equipping

now may the god of peace...equip you
with everything good that you may do his will*

What training do you need to better live out your faith at your workplace? What tools do you need to be able to share the Gospel more effectively? What do you need to learn to make you a better husband and father, or wife and mother? What leadership do you need to help you grow into "a workman who need not be ashamed?" [2 Timothy 2:15]

At Briarwood, we are committed to "equipping Christians to worship God and to reach Birmingham to reach the world for Christ," all for God's own glory. Equipping is at the heart of our vision for you as members of our church. What's more, it is God's vision for you as a member of the Church:

"And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹²to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, ¹³until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, ¹⁴so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. ¹⁵Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, ¹⁶from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."
[Ephesians 4:11-16, ESV]

Don't know where to start? Begin by exploring the equipping ministries at Briarwood. Select a link from the list on the right to read more about that ministry. At any time, you can return here or to any equipping ministry at Briarwood by navigating the menu at the top of the page.

*Scripture reference is Hebrews 13:20-21 [ESV]