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House Churches which Multiply

Version Jan 3 2012. House Churches which Multiply. Disciples making disciples ... new churches starting new churches… new chains of churches… sustainable church multiplication. Workshop Level 1 .

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House Churches which Multiply

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  1. Version Jan 3 2012 House Churches which Multiply • Disciples making disciples... • new churches starting new churches… • new chains of churches… • sustainable church multiplication Workshop Level 1 RPT Workshop Level One PowerPoint 1-1-2012 = WITH WORDs & info version for ENG context = A.pptx

  2. Workshop Concepts • Introduction • Pray out more workers. • SHARE authority with your apprentices. • Commission & send out workers. • Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. • Keep instructions SIMPLE • Worship • Have workers start flocks (in houses of worthy persons) so as to reach whole families. • Encourage workers to bond with the people & adopt their customs. • Expect Persecution • Proclaim the original Good News. • Permit God’s miracles as others report activities and results. • Listen to workers.

  3. Introduction

  4. Answer this question: “What makes a church?” • Introduction • Matthew 16:16-20. • Matthew 18:18-20. • Matthew 28:18-20.

  5. Answer this question: “What makes a church?” • Introduction • Matthew 16:16-20. Authority to bind and to loosen. • Matthew 18:18-20. Real Presence of Christ in congregations of any size. • Matthew 28:18-20. Teaching to obey all of Jesus commandments. • Jesus is the One who builds His church. • Jesus gives authority to bind and to loose. • Jesus promises to answer prayer. • Jesus is in the midst of those who gather in His name. • Jesus commanded us to make disciples who obey his • commands. • Application…. • Flocks come in all sizes. Cell groups can be little flocks within big congregations. • Cells and congregations can all obey the commands of Jesus, doing all that the NT expects of them.

  6. Introduction Form groups into little flocks • Have each group’s members pray together to bind • themselves together as a flock and to invite Jesus • to be in their midst. • Have each group’s members choose one of them to serve as its shepherd. After one minute, pray for those elders to have grace and gifts from Jesus to serve their flocks. • Show these shepherds a simple way to serve communion and let them serve their flocks. • Discuss how were the things you just did commanded by Jesus, easy to do and imitable? • An easy way to serve the Lord’s Table (If denominational leaders allow) • If you do not serve communion during the opening session, then do it later to illustrate obedience to Jesus, or how to train novice leaders, or • Invite the flock shepherds come near to you so you can instruct them. Have the flocks prepare themselves for communion. Invite them to listen to your instructions to their shepherds.

  7. Pray out more workers. (1) #1 Praying & Looking

  8. Pray out more workers. (1) Jesus said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Mt 9:37-38; Lk 10:2

  9. Pray out more workers. (1) Ask & Discuss: What kinds of workers to train and send? Q

  10. Pray out more workers. (1) Ephesians 4:7-13 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it[a] says: “When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men.”[b] (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. A

  11. Pray out more workers. (1) Group Bible discovery • What did Jesus do when training new workers? • Mark 3:14-15. • Mark 6:6-13. • Mark 6:30.

  12. Pray out more workers. (1) • Mark 3:14-15. They be with him and he send them out. • Mark 6:6-13. He gave them instructions and sent them out. • Mark 6:30. They returned and reported to him. • Jesus had His trainees accompany Him. • He gave them power over demons. • He equipped them to proclaim God’s Word. • He listened to their reports. • He did not simply teach them theory for some future work. • Also : • Jesus modelled pastoral skills in a way that His disciples could easily imitate, • Jesus trained only a few, so that He had time to deal personally with all of them in a loving way, • Jesus made plans with them, to keep them focused on what they would do with the people, • Jesus aimed at social networks instead of individuals when he evangelised • Jesus gave specific commands for His disciples to obey. • Jesus helped them to exercise basic ministry skill.

  13. Pray out more workers. (1) - Chains of churches -

  14. Pray out more workers. (1) Antioch, Ephesus, Colosse Laodicia…. Hieropolis

  15. Pray out more workers. (1) Group Bible discovery • What did the apostles do to train new workers? • 2 Timothy 2:2. • Colossians 1:7-8. • Colossians 4:12-17.

  16. Pray out more workers. (1) Group Bible discovery • What did the apostles • do to train new workers? • 2 Timothy 2:2. Training ‘chains’. • Colossians 1:7-8. Epaphras. • Colossians 4:12-17. Nympha. • Apostles and shepherds trained new workers on the job. • Apostles and shepherds maintained chains of trainers who trained others in turn.

  17. Pray out more workers. (1) Group Bible discovery • 1 Timothy 1:3-4. • 1 Timothy 5:21-22. • Titus 1:4-5. • What is a “Training Coordinator”? • & • What is the role of training coordinators?

