Great Commission Initiative Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

1. Multiethnic Missional Great Commission Initiative Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America Multiplying

2. Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 • The Antioch Church was Multiethnic– • Greeks (Lucius) • Hebrews (Paul, Barnabas) • Africans (Simeon) • The Antioch Church was Missional • They took up a famine offering • They sent Paul and Barnabas on a church planting mission trip. Great Commission Initiative Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

3. Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 • The Antioch Church was Multiplying • Internally, by multiplying groups within the church • Greeks • Hebrews • Many teachers • Externally, by multiplying churches in Asia • Commissioning Paul and Barnabas Great Commission Initiative Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

4. I.B. Hebron • I.B. Indigo • I.B. Luzy Verdad • I.B. Ivy FMBC: 1st, 2nd,3rd &4th Generations • Park land House Church • IndianHouse Church • 9 H.C. Verde Valley AZ • Bedford Sud. • Dinka Anglican • Hurst Sud. • Malek Sud. • Arlington Sud. • Uduk Sud. • Aliet Sud. • FBC Sud. • AmookmSud. • Me’en Sud. • I.B. Forest Meadow • Nepalese House Church • Nepalese House Church • 4 Nepalese House Church • Mesquite House Church • Sudanese Community Church In 2003, FMBC was one congregation. . . A total of 61 Congregations in Six Years In the last six years, we’ve planted 14 congregations . . .That planted eleven congregations • GuatemalanHouse Church • GuatemalanHouse Church • 6 Nepalese House Churches • The Well • Stone water • Gate way • TEAM Church Plant • Rock bridge • The Spring • High land • Life House • Life Pointe • Key stone • Crossing • Journey • Stone bridge • TEAM Church Plant • Break through • Rockwall House Church • Pleasant Woods Apts. . . .averaging less than 30 in attendance Averaging more than 6500 in attendance!! That have planted 36 congregations. . . • Zambian Light • TEAM Church

5. Kingdom Growth requires RAPID multiplication...

6. Elephants versus Rabbits Elephants Wabbits Practically continuously fertile. Average of seven babies per pregnancy. 1 month gestation period. Sexual maturity: 4 months. 3 years: 2 -> 476 million (ideal potential) • Only fertile four times per year. • Only one baby per pregnancy. • 22 month gestation period. • Sexual maturity: 18 years. • 3 years: 2 -> 3

7. Reproduction rate matters! Reproduction rate in months 60 36 24 18 12 9 6 4 years 1 3 5 10 15 20 30

8. The Problem With Traditional Discipleship Linear Thinking. Reproduction can’t occur until after an arbitrary level of maturity is reached. It could take years or never happen! Conversion

9. How Multiplication Happens

10. What’s Training for Trainers? • Training for Trainers (also called T4T) is a discipleship process based on 2 Timothy 2:2- • It is a strategy for training believers to share their faith, start Bible study groups or house churches through the telling of both personal stories and Bible stories, and to train others to do the same. Its focus is on evangelism, church planting and discipleship.

11. What’s Training for Trainers? • T4T has three components: • An evangelism component in which you learn to • Listen to another person’s story • Tell them your story • Tell them God’s story. • A discipleship component in which you learn • A set of Bible stories that teach FMBC’s core competencies

12. What’s Training for Trainers? • T4T has three components: • A group formation component in which you • learn the story of the book of Acts in your group/ fellowship • in order to experience group formation through the eyes of the New Testament church

13. What’s Training for Trainers? • In T4T, you learn it today and use it tomorrow. • Your teacher teaches you so that you can teach someone else immediately. • You don’t receive Lesson 2 until you are doing Lesson 1.

14. Tell Listen! Your Baptism Tell Core T4T Stories Discipleship Tell Creation to Christ Gospel Presentation Think 1st Share No Ask Yes Ask Yes No Ask Story Church Obedience Tell Possessed Man Story How can we connect them to Jesus? If the answer is Would you like to be changed like the man in the story? If the answer is Can you get your family or friends together to listen to more stories? Start storying Group Do you want to follow Jesus? Teach new believers to share their stories in a small Group If the answer is

15. When Can T4T Groups Meet? • Sunday Morning during Sunday School Hour • Wednesday night during Prayer Meeting • 2:00 in the morning if you know they’re coming!

16. Where Can T4T Groups Meet? • In a host’s home • At the church facility • At a public place (like Starbuck’s) • At work • Any place you can gather a group

17. What is the Ultimate Outcome? • Your Choice. Could Be • New Church/House Church Network • New Sunday School Track • New Small Groups • Whatever you start, it will be self-multiplying

18. What Is Required? • Select a church member/ couple • Reasonably new Christians • Entrepreneurial • Lots of relationships with lost people • Motivated to serve sacrificially • Willing to commit for at least 13 weeks, potentially for a year

19. What Is the Cost? • 50% of the Cost is Underwritten by DBA • We are asking each church to contribute $25.00 per month for their participants

20. What Is Provided? • Every other week training sessions • Personal Coaching by a previously trained coach

21. What Are Participants Committing To? • Meet for training with all other participants every other week • Develop a new church/house church/small group/ Sunday School class, whatever you ask them to do. • Meet with their coach (in person or by phone) during the “off week.”

22. When Will M3 Begin? • It will begin on June 11-13 • Dr. Bill Fudge will kick off with a Friday night and Saturday of training. • We will meet every other week after that.