Student ministries

Networking conferenceDrakensville 2008

AK Lutakwa

To start with…

“It’s not about you, it’s about Him !!!!”

“For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, everything got started in Him and finds it’s purpose in Him…”

(Colossians 1:16-Msg)

What does that mean?• The ministry is His• The people involved in it are His• The circumstances are under His

control• He calls people, He gives the vision

and the strength to carry on• He brings forth new people and

enables them to continue what others have started

So then, what is our part in all this?

We must: develop clear aims and focus create and use all possible

resources (literature, local, national and international events)

teach and train people to carry on the vision

make sure we, ourselves, are people worth following

2. Create and use all possible resources

Events: Local National International

Literature• News letters• Magazines• Books (Christian

and medical)

Concepts

PostmodernismMulticulturalism

Humanism/HolismSecularism

Relativism- Moral neutralityPrescriptivism

Postmodernism• Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist

movement'. While "modern" itself refers to something "related to the present", the movement of modernism and the following reaction of postmodernism are defined by a set of perspectives. It is used in critical theory to refer to a point of departure for works of literature, drama, architecture, and design, as well as in marketing and business and the interpretation of history, law and culture in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, there is no authoritative definition yet.

• Postmodernism is an aesthetic, literary, political or social philosophy, which was the basis of the attempt to describe a condition, or a state of being, or something concerned with changes to institutions and conditions (as in Giddens, 1990) as postmodernity. In other words, postmodernism is the "cultural and intellectual phenomenon", especially since the 1920s' new movements in the arts, while postmodernity focuses on social and political outworkings and innovations globally, especially since the 1960s in the West.

Multiculturalism

Politically correctness

Holism / Humanism

• According to Joan veon, james Lovelock, formulated the Gaia Hypothesis, which today is known as the worship of the earth. It propagates holism, which perverts and inverts genesis 1.

• Holism is evolution at its finest, man evolves to the point where he is equal with the earth, the plants, and the animals and the environment is elevated to a position of dominance over man.

HumanismHumanism is an ideological, political, and religious belief that

denies the existence of God.  Atheists are humanist, as are new-agers, and many others.  Those who adhere to the "theory" of evolution are humanists as well.  Listed below are the five basic tenets (doctrines) of the Humanist Manifesto. 

1. Religious Humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created.

2.       Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as the result of a continuous process. (evolution).

3.       Moral values derive their source from human experience.  Ethics is autonomous and situational, needing no theological or ideological sanction.

4.       Traditional religions inhibit humans from experiencing their full potentialities.

5.       We can discover no divine purpose or providence for the human species.  We are responsible for what we are or will become.  No

Christianity

• NAMCHRISTIANITY• God is personal  • He is our Heavenly

Father who loves us• God is the Almighty

Creator of the universe, and all within it

• Man is finite, and one of God’s creations

• Rebellion from God is sin

• All have sinned, and all must be saved

• Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins

• Only through faith in Him may man be saved

• Jesus is the Son of God, and is part of the triune nature of God. 

New age

• God is impersonal• God is all and all is God• God is part of creation as

are all of us• There is no sin, only

misunderstanding of the truth

• Man saves himself• Heaven and hell do not

exist, they are state of mind

• There is a literal Heaven, and a literal Hell.Jesus is a man who exemplified “Christ Consciousness, and the divinity that is man

Relativism

• Culture of tolerance

• Moral neutrality• Privatization• Prescriptivism eg

media

Secularism

• Secularism (noun) is the belief that life can be lived, and the universe understood, with little or no reliance on, or reference to, supernatural powers, such as gods. In a secular society, religion (or lack thereof) is a private matter, playing little role in discussions in common public forums.

George Jacob Holyoake(1817-1906)

Global warming

Sustainable DevelopmentA paradigm shift in values, Economics, and Governance• Agenda 21 sets up the global

infrastructure needed to manage, count, and control all of the world’s assets, pastures, rangelands, farmer’s fields, ocean and inland waterways, marine environment, marine life, cities, housing, sewer and solid wastes, methods of production, air, pollution, biotechnology-every aspect of living-farming, production and manufacturing, research and medicine, etc, along with you and me.

The earth charter initiative

• It’s a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.

• Created by global civil society, endorsed by thousands of organisations and institutions, the charter is not only called into action, but a motivating force inspiring change to the world over.

