CHMN 201

Exam #4 Study Guide

Questions #1-25

Be able to match distinctive/facts/details with the appropriate Ministry (Children’s, Praise & Worship, Drama, Middle School, Youth, and Pastoral Ministry). ** This comprises 50% of the exam! **

Children’s Ministry

1) If this ministry is deficient, parents will not return – regardless of the preaching.

2) Background checks (FBI) on workers should be required!

3) Lives closest to the auditorium (parents feel much more secure when they are located closely to their kids in service).

4) Lives “In a fish bowl” (Everybody watches over it).

5) Most difficult dept. to recruit workers.

6) You must inform workers of protocols more than any other ministry. (frequent communication between workers).

7) Do not make teachers out of people who are not, by their giftedness, teachers. (they need patience as well as ability to teach with knowledge)

8) Expose your children to ministry.

Praise & Worship Ministry

ü Most hotly debated subject in ministry

ü This ministry has gone “full circle.”

ü Personal experience in praise song lyrics should be aligned with the Scripture.

Drama Ministry

ü Some churches reject drama in fear of Hollywood culture.

ü People remember pictures better than words.

ü If this ministry is done well, it is memorable.

Questions #26-50

Children’s Ministry

Know the non-technical definition (age group) of “Children’s Ministry.”

1) Sin – when you don’t make God happy/when you disobey God.

2) Conviction – the feeling that God gives you to tell you that you did something wrong.

3) Repent – telling God honestly sorry for what you did and you’ll try not to do it again.

4) Salvation – knowing that Jesus has been punished for the things that we have done wrong.

5) Faith – Believing that God does not lie and that He promises to save us if we believe in Him.

6) Heart – the place where you choose to do good or bad.

7) Sanctification – Growing up big and strong and learning how to live like Jesus wants us to live.

8) Baptize – showing God that we are obeying what He said to do, showing everyone else that we believe in Jesus.

9) Church – The people, not the place, who come together to learn about God.

10) Church member –

Be familiar with the “Challenges surrounding evangelizing a child.”

1) Attention span – very short attention ability

2) Did they really believe? – short logical ability

3) Was it communicated effectively?

4) Religious terminology – too difficult vocabulary

5) No spiritual support from home – parents do not teach kids at home

Be familiar with the various ways a parent/adult can tell if the Holy Spirit is possibly working in the life of a child.

Moodiness
Irratability
Change in behavior
Change in interest level
Feel uncomfortable during invitation

Know the two passages of Scripture that we discussed in class that describe Jesus’ love for children.

Matthew 18:10-11 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven”

Matthew 18:5 “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me”

Know what Proverbs 23:24 teaches.

“The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him” (Proverbs 23:24)

Middle School & Youth Ministry

Note the sheets marked “Recommended to study”

Middle school students need shepherds

1. Time of turmoil – Chemical and physical changes

2. Today’s home – ½ of all parents ar divorced

3. Today’s peer pressure – They are willing to do anything to be accepted.

They are open to the Gospel.

1. Their hearts are easily reached.

2. They are in an age of questioning.

3. Changing from families faith to their own.

4. Open to and looking for great challenges

5. Sin has not yet taken control over their lives or became a pattern

One ounce of prevention is a pound of cure

1. They are starting to make decisions

2. Peer pressure gets stronger every year

3. They are teachable and jungry for answers

How can they be reached?

A. With people

1. People who are willing to pour their heart out

2. Genuine people

3. People who have a deep personal walk with Christ

4. Patient people

5. Energetic people

B. With Purpose

1. Go after them

2. Give them something to conquer

3. Harness their energy for ministry

C. Power

1. Equip them

2. Give them the power

Pastoral Ministry ** this comprises 20% of the Exam. **

Be familiar with ALL the distinctive presented in class.

ü Wins the popularity contest!

ü Most scrutinized and criticized ministry. (learn how to overcome criticizms. It’s people’s nature to talk about you. Accept the fact!)

ü Freedom/Liberty is limited the higher you go in leadership.

ü Always on the clock.

ü People will not easily forgive you if you neglect to make it to the hospital, officiate weddings, funerals – Even if you are the best preacher. (pastors need to deal with people’s personal matters)

ü People look at this ministry alone and assume the rest ministries are similar in nature.

ü Pastors must be able to teach the Word!

ü Inherent in this ministry are the pressures of spiritually and practicalyy responsible for all local church ministries.

ü When trouble comes, the congregation will go straight to the top for answers.

ü It is OK to desire the office of a pastor (1 Tim 3:1)

ü Qualifications of a pastor are found in 1 Tim 3 & Titus 1

ü James 3:1 teaches that teachers are at a higher standard

ü A pastor should be able to stand up & say “follow me as I follow Christ”

ü It is incumbent upon the pastor to live an exemplary life of purity.

ü A senior pastor should be pastored by his pastors.

ü A pastor should find the best, safest haven to vent his feelings of joy or frustration in a fellow pastor.

ü A pastor should welcome constructive criticism. Pastor should be questioned as to the decisions they make. The main goal for questioning should be for the purpose of gaining clarity as to the particulars of the vision.