This lecture was originally given on Feb. 10, 2007.

1. Unity: A display of God’s Glory in the Local Church

2. Church Membership: The Context for Unity

3. Preaching: The Foundation for Unity

4. Prayer: God’s Power Creates Unity

5. Church Governance: Godly Authority Fostering Unity

6. Church Fellowship: Building a Bond of Unity

7. Discontentment within the Church: A Test of Unity

8. Church Leadership: Submission for the Sake of Unity

9. Church Discipline: Preserving God-Glorifying Unity

10. Encouragement: Safeguarding Unity in Holiness

11. Giving and Service: Sacrifice for the Sake of Unity

12. Corporate Worship: Celebrating God-Given Unity

13. Evangelism: A Harvest of Unity

To download the manuscripts and handouts for this class, click here

All files are in Microsoft Word format.

Resources

• Life in the Father’s House by Wayne Mack and David Swavely
• Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris
• Polity edited by Mark Dever
• A Display of God’s Glory by Mark Dever
• The Deliberate Church by Mark Dever & Paul Alexander
• Worship by the Book by D.A. Carson

Bill Behrens

Bill came to Washington in 1992 to work on Capitol Hill. After a three year absence, he returned to the nation’s capital in 1996 to pursue graduate education at American University, and began attending CHBC, joining the church in 1997. Originally from New York, Bill currently works for the federal government. Over the years, he has served as Core Seminar teacher, bible study leader, and service leader at the church. Bill is married to Carreen and is father to Caroline, William, and John.

Steve Boyer

Steve was born in Dayton, Ohio. In God’s kind providence, he was born into the family of a Christian pastor where he grew up hearing and learning the gospel. During his college years, he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he met his loving wife Donna and attended Millersville University. In 1994, Steve finished school, married, and moved to Washington, DC to begin work as an accountant for The Salvation Army. He and Donna began attending CHBC in 1996. Currently, Steve works as the Controller for The Salvation Army National Headquarters. He lives in DC with his wife and two daughters, Anna and Lauren, and enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and playing tennis.

Mark Dever

Mark serves as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. A Duke graduate, Dr. Dever holds a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a Th.M. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Ecclesiastical History from Cambridge University. He is the president of 9Marks Ministries and has taught at a number of seminaries. Dr. Dever has authored several books are articles, most recently, What is a Healthy Church? and The Gospel and Personal Evangelism (Crossway 2007). Earlier books include Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Crossway 2000, 2004). The Deliberate Church (Crossway 2005), Promises Kept: The Message of the New Testament (Crossway 2005), and Promises Made: The Message of the Old Testament (Crossway 2006). He and his wife Connie live and minister on Capitol Hill, with Connie giving a lot of her time to creating a childrens’ curriculum (PraiseFactory).  They have two adult children.

Jamie Dunlop

Born and raised in the Chicago area, Jamie joined CHBC in 1999 when he first moved to Washington, DC following undergraduate work in engineering and applied math at Princeton University. He worked in business for ten years, most recently managing a line of business for a large management consultancy while serving the church as an elder. In 2009 , Jamie joined the staff as an Associate Pastor, focusing on administrative matters. He is passionate about the gospel, the local church, his wife Joan, and their three children.

Andy Johnson

Andy was born and raised in a believing family in Texas. He worked both on church staff and managing a small, family cattle operation. After completing degrees at Texas A&M, Andy moved to Washington, DC in 1997. Andy earned a living as an agricultural advisor for the US Congress while serving CHBC as an elder. In January of 2006, Andy joined CHBC as an Associate Pastor. Andy also gives special attention to the discipling and international missions efforts of CHBC. Andy loves reading, gardening and, most of all, spending time with his wonderful wife, Rebecca, and their children, Andrew, Evelyn, and Samuel.

Klon Kitchen

Klon was born in Nashville, TN, and raised in Atlanta, GA. He met his wife Tracy while attending Bryan College where he also earned a BA in Theology/Philosophy. Klon moved to Washington, DC in 2000 and began attending CHBC in 2003. Having completed his graduate work at the National Defense University, Klon is now an instructor at the school where he teaches courses on national security and strategy. He is passionate about the gospel, his wife and four children, and the local church.

Philip Leeman

Born in Southern California, Philip grew up in Eugene, Oregon and then suburban Chicago where his high school passion was basketball. He graduated from Minnesota’s Bethel University in May 1999, after which he moved to Washington, DC and joined Capitol Hill Baptist Church. One year later he married his college sweetheart, Molly. They now have three children. Philip works for a software company which specializes in government relations. He also lays claim to being the tallest member of CHBC, though this has never been officially verified.

