Mission…It’s All About… Jesus!

Jesus loves me this I know;For the Bible tells me so.Little Ones to Him Belong;They are Weak, but He is Strong.

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It’s All About… Jesus!

We are living in the greatest days of Harvesting in history!

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Evangelical Christianity is growing faster than Islam and two times faster than Buddhism and Hinduism.

* Explosion of the non-western Church *

• True Christianity has grown by more than 300 million believers in the past ten years.

• About 10 million of these new Christians are from North America and Europe

The Global South: The new faces of Evangelical Christianity

• 1948 less than 1 million believers.

• 2013 conservative estimates suggest over 100 million believers. Most all of the growth has been in the last 35 years.

• Over 12,000 new Chinese believers every day! The great need is for pastoral training.

* China *

Nazarene Acceleration… in Making Christlike Disciples

It took us almost 100 years to reach 1 Million in Members

In the Last 20 years We Added 1.3 Million More

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Jesus Said:

… go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you to the very end of the age.

Matt 28:19-20

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Jesus Said:

Our Mission is ……to Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations!

Simply Multiply…

Disciples… Leaders… Groups… Churches…

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The Facts are Clear…

• The most effective strategy for making Christlike disciples in the nations is church planting.

• The most Biblical strategy for making Christlike disciples in the nations is daughter church planting.

USA/Canada The Early Years:

1.Doubled 4 times in 50 Years2.From 300 to 600 to 1,200 to

2,400 to about 5,000 Churches3.Why?

1. Indigenous Leaders 2. Low Cost3.Reproducible Methods

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Making Christlike Disciples through New Churches…

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People Trained 2,098 Certified Trainers 673 Master Trainers 111 DSs Taking Training 56 of 77 = 73%

New Churches Registered in 2011 72 New Churches Registered in 2012 110 New Churches Registered in 2013 104 New Churches Registered in 2014 136 Estimated New Registrations in 2015 175

Prayer Force (Luke 10:2) 1,194

Biblical Principle #1

Christ is the Lord of the Church and He has a Vision for Your Church!

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Public Vision Statements: Oregon Pacific- Every Church start 1 new every 5

Years Virginia- 1% of Pop.= 50,000 Disciples; 27 Started North Carolina- 44 New Churches in 5 years Iowa-20/20 Vision (20 ch’s + 20 CMC by 2020) Nebraska- 25/25 Vision; 25 new by 2025 Kansas- +70 by 2025, 140 more by 2035=280 Total NW OH- Church/10,000=160; Increase of 100 Ch Louisiana- 2% of Pop.= 92,000; 735 total churches

of 125 avg. by 2026; 70 new in New Orleans

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Joplin District: 2012- Vision by Jim Dillow & team, 70 new in 10 yrs 2013- New DS, Mark Bane Same Vision, Shorter Time: 70 new in 5 years Two CP Trainings a Year: Spring and Fall Increases from 2014 to 2015:

New Churches Registered 20 New Churches Organized 8 Membership +3.2% SS attendance +7.1% Worship Attendance +9.6% New Nazarenes +63%

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Eastern Michigan District: 2013- Vision DS Glen Gardner, 50 new in 10 years “Expect Five Years to See Measureable Results” CP Training Every Year Increases from 2014 to 2015:

5 New Churches Registered; 6 More in Progress Membership: +77 Worship: +52 SDMI: +119 Conversions: +20 Baptisms: +77 New Nazarenes: +50

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Our Mission:To make disciples

that make disciples that

make disciples…

It is about a plentiful harvest

A “church” within walking distance of everyone in the world

Our Vision:

Matthew 28:18-20The Great “Go” mission cycle

Go

Make

Baptize and Teach

ObeyDiscipleship Multiplication

Year Evangelist Discipler

1 365 2

2 730 4

3 1,095 8

4 1,460 16

5 1,825 32

6 2,190 64

7 2,555 128

8 2,920 256

9 3,285 512

10 3,650 1,024

11 4,015 2,048

12 4,380 4,096

13 4,745 8,192

14 5,110 16,384

15 5,475 32,768

16 5,840 65,536

17 6,205 131,072

18 6,570 262,144

19 6,935 524,288

20 7,300 1,048,576

21 7,665 2,097,152

22 8,030 4,194,304

23 8,395 8,388,608

24 8,760 16,777,216

25 9,125 33,554,432

26 9,490 67,108,864

27 9,855 134,217,728

28 10,220 268,435,456

29 10,585 536,870,912

30 10,950 1,073,741,824

31 11,315 2,147,483,648

32 11,680 4,294,967,296

The Harvest Is In The

Field Not In The Barn

It is about a plentiful harvestGo I am sending you out!

“He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are

few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,

therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field. Go! I

am sending you out…” ~ Lk 10:2-3a

It is about a plentiful harvestGo I am sending you out!

Inward Focus

Y’all Come

Theology of Missions

Missional Focus

We all GO

If you build it they come

If he builds us we go

Come meet my pastor Come meet my Jesus

Academic discipleship Relational discipleship

Inward Focus

Pastor’s job to disciple

Theology of Missions

Missional Focus

Our mission to disciple

My church growth His kingdom growth

Addition Multiplication

We will transform the World when we become missionaries

The Challenge- Multiply

1. Change the Conversation2. Join/Create a Prayer Force3. Encourage Risk4. Provide Training5. Celebrate Victories/ Tell the Stories6. Remove the Barriers7. Turn the Lay People Loose

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Trinidad & Tobago District

We Will Multiply Disciples and Churches

on the Trinidad and Tobago District to the

Glory of God!

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It’s All About… Jesus!

Jesus Take this Heart of Mine,Make it Pure and Wholly Thine.You have Bled and Died for Me;I Will Henceforth Live for Thee!

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