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Planting the “SIMPLE ESSENCE”
of the Body of Christ...The Church
in every overlooked relationship group
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Consider using this slideshow as the basis for a group dialogue
among a few Christian friends who want to be part of a grassroots
revolution that naturally touches and transforms the unreached lives
in their own daily traffic-patterns!
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Ask God’s Spirit to guide each dialogue… whether you view it all
at once, or break it up into multiple share times. As you talk together
consider questions such as:
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1. Are there groups of friends or daily relationships that come to mind as I ponder
these ideas?2. Has God’s Spirit made me hungry to be a
part of something like this?3. How would I reshape one of these ideas for
the group God has put on my heart?4. What’s holding me back from taking the first
step?5. Who might partner with me in praying about
this for the next 30 days?
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Micro-clusters of friends
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Micro-clusters of friends (and their network of unchurchedrelationships) can become
life-changing vibrant churches.
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Each cluster can become His Hands, His Heart, His Voice, His
Compassion, His Touch…a “complete” Body of Christ, by living out the 5 basics of
church life.
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Many passionate Christians are making the choice to birth these relevant
church-bodies that totally transform every friend-group.
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They support themselves entirely by a personal career,
as part of a revolutionary movement to follow Christ.
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0A living example :: Ben
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Ben radiates as he shares about the church-body of young
couples and families that gather in his home. They begin to arrive
about 10 a.m. and sometimes stay well past the noon meal
together.
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During their few hours together they flow, almost without
direction, through fellowship, discipleship Bible study, prayer, worship, and ministry projects… usually in a different sequence
each week… often taking a snack or play break with the kids.
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He says it is the most engaging church most have ever
experienced. It is easy to bring friends to such a group.
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Everyone has time to listen, to laugh, and to encourage one another. Not only are people coming to know Christ and maturing in their faith, it is
transforming how they live!
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Ben challenges them regularly to grow spiritually to the point of
beginning such a church in their own homes for another circle of
friends.
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Radically elemental & contagiously powerful!
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1. Are there groups of friends or daily relationships that come to mind as I ponder
these ideas?2. Has God’s Spirit made me hungry to be a
part of something like this?3. How would I reshape one of these ideas for
the group God has put on my heart?4. What’s holding me back from taking the first
step?5. Who might partner with me in praying about
this for the next 30 days?
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An “Elemental” & Biblical view of church… church boiled down to its very essence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indi/2391675917/
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Defining Church :: a group of Christ-followers who fully
function, believe, and understand themselves to be
the Body-of-Christ in their sphere of influence.
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Five “Basics” of Church life (recurring patterns, or defining traits) ::
worship. evangelism. discipleship.
ministry. community.
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…some add missions, church planting, etc… you read
Scripture and trust His Spirit to guide you in defining the
essence of “church.”
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When your group begins living true to those Bible basics then
call it the Body-of-Christ, The Church!
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The five basics restated as: “rhythms” of the Body-of-Christ:
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Blessing Others with sacrificial help, encouragement, or
prayer
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Openly Sharing about Christ’s influence in our life and journey
today
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Worshiping, listening to, talking with… being personal with God
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Learning & Living by Christ’s truth… following Him as Lord of
our actions and attitudes
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Seeking to “Be There” for each other
in the ups & downs of life…often over a meal
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1. Are there groups of friends or daily relationships that come to mind as I ponder
these ideas?2. Has God’s Spirit made me hungry to be a
part of something like this?3. How would I reshape one of these ideas for
the group God has put on my heart?4. What’s holding me back from taking the first
step?5. Who might partner with me in praying about
this for the next 30 days?
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What makes the most difference in transforming an
unreached group?
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Paul went around sharing the Good News
and planting churches among new groups…
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these faith gatherings lived on and impacted lives after he
moved on.
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The most life-transforming touch we can humanly provide
an unreached group is…
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a simple Body of Christ planted in their midst to live-out all of
the basic functions or life-rhythms of a church!
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As a group of Christ-followers become His Hands, His Heart,
His Voice, His Touch, His Compassion within an
overlooked group, persons are contagiously drawn to this
everyday faith-living…
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they see it making a difference in peoples’ lives!
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Pastors can mentor spiritually healthy Christians (2 Tim. 2:2) as
servant-leaders of an on-site Body of Christ to reach
overlooked friends(in every micro-culture)
who have mentally distanced themselves from a regular
church building.
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1. Are there groups of friends or daily relationships that come to mind as I ponder
these ideas?2. Has God’s Spirit made me hungry to be a
part of something like this?3. How would I reshape one of these ideas for
the group God has put on my heart?4. What’s holding me back from taking the first
step?5. Who might partner with me in praying about
this for the next 30 days?
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Why Bother?
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Why would a regular church and Pastor bother with
something like mentoring healthy Christians (“Timothys”) to plant the Body-of-Christ, on-site, all around the community?
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Why can’t people just come to the regular services on Sunday?
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Well, if you can get them there, that’s great….but consider
these realities too:
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In most towns from 90% to 95% of all residents are currently not involved in church on a regular
basis.
Churched
Unchurched
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Worship trends, big name speakers, and even in-depth discipleship programs really
haven’t changed that fact very much over the years… though
each has born some fruit.
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You do the math for your town:
• What’s the population? • What is a close estimate of the total number of people
who are in all churches in the area on any given Sunday?• About what percentage is
that?
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This quick math is generally staggering.
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To borrow a concept from International Missionaries…
most towns are overwhelmingly full of
Unreached People Groups on Sundays…
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usually these are micro-clusters of friends & relatives…
they aren’t coming in our church buildings, they are
sleeping, playing or working!
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God clearly gives us permission in Romans 16:3-5 to
have real “church” in a very elemental manner…
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“greet the church that is in their house” is Holy Spirit inspired wording that affirms Prisca &
Aquila type churches wherever they are needed.
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International Missionaries have been planting churches in homes and apartments, by
riverbanks, and even at “underground” secret locations
(somewhat like the ancient catacombs) with great success
for many years now….
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and many lives have been transformed by Christ.
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Every servant-leader of such a group needs the on-going wise-counsel of a “Paul” to
lead such a gathering. And, most Christian leaders want to invest in others what God has
built into them.
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No funds are needed. Servant-leaders willingly volunteer, and
by their very nature these groups gather in free places like homes, apartments, and
parks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dborman2/3258378233/
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If your church could reach 5 to 10 times as many persons by penetrating their environmentwith an on-site Body-of-Christ(one in each micro-culture)…
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and then celebrate their lives as part of your yearly “spiritual
fruit”…
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it would be worth the prayer, mentoring, and yes, even
some problem solving, as you follow the Lord into all the
world!
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1. Are there groups of friends or daily relationships that come to mind as I ponder
these ideas?2. Has God’s Spirit made me hungry to be a
part of something like this?3. How would I reshape one of these ideas for
the group God has put on my heart?4. What’s holding me back from taking the first
step?5. Who might partner with me in praying about
this for the next 30 days?
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