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Plant Like Jesus
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” Mark 1:17 ESV
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• Transferable to any culture
• Timeless
• Can be done “from scratch”
• Economically sensible
Pragmatic Benefits Of Planting Like Jesus
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Ten Timeless Church Planting Practices of
Jesus for Today
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Heb. 13:8 ESV
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1. Jesus Took Up His Cross
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The cross symbolizes the sacrificial love of God. This love is the power that drove him to pour out his life to plant the church.
“It was love, not nails, that kept Jesus on the cross.” Rick Warren
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me;”
John 12:24-26b EVS
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“Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matt. 20:28 ESV
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Jesus intentionally, urgently, and sacrificially focused on reaching the unsaved.
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 ESV
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But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” Acts 9:15-16 ESV
...for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, which is why I suffer as I do.
II Tim. 1:11-12 ESV
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“Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.” II Tim. 2:3-4 ESV
[First followers video]
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2. Jesus Typeset The Example
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Matt. 4:19
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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth….No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. John 1:14,18 ESV
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“For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”
John 13:15-17 ESV
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Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Gen. 2:7
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The God-breathed gospels spell out how to follow Jesus’s missionary example.
Thirty-nine times in John’s gospel alone, Jesus was was referred to as a missionary sent from heaven. God incarnated Himself in Jesus to show us the way.
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Caution: Watch The Pronouns When Your Study The Bible
• Who is the “we” in Paul’s letters?
• Who is the “you”?
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Let The Trump All Your Bright Ideas
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3. Jesus Tethered To The Father
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Like a tether ball, the more you are hit, the closer you get to the Father.
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And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
Mark 1:35 ESV
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Tether For Wisdom
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
Matt. 7:24 ESV
According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation,
I Cor. 3:10 NASB
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So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[ does, that the Son does likewise.”
John 5:19 ESV
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7 Pillars of Wise House BuildingProverbs 9:1-9
1.Prepare in advance, 22.Invite many publically, 3-43.Invite many personally, 4, 54.Preach repentance, 6,75.Reprove the wise, 86.Give instruction to the wise, 97.Teach the righteous, 9
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Tether for PowerAnd Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee… Luke 4:14 ESV
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.” 1 Cor. 15:10 ESV
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“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”
James 4:7-8a ESV
Tethering is also key for spiritual warfare
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1. You have authority
2. That the harvest fields are ripe
3. The gospel has power
Believe
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4. Jesus Trekked To The Lost
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He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matt 15:24 ESV
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Geographically“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 ESV
CulturallyAnd he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. Luke 4:16 ESV
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“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’”
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“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Luke 15:4-7 ESV
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Jesus sees things we do not see
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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matt. 9:36 ESV
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The compelling questionthat drives us:
What is the very best way to win a lost person to Jesus Christ?
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1. Send a shepherd to proclaim the gospel to them
2. Let them experience an imperfect local body of Christ that sacrifices for them
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Our mission is to make a healthy, culturally relevant church available to every
person on the planet
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We are His body now!
Jesus is constantly going out to rescue lost sheep through local bodies of Christ.
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Adult Baptisms Per Church
Church Baptisms Per Year
Baptism Ratio
Cost Per Baptism
Large network of churches
3.6 1 to 61 $50,000
SVCC 61 1 to 2.7 $2,700
HealthyPlant
15 1 to 5 $7,000
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Beginners stick better to groups with lots of beginners
Typical New Evangelistic Church
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When a group stops growing larger and and the core matures, it becomes harder and harder for a new person to penetrate.
Typical Plateaued Church
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The longer it goes the
slower it grows
This is one reason why 80% of churches are plateaued or declining
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Send a small team out to start a new church in a new area and
create a fresh new crowd
Solution For a Plateaued Church
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The typical new church growsat a much faster rate than thefastest growing mega church.
If this is true, why not start lots of new churches?
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“I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews.”
1Cor. 9:19-20a ESV
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1. Pray for wisdom, courage, and open doors
2. Go in search of persons of peace3. Create bridge events4. Organize service projects5. Make gospel appointments6. Offer Discovery Parties and
Seminars, Luke 5:27f7. Use plug and play DVD groups8. Evangelistic Bible Studies
Ways to start winning people
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Adjust To Eliminate Barriers
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5. Jesus Tore Down Strongholds
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Jesus was a heretic in the eyes of the established religion he grew up in.
Jesus constantly challenged the status quo of the day, and it got him crucified.
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Jesus The Revolutionary
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And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
John 2:15 ESV
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“And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matt. 16:18 ESV
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For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
2 Cor. 10:4-5 ESV
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6. Jesus Touched Individual Lives
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Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, "I will; be clean.” Mark 1:41 ESV
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night.
