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The Acts 16:5 InitiativeThe Acts 16:5 InitiativeDevelop a Defining VisionDevelop a Defining Vision
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Make Vision Shift 1Make Vision Shift 1Shift from your present hopes for Shift from your present hopes for your congregationyour congregation’’s future to the s future to the high expectation that God has a high expectation that God has a transformational future for your transformational future for your church.church.
Make Vision Shift 2Make Vision Shift 2Shift from merely running Shift from merely running programs to implementing a programs to implementing a vision for ministry.vision for ministry.
Some of the challengesSome of the challengeswe face in the we face in the cultureculture
In times of rapid In times of rapid change what you change what you know can mis-lead know can mis-lead you. you. Michael MarquardtMichael Marquardt
Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry
The 3-D Church
A 3-D Vision
A 3-D Vision
Friends of the Road
Friends of the Heart
The Value ofthe Person
LoveDignity
RespectWayne T. Alderson
Valuing People: the Valuing People: the 4 S’s4 S’s
No SecretsNo Secrets
No SubversionNo Subversion No SurprisesNo Surprises (Lots of) Support(Lots of) SupportWilliam J. CarlWilliam J. Carl
Pizazz
And
Commitment
Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
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place
WORD
SHARE
PRAYER
Send to ministry and mission
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
The 50% GoalThe 50% Goal Word-Share-PrayerWord-Share-Prayer Devotional lifeDevotional life People EyesPeople Eyes Emmaus MealEmmaus Meal Seeing yourself as sentSeeing yourself as sent Prayer Covenants Prayer Covenants
Small Group (face-to-face Small Group (face-to-face groups) groups)
Transfer
Greek: the more you know the more educated
you are!
Hebrew: you are as educated as you do what
you know!
Three road blocks to transformation:Complacency (Greek to HebrewBand-widthturf
Complacency
Be Happy Don’t Worry
Turf
Don’t Change it
Makrothumia
Makro = Long
Thumia = heat/temper
Makrothumia
•long temper•Patience•The grace of getting along
Love is a willingness to be
frustrated!Bernard Harnik
Bandwidth
The Pressure of Present Demand
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PPT
PPT = Protected Planning Time. An hour a week, offline, to clarify priorities for the coming week and your to-do list. See p 20 or 21 in the materials from November.
Goals, “to-do’s” and calendar Management – PPT is a discipline that manages and shapes your to-do list – which helps clarify your vision – not just what you need to do but what you want to do with others – with the implied leadership moments.
PPT =Protected Planning TimeDo Lists + Your calendar
© 20013 E. Stanley Ott
© 20013 E. Stanley Ott
For helpful insights on the PPT check out:
“The Weekly Review”
McGhee Productivity Solutions
http://www.mcgheepro.com/MPSWebsite/media/Documents/PDF%20Docs/The-Weekly-Review.pdf
A 3-D Vision
Engaging Discipleship
“Americans are stupefyingly dumb about what they are supposed to believe.”
Historian R. Laurence Moore
Religious Literacy – What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t. Stephen Prothero
1. Fewer than half of us can identify Genesis as the first book of the Bible.
2. Only one third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
3. A majority of Americans believe that the Bible says that Jesus was born in Jerusalem.
4. When asked whether the New Testament Book of Acts is in the Old Testament, one quarter of Americans say yes. More than a third say they don’t know.
5. Most Americans don’t know that Jonah is a book in the Bible.6. 20% of Americans believed that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.7. 60% of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments8. Only 50% can name one of the four gospels9. 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were
married.10.75% believe the Bible teaches "God helps those who help
themselves.”
What’s happening with Discipleship today?
How well is the whole churchgrowing disciples? Your church?
How do you go about doing it?
Discipleship is all about spiritual growth
Q: Why focus on growing disciples?
A: You know the love of Jesus, hear the Word of Jesus & receive the eyes of Jesus
Know the Love of Jesus: transforming love
“Jesus comes right to your seat and says, “I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship and my word is this, ‘I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are and not as you should be because you’re never going to be as you should be.’”
Brennan Manninghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQi_IDV2bgM
Hear the Word of Jesus: make disciples
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 28:18
19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
Receive the Eyes of Jesus: People Eyes
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’
Jesus’ eyes saw the true needs of the people in front of him:Bartimaeus
Widow of NainCanaanite woman’s daughter
Woman at the wellThe Centurian’s Son
Wedding in CanaLepers
Receive People eyes – in your own head – seeing through the eyes of Jesus for people
“My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.”
Galatians 4:19
Odino
Receive People Eyes Receive People Eyes see through the eyes of Jesus see through the eyes of Jesus for peoplefor people
What does it mean to grow disciples?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GROW DISCIPLES?
