The Trellis and the Vine

Posted on 07 July 2018 by Colin Marshall

All Christian ministry is a mixture of trellis and vine.There is vine work the prayerful preaching and teaching of the word of God to see people converted and grow to maturity as disciples of Christ Vine work is the Great Commission.And there is trellis work creating and maintaining the physical and organizational structures and programs that support vine work and its growth.What s the state of the trellis and the vine in your part of the world Has trellis work taken over, as it has a habit of doing Is the vine work being done by very few perhaps only the pastor and only on Sundays And is the vine starting to wilt as a result The image of the trellis and the vine raises all the fundamental questions of Christian ministry What is the vine for How does the vine grow How does the vine relate to my church What is vine work and what is trellis work, and how can we tell the difference What part do different people play in growing the vine How can we get people involved in vine work In The Trellis and the Vine, Colin Marshall and Tony Payne answer these urgent questions afresh They dig back into the Bible s view of Christian ministry, and argue that a major mind shift is required if we are to fulfill the Great Commission of Christ, and see the vine flourish again. New Read eBook The Trellis and the Vine author Colin Marshall – kino-fada.fr This is a good book A very, very good book It says a lot without needing too many pages, and is encouraging and straight forward And it does an amazing job reorienting the modern Christian mindset back into the proper focus of ministry discipling people and training up others to do the same If you are a pastor or elder, this is a must read If you re not, you ll find this book helps you better understand the leader s role, but that most of the chapters aren t practical for you That s not This is a good book A very, very good book It says a lot without needing too many pages, and is encouraging and straight forward And it does an amazing job reorienting the modern Christian mindset back into the proper focus of ministry discipling people and training up others to do the same If you are a pastor or elder, this is a must read If you re not, you ll find this book helps you better understand the leader s role, but...Marshall is a Christian teacher and Payne is a Christian author, and the two team up to write this book challenging churches to reconsider the effectiveness of their programs and goals specifically they argue that churches need to focuson growing its members spiritually the vine in the title and less on events and ministry structures the trellises They don t argue that trellis building is wrong as some believe, merely that our focus should beon vine growth Their arguments Marshall is a Christian teacher and Payne is a Christian author, and the two team up to write this book challenging churches to reconsider the effectiveness of their programs and goals specifically they argue that churches need to focuson growing its members spiritually the vine in the title and less on events and ministry structures the trellises They don t argue that trellis building is wrong as some ...Possibly the single best book on ministry I ve ever read It s a hidden gem recommended by so many popular ministry leaders I respect Chandler, Dever, Duncan, Mohler, etc , but because it is printed by their own publisher Matthias Media , I think it gets less publicity But when you research it, I m not the only one who has come to think this is an astounding book on ministry.What makes it so great A handful of things First, it properly distinguishes the diff...I ve been taught this concept for a while, but it never fell into place as well as it did now that I ve read this book The basic premise is that every church s goal should be to grow the vine the vine being the people, or disciples of Jesus Christ This means making new ones and growing the ones that are already there, by meeting them where they are...All the elders in our church read and discussed this a number of years ago The central images of the book are really helpful, and the book contains a lot of good information Definitely recommended.A refreshing look at ministry.The beauty of this book definitely lies in its simplicity.A healthy ministry focus is on making disciples who will be trained to make other disciples That emphasis prompts immediate agreement, but as we look at ourselves or our churches we can easily spot where this emphasis on disciple making has taken a backseat This is the call of this book...The Trellis and the Vine is an outstanding book Colin Marshall and Tony Payne have really expressed, in just under two hundred pages, some things about ministry that are crucial and dare I say obvious The problem is, these things go against the grain of how most ministers go about their ministry Change is difficult and uncomfortable And when the vine begins to outgrow the trellis, most clergymen get uncomfortable because, as they say in the book, it can get messy and chaotic Don t The Trellis and the Vine is an outstanding book Colin Marshall and Tony Payne have really expressed, in just under two hundred pages, some things about ministry that are crucial and dare I say obvious The problem is, these things go against the grain of how most ministers go about their ministry Change is difficult and uncomfortable And when the vine begins to outgrow the trellis, most clergymen get uncomfortable because, as they say in the book, it can get messy and chaotic Don t understand what I ...Disciples of Jesus make disciples of Jesus, who in turn make disciples of Jesus I think you see where this is going What is a church A church is a called out assembly of disciples joined together in making other disciples More could be said, but this is vital Pastors make disciples but are also tasked with training disciples to make other disciples, and so on This is the Gospel work churches are called to do It s so easy to get off point and begin to be about many other things I wish I Disciples of Jesus make disciples of Jesus, who in turn make disciples of Jesus I think you see where this is going What is a church A church is a called out assembly of disciples joined together in making other disciples More could be said, but this is vital Pastors make disciples but are also tasked with training disciples to make other disciples, and so on This is the Gospel work churches are called to do It s so easy...After chap 1 explained the trellis and vine analogy I found the rest less intriguing But there were some helpful thoughts and it probably made meable to work to be a person set apart for particular responsibilities in gospel work at my church Also whenever I hear someone...Excellent read arguing for a crucial mind shift when it comes to how ministry should be done The book argues for the necessity of discipleship and nurturing the spiritual life of the congregation vine workthan programs Trellis work The only thing I didn t like was that the book spenttime arguing for their position than hashing outpractical here s what doing this looks like points Not that they don t get practical But im one who needs a littledetails as opposed Excellent read arguing for a crucial mind shift when it comes to how ministry should be done The book argues for the necessity of discipleship and nurturing the spiritual life of the congregation vine workthan programs Trellis work The only thing I didn t like was that the book spenttime arguing for their position than hashing outpractical here s what doing this loo...

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07 July 2018

Colin Marshall