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Pastor’s Perspective on Ministry

The staff at FBCA have been working this past year on creating and sharing their ministries purpose as well as how those purposes connect to the grandeur purpose of our church. The three sessions below include Dr. Wiles Philosophy of Ministry as the pastor of First Baptist.

Pastoral ConsiderationsCore TheologyRationale for Ministry

This session will help you answer questions you might have about why Dr. Wiles does some of the things he does as the Pastor of FBCA. Below are some of the points he discusses. Use this as a guide to follow along.

Pastoral Responsibilities -

What are the responsibilities of the Pastor?
Do these responsibilities vary from church to church?
Does the size of the church have any impact on the central functions of the office of Pastor?

Pastoral Mentors -

Who and how they influence Dr. Wiles still to this day.

Biblical Imagery -

Overseer
Shepherd
Preacher/Teacher

Personal Commitments -

Authentic – earthy spirituality
Biblical – attend to the Scripture
Theologically thoughtful
Approachable
Prayerful
Spiritual
Pastoral
Vocal
Leader

Pastoral Goals -

Biblical Literacy
Doctrinal Competency
Spiritual Maturity
Missional Community
Pastoral Sufficiency

Dr. Wiles digs deeper into the Core Theological truths that we’ve embraced at FBCA. He will walk through each of these and the scripture behind each one. Below are some of the points he discusses. Use this as a guide to follow along.

**Glorifying God by Following The Jesus Way!**
- Glorify God

Image of God - Genesis 1:26
Glory - Isaiah 43:7, Psalm 8
Glory of God - Exodus 33 – 34
Fall of Humanity - Genesis 3, Romans 3:23

- by Following

Leadership Follow-ship!
Resource: I Am a Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus by Leonard Sweet

- The Jesus Way!

Glory - John 1:1, 14, 16
The Way - John 14:6
Exact Representation of God, Radiance of God’s Glory - Hebrews 1:1-3
Christ in you, Hope of Glory - Colossians 1:27

Spiritual Formation

Form - has to do with the inward life of a person, Galations 4:19
Conform - has to do with the inward life of a person being shaped, Romans 8:29
GOAL - to present everyone perfect/complete in Christ, Colossians 1:24 – 29

Foundational Commitments:

Purposeful - Who am I? What am I to do?

Pilgrims/Aliens, Hebrews 11:13 – 16
Elect/Scattered, 1 Peter 1:1
Children of Abraham, Romans 2:28, 4:16
Connected through Jesus, Romans 10:12-13, Hebrews 8:6,13

Transformational - What is happening to me?

Workmanship, Ep hesians 2:10
Total Transformation, Romans 12:1 – 2
New Creation, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Influential - What is happening Through me?

Salt/Light, Matthew 5:13 – 16

Cultivate, Implement, Measure

Six Spiritual Growth Areas - Learn, Obey, Share, Love, Trust, Worship

Psalm 1 Tree

Dr. Wiles walks through his process of what he views as his primary responsibilities as the leader of First Baptist. Below are some of the points he discusses. Use this as a guide to follow along.