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National Ministries' Workshops for Church Life and Leadership
(Formerly Training Time Workshops)
Hard copy of Workshops can be requested from joanne.powers@abc-usa.org; 800-222-3874, ext. 2452. If you have a suggested topic or are interested in writing a workshop, please contact Cassandra Williams at 800-222-3874, ext. 2459 or cassandra.williams@abc-usa.org.
These workshops are provided in the PDF format. If you need to use parts of the text in these files for promotion, to create Power Point presentations, or for other purposes, use the text selection tool in Adobe Acrobat Reader to copy text from these and paste it to other applications.
NM 101 - THE IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE DISCIPLE-MAKING CHURCH (216 KB PDF): The purpose of this workshop is to engage participants in a process of discernment and use of spiritual gifts in the church. This process includes understanding that all Christians are uniquely gifted by God for service in the church and in the world; that gifts and call go together; and that when individuals are encouraged to serve in the area of their giftedness, it can contribute significantly to the growth of healthy churches and healthy, growing disciples of Christ.
NM 101E - IDENTIFICACIÓN Y USO DE LOS DONES ESPIRITUALES
EN UNA IGLESIA DISCIPULADORA (216 KB PDF): El propósito de este taller es involucrar a los participantes en un proceso de discernimiento y uso de los dones espirituales en la iglesia. Este proceso incluye el entendimiento de que todos los cristianos y cristianas han sido dotados por Dios de manera individual para servir en la iglesia y en el mundo; de que los dones y el llamado van juntos; y que cuando las personas se animan a servir en el área para la que tienen dones, contribuyen significativamente al crecimiento de iglesias y discípulos saludables.
NM 104 - GROWING PERSONS (160 KB PDF): To communicate the gospel more effectively, leaders need to be aware of the ways they and other people grow and develop throughout all of life. Participants in this workshop will be helped to reflect on their own faith experiences at various ages, understand the role of struggles in the development of faith, consider different styles of faith drawn from the work of John H. Westerhoff III, and identify implications for churches that wish to nurture healthy faith development.
NM 104E - CRECIENDO COMO PERSONAS (158 KB PDF): Para comunicar el evangelio de manera más efectiva, las y los líderes necesitan ser conscientes de las maneras en las que ellos, ellas y los demás crecen y se desarrollan a través de toda su vida. En este taller se ayudará a los participantes a reflexionar sobre sus propias experiencias de fe en sus diferentes etapas; a entender el papel de las luchas en el desarrollo de la fe; a considerar diversos estilos de fe delineados en base al trabajo de John H. Westerhoff III, autor de Will Our Childlren Have Faith? (¿Tendrán fe nuestros niños?, publicado en inglés) e identificar lo que esto implica para las iglesias que quieren consolidar el desarrollo saludable de la fe.
NM 107 - AMERICAN BAPTIST HERITAGE (170 KB PDF): This workshop introduces participants to dimensions of American Baptist heritage: history, key figures, and emphases; and invites groups to consider ways in which this heritage can shape contemporary church life and ministry.
The following handouts are integral to this workshop. We are providing them as seperate downloadable files because of their large size.
Louise Fleming (2.3 MB JPG)
Helen Barrett Montgomery (1.8 MB JPG)
Isabel Crawford (1.7 MB JPG)
John Clarke (2.1 MB JPG)
John Smyth and Thomas Helwys (2.0 MB JPG)
Adoniram Judson (1.6 MB JPG)
NM 107E - LA HERENCIA DE LOS BAUTISTAS AMERICANOS (161 KB PDF): Este taller puede ser usado regionalmente o en grupos, involucrando a participantes de diferentes iglesias. Este taller también podría ser usado por la congregación local que quiera explorar las dimensiones de nuestra Herencia Bautista Americana.
Los siguientes folletos son esenciales para este taller. Los estamos proporcionando en un folder separado para descargar debido al tamaño del archivo.
Louise Fleming (2.1 MB JPG)
Helen Barrett Montgomery (2.0 MB JPG)
Isabel Crawford (1.7 MB JPG)
John Clarke (2.1 MB JPG)
John Smyth and Thomas Helwys (1.8 MB JPG)
Adoniram Judson (1.7 MB JPG)
NM 201 - PLANNING DISCIPLESHIP FORMATION / CHRISTIAN EDUCATION (66 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to help participants plan for a more effective and comprehensive discipleship-formation/Christian Education program in their churches.
