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  • Essay / Church Revival and Its Pastor - 522

    I attend a small church located in the middle of a downtown neighborhood in Shreveport, Louisiana. The congregation averages about 25 members, of which about 15 attend service regularly. Demographically, the church's congregants are primarily: black women, ages 16 to 42, living in single-parent families, low-income, having less than a high school diploma or college education. university studies. Most were not raised in the church, so currently their biblical perception is one of individuality. The pastor is a 60-year-old woman from a rural environment. She has the equivalent of a fourth grade education with no theological training. Her faith is unequivocal and she has a love and passion for the Church that can seem a little neurotic at times. The foundation of his church is based on the old Pentecostal/Apostolic school. His message is therefore harsh. It is evident that an anointing from God compensated for the lack of education. She was endowed with the gift of Wisdom and Knowledge. The way God gives him revelatory insight is quite impressive. The vision that God has given to the pastor for this particular ministry is to: spread the Gospel throughout the nations, discipling people for continuity of the message and self-improvement. How can a small church with few resources accomplish this mission? How can this ministry become sufficiently motivated to move away from individualist ideology and move towards solidarity? My suggestion: prepare disciples and define and implement a holistic ministry. One of the major missions of the Church is to bear witness to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Before Christ's physical death, he recruited men to carry his message. “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Mt 4:19). These fishers of men would be known as disciples. The term disciple is derived from the Greek mathētēs, meaning student or pupil. It is even suggested that some ancients believed that a disciple imitated the life of his teacher. If we, the Church, are to become “fishers of men,” then we must respond to the call of personal commitment. How can we lead others to Christ if we do not know Him? The first step to discipleship is developing a personal relationship with Christ..