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Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

Multiethnic. Missional. Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples. Multiplying. The GCI Story. CSI– 1984-85 Key Church Strategy –1987 New Directions—1997 One Church, Many Congregations Acts 1:8 Strategy– 2001? London – 2003 Skunkworks Group

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Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

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  1. Multiethnic Missional Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples Multiplying

  2. The GCI Story • CSI– 1984-85 • Key Church Strategy –1987 • New Directions—1997 • One Church, Many Congregations • Acts 1:8 Strategy– 2001? • London – 2003 • Skunkworks Group • San Francisco – 2004 • Texas GCI—2005 • GCI officially organized—2008 Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

  3. The GCI Story • Key Church as a church planting strategy • Typically key churches doubled community penetration in three years • Then they stalled out at between 30-40 church plants because of • Declining (denominational) resources • Structural design (addition as opposed to multiplication) Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

  4. The GCI Story • New Directions • Sometimes slower initial growth • CPM’s resulted • Not dependent on outside resources • Structural design (multiplication as opposed to addition) • Question from London • Why not in the United States? Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

  5. Multiethnic Missional Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples Multiplying

  6. Multiethnic, With a Twist • “Multi-ethnicity” and “panta ta ethne.” • Hebrew “am” and “goyim.” • Greek “laos,” “demos,” “polis” and “ethnos” • English “nations” and “peoples (ethnics)”

  7. A New Term– “Polyethnic” • “Multi-ethnicity” attempts to blenderize cultures • Seeks lowest common denominators • Ignores or obliterates ethnic distinctives/worldviews • “Polyethnic” is an affirmation of cultures • Affirms commonalities • But not at the expense of cultural/worldview distinctives

  8. Multiethnic Missional Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples Multiplying

  9. Missional • Missional is an evangelism, discipleship, and ministry approach for being the church in which the church has: • An Acts 1:8 approach for its mission • Incarnational • Every believer a missionary • Evangelism, discipleship, and ministry are one • Spiritual Inhaling-Exhaling

  10. Multiethnic Missional Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples Multiplying

  11. Multiplying • The Realities and Issues of Church Planting Movements • Mark 4:1-20– “The Parable of the Sower” shows God’s heart. • The realities of 21st century life show that CPM’s are the only way we will ever reach significant numbers of non-believers.

  12. CPM- Definition • A Church Planting Movement is occurring • when local churches, • through the use of their lay members and staff, • are engaging the lost and • planting indigenous local churches • whose lay members go out and plant additional generations of churches. • Doubling of the churches begins to occur every 4-5 years.

  13. The Forest Meadow Story Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus Christ from Dallas to the ends of the earth

  14. I.B. Luzy Verdad • I.B. Indigo • I.B. Hebron • I.B. Ivy FMBC Family of Churches • IndianHouse Church • Park land House Church • AmookmSud. • Aliet Sud. • Dinka Anglican • Hurst Sud. • Bedford Sud. • Uduk Sud. • Me’en Sud. • FBC Sud. • Malek Sud. • Arlington Sud. • I.B. Forest Meadow • Nepalese House Church • Nepalese House Church • Nepalese House Church • Nepalese House Church • Mesquite House Church • Sudanese Community Church . . .That planted eight congregations In 2003, FMBC was one congregation. . . A total of 45 Congregations in Six Years In the last six years, we’ve planted 9 congregations • GuatemalanHouse Church • GuatemalanHouse Church • Nepalese House Church • The Well • Stone water • Crossing • TEAM Church Plant • TEAM Church Plant • Gate way • Break through • Life House • Key stone • High land • Journey • The Spring • Stone bridge • Rock bridge • Life Pointe • Rockwall House Church • Pleasant Woods Apts. Averaging more than 6500 in attendance!! . . .averaging less than 30 in attendance That have planted 28 congregations. . . • Zambian Light • TEAM Church

  15. Pleasant Woods Apts. TEAM Church 8Nepalese House Churches The Well 9 H.C. Verde Valley AZ 2 H.C. Asheville, NC 10 H.C. Verde Valley Park land House Church Sudanese Community Church Mesquite House Church GuatemalanHouse Church GuatemalanHouse Church 5 Nepalese House Church 4 Nepalese House Church I.B. Luzy Verdad I.B. Hebron Indian House Church TEAM Church Plant TEAM Church Plant Break through 15 H.C. Flint MI I.B. Indigo Bulgarian Community Stone bridge Life Pointe Life House Crossing Gate way Stone water Rock bridge Key stone High land I.B. Forest Meadow Zambian Light Malek Sud. Pakam 2 Sud. PakamSud. Pakam 3 Sud. Aliet Sud. AmookmSud. Dinka Anglican AmookmSud. Bedford Sud. Arlington Sud. Uduk Sud. Me’en Sud. Hurst Sud. I.B. Ivy Journey FBC Sud. Rockwall House Church 15 H.C. Flint MI 6 Nepalese House Church Five Generations of Church Plants I.B.TorreFuerte I.B.TorreFuerte FLA 1st Bhutanese Baptist 111 Congregations 9000 + in attendance Ibulgarian CP Oromo Baptist Evangelical The Spring Mission Trails South Bay Fllwshp

  16. Discipleship Chains

  17. 7 Step Planting Strategy • Always be thinking: • Reproduction • Leader development • II Timothy 2:2 Dr. BROCK’S MATERIALS www.churchgrowthinternational.com • LEADERSHIP Training • “Questions People and Churches Ask” steps 1 & 2 • Let This Mind Be in You Step # 7 • DECISION to be a Church – (formal) • Galatians * John, * Romans * Philippians Step # 6 • DISCIPLESHIP (Watered) • “Born Again What Next”… (Green Book) Step # 5 Step # 4 • SALVATION – (Seed) • Good News for You (Red Book) • TRAINING – (Sower) • Leading a Bible study (Purple book) • Manual for Volunteer missions • (Dark Blue book) Step # 3 • STRATEGY – (The Sower’s tools) • Indigenous Church Planting (Blue book) Step # 2 • FOUNDATION –(I Cor. 3:11) (I Thessalonians 1:5)“Indigenous C. P.” In review - page 3, #5) • (Power) Jesus “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:17), * Holy Spirit (John 14:12,25,26) • (Seed) Gods Word, - (Romans 10:17)( I Corinthians 3: 6) • (Sower) God’s call, - (Jeremiah 1:4) • (Soil) Target group God has called you to witness to – (Acts 16:7-10, 26:19-20) Step # 1 • Always be thinking: • Reproduction • Leader development • II Timothy 2:2

  18. Wrap-up • Key Elements • Identify the lost, unreached people groups and people group segments God wants you to reach. • Research, at the worldview level, to identify the bridges and barriers to the gospel within your people group. • Design an evangelism/discipleship process that replaces faith in the barriers with faith in Christ. • Implement your design.

  19. 2010 2010 Great Commission Initiative Making Disciples of Panta ta Ethne (All Y’All) • Find us on the web at: • www.pantataethne.org • Or Call us at: • 214-403-8283 • To get access to Dropbox Files, send an email to: • timahlen@me.com

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