John 3:1-2a ESV
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7. Jesus Taught The Many
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“Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.”
Mark 4:1 ESV
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Myth:
Some people teach that we should replace preaching with participatory Bible discussions.
Myth Buster:
“And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.”
Acts 5:42 ESV
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Why Prioritize Preaching?
1. The Gospel is the power of God for salvation, Rom. 1:16
2. It actually creates faith, Rom. 10:17
3. Life and death are in the power of the tongue, Pro. 18:21
4. God’s authority backs it up
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Venues For Preaching1. Matthew’s Parties
2. Seminars, crusades, concerts
3. Peaching points, groups, courses, classes
4.Open air preaching
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Venues For Preaching5. Previews, Grand Openings,
Greenhouse services
6. Video venues, multi-site
7. Plug and Play small groups
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New churches that use crowd gathering services where the gospel is preached reach the unreached better than other
methods of evangelism.
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8. Jesus Trained A Few Apostles
“And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:” Luke 6:13 ESV
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Jesus Focused On The Top An Bottom Of The Funnel
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Apprenticeship: The Master’s Method Of Training
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“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.” Luke 6:40 ESV
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“And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons.”
Mark 3:14, 15 ESV
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How to Discover Apostles?1. Look among those committed to
learning and following, John 12. Assess them at work, Luke 53. Look among those who want to
fish for men, Matt. 4:194. Pray for wisdom- most important
decision, Luke 6:12,13 How to Develop Apostles?Give them a new name and visionLet them be “with” you as you plant, they like to be trained on the goTeach, rebuke, correct and training in real life situations How to Deploy Apostles?Give them an impossible missionAssure them that they have the authority neededAssure them that God will be with themWarn them of the risks involvedGive them specific but limited instructionsAppropriately honor them
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How to Develop Apostles?1. Give them a new name and vision2. Let them be “with” you as you
plant, they like to be trained on the go
3. Teach, rebuke, correct and training in real life situations
How to Deploy Apostles?Give them an impossible missionAssure them that they have the authority neededAssure them that God will be with themWarn them of the risks involvedGive them specific but limited instructionsAppropriately honor them
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How to Deploy Apostles?1. Give them an impossible mission2. Assure them that they have the
authority needed3. Assure them that God will be with
them4. Warn them of the risks involved5. Give them specific but limited
instructions6. Appropriately honor them
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The 12 Progressed Through At Least Three Levels Apprenticeship
1. General following, John 1:43
2. Full-time apprenticeship Luke 5:11
3. Apostolic apprenticeship, Luke 6:12,13
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1. He was an apostle, Heb. 3:1
2. He was modeling something important
3. Apostles were the point men for His plan for world evangelization
Why Did Jesus Focus On Apprenticing Apostles?
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“Leadership discovery and development is at the heart of everything we do in church….Our mini-church discipleship chain produces nearly all our staff members. Each year it also produces one or two pastors capable of planting a church.”
Ralph Moore, How to Multiply Your Church
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“Make room in your system for church planters who have been trained on the job in a local church… Not all our pastors go to seminary. However, all do learn the ministry on the job, through disciplemaking in relationship with someone more mature and experienced.”
Ralph Moore, How to Multiply Your Church
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Principles for Training1. Primarily church-based
2. Very relational
3. “On the Job”
4. While on Mission
5. Learning under authority
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Principles for Training
6. Imitation precedes innovation
7. Prayerfully selective training
8. Principles plus practices
9. Corrective coaching
10. From commitment
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“One secret of New Testament church growth was that leaders were trained in and by the church in action. It trained as it went forward. This remains the secret of church growth today. Trainees who come out of victorious churches, and who have been trained by men who are themselves multipliers of churches, are generally effective.”
Donald McGavran
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9. Jesus Tied Systems Together
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For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”...Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces. Luke 9:14-17 ESV
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Set Up Systems According To Eph. 4
...that he might fill all things.) And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
Eph. 4:9c-12 ESV
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Everything rises and falls on leadership, especially new
churches
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Leaders for Systems1. Apostles- possess land & lay
foundations for future systems
2. Prophets- bring King’s messages
3. Evangelists- build bridges to outsiders
4. Pastors/teachers- raise up & apprentice citizens and soldiers
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Jesus The Apostolic Builder
“Consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.... For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.”
