CHMN 201
Introduction to Church Ministries
Exam 4 – STUDY GUIDE
Be familiar with the following content from Chapters 11 – 20 of:
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
Taken from Chapter 11 – “Saying Here Am I, Send Me”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "The beings that are closest to God are a special
type of angels called “seraphim.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "The word “seraphim” is a Hebrew word meaning
“burning ones”(be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11," “Holiness” is a word that means “separation.” (be
able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "In seeing the Lord, Isaiah was confronted with an
amazing, astounding awareness of the absolute holiness of God … and it crushed him."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "I believe that just as the angels are perpetually
crying out “Holy, holy, Holy” because they cannot help it. God is constantly crying out
“Who Will Go” because He cannot help it." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "We must never lose sight of the fact that our God
is a sending God." (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "You cannot truly be a follower of Jesus until you
are willing to go." (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "You are not truly following Jesus until you are
intentionally going for Jesus." (be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, "Ministry is getting a fresh vision of God." (be able
to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is, chapter 11, Ministry is Coming clean before God so we can
hear the voice of God. (be able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 12 – “Responding to the Call of God”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "It is helpful to think of a calling as “a compelling
invitation.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "I define and describe the call to church ministry as
an inner conviction from God confirmed by the church, verified by giftedness,
supported by results." (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "While it is true God calls everyone to minister to others,
to do what they can to serve those around them, God does not call everyone into
professional ministry as a lifetime vocation.”7 (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "The calling was often to a seemingly impossible
task." (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "The calling is accompanied with the promise of
God’s protection and provision." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "Often the confirmation God gives comes to us
through the results He gives." (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "With a call comes giftedness." (be able to fill in
the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "If someone is called and is walking with the Lord,
the desire to serve the Lord deepens and continually intensifies." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, "A person can know when they are fulfilling their
calling because service in that area is accompanied by great energy and peace." (be able
to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is, chapter 12, Therefore, it is often advised that when it comes to
church ministry, if you can do anything else, then do it. (be able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 13 – “Living a Life of Prayer”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Too many good leaders burn out or wear out
under the immense weight of spiritual leadership." (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, First, Moses was to prayerfully intercede for
the people. Second, he was to practically teach the Word. Third, he was to personally
select, train, and deploy layers of leaders to deal directly with the people. (be able to fill
in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Observe the fact that of Moses’ three primary
tasks, prayer was first."(be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Prayer -first ministry is God-blessed ministry."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Timothy was a young pastor leading the large
and significant church of Ephesus." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Luke wanted us to see that as a human leader,
Jesus lived a life of prayer." (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "All other factors being equal, the difference
between effective and ineffective spiritual leaders is prayer." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Prayer is certainly not the only act of
leadership, but it is the indisputable common denominator of spiritual difference-makers
in every generation and in any setting." (be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "To think we are too busy to pray shows a failure
to understand that prayer actually saves time and effort." (be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Prayer is a powerful time-saver." (be able to fill
in the blanks)
11.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 13, "Ministry is doing spiritual work by spiritual
means." (be able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 14 – “Maintaining Perspective”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, "Paul saw all of life through the lens of eternity."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, "Paul understood that every time we go through
suffering, God gives us a key to unlock another set of hearts." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, I find the most energy in ministry comes when I
take God very seriously and don’t take myself too seriously. (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, You will last in ministry when you learn to
accept your shortcomings, admit your mistakes, and laugh at yourself as you place the
focus on Christ." (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, In order to endure in ministry we must maintain
authenticity." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, Enduring ministry is the result of maintaining a
perspective of authenticity (pg . 140) or gratitude (pg. 139)." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, Paul endured in ministry because he had no sense
of entitlement." (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, Ministry has a way of stealing our courage. We
become discouraged and want to quit when we feel that we are entitled to more or better."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, Don’t forget that being allowed to minister to
others is a gift to be appreciated, not a right to be demanged."(be able to fill in the
blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 14, Jesus lived with an eternal(?) perspective. (be
able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 15 – “Refusing to Coast”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Coasting relationally leaves you either dealing
with a lot of conflict or all alone." (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Godliness is the fruit of a spiritually disciplined
life." (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Peter tells his readers that God has already given
us everything we need to please God and live godly." (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Great talent only yields great achievement
when it is linked with great discipline and persistent practice effort." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Discipline is hard, but ultimately living without
discipline is harder." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Highly effective leaders know the value of
“sharpening their axes.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "What we are is more the product of our
decisions than our conditions." (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Highly effective ministry leaders know the
value of investing in their personal growth." (be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "The secret of growth and long term
effectiveness is found in your daily habits and weekly plans." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 15, "Earley gives five steps to constructing a
personal growth plan, they include; 1. Set a few growth goals, 2. Gather necessary tools,
3. Develop a plan that fits you, 4. Schedule time to grow, 5. Get started." (be able to fill
in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 16 – “Loving People”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16, "If we hope to be powerful in ministry we need
to be like Jesus. We must be people of evident love." (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"Learn to be good at relationships and your life
will be blessed and your ministry multiplied." (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"Someone said that ministry would be great if it