Deepak Reju

Raised in New Jersey, Deepak Reju serves as an associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. His pastoral responsibilities include oversight of the biblical counseling and family ministries at CHBC. He previously served on staff at Grace Church in Westfield, N.J. and Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. A George Washington University graduate, he also holds the MDiv and PhD degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Deepak and his wife, Sarah, have four children, Zachariah, Lydia, Eden, and Noelle.

David Russell

Dave grew up mostly in Florida and moved to North Carolina when he was in high school. His parents were both believers and were the first to share the gospel with him. His college years at UNC Charlotte were a time of great growth with the help of Campus Outreach. God’s work in Dave’s life during college ultimately led him to desire to work in Christian ministry. Since graduating college, he has worked with Campus Outreach to evangelize and disciple on college campuses. After 10 years of working for Campus Outreach in North Carolina, Dave moved up to DC in 2010 to start Campus Outreach DC out of Capitol Hill Baptist. Dave is presently working towards a degree at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife Carrie and their four children, Charlotte, Carson, Helen, and Henry.

Zach Schlegel

Zach grew up in Nebraska with a family where he heard the gospel and saw it lived out among other family members seeking to follow Jesus. After attending the University of Nebraska to study Mechanical Engineering, he moved to Chicago to go to Moody Theological Seminary. There, he met and married his wife Katie and had their first son, Hudson. After serving as a pastor in Chicago for four years, the Schlegel’s moved to DC to join the work at CHBC where Zach currently serves as an Assistant Pastor.

Greg Spraul

A native of San Diego, California, Greg spent his college years in the midwest and graduated from Indiana University in 2000. Greg came to DC after college to work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he is currently a Congressional Liaison working on water pollution issues. Greg lives in Maryland with his wife Beth and two daughters Kate and Ella. Many years ago, Greg was a decent cyclist and water polo player.

Dave Sutton

David was blessed to grow up in a loving Christian family near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1992 he has flown in various locations as a fighter pilot, attended graduate school in Helsinki, Finland, and served as an international affairs officer in New Delhi, India and the Pentagon. David lives in northern Virginia with his wife Shannon, son Donovan, and daughters Lydia and Marianne. He enjoys family, racquetball, music, and marveling at God’s patience and grace in his life.

Ryan Townsend

Bio and photo coming soon.

Sebastian Traeger

Sebastian grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Princeton University in 1996 with a degree in Politics. He moved to Washington, DC to work in business and he’s been an entrepreneur ever since, co-founding several companies including Village Phone in El Salvador, Christianity.com, Silas Partners, Razoo.com and his latest, FiveStreet.com. Sebastian joined CHBC in 1997, met and married his wife Nikki here in 2005, and began serving as an elder in 2010. He is passionate about his 3 children – Alex, Wesley and Analeigh, traveling, eating comfort food and competing in just about anything.

Brad Wheeler

Brad Wheeler was raised in a Unitarian home, as many good New England children are. It was after moving to Santa Cruz, CA that he first heard and believed the gospel through his (now) wife Erin, and emerging church pastor/friend Dan Kimball. Never intending to become a pastor, he established a career in investment consulting after graduating from Princeton University. Yet “many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” (Prov 19.21) Thus, in 2001 he happily joined the staff of CHBC, followed by a MDiv and ThM at Southern Seminary where he served as an elder at Third Avenue Baptist Church. Brad returned to CHBC in 2010 to serve as an associate pastor and is responsible for church planting/revitalization, the pastoral internship program, public teaching and other pastoral duties. He and Erin have four children, Page, Maggie, William, and Eliza. Brad enjoys all things having to do with motorcycles, his family, travel, and dreaming of the water polo phenom he never was.

The past shows a strong planting of pastoral seeds at CHBC. We hope that the stories written here only multiply in number and bring much glory to God.

1. What is Discipling?

2. Why Disciple?

3. Barriers and Excuses to Discipling

4. The Importance of Personal Holiness

5. Why Disciple in the Local Church?

6. Encouraging Careful Bible Study

7. Encouraging Biblical Prayer

8. Using Christian Books

9. Panel Discussion

10. Encouraging a Passion for Evangelism and Missions

11. Encouraging People Who are Hurting

12. Biblical Accountability

13. Hazards and Joys of Discipling

To download the manuscripts and handouts for this class, click here.

All files are in Microsoft Word format. Updated Fall 2010

Main Resources:

The Disciplemaking Church by Bill Hull 

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Paul David Tripp