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4 Steps to Growing your Group Leadership kick-off 2011 Edmond’s First Baptist Church

4 Steps to Growing your Group Leadership kick-off 2011 Edmond’s First Baptist Church. Step 1 ~ Know the Possibilities Assimilation Percentage of Christians who remain active in church after 5 years Those not involved in Sunday School ~ 16% Those involved in Sunday School ~ 83%

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4 Steps to Growing your Group Leadership kick-off 2011 Edmond’s First Baptist Church

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  1. 4 Steps to Growing your Group Leadership kick-off 2011 Edmond’s First Baptist Church

  2. Step 1 ~ Know the Possibilities • Assimilation • Percentage of Christians who remain active in church after 5 years • Those not involved in Sunday School ~ 16% • Those involved in Sunday School ~ 83% • Sunday School involvement is related to a fivefold increase in long-term church participation (High Expectations by Thom Rainer)

  3. Step 1 ~ Know the Possibilities • Invitation • most unchurched people will accept an invitation if two conditions are met: • A friend goes with them & stays with them. • 91% of people said they were likely to accept that type of invitation • Dr. Thom Rainer: the Unchurched Next Door • Highly Receptive ~ 11% & Receptive ~ 27% • Neutral ~ 36% • Resistant ~ 21 % & Argumentative ~ 5%

  4. Step 1 ~ Know the Possibilities • Situation • Regional Shifts in Religious Beliefs and Behavior since 1991 by George Barna (stats for Midwest) • 1/3 of the US hasn’t been to church in 6 months • Each weekend 60% of the US doesn’t go to church • 13% of the US is in Bible Study each week • 38% believe the Bible is completely true • % who describe themselves as Born Again~42 • % who describe themselves as Christian~80 • Edmond’s 2010 Population~81,405 • Circle-of-Influence-Census~_________

  5. Step 2 ~ Enlarge the Organization • Possibility • organize for the possibility, not the history • QUESTION-what would a group look like who reached your circle of influence? Describe the connection group ministry that would support that group. • Think door-to-door on Sunday as well as throughout the week. • If the members of your connection group had a Member’s Bill of Rights, what would be on it? • How would a great leader organize for that kind of possibility? • DREAM BIG, and GO FOR IT!

  6. Step 3 ~ Enlist the Leaders • Team • Enlist to a dream and Equip for a task • Pray together with potential leaders • Clearly define the ministry role (hidden beliefs create havoc) • Serve alongside of new leaders (I do it while you watch, we do it together, you do it while I watch) • Give away real responsibility (“people never wash rental cars” Tom Peters) • Recast the vision every 28 days ~ the Nehemiah Principle (life supplies distraction, leaders supply focus)

  7. Step 4 ~ Go Get the People • People • Love the people, not the task • Without this step, the other steps don’t matter • The need is for continuous, varied invitations • Invite members, guests, and your COI, until they are all active in your Bible Study group • DIAL • Call every new guest and every member every week • Keep a current prayer list for every group member • Pray specifically for group members

  8. Huddles • MIDWEEK • Effective teams practice • Divisions will meet on the 1st Wednesday of the month in A201 from 7:00-7:30 ~ resources i.e. Hunt study • Connection Groups are encouraged to meet at east one of the other weeks in their CG rooms (g-rod needed) • Right Now Training will be sending each of you an email to verify participation is the online training and planning guides we will be using this year • Possible teachers huddle on an alternate wdnesday evening

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