NM 301 - CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IN CHURCHES ( 233 KB PDF): There was a time when we assumed that schools, preschools, daycare centers, and churches were safe places for our children. That is no longer a safe assumption. While most adults have experienced the local church as a safe place, reports of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children have opened our eyes to real risks that children and churches face. The purpose of this workshop is to get church folk on board with the need to develop policies by focusing on:
- the types and scope of child abuse
- the epidemic of abuse in our society
- the impact of abuse in individuals, families, and congregations
- the importance of having a Child Protection Policy
- the elements of a Child Protection Policy
- generating the energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to develop a child protection policy
- how to see that policy through with training, implementation, evaluation, and revision
NM 301E - PREVENCIÓN DEL ABUSO DE NIÑOS Y NIÑAS EN LAS IGLESIAS (209 KB PDF): Hubo una época en la que asumíamos que las escuelas, centros preescolares, guarderías e iglesias eran lugares seguros para nuestra niñez. Ya esto no lo podemos asumir más. Mientras que la mayoría de los adultos ha experimentado la iglesia local como un lugar seguro, informes de abuso físico, emocional y sexual a niños han abierto los ojos a los verdaderos riesgos que los niños y las iglesias enfrentan. El propósito de este taller es conseguir que la gente de la iglesia se vea en la necesidad de desarrollar políticas que se enfoquen en:
- Los tipos y alcance del abuso a niños
- La epidemia del abuso en nuestra sociedad
- El impacto del abuso en individuos, familias y congregaciones
- La importancia de tener una política de protección de la niñez
- Cómo generar la energía, el entusiasmo y el compromiso para desarrollar una política de protección a la niñez
- Cómo ver esa política a través del entrenamiento, la puesta en práctica, la evaluación y la revisión
NM 302 - BASICS OF TEACHING AND RELATING WITH CHILDREN (114 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to help participants explore general characteristics of children and qualities of good teaching, and to do hands-on work developing age-appropriate learning activities. It will work best with a minimum of six participants and can be used as part of teacher-training, an extended meeting of the board of Christian education, or a part of an all-church or regional leader training event or retreat. Not for teachers only, this workshop will be valuable for anyone who works with children from preschoolers through grade 5.
NM 303 - TEACHING THE BIBLE TO CHILDREN (100 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to help people understand and apply two crucial factors in Bible education for children: 1. Children develop from young listeners, to budding readers, to new owners, and finally to investigators; and 2. Children learn biblical truths primarily through relationships.
NM 401 - EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP IN YOUTH MINISTRY (93 KB PDF): The purpose of this workshop is to help participants develop an understanding of the centrality of evangelism and discipleship in youth ministry; and identify ways of developing a youth program based on evangelism and discipleship. During the workshop, participants will explore statements about youth ministry, consider key elements of evangelism and discipleship for youth, and determine specific activities that will help them build a program for youth in their churches.
NM 401E - EVANGELISMO Y DISCIPULADO EN EL MINISTERIO DE JÓVENES (84 KB PDF): Durante este taller los participantes explorarán dos declaraciones diferentes acerca del ministerio de jóvenes, considerarán los componentes claves de evangelismo y discipulado para jóvenes, y determinarán actividades específicas que les ayudarán a elaborar un programa de evangelismo y discipulado para jóvenes en sus iglesias.
NM 403 - BASICS FOR TEACHING YOUTH (140 KB PDF): This workshop introduces participants to the characteristics of adolescent learners, a variety of teaching methods, and the role of adults as facilitators.
NM C405 - MTW: EQUIPPED FOR LIFE! (195 KB PDF) This five-session resource is designed to help youth, ages 15–18, explore what it means to follow Jesus in every day life. The 60 minute sessions can be used in the course of a week, for example for a week of Vacation Bible School, as a regularly weekly study course, or for a weekend retreat.
NM 501 - THE JOURNEY TOWARD WISDOM (98 KB PDF): This workshop provides an example of using Bible stories and personal experiences to gain insight into personal faith journeys with participants relating their journeys to Moses’ journey towards wisdom.
NM 502 - BIBLE STUDY METHODS FOR GROWING DISCIPLES (76 KB PDF): In this interactive workshop, participants will practice three methods of study designed to deepen individuals’ understanding of Scripture as well as enhance their ability to apply biblical principles to everyday life.
NM 503 - MAXIMIZING DISCUSSION IN ADULT SMALL GROUPS (272 KB PDF): This workshop introduces the dialogical learning approach to group study as presented in How to Be the Best Christian Study Group Leader (Judson Press, 2006). Leaders will need a copy of the book and may want to purchase some additional copies for sale to participants who are interested. Call (800)4JUDSON, ISBN 978-0-8170-1500-8, ($16.00), or order online for a 20% discount ($12.80) at www.judsonpress.com. Participants will learn the basic concepts of dialogical learning in small groups through presentation of material and by participating in a group dialogical learning experience.
