Co-Labor Initiative

Co-Laborers

A nine-session study on work, worship, and the Christian life

Written by Corinne Nelson
Edited by Matthew Z. Capps

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About this resource

Each session of Co-Laborers includes teaching, Scripture readings, and questions for discussion, with select weeks featuring guest essays from contributors across a range of vocations. The study is designed to flex across Sunday school classes, small groups, discipleship groups, one-on-one mentorship, workplace Bible studies, or even personal devotions. The goal is the same wherever it is used: to help ordinary Christians see that their Tuesday afternoon belongs to God just as fully as their Sunday morning.

The nine sessions

Nine marks of the Christian life

NO. 01
Whole
The Sacred-Secular Divide
NO. 02
Fruitful
The Cultural Mandate
NO. 03
Transformative
The Great Commission
NO. 04
Loving
The Great Commandment
NO. 05
Shared
We Are Working With Each Other
NO. 06
Formative
God Is Working On Us
NO. 07
Participatory
We Are Working With God
NO. 08
Good
A Life That Fits Who We Were Made To Be
NO. 09
Restful
The Rhythm and Promise of Rest
Endorsements

“Leaning on various voices with much wisdom to offer, this Bible study is a great introduction to what it means to see our faith and our work intertwined, giving us new categories for orienting our everyday lives toward the kingdom of God.”

Trevin Wax
Vice President of Resources and Marketing, North American Mission Board; author of The Gospel Way Catechism and The Thrill of Orthodoxy

“Every week, our people leave worship and return to the work God has placed before them all across North Carolina. Co-Laborers connects Sunday worship to Monday work and reminds every believer that their daily work is a vital part of God’s mission.”

Todd Unzicker
Executive Director-Treasurer, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

“Co-Laborers gives churches a clear, biblical account of how our daily work fits within God’s purposes in the world, and it does so in a form that any Sunday school class or small group can pick up and use. This resource from the Co-Labor Initiative is grounded in Scripture and I am glad to commend it to pastors and congregations.”

R. Scott Pace
President, Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Ministry, and Jim Shaddix Chair of Expository Preaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Guest essays
Jonathan Pennington
Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
David Brown
Founder & Director, Good Space
Katy Kabrich
Women’s Director, Two Cities Church (Winston-Salem, NC)
Harry Nelson
President & CEO, Provision Financial Resources
Ken Mbugua
Lead Pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church (Nairobi, Kenya); President, Kato Theological Institute
Benjamin Quinn
Associate Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Judson College; Director, L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture
Anonymous Contributor
Christian business owner, Central Asia (10/40 window)
Ronjour Locke
Lead Pastor, Mount Vernon Baptist Church (Raleigh, NC)
Dan Mackett
Lay Elder, Del Ray Baptist Church; VP of Business Development, Trellis Capital
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Co-Labor is an initiative of Provision Financial Resources in partnership with NC Baptists and the Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary