2.0 gathering 2 pp discipleship Grand Canyon

The Acts 16:5 InitiativeThe Acts 16:5 InitiativeDevelop a Defining VisionDevelop a Defining Vision

www.vitalchurchesinstitute.com

Make Vision Shift 1Make Vision Shift 1Shift from your present hopes for Shift from your present hopes for your congregationyour congregation’’s future to the s future to the high expectation that God has a high expectation that God has a transformational future for your transformational future for your church.church.

Make Vision Shift 2Make Vision Shift 2Shift from merely running Shift from merely running programs to implementing a programs to implementing a vision for ministry.vision for ministry.

Some of the challengesSome of the challengeswe face in the we face in the cultureculture

In times of rapid In times of rapid change what you change what you know can mis-lead know can mis-lead you. you. Michael MarquardtMichael Marquardt

Life-Changing Transformational Ministry

The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

The 3-D Church

A 3-D Vision

A 3-D Vision

Friends of the Road

Friends of the Heart

The Value ofthe Person

LoveDignity

RespectWayne T. Alderson

Valuing People: the Valuing People: the 4 S’s4 S’s

No SecretsNo Secrets

No SubversionNo Subversion No SurprisesNo Surprises (Lots of) Support(Lots of) SupportWilliam J. CarlWilliam J. Carl

Pizazz

And

Commitment

Large Group--Small Group Balance

Large Group Small Group

audience-oriented interpersonal

high inspiration deep support

anonymity intimacy

acquaintance relationships quality relationships

expectation discussion

generating new small groups providing a safe

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place

WORD

SHARE

PRAYER

Send to ministry and mission

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The 50% GoalThe 50% Goal Word-Share-PrayerWord-Share-Prayer Devotional lifeDevotional life People EyesPeople Eyes Emmaus MealEmmaus Meal Seeing yourself as sentSeeing yourself as sent Prayer Covenants Prayer Covenants

Small Group (face-to-face Small Group (face-to-face groups) groups)

Transfer

Greek: the more you know the more educated

you are!

Hebrew: you are as educated as you do what

you know!

Three road blocks to transformation:Complacency (Greek to HebrewBand-widthturf

Complacency

Be Happy Don’t Worry

Turf

Don’t Change it

Makrothumia

Makro = Long

Thumia = heat/temper

Makrothumia

•long temper•Patience•The grace of getting along

Love is a willingness to be

frustrated!Bernard Harnik

Bandwidth

The Pressure of Present Demand


PPT

PPT = Protected Planning Time. An hour a week, offline, to clarify priorities for the coming week and your to-do list. See p 20 or 21 in the materials from November.

Goals, “to-do’s” and calendar Management – PPT is a discipline that manages and shapes your to-do list – which helps clarify your vision – not just what you need to do but what you want to do with others – with the implied leadership moments.

PPT =Protected Planning TimeDo Lists + Your calendar



For helpful insights on the PPT check out:

“The Weekly Review”

McGhee Productivity Solutions

http://www.mcgheepro.com/MPSWebsite/media/Documents/PDF%20Docs/The-Weekly-Review.pdf




A 3-D Vision

Engaging Discipleship

“Americans are stupefyingly dumb about what they are supposed to believe.”

Historian R. Laurence Moore

Religious Literacy – What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t. Stephen Prothero

1. Fewer than half of us can identify Genesis as the first book of the Bible.

2. Only one third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.

3. A majority of Americans believe that the Bible says that Jesus was born in Jerusalem.

4. When asked whether the New Testament Book of Acts is in the Old Testament, one quarter of Americans say yes. More than a third say they don’t know.

5. Most Americans don’t know that Jonah is a book in the Bible.6. 20% of Americans believed that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.7. 60% of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments8. Only 50% can name one of the four gospels9. 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were

married.10.75% believe the Bible teaches "God helps those who help

themselves.”

What’s happening with Discipleship today?

How well is the whole churchgrowing disciples? Your church?

How do you go about doing it?

Discipleship is all about spiritual growth

Q: Why focus on growing disciples?

A: You know the love of Jesus, hear the Word of Jesus & receive the eyes of Jesus

Know the Love of Jesus: transforming love

“Jesus comes right to your seat and says, “I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship and my word is this, ‘I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are and not as you should be because you’re never going to be as you should be.’”

Brennan Manninghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQi_IDV2bgM

Hear the Word of Jesus: make disciples

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 28:18

19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:19-20

Receive the Eyes of Jesus: People Eyes

‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’

Jesus’ eyes saw the true needs of the people in front of him:Bartimaeus

Widow of NainCanaanite woman’s daughter

Woman at the wellThe Centurian’s Son

Wedding in CanaLepers

Receive People eyes – in your own head – seeing through the eyes of Jesus for people

“My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.”

