Empowering God's People for Ministry - Greg Ogden

The apostle Paul tells us that the role of those in key leadership positions is to equip, prepare, or even disciple the saints who then in turn are to do the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12). But long-standing tradition in the church has removed the saints as the ministers and given that title to pastors, missionaries, and parachurch workers. We need to recover an equipping ministry and snatch it away from what has become a dependency model. This talk is based upon Greg Ogden’s book Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God.

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Greg Ogden retired from professional church leadership in 2012 and now lives out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciple-making mission of the church. Most recently Greg served as Executive Pastor of Discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Illinois in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Lay Equipping and Discipleship. Prior to coming to Fuller, Greg enjoyed 24 years in pastoral ministry. He is the author of six books.  Dr. Ogden is a principal partner in a new ministry entitled the Global Discipleship Initiative (GDI). GDI trains, coaches, and inspires pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking networks, both nationally and internationally (globaldi.org).

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