CHMN 201
Introduction to Church Ministries
STUDY GUIDE
Be familiar with the following content from Chapters 1 – 5 of:
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
Taken from Chapter 1 – “Leaving a Trail of Dust”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Real ministry is not about being so dirty that a cloud
of dust follows us. But it is about being so busy getting our hands dirty SERVING GOD
that we leave a cloud of dust in our wake." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "[Diakonos] indicates not just “work” in general, but
primarily “work that BENEFITS SOMEONE ELSE." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "While we are not certain of its origin, it could be the
product of compounding the words διά (“spreading”) and κόνις (“dust”), so as to mean,
properly, “RAISING DUST BY ACTIVITY.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Jesus wanted His young followers to understand
that UNLIKE in the world system, when it comes to Christian leadership the measure of
real success is SERVICE." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Real Christian ministry is not about being OVER
people and bossing them around. It is about getting UNDER people and lifting them up.
It is not about GETTING, but about GIVING. It is not about being SERVED; it is about
SERVING AND SACRAFICE." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Paul was a man who understood real ministry. He
lived the life of a SERVANT (διάκονος – Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23,25) and a
SLAVE to God (δοῦλος- Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:10; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:1)." (be
able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Real ministry is simply DOING YOUR PART." (be
able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Paul described his ministry (διακονία) as
BLAMELESS (2 Corinthians 6:3) and himself as a minister (διάκονος ) who was
COMMENDABLE to God (2 Corinthians 6:4)." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Paul makes it crystal clear – the real servant of
Christ serves in spite of DIFFICULTIES and DANGERS." (be able to fill in the blanks)
•According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, "Real ministry often leads us out of comfort and
convenience into dangerous situations. It is serving NO MATTER WHAT." (be able to fill
in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 2 – “Getting Your Ears Pierced for Jesus”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "For those of us called into a life of ministry, we need
to recognize that ministry means being the SLAVE of Jesus Christ." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "A bond-slave is OWNED completely by his or her
Master." (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "The bond-servant's mindset involves:
a.I serve WHERE He wants
b.I serve when He wants
c.I serve how He wants
d.I serve WHO He wants
e.I serve ONLY IF He wants
f.I serve Him no matter what.
4.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "A bond-slave is one whose will and capacities are
ACTIVELY ENGAGED at the service of another." (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "Being a bond-slave of Jesus Christ is an ACTIVE,
not a PASSIVE venture." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "Past SUCCESS is often the cause of failing to
experience God in the present(be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "A bond-slave finds his or her greatest and only true
FREEDOM in serving the Master." (be able to fill in the blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "A bond-slave finds his or her IDENTITY in the
Master." (be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "A bond-slave is devoted to the Master by CHOICE."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, "In other words, for the “doulos,” the bondservant, the
love-slave, the STEEL PIERCED EAR was a symbol of a love pierced heart." (be able to
fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 3 – “A Mission of Mercy”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Who better to deliver the message of mercy than
those who have personally experienced God’s MERCY?" (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Believing that this message would not only convert
the people of Corinth to a belief system contrary to his own but also would alter their
social activities, SOSTHENE’S hatred for Paul escalated to the point that he physical
detained Christians and pursued legal prosecution against them." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "God desired that SINFUL men and women would
experience His mercy!" (be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Therefore it seems that if the entire church is
comprised by those who have been recipients of God’s mercy and can only be
populated by those who have admitted their need for the mercy of God, that the mission
of every minister in the body of Christ should be a mission of extending God’s great
mercy to the world!" (be able to fill in the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Mercy is God’s amazing kindness in not giving us
the punishment and judgment we deserve." (be able to fill in the blanks)
6.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Effective ministry is remembering where you came
from.” (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "It is remembering that you have been the recipient
of God’s mercy and being a conveyor of that mercy to others." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
8.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "When the Holy Spirit desires to convey the truth that
God is merciful, the Scriptures will occasionally pluralize the word (“mercies”). Scripture
writers do this in order to either show that source of God’s mercy is INEXHAUSTIBLE!"
(be able to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Our mandate as servants of Christ is to Be
MERCIFUL MINSTERS." (be able to fill in the blanks)
10.According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, "Ministry is… A MISSION OF MERCY." (be able to
fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 4 – “Giving Headaches to Hell”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
1.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, in his journals, Jim Elliot wrote, "Oh that God would
make us DANGEROUS!" (be able to fill in the blanks)
2.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "Along with four other men, [Jim Elliot] was martyred
in 1956 while attempting to evangelize the WAODANI people through efforts known as
Operation Auca" (be able to fill in the blanks)
3.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "We have forgotten that ministry is spiritual warfare.”
(be able to fill in the blanks)
4.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "Charles Thomas (C.T.) Studd was the most
outstanding CRICKET PLAYER in England at the end of the 19th century." (be able to fill in
the blanks)
5.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "After nearly a decade in India, Charles heard about
the urgent need for missionaries in the wild, unexplored interior of AFRICA." (be able to fill in
the blanks) (Thailand, Cambodia, South America)
6.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "Ministry is much more than a mere CAREER
CHOICE. It is enlisting in a battle and giving headaches to hell." (be able to fill in the blanks)
7.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "They soon discovered that a SECOND-HAND
RELATIONSHIP with Jesus is not enough when encountering the dark spirits of the devil."
(be able to fill in the blanks) (booming voice, false confidence, courageous command)
8.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "Before the evil spirits prompted the man to beat the
sons of Sceva, one of them declared, “Jesus I know, and PAUL I RECOGNIZED!” (be able
to fill in the blanks)
9.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "Yet, merely mouthing the words, obviously did not
work. There needed to be a supporting the words." (be able to fill in the
blanks)????????????
10.According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, "But you and I can and must live POSITIVELY
DANGEROUS lives for God." (be able to fill in the blanks)
Taken from Chapter 5 – “Joining the Jesus Discipleship Academy”
Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and
Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "That seems obvious enough, but often when we
read, study, and teach the Bible we leave out that one simple fact – Jesus was
JEWISH." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "When Andrew, Peter, James, and John saw Jesus
that day and heard His invitation to follow Him, they understood that this was a
summons into a serious and significant APPRENTICESHIP OF DISCIPLESHIP." (be
able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "MEMORIZATION was a prime learning technique of
the first century.
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "As they grew, older boys went on to learning key
chunks of the OLD TESTAMENT and girls learned the PSALMS." (be able to fill in the
blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "Therefore, memorization of the LAW, the key
portions of the rest of the Old Testament, and their rabbi’s words was essential." (be
able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "The followers of a rabbi not only memorized his
words, they imitated his LIFE." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "Note that it was not merely a call to follow Jesus, but
it was also a call to “_____ ______ ____." (be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "As members of The Jesus Academy, the disciples
were to develop the compassion for lost people that characterized their RABBI, Jesus."
(be able to fill in the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "To follow Jesus as their rabbi and they as His
disciples, James and John were also saying farewell to their FATHER." (be able to fill in
the blanks)
According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, "Tradition also says that Andrew was crucified on an
X-shaped cross in PATRAS, GREECE."(be able to fill in the blanks)
