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In The Beginning

This project is being presented with the hope that it will help spiritually deficient churches that wish to revitalize the spiritual life of their congregations. Asbury Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, the context, was an example of a church in need of a revitalized spiritual life. In other words, it was a congregation that needed a closer relationship with God. This project proposes that prayer and Bible study in a consistent manner will foster revitalized spiritual life in a congregation. I would like to give you a little background regarding my healing and accepting the Lord Jesus as my Savior. I believe this is when my relationship with the Lord became real. At the age of 22, the Lord healed my body. It happened on a Sunday morning after suffering with a nervous condition for over six months. On that particular morning, after trying to prepare Sunday dinner, I realized that I was too weak to continue so I decided to go back to bed. It was at that time that I found the Bible open on the bed; it was opened to St. John Chapter 14.1 I began to read that passage of scripture and it was at that time that the Word of God literally became “alive” for the very first time in my life. The Word actually began to heal my body starting at the top of my head and the feeling went down to my feet.

Archbishop Bishop Jean V. Wilson

  Bishop Jean V. Wilson is a native of Mt. Vernon, New York, born the sixth of nine children to the late Matthew and Victoria Middleton. She is the mother of Cynthia W. Ushry, and the proud grandmother of two grandsons, Sheldon Body, Jr., and Matthew A. Ushry. She has one great grand baby girl, Rayna A. Body. Bishop Jean started her collegiate matriculation at Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, and received her B.S. degree in Business Education. Later she graduated from Gammon Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA in 1992 where she received her Master of Divinity in The Psychology of Pastoral Care. Bishop Wilson received her Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio in 2002, specializing in The Minister as Spiritual Director.

    Bishop Jean’s Ministry and pastoral journey began in the Fire Baptized Holiness Church (FBH) in 1966. She became Pastor of the New Solomon Temple FBH from 1981-1991, in Atlanta, GA. Then, she joined the United Methodist Church, serving in various pastoral capacities from 1991-1998. Notably, in June 1998, she was appointed Senior Pastor of Asbury Mt. Olive UMC in Topeka, KS, serving through 2002. That same year, she was appointed as the first African-American Associate Pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, then a 5,400-member majority Caucasian church in Indianapolis, IN. She was there until June 2005, when she was appointed as Senior Pastor of Wesley UMC, Jeffersonville, IN, serving there until retiring in June 2010. In April, 2011

   Bishop Jean joined Light of the World Christian Tabernacle where she became very active. She was an Area Pastor until 2013 when she was consecrated to the office of Bishop. Bishop Jean is the Founder of Cornerstone Fellowship International in Atlanta, GA. A fellowship for churches who require covering. Further, she trains and ordains persons in the five-fold ministry who feel God has called them into ministry. Bishop Jean is determined to win souls and make disciples for the Kingdom of God. She is available for speaking engagements, weddings, or whatever your spiritual needs may be.

Spiritual Transformation Training

01. PART I MINISTRY FOCUS

Because the nature of this project is to seek the spiritual awakening of the congregation, I believe it is important to state my own spiritual awakening. This story gives the context that I bring to the congregation. No one could have ever told me that one day I would be a minister. Had I known anything about genograms as a child I would have seen the inevitability of me and my two sisters becoming ministers. First of all, from little tots, all my siblings and me had to attend church. Dad was a very strict man who loved us dearly and made sure that we attended Friday evening Bible study every week. His aunt who reared him was the Bible teacher.

02. PART II: THE STATE OF THE ART IN THIS MINISTRY MODEL

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This project, SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION: Training Groups in Prayer and Bible Study, came about because prayer and consistent Bible study were sorely needed in this context at Asbury Mt. Olive United Methodist Church. To speak to this need, spiritual formation groups were believed to be a way to introduce prayer and Bible study to a significant number of members of the church.

Spiritual formation is a process that requires time and a willing spirit. This growth in the Spirit results from obedience to the Word of God, intimacy with Christ, and having experiences and accountable relationships in the community.

03. PART III: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS

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Asbury Mt. Olive United Methodist Church needed a spiritual revamping. Based upon my spiritual journey, there was no doubt that God had called me to this church at this appointed time. My assignment was to direct this congregation into a journey of Prayer and Bible study. According to Rodney Malone in the Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling, “a spiritual director is a person of innate gifts, aptitude, learning, and experience who becomes involved in the guidance of others regarding prayer and the things of the spirit. When searching the Scriptures, it is found that the Apostle Paul was a spiritual director to Timothy, Tiros and Onesimus. Priscilla and Aquila acted as directors to the zealous but inadequately instructed A polios."

04. PART IV: METHODOLOGY

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Beginning this project was quite exciting as well as challenging. The question came to me, “Who would become my context associates?” The writer decided to ask key leaders of the congregation to become my context associates. The six affirmative responses received appreciated. Each of the associates was given a copy of the writer's context analysis so they could be familiar with what the writer felt about the church and the church’s needs. After they read the context analysis, the associates agreed that our congregation needed spiritual renewal.

05. PART V: RESULTS OF MODEL

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This model aimed to develop spiritual friends and formation groups to enhance the spiritual life of the participants and ultimately the congregation's spiritual life through prayer and Bible study. The project began on April 2, 2001. We started the model by training five people for six weeks to be spiritual friends. This meant these persons would facilitate a small group of three persons in scriptural praying, sharing, and caring for one another.
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The spiritual friends were trained to lead spiritual group meetings. First of all, they had to learn about spirit-led leadership. 1. Spirit-led leadership means a person is to be filled with the Spirit through voluntary “Surrender and in response to appropriating faith. The human personality is filled, mastered, and controlled by the Holy Spirit."

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SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
TRAINING GROUPS IN PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY
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Archbishop Jean V. Wilson

In The Beginning

Archbishop Bishop Jean V. Wilson

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SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
TRAINING GROUPS IN PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY
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SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION TRAINING GROUPS IN PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDYby ArchBishop Jean V. Wilson

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SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
TRAINING GROUPS IN PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY
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TRAINING GROUPS IN PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY
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ArchBishop Jean V. Wilson