Welcome to Day Four

P2: Disciple Making

Day One Preparation:

Lifetime

Day Two Conception:

0-3

Day Three Prenatal 1:

4-6

Day Four Prenatal 2:

7-9

Day Five Birth:

10-12

Plant Development Chart

Life Cycle Stage Timeline Growth Health

1. Preparation Lifetime 2 Foundations

2. Conception First Trimester 10 Dream Team

3. Prenatal One Second Trimester 40 Prospecting: “W”

4. Prenatal Two Third Trimester 80 Small Groups

5. Birth Fourth Trimester 120 Startup Ministries

Beyond Bootcamp

6. Growth - Maturity First Year 200 DM Classes: I/E

7. Reproduction Third Year Daughter Reproducing DNA

Planter Profile

1. Spiritual Leader

2. Missionary Leader

3. “V” Team Builder

4. Resource Developer

5. People Gatherer

6. People Developer

7. Ministry Developer

Startup Workbook

• Intentional Disciple Making Plan

Key Books

Intentional Disciple Making

Video: Me Church

Review: One Thing

One Thing

• Matthew 28• Mark 16• Luke 24• John 20• Acts 1:8

• MAKE DISCIPLES

One Thing Problems

1. Crowded Out

2. Unbalanced: 87%

Win Build: 100% Equip Develop Release

3. Random

Worship

Sunday School

Women

Board

Small Groups

Outteach

Men Children

Youth

4. Complex

KISS

Devastating Consequences

Barna Study: 2000

• Many programs– Almost every church in our

country has some type of discipleship program or set of activities.

• Few Disciples– Stunningly few churches

have a church of disciples.

Reveal Study: 2007

We are not making disciples!

Lifeway Study: 2008

• Major Study: 2500 people

• Same conclusion: We are not making disciples!

Monvee

• 25-45% of congregation dissatisfied with their spiritual life.

• This is why they …– Jump to your plant.– Jump to next plant.

• Crowd vs. Core

Big Question

QUESTION

• How will you make disciples?

• Deeper: How will you turn consumers into missionaries?

Interaction

• Who discipled you and how did they do it?

1. Intentional Process

Simple & Organic

• I have bad news for simple, organic planters. It breaks down after 40 people.

• With numerical growth comes increasing complexity and the need for intentionality. The issue is how you manage ministry complexity.

• Prenatal: KISS• Under 100: 3-5 Programs

2. Identify Stages

Five Biblical Stages

Win: Mt. 28:19

Build: Col.2:6-7

Equip: Eph. 4:11

Develop: II Tim.2:2

Send: Acts 1:8

3. Recognize Challenges

Two Forces

1. Membership

2. Maturity

3. Ministry

4. Leadership

5. Mission

Stair Step Commitment

VS.

4. Keep It Simple

Harvard Student

• Harvard Business School– Willow Creek Case Study

• “If I understand them correctly, they are trying to turn atheists into missionaries and that is one hell of a deal.”– Business Student

Legitimate Criticisms

• Discipleship is messy.• Discipleship isn’t linear.

• SaddlebackSmall Group: 20,000+Tithers: 13,842Quiet time: 14,000Ministry: 15,000Missions: 7,000

Discipleship Is Complex

• Sinner/Saint• Wheat/Tares• Grace/Truth• Ancient/Future• Rich/Poor• Men/Women• Hispanic/Norwegian• Hymns/Praise music• Red/Blue States

Complex to Simple

• OT Laws: 613– 248: Affirmative (Do)– 365: Negative (Don’t)

• Jesus: Two– Love God– Love Others

5. Diagram Process

Visual Movement

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1 2 3 4 5

1

2

3

4

5 3 2

4 1

6. Develop Programming

Five Classes

Connect 101

Grow 201

Serve 301

Lead 401

Go 501

A. Select Programs

• Place key ministries along the process.

B. Hand Offs

• Pay attention to hand offs

• How do they take the next step?– 101 … 201 … 301

C. People Connection

• Many times people don’t take the next step because of the process.

• They take the next step because of the people connection.

D. Alignment

• Align all ministries around the process.

• When a church is fully aligned, all ministries are operating from the same ministry blueprint.

• Each ministry department mirrors the process in that particular area.

Most Churches

• Ministry Silos– Women … Children … Youth

• In a church that lacks alignment, everyone is competing for the same space, resources, volunteers, and time on the calendar.

• Ministry competition not body coordination

E. Keep Focus

• Eliminate anything that doesn’t fit.

• Most small churches have too many programs.

• Keeping the main thing the main thing!

F. No Credit

• You don’t get credit for leaving runners on base.

• It is not the seating capacity of the church that counts, it is the sending capacity.

Video: Guardian

We have to go out.We don’t have to come in.

Design Process

• Don’t have to be original

• Do have to be biblical– Biblical stages?

• What is your disciple making process?

The End