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Intentional Ministry

Intentional Ministry. What is your name? How does your congregation help people become disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world?. Intentional Strategy Review. Did you achieve your desired outcome? Why? Why not? Were there unexpected consequences? What were they?.

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Intentional Ministry

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  1. Intentional Ministry

  2. What is your name? How does your congregation help people become disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world?

  3. Intentional Strategy Review Did you achieve your desired outcome? Why? Why not? Were there unexpected consequences? What were they?

  4. How might we do better? (peer review)

  5. Spiritual Development

  6. Looking Inward

  7. Why did Jesus leave Capernaum and where did he get his directions? Knowing that he left sick people behind, how does that feel to us? Does it fit with our conventional ideas about Jesus?

  8. What does this story mean for us as spiritual leaders according to the values and model of Jesus?

  9. Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world…

  10. Who is our neighbor? (Who is our mission field?) How are we going to develop disciples from among them? (What is our ministry or method?) How will these disciples transform the world? (What is our vision?)

  11. How will we develop disciples who will transform the world?

  12. The Origami Goldfish

  13. Step 1

  14. Step 2

  15. Step 3

  16. Step 4

  17. Step 5

  18. Eye

  19. Completed Goldfish

  20. How did you feel about first attempt? How helpful were the examples? What was different about the goldfish attempt? Which felt more empowering and/or affirming? What will your team share with the whole group about how this experience might teach something about the power of our discipling processes?

  21. Lunch!

  22. Intentional Discipling Process Simple Comprehensive

  23. No, they don’t have to be 3 parts! What are your ideas?

  24. Simple Church

  25. A Simple Church has a clear process for developing disciples in its mission field Clarity

  26. A Simple Church is intentional about moving people through the process Movement

  27. A Simple Church aligns every leader, ministry, program and event to its process Alignment

  28. A Simple Church assures that it doesn’t do anything that does not serve its mission Focus

  29. Make a quick obvious list of ongoing programs in your church. Pick one to analyze together. • Does it support a simple discipling process? • Does it promote movement of individuals more into the likeness of Christ? • Is it aligned with God’s purpose for your congregation? • Are there programs that have lost their purpose? Which ones? Why?

  30. Intentional Strategy • Planning

  31. What are your key insights? • What outcome in do you seek in your leadership team due to this insight? • What can you do in the next month to obtain this outcome? • What will each person’s part be in carrying out your plan? • How will you help one another accomplish what you have planned?

  32. Prayer

  33. External Focus The Externally Focused Quest By Eric Swanson & Rick Rusaw

  34. Farewell Presentation Design by Tamra Spurlock t.spurlock@charter.net

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