Training Lay Leaders At Parkway Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky, Using Principles Found In Nehemiah

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to emphasize characteristics needed to be more effective as a leader in the local church. It also was to equip lay leaders with some of the skills needed to be more effective leaders in the church. It included biblical lessons from Nehemiah that dealt with prayer, obedience, worship, confronting sin and conflict resolution. The project also incorporated the importance of these relative to church health. Chapter 1 is an overall look at the demographics of the church, the rational, purpose, goals, and methodology for the project. Chapter 2 is the biblical basis of the project. Chapter 3 combines the biblical basis with church health. Chapter 4 describes the implementation of the project. The final chapter contains the evaluation and reflections from this project