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Building Christian Community

Building Christian Community. Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church. 1. Small groups: part of God’s plan 2. Life-changing small groups: some definitions 3. Small group values: the key to growth

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Building Christian Community

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  1. Building Christian Community Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church

  2. 1. Small groups: part of God’s plan 2. Life-changing small groups: some definitions 3. Small group values: the key to growth 4. Small group meetings and small group life 5. The goal of small groups: holiness and harvest 6. Small group leadership 7. Developing a small groups network 8. Maintaining the network

  3. Building Christian Community SESSION SEVEN: DEVELOPING A SMALL GROUPS NETWORK

  4. Getting Started…?

  5. Need for Strategy!

  6. Getting Started…? 1. Study and understand small group ministry 2. Pray, and follow as God leads

  7. 3. Share the vision with others Getting Started... Focus on values and objectives, not just groups 4. Designate small group co-ordinator

  8. 5.Identify leadership teams, each consisting of: Leader Apprentice leader Host or hostess and begin training. Getting Started... But remember…

  9. Grow... …don’t GO Getting Started... ...into small groups. START SMALL

  10. Getting Started 6. Form a Prototype Group Co-ordinator/ trainer Group leaders Apprentices

  11. Getting Started. The purpose of the prototype: • to train • to bond • to develop a reproducible model • to provide an authentic small group experience. • to practice the real thing! Jesus in the centre

  12. Getting Started... Core Group Leadership team 7. Build core groups by adding 3-4 members Other churchmembers

  13. Complete Small Group Getting Started... Core Group 8. Build complete groups by adding 5-6 non-members Non-members

  14. Pray that God will guide you to the other Christians or non-Christians He wants in the group Take other group members to Bible study contacts Offer something of shared interest, e.g. parenting, stress Introduce friends socially to group members, e.g. anniversary, concert, birth-day, barbecue, etc. Use a course to introduce Christian beliefs like “Alpha” Just invite them to the group Introducing Non-S.D.A. Friends to Your Group

  15. Getting Started 9.Make sure one or two people don’t wear ALL the hats!

  16. Getting Started 9a. Identify abilities and gifts in the group, and delegate responsibilities Put the right hats on the right heads

  17. Getting Started Basic Small Group Support Sub-Group Study Sub-Group JESUS IN CENTRE Task Sub-Group Leadership sub-group 10. Keep the small group at the level of a basic Christian community, organizing sub-groups as necessary

  18. 11. Keep the vision clear by reading, prayer, observation evaluation, and training for group members 12. Plan ahead: have a strategy for growth Getting Started...

  19. Remember the Jethro leadership principle Getting Started Supervising pastor Leaders of 500 Leaders of 100 Leaders of 50 Leaders of 10

  20. Future Challenge for Small Groups... “The great outpouring of the Spirit of God, which lightens the whole earth with His glory, will not come until we have an enlightened people who know by experience what it means to be labourers together with God…but this will not be while the largest portion of the church are not labourers together with God.” Evangelism 699

  21. Building Christian Community Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church

  22. OHP 5.5 Be convinced of Small Groups yourself & convince your leaders Plan your teaching & introduce that teaching to your church Prototype Cells 1st Wave Cells & Train new Cell Leaders 2nd & 3rd Wave Adjustment of old programme - Transition complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 Six year transition outline Strategy for Change

  23. Traditional Responsibilities Year 1 80% Year 2 60% Year 3 40% Year 4 20% Year 5 ? Small Group Responsibilities Year 1 20% Year 2 40% Year 3 60% Year 4 80% Year 5 ? The Pastor’s Changing Role

  24. The Original Cell Model KOREA

  25. The “Touch” Model Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, U.S.A., Russia, many other nations

  26. The Groups of Twelve (Turbo) Model Bogota, Columbia

  27. LEADER OF TWELVE How It Works Each of the twelve develops up to three Cell Groups. The goal is to find twelve leaders who will launch Cells.

  28. The G12 Structure Cell leader’s main task is to develop more leaders

  29. The Story • First 7 years, Castellanos worked with Cho’s system of Cells. • Grew to 3,000 people… • 1992-1997, with “Groups of Twelve” Strategy, grew to 10,460 Cell Groups

  30. The Objective To evangelize all of Colombia and see a Cell Church planted in every town in the nation.

  31. How Membership Has Grown 30000 Started “Groups of Twelve” Strategy 25000 20000 15000 3000 members 10000 5000 0 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 95 96 96 97 97 98 98

  32. How Cells Have Multiplied! 30000 25000 10,456Cells as ofJanuary, 1997! 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 95 96 96 97 97 98 98

  33. Growth Principles of G12 (Turbo) Model • Everyone is a potential group leader • Everyone is ministered to then ministers • Everyone can disciple 12 others • A believer can only be part of your 12 when they open a cell • Everyone should win souls and develop leaders • Homogeneous cells grow more rapidly

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