NOT
Begin with the …
END in mind
Growing Disciples –
with the “end” in mind
Growing disciples with the end in mind
The “end” in mind is not:
Sunday School classes Bible classes seminars small groups mentoring spiritual direction
These are MEANS not ends!
Growing disciples with the end in mind
The 3-D Image of Jesus
The 3-D Christian LIfestyle
Dimension One: A Growing Commitment to the Triune God. (doxological)
The Great Commandment: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind.” Luke 10:27a
Dimension Two: A Growing Commitment to the Body of Christ (communal/koinonia)
The New Commandment: "That you love one another even as I have loved you.” John 14:35
Dimension Three: A Growing Commitment to the work of Christ in the world (missional)
The Great Commission: "Go into all the world and make disciples…” Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commandment: "And thy neighbor as thyself.” Luke 10:27b
A Profile of a Disciple
Doxological - Know, love and Experience the God who loves us Faith in Jesus
Weekly worship (Experiencing God)Daily devotional lifeThe fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
Koinonial - Equip and care for the people God gives us Private meals with friends and strangers
Participate in a face-to-face group (Equipping the PeopleCommit a percent of my income to God’s work of God)Serve my church with specific ministry
Missional - Engage the World to which God sends us
Complete my work with excellenceOffer the compassion of Jesus (show up) (Engaging our world)
Bear witness to Jesus (speak up)Stand up for what is right. (stand up)
PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING COMMITMENTTO GOD THE
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
A GROWING CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
A GROWING CALLTO THE WORK OF
CHRISTIN THE WORLD
PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING COMMITMENTTO GOD THE
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
A GROWING CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
A GROWING CALLTO THE WORK OF
CHRISTIN THE WORLD
PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING COMMITMENTTO GOD THE
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
A GROWING CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
1 MEALS WITH FRIENDS/STRANGERS
2 SERVE OTHERS USING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS
3 OFFER A % OF INCOME TO GOD’S WORK4 SERVE THE CHURCH WITH A SPECIFIC MINISTRY
A GROWING CALLTO THE WORK OF
CHRISTIN THE WORLD
PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING COMMITMENTTO GOD THE
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
A GROWING CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
1 MEALS WITH FRIENDS/STRANGERS
2 SERVE OTHERS USING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS
3 OFFER A % OF INCOME TO GOD’S WORK4 SERVE THE CHURCH WITH A SPECIFIC MINISTRY
A GROWING CALLTO THE WORK OF
CHRISTIN THE WORLD
1 DO WORK WITH EXCELLENCE
2 OFFER THE COMPASSION OF JESUS
3 BEAR WITNESS TO JESUS 4. STAND UP FOR JUSTICE
The Seven Habits of the Burning HeartGrowing My Passion for God
Caring for Myself
Deepening My Relationships
Spending Time with Other Christians
Managing What God Has Given Me
Giving Myself in Service
Offering My Work to the Lord
The Habit of Devotion
The Habit of Well-being
The Habit of Family & Friendships
The Habit of Fellowship
The Habit of Stewardship
The Habit of Ministry & Mission
The Habit of Work
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Layering
Develop a Culture and a Strategy for Making Disciples
“Nebby” questions:
What strategy do you personally use for growing disciples? With whom?
What strategy does your congregation use for growing disciples? With whom? (what people groups?)
Three ingredients for growing disciples:
Relationships
Content3-D 7 Habits
Time
growing disciples
“Growing disciples is reproducing in others what the Spirit of God is producing in you and enabling them to reproduce it in a third generation.” – Chuck Miller
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growing disciples
“Discipling is an intentional relationship in which we walk alongside other disciples in order to encourage, equip, and challenge one another in love to grow toward maturity in Christ. This includes equipping the disciple to teach others as well.” - Greg Ogden
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Growing yourself as a disciple.
The “Reveal” study of Willow Creek
http://www.revealnow.com
Growing as disciples with others:
We grow disciples as we focus on a few
no matter how manyour many may be.
Growing as disciples with others:
Face-to-face personal lifestyle(spontaneous and intentional)
One-with-one intentional dyads
One-with-two intentional triads (or quads)
One with a small group (<15)
WitnessPrayer
Care
Word
With-me
Send© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
The 3-D Lifestyle
Give
WORD
SHARE
PRAYER
Send to ministry and mission
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4-7 weeks 90 Days of Prayer Discipleship Essentials (Ogden)
WSP Destiny series Unbinding Your Soul (Reese)
Increasing Level of Commitment
Multiplying Triads
(The Principle of Multiplication)
Call a ministry team togetherWSP - Prayer Covenant - Breaks bread
Decide on population groupsAdults (men, women, mixed)
Youth – two adults leads triad = five
Who are the potential leaders and triadmembers (early adopters)
Recruitment, training, deploying (Be in or lead a triad yourself)
Follow through – maintaining momentum between booklets within a group and sustaining multiplication of new groups.
