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GROWING THE CHURCH
THE ROLE OF THE LAITY
CONNECTIONAL LAY ORGANIZATION
34TH BIENNIAL SESSION
CHARLESTON, SC
PATRICIA M. MAYBERRY
5TH DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF LAY ACTIVITIES
PRESENTER
LAITY
• WHO ARE WE?
• WHAT’S EXPECTED OF LAITY?
• HOW TO DO FIT INTO GOD’S MISSION
FOR THE CHURCH?
CLERGY
• THE ROLE OF THE
CLERGY IN THE CHURCH
 LEAD THE FLOCK
 FEED THE FLOCK
 WRITE THE VISION AS
GIVEN BY GOD
THE GREAT COMMISSION
MATTHEW 28:19-20
19 GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF
THE HOLY GHOST:
Observe all
things
20 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL
THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE
COMMANDED YOU: AND LO, I AM WITH
YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE END OF
THE WORLD
THE GREAT COMMISSION
• Inspires
• Motivates
• Empowers
•Equips
•Invokes passion
•Transforms
•Anoints
ROLE OF THE LAITY
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PEW MEMBER
SPECTATOR
OBSERVER
PARTICIPANT
DISCIPLE
THE ROLE OF LAITY
• SHEEP BEGAT SHEEP
 TAKING EVANGELISM BY THE HORNS
 TRAINING THE SHEEP FOR THE MISSION
 DEVELOPING LEADERS WITHIN THE LAITY
 DEVELOPING A SPIRITUAL MENTALITY IN
THE EFFORT TO RECRUIT
THE ROLE OF THE LAITY
 ENSURING
ACCOUNTABILITY
 FORCING
TRANSPARENCY
 ADVOCATING THE
VISION
THE ROLE OF THE LAITY
 BRINGING PEOPLE TO CHRIST
CANVASSING AVAILABLE RESOURCES
FAIMLY
WORK
COMMUNITY
 TELLING THE STORY
CASTING THE NETS
LUKE 5:1-7
1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS THE PEOPLE PRESSED UPON HIM TO HEAR THE WORD
OF GOD, HE STOOD BY THE LAKE OF GENNESARET
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AND SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY THE LAKE: BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE
GONE OUT OF THEM, AND WERE WASHING THEIR NETS.
AND HE ENTERED INTO ONE OF THE SHIPS, WHICH WAS SIMON’S, AND
PRAYED HIM THAT HE WOULD THURST OUT A LITTLE FROM THE LAND. AND
HE SAT DOWN, AND TAUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE SHIP.
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NOW WHEN HE HAD LEFT SPEAKING, HE SAID UNTO SIMON, LAUNCH OUT
INTO THE DEEP, AND LET YOUR NETS FOR A DRAUGHT.
5 AND
SIMON ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER, WE HAVE TOILED ALL
THE NIGHT
CASTING THE NETS
AND HAVE TAKEN NOTHING; NEVERTHELESS AT THY WORD I WILL LET
DOWN THE NET.
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AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE THIS, THEY INCLOSED A GREAT
MULTITUDES OF FISHES: AND THEIR NET BRAKE.
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AND THEY BECKONED UNTO THEIR PARTNERS, WHICH WERE IN THE
OTHER SHIP, THAT THEY SHOULD COME AND HELP THEM. AND THEY
CAME, AND BOTH THE SHIPS, SO THAT THEY BEGAN TO SINK.
WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS’ KNEES, SAYING,
DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN, O LORD.
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FOR HE WAS ASTONISHED, AND ALL THAT WERE WITH HIM, AT THE
DRAUGHT OF THE FISHES WHICH THEY HAD TAKEN
CASTING THE NETS
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SO WAS ALSO JAMES, AND JOHN, THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE,
WHICH WERE PARTNERS WITH SIMON. AND JESUS SAID UNTO
SIMON, “ FEAR NOT; FROM HENCEFORTH THOU SHALT CATCH MEN.”
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AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR SHIPS TO LAND, THEY
FORSOOK ALL, AND FOLLOWED HIM.
REAPING THE HARVEST
• ACTIVATING CHURCH GROWTH
 CLERGY AND LAITY MUST DEVELOP A SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP
 CAST THE NETS DEEP FOR THE HARVEST
 ENGAGE IN A FERVENT PRAYER LIFE
 ACTIVATE UNWAVERING FAITH
 BE INCLUSIVE/NOT EXCLUSIVE
 THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
REAPING THE HARVEST
• ACTIVATING CHURCH GROWTH
 STOP ENGAGING IN CHURCH ASSINATION
 REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE PROMOTING (JESUS CHRIST)
 REDEFINE YOUR VILLAGE
 REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY
 PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE IN YOUR CHURCH
 PULL AWAY FROM “JUST THE FEW OF US” MENTALITY
MAKING IT WORK
• ALWAYS REMEMBER
 IT’S THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
NOT OURS
 WORKING AS A TEAM
GENERATES POSITIVE
RESULTS
 ONE COACH, WITH MANY
PLAYERS POSSESSING
VARIOUS TALENTS
WHAT CAN WE DO
TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE
LET’S HEAR FROM YOU!
GOAL
TRAIN , GROW, AND REVITALIZE
GOD’S ANOINTED DISCIPLES
GET TO WORK!
PATRICIA M. MAYBERRY
(310) 764-2101 (H)
[email protected]