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The First Epistle to the Corinthians

Training manual in exegetical principles for mother-tongue translators with application to the translation of 1 Corinthians 9:1-18

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CHURCH: MENTORING NEW CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES by James W. Holsinger, Jr. Christian mentoring of disciples of Jesus Christ in the local church is rarely accomplished. Local churches are engaged in assisting unchurched individuals to enter a saving relationship with Jesus Christ and to embark on the journey to discipleship. Few churches, however, have developed an explicit approach to assisting such individuals on that journey. As a result many individuals fall away from faith when the issue of sin in their lives becomes apparent and the need for resolution becomes real. Although the use of a secular model for mentoring new Christian disciples may seem strange, this study compares Situational Leadership ® to the leadership principles of the Apostle Paul as means of demonstrating its efficacy as a method for mentoring new disciples. In order to develop a model for mentoring Christian disciples, James W. Fowler’s stages of faith, John Wesley’s Ordo Salutis, and the four classic stages of Christian discipleship were used in determining disciple readiness. The names of these four levels of readiness—awakening, purgation, illumination, and union—are based on the four classic stages of discipleship. Wesley’s four forms of prevenient, convincing, justifying, and regenerating grace are involved in leading the Christian disciples into the four stages of discipleship. Fowler’s stages of faith, synthetic-conventional, individuative-reflective, conjunctive, and universalizing, provide the sociopsychological basis for developing the disciple readiness model. The matching mentor styles of behavior have been named forming, guiding, encouraging, and empowering. The mentors engage the mentees based on their readiness as would be expected from the Situational Leadership ® model with the result that Style S1: Forming is used with level DR1: Awakening; Style S2: Guiding with level DR2: Purgation; Style S3: Encouraging with level DR3: Illumination; and, Style S4: Empowering with level DR4: Union. This mentoring model for new Christian disciples may be effectively used in local churches in an effort to assist individuals on their journey of faith. DISSERTATION APPROVAL This is to certify that the dissertation entitled CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CHURCH: MENTORING NEW CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES presented by James Wilson Holsinger, Jr. has been accepted towards fulfillment of the requirements for the DOCTOR OF MINISTRY degree at Asbury Theological Seminary February 20, 2009 Mentor Date February 20, 2009 Internal Reader Date February 20, 2009 Executive Director Date CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CHURCH: MENTORING NEW CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry by James Wilson Holsinger, Jr.

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Christian leadership in the local church : mentoring new Christian disciples

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MATS Degree Completion Program Springfield, Missouri

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1 Corintios 1-4 revela os problemas e as preocupacoes de Paulo com as divisoes na igreja de Corinto. Estas divisoes, descritas como “ciumes e contendas”, aconteciam porque algumas pessoas estavam mais interessados nas caracteristicas dos lideres que veneravam do que na teologia que representavam. Estas pessoas tambem se opunham a Paulo (2.1-5; 3.5-4.21), e a “palavra da cruz” e a referencia a partir da qual ele lida com estes problemas. A “discordia” foi criada por pessoas que declaravam sua lealdade a diferentes lideres (1.11-12). A sabedoria, estimada pelos corintios e, provavelmente, o criterio utilizado na avaliacao e compromisso com estes lideres, e uma categoria conceptual importante do texto. Ha uma correlacao entre estes dois fatores: as criticas apresentadas indicam uma atitude negativa para com Paulo e estao relacionadas com os valores e condutas das pessoas que instigavam a rivalidade que dividia a comunidade. 1 Corinthians 1-4 reveals Paul’s problems and concerns regarding the divisions within the church of Corinth. Such schisms, described as “jealousy and quarreling”, arose because some people were more interested in the traits of the leaders they revered than in the theology they represented. Those people also opposed to Paul (2,1-5; 3,5-4,21); and the “word of the cross” is the point of reference from which he tackles those problems. The “discord” had been sown by people professing their loyalty to different leaders (1,11-12). Wisdom – cherished by the Corinthians, and probably the yardstick employed in their assessment and commitment to those leaders – is an important conceptual category in the text. There is a correlation between these two factors: the criticism referred to suggest a negative attitude towards Paul; and it is linked to the conduct and values held by the people who stirred up the rivalry which split the community apart.

The First Epistle to the Corinthians

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Training manual in exegetical principles for mother-tongue translators with application to the translation of 1 Corinthians 9:1-18

Christian leadership in the local church : mentoring new Christian disciples

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MATS Degree Completion Program Springfield, Missouri

Discovering the Inventory of Spiritual Gift s of Bethel Baptist Church of Rock Hill, Inc., Rock Hill,

The word of the cross, power and wisdom of God: A study of 1 Corinthians 1-4