Galatians 4:19

Odino

Receive People Eyes Receive People Eyes see through the eyes of Jesus see through the eyes of Jesus for peoplefor people

What does it mean to grow disciples?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GROW DISCIPLES?

NOT

Begin with the …

END in mind

Growing Disciples –

with the “end” in mind

Growing disciples with the end in mind

The “end” in mind is not:

Sunday School classes Bible classes seminars small groups mentoring spiritual direction

These are MEANS not ends!

Growing disciples with the end in mind

The 3-D Image of Jesus

The 3-D Christian LIfestyle

Dimension One: A Growing Commitment to the Triune God. (doxological)

The Great Commandment: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind.” Luke 10:27a

Dimension Two: A Growing Commitment to the Body of Christ (communal/koinonia)

The New Commandment: "That you love one another even as I have loved you.” John 14:35

Dimension Three: A Growing Commitment to the work of Christ in the world (missional)

The Great Commission: "Go into all the world and make disciples…” Matthew 28:19-20

The Great Commandment: "And thy neighbor as thyself.” Luke 10:27b

A Profile of a Disciple

Doxological - Know, love and Experience the God who loves us Faith in Jesus

Weekly worship (Experiencing God)Daily devotional lifeThe fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)

Koinonial - Equip and care for the people God gives us Private meals with friends and strangers

Participate in a face-to-face group (Equipping the PeopleCommit a percent of my income to God’s work of God)Serve my church with specific ministry

Missional - Engage the World to which God sends us

Complete my work with excellenceOffer the compassion of Jesus (show up) (Engaging our world)

Bear witness to Jesus (speak up)Stand up for what is right. (stand up)

PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)

PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE

A GROWING COMMITMENTTO GOD THE

FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT

A GROWING CONNECTION

TO THE CHURCH(THE BODY OF

CHRIST)

A GROWING CALLTO THE WORK OF

CHRISTIN THE WORLD





1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

2 WEEKLY WORSHIP

3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE

4 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT



CHRIST)


CHRISTIN THE WORLD






2 WEEKLY WORSHIP





CHRIST)

1 MEALS WITH FRIENDS/STRANGERS

2 SERVE OTHERS USING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

3 OFFER A % OF INCOME TO GOD’S WORK4 SERVE THE CHURCH WITH A SPECIFIC MINISTRY


CHRISTIN THE WORLD






2 WEEKLY WORSHIP





CHRIST)

1 MEALS WITH FRIENDS/STRANGERS

2 SERVE OTHERS USING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

3 OFFER A % OF INCOME TO GOD’S WORK4 SERVE THE CHURCH WITH A SPECIFIC MINISTRY


CHRISTIN THE WORLD

1 DO WORK WITH EXCELLENCE

2 OFFER THE COMPASSION OF JESUS

3 BEAR WITNESS TO JESUS 4. STAND UP FOR JUSTICE

The Seven Habits of the Burning HeartGrowing My Passion for God

Caring for Myself

Deepening My Relationships

Spending Time with Other Christians

Managing What God Has Given Me

Giving Myself in Service

Offering My Work to the Lord

The Habit of Devotion

The Habit of Well-being

The Habit of Family & Friendships

The Habit of Fellowship

The Habit of Stewardship

The Habit of Ministry & Mission

The Habit of Work


Layering

Develop a Culture and a Strategy for Making Disciples

“Nebby” questions:

What strategy do you personally use for growing disciples? With whom?

What strategy does your congregation use for growing disciples? With whom? (what people groups?)

Three ingredients for growing disciples:

Relationships

Content3-D 7 Habits

Time

growing disciples

“Growing disciples is reproducing in others what the Spirit of God is producing in you and enabling them to reproduce it in a third generation.” – Chuck Miller


growing disciples

“Discipling is an intentional relationship in which we walk alongside other disciples in order to encourage, equip, and challenge one another in love to grow toward maturity in Christ. This includes equipping the disciple to teach others as well.” - Greg Ogden


Growing yourself as a disciple.

The “Reveal” study of Willow Creek

http://www.revealnow.com

Growing as disciples with others:

We grow disciples as we focus on a few

no matter how manyour many may be.

