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Welcome
Business Outreach Groups TrainingSession 1
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Business Outreach Groups april 28, may 5 and may 12 17:00 – 18:00 CET
• Session 1– Overview of the process– Recruiting co-workers
• Session 2– Prayer– Cultivating relationships– The outreach event
• Session 3– Conserving the fruits– Discipleship
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Partners with God• What is God’s will?
– That all come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9• What is the problem?
– No-one is looking for God Rom. 3:10,11• What is God’s part?
– To work in people John 6:44• What is my part?
– To join in with God’s work John 5:17-20• What is God doing?
– Giving us people John 17:4-6• So, who is He giving me?
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The process – step 1I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle – I am telling the truth, I am not lying – and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles. (1 Timothy 2:1-5)
“The praying mantis”
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The process – step 2
Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?’Luke 5:29,30)The frog
Outreach
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The process – Step 3
I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. (Galatians 2:2)
a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces. (Proverbs 30:28)
The lizardFollow-up
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The process – Step 4
Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. (1 Corinthians 4;15)
The kangarooCare for the new believer
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The process – Step 5
‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.’(Matthew 11:28-20)
The oxenDiscipleship
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The process – Step 6
Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.’ (Matthew 21:1-3)
The donkeyBusiness as a mission
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Recruiting new co-workers
• VisionAnd our vision is becoming reality!
Seeing a God-given transformation in European leader´s life and their environment – Family, Company and Community.
• MissionOur mission is urgent! To help establishing local groups of business and professional people in Europe, who lead peers through a process of finding and following Christ in every area of their lives.
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Recruiting co-workers… Christ
Each-otherThe task
Called to...
Goal= Christ-likeness
Goal= spiritual multiplication Goal= Lov e
Competence
Character
Community
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Recruiting new co-workers• Pray!– Ask for co-workers
• Vision– Help them discover
what Gods priority is• Challenge
– Making an impact, in their area
• Priorities– Need to choose
“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’”
Matthew 9:36-38
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God gives people!
• “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.” (John 17:6)
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The committee team
• Committed to the task– Luke 14:18-27
• Sharing responsibility– Exodus 18:18-23
• A heart for the task– 1 Samuel 10:26
• Bringing people to Christ – a team effort– Mark 2:1-5
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The process