The Mutual Ministry of Women and Men, Part 1 - Leader

The Mutual Ministry of Women and Men
- Part 1: "Our Shared Priesthood in Christ"

Leader's Guide by Rev. Dr. Steven E. King
(Go HERE to purchase the Part 1 Participant Book)

This fifteen-session, three-part series focuses on how the whole people of God minister together as part of the Priesthood of All Believers. It looks at what it means for each of us to “do ministry” in our everyday life of faith, especially in regard to how we are called to communicate the grace and mercy of God to others in Christ. 

Part 1 of 3: Our Shared Priesthood in Christ
(Click SAMPLE to download a sample leader session.)
This first part focuses on what it means to be an ambassador of Christ and our particular calling to speak his words of grace and forgiveness to one another in Christ’s name.

Session 1)   All the Disciples of Jesus
                     Our Common Calling as Followers of Christ

Session 2)  Ambassadors for Christ
                     God’s Command to Speak on His Behalf

Session 3)  The Authority of Christ Himself
                     Handing on the Word We Have Received

Session 4)  The Priesthood of All Believers
                     Ministry of the Whole People of God in Christ

Session 5)  Standing in for Christ or for the Church?
                     Executors of God’s Will and Testament
 

Longer Description from the Introduction to the Study

This series is perhaps the most detailed and in-depth study that Sola has produced thus far. Four pages of content and questions make up each session. Most of the content is in the form of questions focused on specific Scripture texts. Additional information and examples are provided in call-out boxes along the way. These include a number of quotations from Martin Luther and the Lutheran Confessions, which show how the teachings of Scripture are the foundation of our particular faith tradition. The themes in the study progress from session to session, each building upon what came before, with a summary of the major points at the end of each chapter. All three parts of the series are connected and are intended to be used in succession.

All the content needed to participate in the study is included in the student book; however, the leader’s guides to this series include more material than most other Sola leader’s guides. In addition to providing a response guide for the study’s discussion questions, extra related material is provided in topical Excursus blocks for which there was not enough space in the student books, including pastoral reflections and anecdotes from actual ministry situations that speak to the themes of each chapter.