were not for the people." (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"There is no way to be effective in ministry to
people without loving people." (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"If you aren’t influencing people, you aren’t
ministering to them." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"The challenge and the encouragement of this
command is that He tells us to love one another as Jesus has loved us ". (be able to fill
in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"Jesus was a man of love." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"We can love our enemies because love is a
choice and an action, not a feeling and an emotion." (be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"You get better at love by practicing love. You
can become an expert at relationships." (be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 16,"They [effective ministers] constantly think of
ways to make deposits in the lives of the people around them." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
Taken from Chapter 17 – “A Life without Compromise”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “According to the Word of God, we can see that spiritual
giants are anyone who has developed an uncompromising commitment to live
according to the truths of the Word of God…no matter what.” (be able to fill in the
blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “The ones that God said possessed a
commendable testimony are a group of unnamed people mentioned at the end of
Hebrews 11.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “Strong integrity and godly character are
essential for long term effectiveness in ministry.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “Ministry is the result of living an
uncompromising life of unwavering faith.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “People attribute honor and spirituality to a
person who exhibits one major characteristic: an uncompromising life.” (be able to fill
in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, It is the final few words that I believe captures
the essence of an uncompromising minister, “For he trusted in his God.” (be able to
fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “How could a man have such amazing,
uncompromising faith? Because by this time in Daniel’s life, it had become his default
reaction to obey God!” (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “Decide now and begin cultivating a pattern of
obedience so that you will exercise spiritually before any temptation comes!” (be able to
fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “Friends determine to a great degree the kind of
people we will be.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 17, “You must be making the uncompromising
choices today in order to be a person of unwavering character tomorrow.” (be able to
fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 18 – “Loyalty to the Truth”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "One of the greatest challenges of ministry is
learning to distinguish between what is true and what is not." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
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Taken from Chapter 19 – “Living Up to Your Name”
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, We minister in order to counteract the cultural
tendency to ignore, discredit, and diminish biblical Truth! (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "One of the Enemy’s current strategies involves
replacing absolute truth with relative truth." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "Relative truth is something that is true to some
people and not to others." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "Absolute truth is something that is true at all
times and at all places." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18," Yet, Jesus is much more than someone who
knows the truth, He is the truth." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "God’s truth is the only way to liberate a captive
heart." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, The Word of God can save you! The Word of God
can teach you all truth! The Word of God can lovingly confront your sin! The Word of God
can correct any incorrect ideas of life! The Word of God can guide you in ever decision
you make! The Word of God can equip you to navigate through life with the proper
perspective! (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "Ministry is understanding the philosophy of a
dark world that embraces relative truth." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 18, "Ministry Is passionately, carefully, and lovingly
engaging a dark world with the truth." (be able to fill in the blanks)
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, "Meaning, if you pay close attention to the
“names” of God in the Bible, you quickly notice that they are not necessarily “names” of
God at all but rather they are descriptions of His character in that particular
story/situation/scenario in the Bible." (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, “Jehovah Jireh” (Genesis 22:14) = The Lord our
provider (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, “Jehovah Rapha” (Exodus 15:22-26) = The Lord
our healer (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, “Jehovah Shalom” (Judges 6:24) = The Lord our
peacemaker (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, "The goal of ministry is not to merely do church,
but to be the church." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, By utilizing the word “body,” the Lord is
reinforcing in our minds that His desire for us is that we all remain UNIFIED together
under Him!" (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, "In the Bible, sometimes the “church” is called
the “bride” of Christ in order to remind all believers that we all remain FAITHFUL to
Him." (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, "God often depicts the “church” as the “flock” of Christ
in order to remind us that we should be continually DEPENDANT upon him." (be
able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, Another description of our necessary character is
found in the Biblical word “fellowship”. Here, the Lord is describing to us that He
expects all of us to remain SUPPORTIVE of each other. (be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 19, “Royal Priesthood.” In using these words, the
Lord is telegraphing to us that He not only expects but requires all believers to be PURE
and HOLY vessels before Him." (be able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 20 – “Keeping the Obedience Bar High”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence”
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "Ministers need to accept the fact that they
are held to a higher standard by virtue of their elevated level of influence upon the
Body of Christ and live their lives according to this standard!" (be able to fill in the
blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "But the minister’s most powerful tool to
effect change in another person’s life – pro or con – is their example." (be able to fill
in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "First, Paul emphasizes the need to take great
care in his personal life." (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "Second, after he instructs him to have his
personal life in order, Paul then shifts to the subject of how Timothy should perform
his formal ministerial duties." (be able to fill in the blanks)
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According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "Third, Paul describes the scope of the impact
that could potentially be made by a minister who uses his sphere of influence to
affect change within the Body of Christ." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "Living the truth prior to preaching the truth
will most positively influence the people to whom you minister!" (be able to fill in the
blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "He understood that with the position of
influence comes the heightened responsibility to use his influence." (be able to fill in
the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "God desires that all ministers back up their
speech, sermons, devotionals, and their performance of all formal ministerial duties
with a life that lives out the truth prior to the preaching." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, Performance without character is
unacceptable to God. (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is…, chapter 20, "Ministry Is, understanding the minister’s
heightened level of influence and greeting this reality with a passion and eagerness
to meet His expectations for His Glory." (be able to fill in the blanks)
