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BEING A MISSIONAL DEVELOPERChapter Building Essentials Tool

HOW WAS JESUS A MISSIONALDEVELOPER?

Looking at Luke 9: 1-6 and Luke 10:1-24

Compare/ Contrast 12 vs. 70

The Twelve (Luke 9 & beyond) The Seventy (Luke 10)

Sent by Jesus (fewer instructions) Sent by Jesus (more detailed)

Shaped by intimate community in the context of mission

Shaped more by the mission than the community

Jesus profoundly impacts A step removed from Jesus

Jesus chooses the right people to get on the bus

Invitation is more open, less selective

Jesus coaches in the moment Jesus debriefs the “mission trip”

Learning directly from Jesus will develop them as leaders

Engaging in missional activity willdevelop them as leaders

Why the 70, not just the 12?

The Twelve The Seventy

Exclusive Jesus answer to exclusivity

Can breed a certain arrogance and “us vs. them” mentality

Counterbalances this

“We’re special in the Kingdom.” “Anyone can be special in the Kingdom.”

Missional Christian

a student (or faculty)

who is motivated by their relationship with Jesus

to advance the Gospel on campus,

willingly devoting time and resources to take risks for Jesus’ sake in word, deed, worldview and prayer

Missional Leader

A Missional Christian (see previous definition)

who helps PMCs become MCs and

who has a defined leadership position that includes small group

Bible study leader, executive committee member, and any

student who carries out a defined responsibility within the

chapter as a leader

Case Study

• Luke is a freshman PMC at your campus. He comes from a churched background, so he’s already connected to Jesus and eager to grow in his faith. He gets connected to a small group and his leader is Jordan. Thinking about your fellowship right now, and assuming that Luke will go from PMC to ML during his freshman year, as a group walk through what you think should happen over the course of the year. Follow all 8 steps.

Case Study

• Sarah is the Small Group Coordinator for next year. Walk through the ways she need to exercise leadership following the Figure 8 model. Think about the kinds of things she needs to do as ML/MLL.

Missional Activity Planning

• On your own, design a missional activity that a small group can do

– Target Audience (will they respond? Like?)

– Clear “Send”

– Gospel

– Follow-up plan

Six Phase Debrief

1. How do you feel?

2. What happened?

3. What did you learn?

4. How does this relate to the real world?

5. What if?

6. What’s next? from Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Ph. D. http://thiagi.com

What’s Next Activities

• Group 1: Outline a “Figure 8” training session for your fellowship.

• Group 2: .

• Group 3: Look at the loop of the 12 and think through places where people leave the loop. What might go wrong? Are there ways to remedy this?

• Group 4: What additional training or resources are needed to make the Figure 8 more effective as a chapter-building tool?