Event: Divisions Among Believers - A Study from 1 Corinthians 1 & 3 | Online Event |
Speaker: Jeremy Witherow
Date: 7 MAY Tue
Time: 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: ALBY Events via ZOOM online
Fee: $11 (Includes participants' notes)
What makes a study of First Corinthians of such importance for believers today – is the way in which the Apostle Paul who wrote it – addresses the same problems that plague our modern churches. One of the issues Paul targets in his epistle is one of division among believers.
Unity in the Church is what makes it strong. When fractured, all manner of problems develop and results in members turning against each other. What’s abundantly clear from Scripture - as well as our own experience is that Satan stands ready to exploit the fickleness of our loyalty to God create divide in our congregations.
One of the key ways he does this is through the hero worship - in the manner that had plagued the Corinthian congregation. The issue of idolising a particular leader over another to the point of division has troubled the Church since its conception.
Whenever an unhealthy dependency is placed on a leader, co-dependency develops and God begins to take second place in our relationship over another. The rise of celebrity Christianity has grown this problem to untenable levels, resulting in leadership idolatry where loyalty becomes more about a leader than God.
What is apparent in such a scenario, is that any leader - no matter how gifted - is a poor substitute to the pure source of truth which can only come through a growing faith in Christ Jesus.
In this teaching, Jeremy draws from First Corinthians chapters 1 and 3 to highlight the dangers of unhealthy leadership idolatry before offering its corrective.
Key topics covered, include:
The basis of church unity
Common causes of congregational division
The dangers of sectarianism in the Church and leadership idolatry
The role of Christian leaders as servant-leaders
The apostolic foundation of the Church and how it is built upon
What constitutes a balanced model of Christian leadership
Correctives to unhealthy leadership loyalty
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jeremy is from New Zealand, and at the age of 23, he was born again and baptised in the Holy Spirit. Called to the ministry, he left his career as a chef and gained a Bachelor of Ministries and a Master of Theology degree.
Jeremy served as a pastor in Singapore for nearly a decade before returning to his homeland, and now serves the Body of Christ through an itinerant teaching, preaching and prophetic ministry.
Jeremy is the author of THE VOICE OF PROPHECY: Reclaiming God’s Guidance for Today’s Church. This comprehensive book of nearly 900 pages on modern prophetic ministry received an endorsement from Bishop Bill Hamon. More details of Jeremy's ministry on www.jeremywitherow.com