Refreshing Priorities
1 Peter 3:15
Current Ministry Context
- Challenges in ministry: Statistics on pastoral distress
- Encouragement: It doesn’t have to be this way
Personal Experience
- Reflection on past: Teaching through 1 Peter
- Importance of personal priorities in ministry
Scriptural Foundation
- 1 Peter 3:15: Theme verse and its importance
- Context of suffering and blessing in ministry
Key Realities for Ministry
- Personal devotion to Christ’s lordship
- Corporate dimension: Community support (2 Timothy 2)
- Practical reality: Living out faith (Hebrews 13:15)
Lifestyle Evangelism
- The importance of personal and corporate evangelism
- Teaching congregations to share their faith
Personal Evangelism Examples
- TCU football team chaplaincy
- Reading with children at a local school
- Relationships with non-believers
Encouragement for Lifelong Ministry
- Practicing lifestyle evangelism
- Maintaining joy and refreshment in ministry
Conclusion
- Prayer for the congregation
- Encouragement to stay engaged in relational evangelism and ministry
*The above summary is AI-generated, so discrepancies may exist. Please refer to the audio or video file to verify accuracy.
About the Contributors
Kenneth Horton
Ken Horton trusted Christ as a child, was nurtured by faithful parents and discipled men in college and as an Air Force officer. Ken led a church in Fort Worth for 27 years. During those years, Ken completed a Ph.D at Dallas Seminary, was the chaplain for TCU football for twenty years and raised two delightful children with his wife, Kathy. He has served on the Board of Regents at DTS for sixteen years. For the last decade Ken has helped lead a ministry focused on launching faithful multipliers and encouraging spiritual leaders in the US and other strategic nations.
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