  18. Pray out more workers. (1) Group Bible discovery • What is the role of training coordinators? • 1 Timothy 1:3-4. Exhort, warn, train. • 1 Timothy 5:21-22. Keep the rules without partiality. • Titus 1:4-5. Put churches in order, appoint elders.

  19. Pray out more workers. (1) • Also… • Coordinators ensure that new leaders get appointed in new flocks. • Coordinators provide for the training and instruction of novice leaders. • Coordinators seek to get churches planted in every town. • Coordinators set up TEEE (theological education and evangelism by extension) programmes. • Coordinators train trainers provide materials and oversee record-keeping. • Coordinators inform congregations about neglected communities so that they can pray. • Coordinators discern when the work is completed in a region (Romans 15:18-21).

  20. Pray out more workers. (1) Question: Can someone summarize this concept (regarding praying & looking for new workers)?

  21. Pray out more workers. (1) • Work group tasks • Draw a map or your work area, showing the existing flocks and cells that could send workers to start new cell groups and congregations. • Name coordinators for each region in which you work and plan to work, who will start or strengthen an extension Bible school. • Pray together, asking God to thrust more workers into the harvest. • Ask the Holy Spirit to empower your current workers to train many novice shepherds for new flocks.

  22. Tea & Coffee

  23. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) #2 Share Authority

  24. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over the unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure diseases and to heal every affliction. After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others … and said to them, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” Mt 10:1; Mk 6:7; Lk 9:1; Lk 10:1, 19

  25. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) Skit: “Sheep and Wolves” • Ask: • “Which is more valuable, sheep or humans?” • (Matthew 12:12: How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! ) • “What number of sheep is an unacceptable loss?” • “What do wise pastors do when their flock grows big?” • Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. • Matthew 10:16: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. • Luke 10: Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. • Acts 20:29: I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

  26. Group Bible discovery • SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • 1 Timothy 3:1-7. • Titus 1:5-9. • What kind of persons should be trained as shepherds?

  27. Enrol individuals who meet biblical requirements of shepherds as listed in Titus 1:5‑9 and 1 Timothy 3:1-7. • Other suggestions: • Trainers should not enrol as many as possible simply to have bigger training classes. Teachers of big groups usually fail to prepare leaders who shepherd others, and their teaching sessions become a mere exercise for passive students. • Trainers should enrol only leaders, and potential leaders, who will begin at once to shepherd others. Enrolling students who are not leaders loses the discipline of shepherd-level training. • Novice trainees should begin at once to shepherd their own families and any friends who join their new congregation or cell. • It is awkward for a shepherd to teach believers what they have also already learned along with him in a training program that enrols everybody in his congregation. • When commissioning apostles and shepherds, do not impose man made requirements that are not biblical. Such traditions remain one of the biggest hindrances to flock and leader reproduction. • SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • The KEY: enrol individuals who meet biblical requirements of shepherds as listed in Titus 1:5‑9 and 1 Timothy 3:1-7. • Other suggestions: • Trainers should not enrol as many as possible simply to have bigger training classes. Teachers of big groups usually fail to prepare leaders who shepherd others, and their teaching sessions become a mere exercise for passive students. • Trainers should enrol only leaders, and potential leaders, who will begin at once to shepherd others. Enrolling students who are not leaders loses the discipline of shepherd-level training. • Novice trainees should begin at once to shepherd their own families and any friends who join their new congregation or cell. • It is awkward for a shepherd to teach believers what they have also already learned along with him in a training program that enrols everybody in his congregation. • When commissioning apostles and shepherds, do • not impose man made requirements that are not • biblical. Such traditions remain one of the biggest • hindrances to flock and leader reproduction. Skit: “Jesus the Rock”

  28. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) Skit: “Jesus the Rock” • Ask: • Who is the “rock” & what do we learn for application? • Remember… • Both builders listened to Jesus’ words, but only one obeyed. (“Both kinds attend this workshop!”) • Jesus was explaining the foundation of our lives and ministries. This foundation is not simply a doctrine; for it requires us to have a loving relationship with Jesus and to obey His commands. • Jesus said, ‘If you love me, obey my commands.’ (John 14:15).

  29. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • Matthew 28:18-20 • Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” • “What was the risen Christ’s final command?” [Answer: To make disciples of all nations.] • “How should Christians make disciples, according to Jesus’ teaching?” [Answer: We are to baptise them and teach them to obey Jesus’ commands.]

  30. Group Bible discovery • SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • Acts 2:37-47 • In what ways did the early church obey Jesus’ commands?