Heb. 3:1, 3 ESV
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Apostles Are Sent to Build
Apostles possess
territory, lay foundations for the basic
ministriessystems
Jesus
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Apostles Build for Prophets
Build platforms for
preaching
Worshippers
Jesus
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Apostles Build for Evangelists
Build Evangelism
& Assimilation
Systems
MembersJesus
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Apostles Build for Shepherds
Build Small Group
SystemsMaturing Disciples
Jesus
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Apostles Build for Trainers
Build Equipping Systems
Workers Jesus
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Apostles connect
members with
Jesus and each other Worshippers
MaturingDisciples
Workers Members
Apostles Connect Together
Jesus
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Apostles Leave or Change Roles
Planter is sent to next
field or changes his role in the
churchWorshippers
MaturingDisciples
WorkersMembers
Jesus
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10. Jesus Transitioned To New Territory
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And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”
Mark 1:38 ESV
And he went about among the villages teaching. And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two...
Mark 6:6-7 ESV
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• Some stayed in the village or were sent home
• Some came to periodic meetings • Some followed regularly and
supported• A few were called into full-time
“fishers of men” training• Even fewer were named
apostles
Followers Funnel
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Three Phases of a Church Plant’s Life
Sent Planitng
CrewTent
Church 3D Church
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NEW GROWTH CHURCH
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. Acts 14:23 ESV
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Three Phases of a Church Plant’s Life
Sent Team(Migrant)
New Growth 3D Church
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FIVE STAGES OF PLANTING A HEALTHY
REPRODUCING CHURCH
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PREPARATION STAGE
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Foolish Motivations to Plant
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PERSONAL PREPARATION
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MISSIONAL VIEW OF THE CHURCH
Motive Ministry Mission
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FIND YOUR SWEET SPOT
Your SHAPE
Local Predicament Collective
Potential
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PRIORITIES FOR USE OF MONEY
1. Communicating your launch events
–Direct mail–Internet –Banners–Newspaper ads
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2. Providing quality Sunday services
– Meeting space - rent– Children’s ministry equipment– Equipment, signs, chairs– Printed material– Refreshments– Music
PRIORITIES FOR USE OF MONEY
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3. Freeing up the time of the lead planter
–Office equipment –Office help–Planter’s salary– Interns, apprentices to help
4. Staff (part-time before full-time)
PRIORITIES FOR USE OF MONEY
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OTHER FINANCIAL TIPS
1. Make good use of free space
2. Cast vision for volunteer work
10 volunteers at 6 hours a week equals one full-time staff member!
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5. Stay above reproach in the financial area
6. Be missionally generous
OTHER FINANCIAL TIPS
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PRE-LAUNCH STAGE
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PRE-LAUNCH GOALS1. Settle into the community2. Win early spiritual victories3. Break the missional code4. Win people to Christ5. Assemble and disciple
converts6. Recruit & equip your launch
team
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We are to discover, develop, and
deploy a multiplying
number of troops, as rapidly
as possible, in order
to set the captives free.
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Don’t serve boiled sheep ears
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LAUNCH STAGE
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Big Idea of Launch Stage
Build a greenhouse service and gather a crowd for gospel communication
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How To Do Small Church Well
1. Exceptionally warm & hospitable2. Name tags3. Refreshments4. 5 Minute Rule5. Personal connection with planter
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How To Do Small Church Well6. Room set up wisely
7. Tailor messages to the group
8. Easy to get involved
9. Family celebrations
10. Minimize singing
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CROWD TO COMMISSIONED STAGE
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Big IdeaCrowd-to-Commissioned Stage
Build a disciple-making system that turns consumers into commissioned co-workers
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Jesus apprenticed His followers to be like Him by creating mini-steps of
commitment.
“Come and see” to “go and die”
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Disciple-making Flow Chart1. The almost ripe come to the service
2. They ripen in the service by• Experiencing grace
• Hearing truth• Making friends
3. Start helping out
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Disciple-making Flow Chart• Attend a Discovery Party
• Go To A Pastors Open House & 101
• Come to Christ
• Join a 3D Group
• Fulfill your mission in the world
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Discover, develop, and deploy workers and leaders to do all the purposes of the church
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REPRODUCTIVE STAGE
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The typical new church growsat a much faster rate than thefastest growing mega church.
If this is true, why not start lots of new churches?
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Leader Readiness“Reproducing is not about size; it’s about leader readiness... If you can find the right leader, then the right people and the right number of people will follow.”
Dave Ferguson
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SUCCESS RATE OR SUCCESSES
We want high success rates of plants, but the bottom line issue is the number of successes, not the success rate.
Of course we want both!God created both mammals and
reptiles, and all kinds of plants to illustrate reproductive strategies.
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Phil Herrington, Pathways, Santee, CA
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Mission Trails Church
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7 San Diego (Stonelake)
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Mission Trails Church East
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Three New University Ministries
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Pathways Church: 800 to 1200
Pathways Plants: 0 to 700+
Pathways Orchard: 800 to 1900
Net Kingdom Gain=1100
Growth In 3 Years
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Church Planter Apprentices