Great Commission Initiative

Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

Multiethnic

Missional

Multiplying

Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3

• The Antioch Church was Multiethnic– – Greeks (Lucius)– Hebrews (Paul, Barnabas)– Africans (Simeon)

• The Antioch Church was Missional– They took up a famine offering– They sent Paul and Barnabas on

a church planting mission trip.

Great Commission Initiative

Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3

• The Antioch Church was Multiplying– Internally, by multiplying groups

within the church• Greeks• Hebrews• Many teachers

– Externally, by multiplying churches in Asia• Commissioning Paul and Barnabas

Great Commission Initiative

Igniting Church Planting Movements in N. America

FMBC: 1st, 2nd,3rd &4th Generations

I.B. Forest Meadow

Sudanese Community

Church

The Well

Pleasant Woods Apts.

TEAM Church

Zambian Light

Rockwall House Church

6 Nepalese House

Churches

Mesquite House Church

I.B. Ivy

Dinka Anglican

Hurst Sud.

Bedford Sud.

Arlington Sud.

Uduk Sud.

Me’en Sud.

FBC Sud.

Stone bridge

Journey

CrossingKey

stoneLife

PointeLife

House

Break throug

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Gate way

Stone water

Rock bridge

TEAM Church Plant

TEAM Church Plant

GuatemalanHouse Church

Nepalese House Church

Nepalese House Church

IndianHouse Church

I.B. Luzy

Verdad

I.B. Indigo

I.B. Hebro

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The Spring

High land

Malek Sud.

Aliet Sud.

Amookm Sud.

4 Nepalese House Church

Park land

House Church

GuatemalanHouse Church In 2003, FMBC was

one congregation. . .

. . .averaging less than 30 in attendance

In the last six years, we’ve planted 14 congregations

That have planted 36 congregations. . .

. . .That planted eleven congregations

Averaging more than 6500 in attendance!!

A total of 61 Congregations in Six Years

9 H.C. Verde Valley

AZ

Kingdom Growth requires RAPID multiplication...

Elephants versus Rabbits

Elephants• Only fertile four times per

year.• Only one baby per

pregnancy.• 22 month gestation period.• Sexual maturity: 18 years.• 3 years: 2 -> 3

Wabbits• Practically continuously

fertile.• Average of seven babies per

pregnancy.• 1 month gestation period.• Sexual maturity: 4 months.• 3 years: 2 -> 476 million

(ideal potential)

1 1 1 1 2 2 4 8

1 2 2 4 8 16 64 512

2 2 4 8 32 64 1,024 32,768

4 8 32 64 1,024 8,192 1 million 1 billion

8 32 128 1,024 32,768 1 million 1 billion ---

16 64 1,024 8,192 1 million 67 million --- ---

64 1,024 32,768 1million 1 billion --- --- ---

60 36 24 18 12 9 6 4

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Reproduction rate in months

Reproduction rate matters!

The Problem With Traditional Discipleship

Pre-Conversio

n

•-8 Awareness of Supreme Being, No Awareness of Gospel

•-7Initial Awareness of the Gospel

•-6Awareness of Fundamentals of Gospel

•-5Grasp of Implications of Gospel

•-4Positive Attitude toward Gospel

•-3Personal Problem Recognition

•-2Decision to Act•-1Repentance

and Faith in Gospel

Post Conversio

n

•+1Post-Decision Evaluation

•+2Incorporation into the Body

•+3Conceptual and Behavioral Growth

•+4Communion with God

•+5Stewardship•+6Reproduction•+7Internally

(gifts, etc.)•+8Externally

(witness, social action, etc.)

Conversion

Linear Thinking. Reproduction can’t occur until after an arbitrary level of m

aturity is reached. It could take years or never happen!

How Multiplication Happens

Third Cycle

• Reproduction• Leadership Development• Learning to Lead

Second Cycle• Reproduction• Character

Transformation• Learning to Do

First Cycle

• -8 to Conversion• Conversion• Reproduction• Learning to Follow

What’s Training for Trainers?• Training for Trainers (also called T4T) is a

discipleship process based on 2 Timothy 2:2-– It is a strategy for training believers to share their

faith, start Bible study groups or house churches through the telling of both personal stories and Bible stories, and to train others to do the same. Its focus is on evangelism, church planting and discipleship.

What’s Training for Trainers?• T4T has three components:– An evangelism component in which you learn to• Listen to another person’s story• Tell them your story• Tell them God’s story.

– A discipleship component in which you learn• A set of Bible stories that teach FMBC’s core

competencies

What’s Training for Trainers?• T4T has three components:–A group formation component in

which you • learn the story of the book of Acts

in your group/ fellowship• in order to experience group

formation through the eyes of the New Testament church

What’s Training for Trainers?• In T4T, you learn it today and use it

tomorrow.– Your teacher teaches you so that you

can teach someone else immediately.• You don’t receive Lesson 2 until you are

doing Lesson 1.

TellYour Story

TellPossessed Man Story

AskWould you like to be changed

like the man in the story?

If the answer is No

YesIf the answer is

TellCreation to ChristGospel Presentation

Ask

Do you want to follow Jesus?If the answer is

Yes

AskCan you get your family or friends together to listen to more stories?

Start storying G

roup

TellCore T4T Stories

Discipleship

ObedienceBaptism Church

Share

Teach new believers to share their stories in a small Group

Listen!1st

Think

How can we connect them to Jesus?

No

When Can T4T Groups Meet?

• Sunday Morning during Sunday School Hour

• Wednesday night during Prayer Meeting

• 2:00 in the morning if you know they’re coming!

Where Can T4T Groups Meet?

• In a host’s home• At the church facility• At a public place (like Starbuck’s)• At work• Any place you can gather a group

What is the Ultimate Outcome?

• Your Choice. Could Be –New Church/House Church Network–New Sunday School Track–New Small Groups

• Whatever you start, it will be self-multiplying

What Is Required?

• Select a church member/ couple–Reasonably new Christians–Entrepreneurial–Lots of relationships with lost people–Motivated to serve sacrificially–Willing to commit for at least 13

weeks, potentially for a year

What Is the Cost?

• 50% of the Cost is Underwritten by DBA• We are asking each church to

contribute $25.00 per month for their participants

What Is Provided?

• Every other week training sessions• Personal Coaching by a

previously trained coach

What Are Participants Committing To?

• Meet for training with all other participants every other week• Develop a new church/house

church/small group/ Sunday School class, whatever you ask them to do.• Meet with their coach (in person or

by phone) during the “off week.”

When Will M3 Begin?

• It will begin on June 11-13–Dr. Bill Fudge will kick off with a

Friday night and Saturday of training.–We will meet every other week

after that.