Redeemer Community Church is hosting a seminar on the fundamentals of biblical counseling, Helping Beyond A Hug, on February 3-4, 2017. Christians have an important part to play in the life and ministry of the church. Each of our individual ministries is critically important. Chief among them is the fulfillment of the great commission (). We are all commanded to make disciples. Making disciples is more than just evangelism.
Our mission is to present every man complete in Christ (). This requires us to build one another up in godliness and to restore the brother who has become entangled in sin. We must be effective in all three aspects of disciple making (evangelism, building up, and restoring). The seminar will focus on the restoring ministry of the church. You can register using this Eventbrite link.
Details:
- February 3-4: 6:30pm-9:30pm Friday and 9:00am-2:30pm Saturday
- Location: San Antonio Reformed Church, 8705 Botts Ln, San Antonio, TX 78217
- Cost: $20 to cover dinner, lunch, and booklets which will be provided.
- Registration: People can register using Eventbrite here.
- Homework: The course will require 30 pages of reading and some brief memorization work.
The Teacher:
Dr. Marshall Asher, MABC, ACBC
Director of Redeemer Counseling Services. Dr. Asher has authored 12 books and booklets, has over 20,000 hours of biblical counseling experience, and has lectured extensively.
SCHEDULE:
Friday,
6:30pm Pot Luck Dinner
7:15pm Fundamentals
8:30pm Elements of Disciple Making – 1
Saturday,
9:00am Elements of Disciple Making – 2
10:15am Elements of Disciple Making – 3
11:15am Demonstration: Initial Contact
[ Lunch Break ]
12:30pm Demonstration: The First Session
1:30pm Basics of Marriage Counseling
Lesson 1: Making Disciples
A. Making Disciples is Not Optional
-The Great Commission:
-The Great Omission:
B. The Disciple Maker ; 2:12-13
C. The Goals of Disciple Making
D. The Three Phases of Disciple Making
-Evangelism
-Grounding
-Restoring
A. Involvement
B. Giving Hope
Lesson 3: Elements of Restoring, Part 2
C. Gathering Data
D. Interpretation (Detecting heart idols)
E. Instruction (Teaching from the Bible and assigning them things to do that will help them grow in Christ)
F. Helping Them Develop a Plan of Action
G. Gaining Commitment
Lesson 4: Elements of Restoring, Part 3
H. Implementation and Accountability
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. (ESV)
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. (ESV)
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (ESV)
2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV)
6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (ESV)
6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (ESV)