Launching a Triad-based system of growing disciples
Just wanted to tell you that I have started several groups using the Discipleship Essentials books. It took me a while to decide to pull the trigger on something with such a commitment attached to it. But I have 3 groups I am leading. Two have 3 other guys in it (which feels like the perfect size) and the other has 2. I can't tell you how excited I am about this and they are. In one of the groups, the guys are almost giddy with their excitement about this sharing and growth opportunity. In all of them it appears to be, after 3-6 weeks (some groups started earlier than others), one of the most important things I am doing. I am certainly gaining a great deal from this method of making disciples with a deep conviction and commitment. And they are very moved by the experience so far. I am also excited about the possibilities for the next permutation, when they start to lead others.
Bob Bohl Central Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA
Growing Disciples in larger groups
(15 +)
Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
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place
GROWING DISCIPLES
Layers of Disciple-Making:
1. Growing one’s self2. Growing others interpersonally – life on life3. By means of shaping programs with the Defining Practices (witness, prayer, care…)
4.By means of small groups5. By means of ministry teams6. By means of teaching (classes/seminars)7. By means of discipleship communities8. By means of the “transforming moment”
growing disciples
Growing Disciples by means of interpersonal ministry
(The impact of Life on Life)
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Those who live in my home
My family members wherever they are
My small group
My committee, ministry team, or leadership team(s)
Individuals in whom I want to invest myself
Focus on a Few
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discipleship development
Growing Disciples by Means of Small
Groups
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discipleship development
Growing Disciples by Means of
Ministry Teams
Committees are one dimensional
Ministry teams are three dimensional
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discipleship development
Four practices that turn committees
into teams:
1.Word-Share-Prayer2.Rotating Prayer Covenants3.Quarterly meals4.Annual overnight retreat
The Seven Threads
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discipleship development
Growing Disciples by means of Teaching:
Bible ClassesSeminars
(Modify standard classes with last 20 minutes being Word-Share-Prayer)
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discipleship development
Growing Disciples by Means of Discipling
Communities – Disciple Growing
Systems
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discipleship development
Four Elements of the Discipleship Growing System:
The ministry team
The large group (teaching)
The small group(small group – large group balance)
Spiritual disciplines and encouragement
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© 2003 E. Stanley Ott
Large GroupTeaching Inspiration
Small Groups
Ministry Team
A Discipleship Community
Spiritual Disciplines
+
Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
© Copyright 2011 E. Stanley Ott
place
Growing disciples by means of “Transforming Moment” ministries The Great Banquet
CursilloThe Walk to EmmausTres Dios
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transforming moments
SPIRIT-DRIVEN
BIBLICALLY-BASED
DISCIPLE-DIRECTED
NEED-RESPONSIVE
GATHERED-SCATTERED ATTENTIVE
PRINCIPLE-PATTERNED
REFLECTIVELY-PRACTICED
The Practice of Life-changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry
WITNESS | PRAYER | CARE | WORD | WITH-ME | SEND
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
The Commitment to Taking Action
The Commitment to Learning
incline
recline
decline
People EyesPeople Eyes
Becoming like Christ
together for the World
GROWING DISCIPLES
“At heart, growing disciples is a relational experience, not an instructional or classroom experience. It is the influence of life on life in the midst of the difficulties of life, an influence that helps us get to know Jesus and one another, helps us face our personal darkness and helps us grow in our reflection of the image of Christ.”
E. Stanley Ott
Pray Daily: Igniting our passion for Jesus Christ
Inspiring us to be the people of God
Engaging our world with the good news, grace and justice of God
God
Church World
A 3-D Vision
The Three-Fold Missional Mandate
Show up - Speak up - Stand up
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’
Luke 4:18-19
The Missional Cycle
Reach (reach the uninvolved with the good news, compassion and justice of Jesus).
Grow (grow with one another as disciples of Jesus)
Send (send one another to reach and to serve)
Adaptive Challengesand Action Learning
The Action Learning Project (question) – An Adaptive Challege:
ObjectiveOpportunity
Obstacle
The Action Learning Team (ALT)
The Questioning and Reflection Process
Two Ground Rules:
1.Speak only to ask a question or in response to a question.
2. The learning coach has the power to intervene•(Michael Marquardt)
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that
they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and
recognized them as companions of Jesus. Acts 4:13
Layering