Growing as disciples with others:

Face-to-face personal lifestyle(spontaneous and intentional)

One-with-one intentional dyads

One-with-two intentional triads (or quads)

One with a small group (<15)

WitnessPrayer

Care

Word

With-me

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The 3-D Lifestyle

Give

WORD

SHARE

PRAYER

Send to ministry and mission


4-7 weeks 90 Days of Prayer Discipleship Essentials (Ogden)

WSP Destiny series Unbinding Your Soul (Reese)

Increasing Level of Commitment

Multiplying Triads

(The Principle of Multiplication)

Call a ministry team togetherWSP - Prayer Covenant - Breaks bread

Decide on population groupsAdults (men, women, mixed)

Youth – two adults leads triad = five

Who are the potential leaders and triadmembers (early adopters)

Recruitment, training, deploying (Be in or lead a triad yourself)

Follow through – maintaining momentum between booklets within a group and sustaining multiplication of new groups.

Launching a Triad-based system of growing disciples

Just wanted to tell you that I have started several groups using the Discipleship Essentials books. It took me a while to decide to pull the trigger on something with such a commitment attached to it. But I have 3 groups I am leading. Two have 3 other guys in it (which feels like the perfect size) and the other has 2. I can't tell you how excited I am about this and they are. In one of the groups, the guys are almost giddy with their excitement about this sharing and growth opportunity. In all of them it appears to be, after 3-6 weeks (some groups started earlier than others), one of the most important things I am doing. I am certainly gaining a great deal from this method of making disciples with a deep conviction and commitment. And they are very moved by the experience so far. I am also excited about the possibilities for the next permutation, when they start to lead others.

Bob Bohl Central Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA

Growing Disciples in larger groups

(15 +)





anonymity intimacy





place

GROWING DISCIPLES

Layers of Disciple-Making:

1. Growing one’s self2. Growing others interpersonally – life on life3. By means of shaping programs with the Defining Practices (witness, prayer, care…)

4.By means of small groups5. By means of ministry teams6. By means of teaching (classes/seminars)7. By means of discipleship communities8. By means of the “transforming moment”

growing disciples

Growing Disciples by means of interpersonal ministry

(The impact of Life on Life)


Those who live in my home

My family members wherever they are

My small group

My committee, ministry team, or leadership team(s)

Individuals in whom I want to invest myself

Focus on a Few


discipleship development

Growing Disciples by Means of Small

Groups



Growing Disciples by Means of

Ministry Teams

Committees are one dimensional

Ministry teams are three dimensional



Four practices that turn committees

into teams:

1.Word-Share-Prayer2.Rotating Prayer Covenants3.Quarterly meals4.Annual overnight retreat

The Seven Threads



Growing Disciples by means of Teaching:

Bible ClassesSeminars

(Modify standard classes with last 20 minutes being Word-Share-Prayer)



Growing Disciples by Means of Discipling

Communities – Disciple Growing

Systems



Four Elements of the Discipleship Growing System:

The ministry team

The large group (teaching)

The small group(small group – large group balance)

Spiritual disciplines and encouragement



Large GroupTeaching Inspiration

Small Groups

Ministry Team

A Discipleship Community

Spiritual Disciplines

+





anonymity intimacy





place

Growing disciples by means of “Transforming Moment” ministries The Great Banquet

CursilloThe Walk to EmmausTres Dios


transforming moments

SPIRIT-DRIVEN

BIBLICALLY-BASED

DISCIPLE-DIRECTED

NEED-RESPONSIVE

GATHERED-SCATTERED ATTENTIVE

PRINCIPLE-PATTERNED

REFLECTIVELY-PRACTICED

The Practice of Life-changing Transformational Ministry

The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

WITNESS | PRAYER | CARE | WORD | WITH-ME | SEND


The Commitment to Taking Action

The Commitment to Learning

incline

recline

decline

People EyesPeople Eyes

Becoming like Christ

together for the World

GROWING DISCIPLES

“At heart, growing disciples is a relational experience, not an instructional or classroom experience. It is the influence of life on life in the midst of the difficulties of life, an influence that helps us get to know Jesus and one another, helps us face our personal darkness and helps us grow in our reflection of the image of Christ.”

E. Stanley Ott

Pray Daily: Igniting our passion for Jesus Christ

Inspiring us to be the people of God

Engaging our world with the good news, grace and justice of God

God

Church World

A 3-D Vision

The Three-Fold Missional Mandate

Show up - Speak up - Stand up

‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’

Luke 4:18-19

The Missional Cycle

Reach (reach the uninvolved with the good news, compassion and justice of Jesus).

Grow (grow with one another as disciples of Jesus)

Send (send one another to reach and to serve)

Adaptive Challengesand Action Learning

The Action Learning Project (question) – An Adaptive Challege:

ObjectiveOpportunity

Obstacle

The Action Learning Team (ALT)

The Questioning and Reflection Process

Two Ground Rules:

1.Speak only to ask a question or in response to a question.

2. The learning coach has the power to intervene•(Michael Marquardt)

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that

they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and

recognized them as companions of Jesus. Acts 4:13

Layering