  31. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) ACTS 2:37 “When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” 40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. The Fellowship of the Believers 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

  32. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) ACTS 2:37 “When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.” 40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyoneas he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Repentance; Baptism; Love; Giving; Prayer; Lord’s Supper; Evangelism and Edification

  33. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • Ask: What did the 3,000 new believers start doing right away? • It was these commands that the 3,000 new believers in the first church began obeying at once. • These are Jesus’ main commands, upon which all other New Testament commands and ministries are based. • In Islamic regions, the list can be shorted to six by combining the first two. In Buddhist regions, the list can be increased to eight by separating love for God and love for others.

  34. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) Question: Can someone summarize this concept (regarding SHARING your authority with your new workers)?

  35. SHARE authority with your apprentices. (2) • Group work tasks • Identify which of the commands of Jesus need attention in your churches & cells? • Make plans to authorize workers and flocks to perform the commands of Jesus. • Write on your maps the name of workers whom you would like to enrol as trainees. • Pray for one another that the Lord Jesus will call many folks to faith and all you all to make disciples of them.

  36. Tea & Coffee

  37. #3 Commission new workers & send them in teams.

  38. Jesus sent them out two by two, to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. “Go your way, He said, “Behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves”. Mt 10:5; Mk 6:7; Lk9:2 and 10:2 • Commission new workers & send them in teams. (3)

  39. What are some biblical models of starting new flocks? • Acts 10:21-27 with 10:45. When summoned, Peter took along companions. • Acts 13:1-3 with 14:21-25. Send out apostles who start new congregations. • Acts 18:1-3 with Romans 16:3-5. Self-supported workers start home-based groups. • Commission new workers & send them in teams. (3)

  40. Remember: • The Acts 10: A “man of peace” who called together his relatives and friends. • The Antioch model of a flock sending apostles who started new flocks in a region and stayed long enough to appoint elders in every new flock. • Aquila’s and Priscilla’s self-support model, moving to other cities and starting churches in homes. • Commission new workers & send them in teams. (3)

  41. Are there advantages of going in small teams? YES! • Travelling in groups of two or more was Jesus’ and the apostles’ consistent practice. • There is more power from God when two or more agree together in prayer. • Team workers can usually bring more spiritual gifts into play than can one. • Some workers may have speaking gifts and others may have serving gifts. • Team workers can experience the Presence of Jesus in their midst • Team workers serve as reliable witnesses to the outcomes of their work. • Team workers can encourage each other and keep each other accountable. • When one worker trains others, they will often go out together for a time. • When one worker is detained at a place, the others can go on or return where needed. • Team workers appear more serious and important to sceptical communities. • Commission new workers & send them in teams. (3)

  42. Group work tasks • Plan to commission publicly those who shepherd flocks and whom you will send to start new flocks. • In your plans, note the names of persons with different gifts whom you can put together in teams. • Pray for one another and for those who will form task groups that will start new flocks. • Commission new workers & send them in teams. (3)

  43. Tea & Coffee

  44. #4 INSTRUCT workers

  45. Give Clear Instructions for your trainees

  46. Jesus instructed his disciples, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Mt 10:5-6; Mk 6:8 • Instruct Workers. Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. (4)

  47. Acts 1:8“___________________________.” • What are four kinds of places in which God wants his servants to start new flocks? • Jerusalem (a town), • in Judea (a region), • in Samaria (another culture), and • to the ends of the earth. • Instruct Workers. Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. (4)

  48. Criteria for choosing a new field in which to work. • Workers should choose a people group that is: • Neglected. Its congregations are too few, not yet reproducing, or do not fit its culture. • Receptive. Local people respond to the Good News and put their faith in Christ. • Reachable; easy to reach. God will open doors for you to work there, often through believers’ friends and relatives. • Instruct Workers. Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. (4)

  49. Mentoring Time with your trainee(s): 1)  Pray to begin. 2)  Listen to reports. 3) Plan Ministry 3)  Plan Studies. 4)  Assign reading. 6)  Practice new skills. 7)  Pray for each other, again. • Instruct Workers. Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. (4)

  50. Remember… • Mentors listen to each trainee’s report on what his flock is doing or is lacking. Listen! God does this with us…. He listens to the cry of our heart. Ps 107:6. • God planned ministry this with Elijah, giving him assignments. See 1 King 19:13b -19. “What are you doing here, Elijah?" • Trainers and trainees plan together what the trainees will do with their congregations during the next week or two. They may practice together a ministry skill, to prepare the student. • The trainer assigns Bible reading and other studies that correspond to each trainee’s plans. Jesus did this with his disciples and does this with us. • Instruct Workers. Provide clear instructions to apprentice workers. (4)

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