• “ The real goal for the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like Ten commandments:

Maurice Strong-1992(secretary of the UN)

“Do not do the the environment of others what you do not want done to your own environment….my hope is that this charter will be a kind of “sermon on the mount which will guide human behavior toward the environment in the next century”

-Mikhail Gorbachev, The Los Angeles Times, May 8,1997

• “man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence and will to the task”

(Paul Kurtz, humanist manifestos I and II (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1973), p.8-10

• For his great achievements man, utilizing the resources and the law of nature, yet without divine aid, can take full credit. Similarly, for his shortcomings he must take full responsibility.

• Humanist assigns to man nothing less that the task of being his own savior and redeemer”

(Corliss Lamont, The Philosophy of Humanism (New York: Fredrick Unger Publishing Company, 1965 Edition),p.283

Pope preaching green at the UN

“…international action to preserve the environment and to protect various forms of life on earth must not only guarantee a rational use of technology and science, but must also rediscover the authentic image of creation” The pope has argued that environmental protection is a moral obligation and has called global warming: grave concern”

Gender in modern society

Genesis 1:27: so

God created man in his image:…Male and female, he created them

Choices

• Career chooses• Long-term

relationship- Spouse

• Money matters• Where to practice• Private/Public

practice• Rural / Urban

How do we then guide/mentor Christians

students in such a secular environment?

3. Teaching and training people

“It shouldn’t be lonely at the top. If it is, you’ve done something wrong getting to the top.

(John Maxwell)

“Few things will pay you bigger dividends than the time and trouble you take to invest in people. Almost nothing will add more to your stature as an leader and a person.

(Kienzle and Dare In Climbing the Executive Ladder)

3. Teaching and training people

3. Teaching and training people

Qualities of future leaders: what should we be

looking for in people?1. Integrity/ character2. Servanthood

(willingness to serve)3. Positiveness4. Follow-through (look for

the faithful, not the most qualified!)

5. Growth potential6. Big picture mind-set7. Discipline 8. Gratitude

3. Teaching and training people

3. Teaching and training people

How can we teach people?

Mentoring- the best model (Jesus applied it)

Periodical/ regular meetings (local groups)

Training conferences, retreat weekends

Summer camps Talks and lectures Literature

Principles in training…

1. Believe in your future leaders (John 21:15-17)

2. Encourage them (John 14:1; 16:33, Neem 4:14)

3. Share with them (Neem 2: 17-20; John 15:15)

4. Be ready to delegate more and more

5. Spend 80% of your time on the most promising

20% leaders around you

3. Teaching and training people

3. Teaching and training people

Principles in training…

5. Establish a support system Emotional support: ”yes, you can" atmosphere (Lk

10:1-3) Skills training: organizing skills, lecture skills, etc Money: if needed invest money in your people Equipment: to do the right job, you need the right

tools

6. Be committed, serious and available for your people

7. Delegate!

3. Teaching and training people

3. Teaching and training people

4. Character and credibility

“Example is not a thing in influencing others…it’s the ONLY

thing”

(Albert Schweitzer)

“The legacy you leave is the life you lead”

(John Maxwell)

“A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his

master. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher,

and the servant like his master” (Matt 10:24, 25)

(Jesus Christ)

CHRISTIAN DOCTORS IN THE

MAKING

“Whom shall I send?, Here I am use me Lord” (1Sam3:10;Is6:8)

MSCF

Orientation

Everybody sees how

you seem, however, only some know who you are

Pray and Pray and pray!!

The greatest events, aren't the loudest, but the most quiet

hours

Welcome ceremony

Philip.3:13

Sanctity of life week

Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person” It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

Valentine outreach

Life is drawing without an eraser

Gospel concert

Is wise, he who win soul (Proverb 11:30)

Healing ministries• CMF breakfast

meetings• Jan talks, different

guest speakers

Under the baobab“…I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart (1Cor.1:19)

Annual camp

Paediatric outreachWe seldom think

ofwhat we have,

but always think of

what we miss

Easter eggs

Evangelism campaign“Go ye therefore,

and teach all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe

all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, so, I am with you always, even unto the

end of the world. Amen”

Matthew 28:19-20

• Purpose driven life• The Alpha Course

Conferences

• Taiwan• George• Malawi• Australia?

Gender in modern society

• Women of virtue dinner

• Men of impact breakfast

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2Cor 5:17 )

Biblical worldview conference

Zimbabwe camp

Your view affect your action

Dedication ceremony

To God be all the glory for ever

International outreaches

Do unto others what you would like them to do for you (Mat.7:12)

Food for thought for Christmas

The spirit of God is upon me for he has sent me to preach preach the gospel to the poor, set captives free…(Is 61:1)

“And you show that you are the letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stones but on tablets of human hearts” 2Cor3:3