Finding examples of research papers that I want my students to emulate ahs been difficult, but I think these two introductions will be useful. I'm sharing them with one of my classes in a few minutes:
THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR TEAM MINISTRY by WILLIAM B. BADKE
The concept of team ministry in the local church has become very popular in the past two decades. Instead of the individual pioneer missionary or church planter, we now more commonly have mission and church planting teams. The multiple staff church has become the norm, with even many small churches having more than one pastor, paid or unpaid.
A definition of team ministry, for our purposes, will be a team of two or more persons consciously engaged together in ministry on a full-time or significantly extensive part-time basis, usually in a paid capacity. This definition would not, of course, rule out lay ministry teams which use volunteers.
The key question to examine is whether evidence of team ministries exists in the Bible? If biblical examples or encouragements toward team ministry cannot be found, the current trend will have to be re-evaluated by Evangelicals.
Regulate Use of Cell Phones on the Road by Angela Daly
When a cell phone goes off in a classroom or at a concert, we are irritated, but at least our lives are not endangered. When we are on the road, however, irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating: They are putting our lives at risk. Many of us have witnessed drivers so distracted by dialing and chatting that the resemble drunk drivers, weaving between lanes, for example, or nearly running down pedestrians in crosswalks. A number of bills to regulate use of cell phones on the road have been introduced in state legislatures, and the time has come to push for their passage. Regulation is needed because drivers using phones are seriously impaired and because laws on negligent and reckless driving are not sufficient to punish offenders.
ESL blog is one of many Blogs for learning English & teaching English. Translation services information.