NM 601E - CULTIVANDO LA FE EN LAS FAMILIAS (67 KB PDF): Durante este taller los participantes recordarán experiencias en las que han ayudado o han recibido ayuda en la formación de su fe. Leerán y discutirán pasajes de las Escrituras que ilustran a la familia como factor primordial en la formación de la fe; y considerarán los diferentes tipos de familias existentes en las iglesias bautistas americanas y como éstas tienen el potencial para fomentar el desarrollo de la fe.
NM 602 - MINISTRIES WITH FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (179 KB PDF): Families that live with disability have a deep need to be welcomed and accepted, as well as a need for practical assistance from their church families. This workshop, designed to be used in conjunction with the handbook A Place Called Acceptance: Ministry with Families of Children with Disabilities, will raise participants' awareness of the impact of disability on the family system and will provide practical suggestions for welcoming children with disabilities—and their families—into the life of the church. Workshop leaders will need to have a copy of A Place Called Acceptance, by Kathleen Bolduc —available for $7.95 plus s&h through the author's Web site, www.kathleenbolduc.com, or by calling (513) 484-1756.
NM 702 - TEACHING WITH RESPECT FOR DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES (209 KB PDF): This workshop has four primary aims: to address common misconceptions and misuse of the concept of "multiple intelligences," to introduce participants to several methods of categorizing learning styles, to help participants identify and mitigate two risk factors in their teaching ministries, and to help participants apply learning styles to their teaching ministries.
NM 702E - ENSEÑAR RESPETANDO LOS DIVERSOS ESTILOS DE APRENDIZAJE (169 KB PDF): Este taller tiene cuatro objetivos primarios: identificar las falsas ideas que existen comúnmente y los usos erróneos del concepto de "inteligencias múltiples" introducir a los participantes en los varios métodos de categorizar estilos de aprendizaje; ayudarles a identificar y atenuar dos factores de riesgo en sus ministerios de enseñanza y ayudarles a aplicar estilos de aprendizaje en ellos.
NM 802 - THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (52 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to walk Nominating Committees through their work by engendering ownership of the role of Nominating Committee member, introducing participants to the functions of a nominating committee, providing guidelines for recruiting leaders, and outlining factors that motivate persons for leadership roles.
NM 804 - THE DEACON AS SERVANT-LEADER (181 KB PDF): This workshop will encourage deacons to replace managerial models with a servant-leadership understanding of the diaconate. The workshop begins with an exploration of the biblical background, giving particular attention to the service-oriented occurrences of "deacon" and cognate words terms. The workshop also offers opportunities for contextualization, inviting participants to explore avenues through which they can exercise their servant-leadership ministries.
NM 807 - THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES (134 KB PDF):
This workshop is designed to help church leaders transform boards and committees from primarily administrative units into spiritual communities on mission; to serve as a catalyst in the transformation process of moving from life-draining meetings to life-giving ones.
NM 808 - STRATEGIES TO MOVE THE SMALL CHURCH FORWARD (195 KB PDF): This workshop explores characteristics of the small church, uses mini case studies to identify levers for change in the small church and guides participants in the development of strategies for ministry in their churches
NM 809 - HOSPITALITY - EXPRESSING AND EXPERIENCING GRACE (194 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to engage participants in the issues around the biblical practice of hospitality. While the workshop will focus primarily on the expression of hospitality in a local congregation, it also has implications for and direct application to participants’ personal lives as they give expression to faith at home, work, or wherever they might be with unchurched people.
NM 811 - DEALING WITH CONFLICT IN GROUP MEETINGS (158 KB PDF): Too often conflict takes away the positive feelings and even threatens results. This workshop is designed to help church leaders accept that conflict is inevitable in church groups and to discover ways of managing conflicts for positive results.
NM 812 - LEADERSHIP AS ENABLING (167 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to move church leaders toward an understanding of the leadership role as one of using one's gifts and position to enable others to discover their places of ministry.
NM 813 - CHURCH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (128 KB PDF): This workshop is designed to help people understand the three primary functions of leadership in the church: (1) to continually communicate a clear and compelling vision; (2) to define the mission and invite people to get involved, and (3) to repeat functions 1 and 2 over and over again.
NM 910 - INTRODUCTION TO THE MISSIONAL CHURCH (78 KB PDF): This is a one session study for groups that could be divided into 2 one-hour sessions. It’s purpose is to introduce participants to the concept of “missional church” and to the steps necessary for moving toward becoming missional.
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