An Effective Mission Strategy Team for your church

Acts 1:8“But you shall receive power

when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be

witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

The Guiding Principle

What Does the Bible Say?

• You shall have within you capability

• Following the time that the Holy Spirit is over you

• Then you will be witnesses of Jesus– In Jerusalem– In Judea– In Samaria– To the fartherest part of the earth

First order of business

• Coming under the control of the Holy Spirit– The church would recognize and confess the

connection of the control of the Holy Spirit and the mission strategy.

– The church would commit to a season of focus on Spiritual Formation

• A set time period for intentional prayer• A set time period to rediscover the yielded life

Four Focal Points

Where is that?

Jerusalem – Close and you know them well

Judea – close, you don’t know them so well

Samaria – close or far, but you don’tlike them very much

Uttermost - Someone you are not likely to ever see or know personally

Components of a strategy

• One – Prayer for each of the specific geographical areas

• Two - Education about each of the specific geographical areas

• Three - Engaging People in activity in each of the specific geographical areas

• Four - Financially partnering in each of the specific geographic areas

Specifics of a Strategy

• Church to enlist a Mission Strategy Team• Setting time frame plans (1 year, 5 years)

– In each of the four specific geographical areas• What will we lead our congregation to pray about?• What information, and in what manner, will we give the

congregation about the area and how it can be served with the gospel?

• Who from our congregation will go to the specific region in this time frame?

• How much and to whom will we financially partner for the support of ongoing Gospel work in each specific region?

HOW CAN SRBA ASSIST?

• One – Offer guidance to form a Missions Strategy Team

• Two – Train the Team • Three – Make any needed resources

available• Four – Serve as a broker to help the Team

with partnerships and opportunities• Five – Partner churches to increase

opportunities as needed