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GO BIG with small groups

GO BIG with small groups. PALCON 2010. Dr. Woodie J. Stevens Global Discipleship Ministries Director. SONYA. What is going on, what does she need and how would you respond to Sonya?. Christian Holiness Missional.

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GO BIG with small groups

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  1. GO BIGwith small groups PALCON 2010 Dr. Woodie J. Stevens Global Discipleship Ministries Director

  2. SONYA What is going on, what does she need and how would you respond to Sonya?

  3. ChristianHolinessMissional

  4. “You must therefore goandmake the people of all nations my disciples. You must baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and you must teach them to obey all the commands I have given you. And there is not a day when I will not be with you to the end of time. Wm. Barclay trans. Matthew 28:19-20

  5. "You did not chose me, but I chose you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, - fruit that will last.”(John 15:16, KJV)

  6. Dr. Jerry Porter, General Superintendent

  7. Societies:Cognitive - aimed at the headClasses:Behavioral change - aimed at the handsBands:Affective redirection - aimed at the heart

  8. Preach in as many places as you canStart as many classes as you canNever preach without starting new classes.

  9. “My Brother Wesley acted wisely – the souls that were awakened under his ministry he joined in classes, and thus preserved the fruits of his labor. This I neglected and my people have become a rope of sand.”George Whitefield

  10. NazarenesAnd the Wesleyan MissionCan We Learn from Our History?byTimothy L. Smith

  11. 1. The willingness to accept the adequacy of ministers whose quest for Christian perfection had not yet led them into the experience of perfect love.2. The slow abandonment of the discipline of class and band meetings in which the early Methodists had cultivated the pursuit of holiness.3. Active resistance to the revived emphasis of mid-19th centuryMethodists on Wesley’s clear teaching that the second blessing of entiresanctification was an indispensable step in the lifelong process by which the Lordperfects His children in righteousness.4. The growing tendency of the Methodist ministry to allow as normative the enjoyment of unconsecrated wealth and social eminence.5. Last in time and perhaps also importance—the decline of the doctrine of holiness in Methodist colleges and theological seminaries.

  12. Who is discipling me?Who am I discipling? INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP

  13. Providing for the relational growth and the development of members to each other and to outreach prospects is a common characteristic of churches who are maintaining their converts.

  14. We have discovered that our small groups seem to function best when they meet on campus either before or after a service.Bill Hybels

  15. Beyond Additionto Multiplication

  16. Elephants Only fertile four times a year Only one baby per pregnancy 22 month gestation period Sexual maturity: 18 years Maximum growth potential in 3 years: from 2 to 3 Rabbits Almost continuously fertile Average of seven babies per pregnancy 1-month gestation period Sexual maturity: 4 months Maximum growth potential in 3 years: from 2 to 476 million Elephants or rabbits

  17. What kind and how many Small Groups/Home Groups to you have within your church family?

  18. Small Group Ratio – 7:100

  19. New Groups Ratio – 1:5

  20. Friendship Ratio 1:7

  21. The rules of the BandsThe design of our meeting is to obey that command of God, “confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another that ye may be healed.” James 5:16To this end, we intend:1. to meet once a week, at the least.2. to come punctually at the hour appointed, without some extraordinary reason3. to begin (those of us who are present) exactly at the hour, with singing or prayer.4. to speak each of us in order, freely and plainly, the true state of our souls, with the faults we have committed in thought, word, or deed, and the temptations we have felt since our last meeting.5. To end every meeting with prayer suited to the state of each person present.6. to desire some persons among us to speak his own state first, and then to ask the rest, in order, as many as a searching questions as may be, concerning their state, sins, and temptations.”

  22. “Starter Questions”1. What known sins have you committed since our last meeting?2. What temptations have you met with?3. How were you delivered?4. What have you thought, said, or done, of which you doubt whether it be sin or not?5. Have you nothing you desire to keep secret?

  23. 1. Have you the forgiveness of sins?2. Have you peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ?3. Have you the witness of God’s spirit with your spirit that you are a child of God?4. Is the love of God shed abroad in your heart?5. Has no sin, inward or outward, dominion over you?6. Do you desire to be told of your faults?7. Do you desire to be told of all your faults and that plain and home?8. Do you desire that every one of us should tell you, from time to time, whatsoever is in his heart concerning you?9. Consider! Do you desire we should tell you whatsoever we think, whatsoever we fear, whatsoever we hear concerning you?10. Do you desire that, in doing this, we should come as close as possible; that we should cut to the quick, and search your heart to the bottom?11. Is it your desire and design to be, on this and all other occasions, entirely open, so as to speak everything that is in your heart without exception, without disguise and without reserve?

  24. SELECT SOCIETY - THE TRAINING MODEAN ELITE CORPS OF THOSE ENTHUSIASTS WHO HAD WORKED THEIR WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS OF CLASS MEETING SOCIETY AND BAND AND WERE CONSIDED TO BE STANDARD-BEARERS OF THE MOVEMENT

  25. PENITENT BANDS: THE REHABILITATIVE MODE

  26. TWO DAY REVIVAL How many have been Entirely Sanctified in your church this past quarter?

  27. Session 1: Rescued – Rearranged – RestoredSession 2 – What’s Your Name?Session 3 – The Power of the CrossSession 4 – A Tale of Two DisciplesSession 5 – Sexual PuritySession 6 – ForgivenessSession 7 – Breaking The ChainsSession 8 – The Baptism of the Holy SpiritSession 9 – The Vision

  28. The Master's PlanWIN:A friend embraces faith in Christ. Immediately the new believer joins a Life Group that meets weekly for prayer, encouragement, and Bible study. The Life Group is open to new and nonbelievers.CONSOLIDATE:A 90-day discipleship journey. DISCIPLE:A nine-month period of discipleship, which includes participants discovering God's plan for them, their families, their worlds, and their ministries.SEND:During the final training level, new leaders are commissioned to launch their own Life Groups.

  29. Discipleship Conferences The Master’s Plan Discipleship Conference Miami, Florida – September 30 – October 3 www.iglesiadelideres.com Discipleship Great Commission Summit Bloomington, Illinois – November 10-13, www.themastersplan.us

  30. Casa de Oracion Iglesia del Nazareno Cali, Columbia www.nazareno.net

  31. I Give You Permission

  32. GoMakeDisciples

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