy (1 Cor. 11:3-16)   PDF
     Study paper 9: "Women should remain silent" (1 Cor. 14:34-35) PDF
     Study paper 10: Questions about 1 Timothy 2:11-15                     PDF
     Study paper 11: Biblical Teaching and Modern Application       PDF
     All 11 papers in one PDF document — 118 pages, 647 kilobytes
Paul's Policy on Women: Three Key Questions
Women's ministry resource material 

Youth ministry
- a series by Jeb Egbert and Ted Johnston
     Steps forward in youth ministry, by Dan Rogers
     Loving God: foundation for youth ministry
     Youth ministry and the great commission  
     How SEP supports healthy youth ministries
     Building young believers
     Disciplemaking includes equipping workers
     Equipping our youths for peer evangelism
     How to make your congregation youth-friendly
     Youth ministry includes developing young leaders

CANS1: Building young believers through community
CANS2: Building young believers through adoration
CANS3: Building young believers through nurture
CANS4: Building young believers through serving

Disciplemaking ministry foundations
         Building an atmosphere of love
         The adoration of Christ
         Prayerful dependence
         Communication of the Word
         Building a biblical group image in your youth ministry
         Having a "commitment to contact" in your youth ministry
         Disciplemaking ministry foundations, conclusion

Other articles about youth ministry:

Modification, formation, reformation  Steve Argue and Dave Livermore
Evangelizing postmodern youth  Mark Tittley
Organizing non-Christian youths into the church Mark Titley
What is youth ministry? Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry: the importance of prayer  Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry must be spiritual  Jeb Egbert
Youth ministry values and mission  Ted Johnston
Back to the future of youth ministry Mark Cannister
Youth ministry: playing as a team  Kara Eckman Powell
Teen ministry: rethinking our paradigm David Smith
May teenagers be baptized? 

For articles about children's ministry, go to www.christianodyssey.com/children

"From Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work" (Eph 4:16). 

U.S. Church Administration Manual

GC2 equipper

Ministry and money

• Money and worship
• Poverty and generosity
• Three reasons to give
• How much is freedom worth?
• Stewardship involves all of life
• A command Paul did not obey: a study of 1 Cor. 9 
• The grace of giving: a study of 2 Cor. 8
• Rich in good works: a study of 2 Cor. 9

Small groups 

Cell-based church: community, nurturing and outreach 
Small groups or cell groups? 
Edification through holistic small groups 
Spiritual formation — 15 small group lesson plans

Church history 

Early church history — a broadening perspective
The road to Nicea — and beyond
Quartodeciman controversy  
The Nicene Creed  
The Apostles' Creed  

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