Divine initiative and human response: experiencing God in worship through a structured ministry time

John Franklin Howard

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Divine initiative and human response: experiencing God in worship through a structured ministry time

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John Franklin Howard. Divine Initiative and Human Response: Experiencing God In Worship Through a Structured Ministry Time. Asbury Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f87de8cb-a71c-47df-8864-4e7ad5ad0f1a.

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J. F. Howard. Divine initiative and human response: experiencing God in worship through a structured ministry time. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f87de8cb-a71c-47df-8864-4e7ad5ad0f1a

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John Franklin Howard. Divine Initiative and Human Response: Experiencing God In Worship Through a Structured Ministry Time. Asbury Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f87de8cb-a71c-47df-8864-4e7ad5ad0f1a.

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John Franklin Howard

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This project proposes that knowledge of God emerges from a divine-human relationship in which God initiates and people respond. As people outwardly respond to the grace of God in a worship service, they meet God in a profound and transformational way, more deeply than they would if they had only responded inwardly. The project initiated an invitational ministry time during Sunday morning worship of Memorial United Methodist Church and Patton United Methodist Church in Franklin, North Carolina. The project develops a ministry team manual based on a Vineyard-style prayer method and trains members to participate in this invitational prayer ministry. During the four Sundays of Advent, 1996, 201 persons responded to this ministry. They report finding love, peace, comfort, joy, and encouragement in the ministry time experience. The program has generated increased faith and a new sense of openness and expectancy among these individuals and the congregation as a whole.

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