Resolute Vision Banquet 2015

THE PROBLEM

ONETWOTHREE

THE TIDAL SURGE //

ONE• The challenges facing the Church.

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THREE

THE TIDAL SURGE //

HUFFINGTON POST // Why Nobody Wants to go to Church

“Each year, nearly 3 million more previous churchgoers enter the ranks

of the "religiously unaffiliated."

HARTFORD INSTITUTE OF RELIGION RESEARCH //

“More than 4,000 churches close their doors every year.”

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TWO•Men are looking for something they cannot find.

THREE

THE TIDAL SURGE //

BARNA // The Gallup Organization

OF 119,000,000 MEN 15+90% of these say they believe in God.

83% of these call themselves Christian.

39% of these profess of faith.16% of these attend church.

25% of these attend church weekly.>1% participate in any kind of men’s

ministry.

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NCLS RESEARCH //Gender Profiles 2013

“The typical U.S. Congregation draws an adult crowd that’s 61% female,

39% male. This gender gap shows up in all age categories.”

BARNA // The Gallup Organization

“For every 10 men in the church:• 9 will have kids who leave the

church• 8 will not find their jobs satisfying• 6 will pay the monthly minimum on

their credit cards• 5 will have a serious issue with porn

• 4 will get divorced.”

LIFEWAY RESEARCH // Uncovering Reasons 18 to 22 year old drop out of Church

“As many as 70% of the boys who are being raised in church will abandon it by their 20th birthday. Many of these

boys will never return.”

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THREE• Lack of real Discipleship.

THE TIDAL SURGE //

DEFINE THE WORD // Discipleship

“A disciple is a student or adherent -- Jesus Christ.”


“A disciple is a student or adherent -- Jesus Christ.”

Thus discipleship is an intentional process.


“Jesus’ plan to disciple his 12 was methodical, intentional, and

purposeful. He entered the world with the understanding that the 12 were the linchpin to the next generation.”

THE PLAN // Matthew 28 Commission

18 “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’”


“Our Lord's last command was not, "Go and make decisions for Christ" but rather "Go and make disciples.”

ARE WE DISCIPLING?

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DECISIONS

DISCIPLES

ARE WE DISCIPLING? // ABS, on The State of the Bible, 2014

“A majority of U.S. adults (81%) said they consider themselves highly,

moderately or somewhat knowledgeable about the Bible. Yet less than half (43%) were able to name the first five books of the

Bible.”

DALLAS WILLARD // USC

“Non-discipleship is the elephant in the church; it is not the many moral

failures, financial abuses or the amazing similarity between

Christians and non-Christians. These are only the effects of the underlying

problem.”

MICHAEL RAMSDEN // Ravi Zacharias Ministries

““The American church is dying, not from lack of effective evangelism, nor from lack of resources, but from lack

of effective discipleship.”

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BEING DISCIPLED NOT BEING DISCIPLED

CHRISTIAN MEN BEING “DISCIPLED” //

RESOLUTE // Vince Miller

The problem is not “all the bad things men are doing” but rather “the kind of men we are developing,” because it us who Jesus Christ called to make

disciples.

RESOLUTE // Vince Miller

“Men want the same thing today as they wanted in the first century – a

rabbi to teach them. Yet they cannot find one.”

ONE• The challenges facing the church.

TWO• Men are looking for something they

are not finding.

THREE• Lack of real discipleship.

THE PROBLEM //

PLAN

“You have to convince people you are not just another pastor with yet another great idea!”

BOARD MEMBER // Richard Braden, Honeywell Head of Global Training

WE HAVE A PLAN //

• STRATEGIC & CREDIBLE BOARD• QUALIFIED ASSOCIATES• CURRICULUM WITH A BIAS FOR RESULTS• BIBLICALLY FOCUSED ENVIRONMENTS• SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NON-PROFIT MODEL• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• METHODOLOGY REINFORCING CHANGE• PROOF OF DISCIPLE MAKING

THE PLAN // Dallas Willard

Every church should be able to answer two questions:

1. What is our plan for making disciples?

2. Does the plan work?

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• Qualified• Directional• Discussion• Results Bias

RESOLUTE COHORT PROGRAMBiblically-Based Methodology

DISCIPLES AND LEADERS THAT ACT WITH CONVICTION

ONE MAN

1,000,000ACTIVELY DISCIPLED

AND DEVELOPED LEADERS

THE OPPORTUNITY

A METRO AREA // Twin Cities

TOTAL TWIN CITIES POPULATION (2010 Census)

3,200,000

MALE POPULATION RATIO 1,700,000


MALE SELF-IDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN POPULATION:

535,500 Male Self-Identified Christians


CHRISTIAN MEN NOT BEING DISCIPLED:

Gallup ratio 1 in 18505,750 are NOT being

discipled


THERE IS A MARKET NEED


OUR PROJECTIONS

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STAFFING ADD

ORIGINAL PROJECTED GROWTH PLAN(MARCH 4, 2014)

MARKET EXPANSION

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THE DISCIPLE MAKING LINCHPIN

Our goal is dependent on how successful we are at developing disciple makers that make disciples. In RESOLUTE, we call these men Associates.

The RESOLUTE Associate

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CURRENT COHORTS

CURRENT ASSOCIATES

ACTUAL RESULTS 16 MONTH LATER(SEPTEMBER 1, 2015)

CURRENT REALITY

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FULL-TIME ASSOCIATES

BY THE NUMBERS // Current Impact

220+ DISCIPLED MEN

540+ DISCIPLED MEN

BY THE NUMBERS // Potential Q4-2015(INPUTS: Bring 8 Associates on FT)

1620+ DISCIPLED MEN

BY THE NUMBERS // 3 Years(INPUTS: Bring 8 Associates on FT)

2160+ DISCIPLED MEN

BY THE NUMBERS // 3 Years(INPUTS: Add 2 Assoc./yr)

JOHN WESLEY // Letters, 1784

“Give me a hundred men who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergyman or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon the earth.”

2160+ DISCIPLED MEN

BY THE NUMBERS // 3 Years(INPUTS: Add 2 Assoc./yr)

HOW YOU CAN HELP

THE BIG4 // How You Can Help

1. PRAY2. NETWORK3. ATTEND A COHORT4. GIVE


1. PRAY• Partnership with Businesses

and the Church• Twin Cities Saturation• Expansion in Prisons, Urban, &

College• Associates


2. NETWORK• Help us meet with 3 people

you know that are critical to our mission. Business leaders, Churches, NPO’s,

• Share on Social Media


3. ATTEND A COHORT• Attend a Cohort Sampler• Visit a Current Cohort• Join an Upcoming Cohort


4. GIVE• Monthly donors• Introduce us to

Investors/Foundations• Give a gift of a Cohort• Scholarship

Spiritual

Resolute Vision Banquet 2015