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Are you concentrating on the trellis and ignoring the vine? Essential reading for all those involved in church ministry.
All Christian ministry is a mixture of trellis and vine.
There is vine work: the prayerful preaching and teaching of the word of God to see people converted and grow to maturity as disciples of Christ. Vine work is the Great Commission.
And there is trellis work: creating and maintaining the physical and organizational structures and programs that support vine work and its growth.
What’s the state of the trellis and the vine in your part of the world? Has trellis work taken over, as it has a habit of doing? Is the vine work being done by very few (perhaps only the pastor and only on Sundays)? And is the vine starting to wilt as a result?
The image of the trellis and the vine raises all the fundamental questions of Christian ministry:
Acknowledgements
1. The trellis and the vine
2. Ministry mind-shifts
3. What in the world is God doing?
4. Is every Christian a vine-worker?
5. Guilt or grace?
6. The heart of training
7. Training and gospel growth
8. Why Sunday sermons are necessary but not sufficient
9. Multiplying gospel growth through training co-workers
10. People worth watching
11. Ministry apprenticeship
12. Making a start
Appendix 1: Frequently asked questions
Appendix 2: Resources for training from MTS and Matthias Media
Appendix 3: Colin Marshall talks to Phillip Jensen about MTS training
| Contributors | Colin Marshall, Tony Payne |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781875245956 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 147mm x 233mm x 16mm |
| Weight | 0.27 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 208 |
| Publisher | Matthias Media |
