The Path

The Path is: Come. Build. Love.

“The Path” is the expression we use to describe the discipleship path at Asbury. Like any path, there are steps along the way. Additionally, one expects that following a path will lead someplace. The Path at Asbury has steps a person can follow toward becoming a mature, faithful follower of Jesus Christ. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we invite you to join us on The Path!

Come – The first step on the path is to Come Worship. It is in worship that we experience God and respond to the grace God has made available to us through Jesus Christ. This is a great first step, but it is not the end of the path.

Build – The second step on the path is to Build Faith. This normally occurs in a smaller group of people than when we gather for worship. In a smaller group, we find a safe place to explore what faith means in the midst of real life. Through life group conversations, studies, and experiences we take steps to trust God and build faith. As we take this step, we are making progress, but there is still more ahead of us.

Love – The third step on the path is when we turn our God given abilities and desires outward, and we actively Love People as the hands and feet of Christ. This is where we notice the people around us, perhaps those whose names we do not know, and intentionally love them as Christ would love them. We meet them where they are, love them as they are, and invite them to join us on The Path.

Path Ministry Teams

Next Steps

After completing your Gifts and Passions Inventory, pray about joining our leadership teams or identifying where you may belong to pour into others.

To help you determine if a Team Leadership role is right for you, follow these recommended steps. They are suggested as an aid to reaching a decision to accept a role, or not, at this time.

• Review the Team Leadership Role Descriptions
• Review the Team Descriptions
• Watch the respective training module
  • Team 1 Outreach- Module 16
  • Team 2 WOW – Module 17
  • Team 3 Tech Arts- Module 18
  • Team 4 Worship – Module 19
  • Team 5 Care and Followup – Module 20
  • Team 6 Children and Youth – Module 21
  • Team 7 Life Groups – Module 23

If you need the log in and password, send a request with the Login information request form

Glossary of Terms

Gifts  These gifts are special abilities given to us by God to equip us to do certain things well.

Leadership – Plan, organize, and direct the activities to implement God’s will.

Prophecy – Provide spiritual insight and discernment.

Mercy – Respond wholeheartedly with extraordinary compassion to those who are in need, particularly spiritually.

Encouragement – Encourage, build faith, guide, support, and strengthen those in the body of Christ in such a way that they feel valued.

Teaching – Communicate information relevant to the health and ministry of the body and its members in such a way that others will learn.

Serving – Enable them to invest their talents and available resources in the life and/or ministry of another in a manner that helps others accomplish their goals.

Giving – Contribute their material resources to the work of the Lord with liberality and cheerfulness.

Passions   Our passions, are particular areas of interests. The Path’s Ministry Teams are organized around these areas. Volunteers can serve on teams that align with their passions.

Outreach –  Reaching the lost and hurting by inviting them into God’s house, where they will feel the love and acceptance of Christ.

WOW (First Impressions) –  Making church like Heaven on Earth by creating an accepting and friendly atmosphere where the love of God is demonstrated.

Atmosphere and Tech Arts –  Producing the finest, high-tech, professional, and exciting worship service that makes the Word of God seen and heard with cutting edge applications.

Worship – Creating an atmosphere of worship that will literally change lives. While we seek to provide music with excellence, the ultimate goal is to draw one closer to Jesus Christ.

Care & Followup –  Providing the love, acceptance, friendliness, and compassion of Christ to the visitor and to all those who come through the church doors with the purpose of assimilating them into the life and ministry of the church.

Children & Youth – Winning children and youth to Christ, ministering to their needs, encouraging them to serve, and helping them grow into spiritual maturity.

Life Groups – Providing the love, acceptance, friendliness, and compassion of Christ by connecting friends to the church through life groups.

Five Fold Leadership Roles

Role:   Team Leader

• Gift: Leadership – Plan, organize, and direct the activities to implement God’s will.
• Principle Function:  Provides leadership and administration to the team.
• Responsibilities:
  • Oversee all other positions on their team
  • Perform other team members duties, if needed
  • Recruit and appoint other leaders.

Role:   Prayer Leader

• Gift: Prophecy – Provide spiritual insight and discernment.
• Principle Function:  Keep the team unified and focused on God’s will and God’s timing for the work of the group.
• Responsibilities: Prayer- (Individual & Corporate prayer)

Role:   Recruiter

• Gift: Mercy – Respond wholeheartedly with extraordinary compassion to those who are in need, particularly spiritually.
• Principle Function:  Provide motivation and compassion for their team members and individuals within the church body and also serve as a recruiter for their team.
• Responsibilities: Work with the Team Leader to utilize the Gifts and Passions Surveys to recruit and staff the team.

Role:   Encourager

• Gift: Encouragement – Encourage, build faith, guide, support, and strengthen those in the body of Christ in such a way that they feel valued.
• Principle Function:  An Encourager enjoys encouraging people and often visits people when they see a need arise.
• Responsibilities: 
  • Guide and encourage group members, if needed.
  • Getting together and keeping in contact with group members – maintaining friendships.
  • Keeping confidentiality.

Role:   Trainer

• Gift: Teaching – Communicate information relevant to the health and ministry of the body and its members in such a way that others will learn.
• Principle Functions:  Provides leadership and trains new members for their team.  Provides training assistance and coordination to the sub-ministries of their team.
• Responsibilities:
  • Maintain a good knowledge of the job descriptions for all team members duties so that you are ready to train a new person at any time.
  • Spend one on one time with new trainees, preferable on the job.

Support Roles

Role:   Serving

• Gift: Serving – Enable them to invest their talents and available resources in the life and/or ministry of another in a manner that helps others accomplish their goals.
• Principle Function:  Provide help and service to their team using their talents and resources to see their ministry team succeed.

Role:   Giving

• Gift: Giving – Contribute their material resources to the work of the Lord with liberality and cheerfulness.
• Principle Function:  To be a cheerful giver of personal resources to see their ministry team and the church succeed.