Date
7-2020
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Chair
Adam McClendon
Keywords
Discipleship, Elder, Pastor-center Model
Disciplines
Christianity | Religion
Recommended Citation
Acevedo, Juan Victor, "Effective Pastoral Leadership to Catalyze a Disciple-Making Church" (2020). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 2586.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2586
Abstract
Most churches are in a current state of plateau or declining. Although there are several variables that contribute to this status, a lack of willing and qualified disciplers have contributed to it. Why is there a lack of willing and qualified disciplers? Do pastors understand their biblical role as equippers? Does the church understand their role in ministry? Through the result of this research, the researcher will propose a biblical-based discipleship plan as well as other biblical recommendations to ameliorate the areas identified with deficiencies to improve leadership as well as the discipleship-making process.
