Exploring
the Quadrennial Theme
Bishop Darryl B. Starnes, Sr.,
Presenter
Exploring
the Quadrennial Theme
Fortifying Our Faith
While Focusing on Our Future
Through
• Worship
• Leadership
• Discipleship
• Stewardship
Fortifying Our Faith
Faith is our trusting response
to what God has promised or commanded.
• Dynamic Faith
• Head Faith
• Temporal Faith
• Saving Faith
Fortifying Our Faith
How then is faith fortified?
• Faithful attendance to the appointed means
of grace
• The Ministry of the Word
• The Public and Private Worship of God
Fortifying Our Faith
Dynamic
Faith
Prevenient
Grace
Sanctifying
Grace
Saving
Faith
Means of
Grace
Justifying
Grace
Fortifying Our Faith
Sunday
Worship
Sunday
School
Personal
Study
Personal
Prayer
Prayer
Meeting
Bible
Study
The
Means
of Grace
Class
Meeting
Focusing on Our Future
Our Storied Past
• From 1 Church in 1796
• To thousands of Church on 5 Continents
• The Freedom Church
• Frederick Douglas
• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth
Focusing on Our Future
Our Promising Future
Worship
• Authentic Worship
Right Object (God)
Right Objective (Pleasing Him)
Right Relationship with God
Worship
• Inspiring WorshipIn proper balance
In Spirit
In Truth
Leadership
• Transformative Leadership
Leaders Are Transformed
Congregational Transformation
Community Transformation
Leadership
• Empowering Leadership
Empowers others to lead and serve
Equips the saints for their ministry
Helps people discover, develop, and
use their spiritual gifts
Uses nominating power to help people
find their place in meaningful ministry
discipleship
• Disciple-Making
Evangelism: sharing the gospel
Baptism: initiating and assimilating
new converts into a loving church
Teaching: training converts to obey
the commands of Christ
discipleship
• Small-Group Discipleship
Henderson: the class meeting was the most
influential instructional unit in Methodism
Beecher: The greatest thing John Wesley ever
gave to the world is the Methodist classmeeting.
Moody: The Methodist class-meetings are
the best institutions for training converts the
world ever saw.
Stewardship
• Faithful Stewardship
The stewardship of our time, talents,
treasures, and temple
The stewardship of God’s mysteries,
our ministries, and our management
of His Church
The stewardship of the care of souls
Stewardship
• Tithing
God’s plan
For financing His Church
For the support of its ministries
For meeting the needs of the
community
For the evangelization of the world
Conclusion
Isn’t it time?
Conclusion
O Zion Haste!