spain team presentation 080310
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Team Spain 2010
Planting church where none exists
We need you…
• We are building a team• Pray and invest!• Sacrifice/Kingdom
“The worst of t imes are the best of t imes for missions” John
Piper
Avant MinistriesShort-Cycle Church Planting
A strategic, God enabled process which seeks to continuously
shorten the t ime needed to develop a mature church.
Short-cycle is not short
Spain• 40 mil l ion people• Government is parliamentary monarchy• Led by King Juan Carlos since 1975• Less than 2% evangelical• 98% Catholic, nominal at best• Five regions, five languages• The least reached region is Casti le Leon• Valladolid – 400,000 (600,000 in the
province or county) • .1% believers in Valladolid
Valladolid
• Former capitol of Spain 1469-1561• Isabella and Ferdinand married here
1469• Queen Isabella f inanced Columbus• Christopher Columbus died here in
1506• The inquisit ion and inquisitors• A city in bondage/darkness
Church of San Pablo, Valladolid
Our Task…
Make disciples among Spaniards and lead them to
do the same …start a church planting movement
in five years or less.
How is it possible?
“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with
God all things are possible.” Mat 19:26
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth” Mark 9:23
Four elements of church planting
• The power of the gospel • Divine serendipity• God’s abil ity• Prayer
Short-Cycle Church planting uti l izes and values the creative
synergy of a team of individuals using these five operating
principles…• Simultaneous Activity – non sequential• High Trust – in members and Holy Spirit• Overt Witness – early and often• Restricted Scope –only do what only we
can do• Tactical advantage – leverage to
accelerate efforts
“God is waiting for a generation who is wi l l ing to pray as much as it
takes, give as much as they have and Go as far as He ask…
let us be the end of His wait ing”
Points for Prayer…
• Build a base team for prayer/support
• Wisdom to lead the team• Personal support to be at 100% by
September• Team support to grow together so
we can arrive within a few weeks of each other
• Our Family • Language learning
