Disclaimer: Feel free to read the answers and use them for guidance. Please don't plagiarize. It's likely your BOOM knows how to use Google. That's the basic amoral reason to not copy. The moral reason is that plagiarism is lying. The more important reason is you need to answer these questions. The Board needs to know what you believe. Even more so, you need to know what you believe.
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Note: Because of plagiarism concerns I have included only the opening sentences of each answer. Good luck with your paperwork.
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12. How do you perceive yourself, your gifts, your motives, your role, and your commitment as a Provisional Member in the United Methodist Church? As a Provisional Member in the United Methodist Church, I perceive myself as a servant, a leader, an equipper and encourager, and, most importantly, as a member of the body of Christ. As followers of Christ, we are all a part of the Body of Christ – Christ incarnate, working in the world for the furtherance of God’s reign. As a commissioned Provisional Elder, I will work (by the power of the Holy Spirit) in the ministries of Word, Sacrament, Order, and Service as dictated by The Book of Discipline (¶326) to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
I believe that I am gifted for ministry as a Provisional Member...
13. Describe your understanding of the diakonia, the servant ministry of the church, and the ministry of the Provisional Member and commissioned minister. Diakonia is the Greek word for “service.” In this context, it implies the ministry of all Christians, which is a ministry of service. In the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, we see a perfect example of servant leadership. “The New Testament witness to Jesus Christ makes clear that the primary form of his ministry in God’s name is that of service, diakonia, in the world” (Discipline ¶305). This is an example each of us is called to follow; “all who follow Jesus have a share in the ministry of Jesus, who came not to be served, but to serve” (Discipline ¶305).
In the New Testament, the word diakonia and its root word diakonos are translated in various places as either ministry/minister or service/servant...
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