Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

Great Commission Initiative

Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples

Multiethnic

Missional

Multiplying

The GCI Story

• CSI– 1984-85• Key Church Strategy –1987• New Directions—1997• One Church, Many Congregations• Acts 1:8 Strategy– 2001?• London – 2003• Skunkworks Group• San Francisco – 2004• Texas GCI—2005 • GCI officially organized—2008



The GCI Story

• Key Church as a church planting strategy– Typically key churches doubled community

penetration in three years– Then they stalled out at between 30-40

church plants because of • Declining (denominational) resources• Structural design (addition as opposed to

multiplication)Great Commission Initiative


The GCI Story

• New Directions– Sometimes slower initial growth– CPM’s resulted• Not dependent on outside

resources• Structural design (multiplication

as opposed to addition)

• Question from London– Why not in the United States?





Multiethnic

Missional

Multiplying

Multiethnic, With a Twist

• “Multi-ethnicity” and “panta ta ethne.”– Hebrew “am” and “goyim.”– Greek “laos,” “demos,” “polis” and “ethnos”– English “nations” and “peoples (ethnics)”

A New Term– “Polyethnic”

• “Multi-ethnicity” attempts to blenderize cultures– Seeks lowest common denominators– Ignores or obliterates ethnic

distinctives/worldviews• “Polyethnic” is an affirmation of cultures– Affirms commonalities– But not at the expense of cultural/worldview

distinctives



Multiethnic

Missional

Multiplying

Missional

• Missional is an evangelism, discipleship, and ministry approach for being the church in which the church has:– An Acts 1:8 approach for its mission– Incarnational– Every believer a missionary– Evangelism, discipleship, and ministry are one

• Spiritual Inhaling-Exhaling



Multiethnic

Missional

Multiplying

Multiplying

• The Realities and Issues of Church Planting Movements– Mark 4:1-20– “The Parable of the Sower” shows

God’s heart.– The realities of 21st century life show that CPM’s are

the only way we will ever reach significant numbers of non-believers.

CPM- Definition

• A Church Planting Movement is occurring– when local churches, – through the use of their lay members and staff, – are engaging the lost and – planting indigenous local churches – whose lay members go out and plant additional

generations of churches. – Doubling of the churches begins to occur every 4-

5 years.

The Forest Meadow Story

Forest Meadow Baptist Church

Following Jesus Christ from Dallas to the ends of the earth

FMBC Family of Churches

I.B. Forest Meadow

Sudanese Community

Church

The Well

Pleasant Woods Apts.

TEAM Church

Zambian Light

Rockwall House Church

Nepalese House Church

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

h

Gate way

Stone water

Rock bridge

TEAM Church Plant

TEAM Church Plant

GuatemalanHouse Church



IndianHouse Church

I.B. Luzy

Verdad

I.B. Indigo

I.B. Hebro

n


The Spring

High land

Malek Sud.

Aliet Sud.

Amookm Sud.


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 9 congregations

That have planted 28 congregations. . .

. . .That planted eight congregations

Averaging more than 6500 in attendance!!

A total of 45 Congregations in Six Years

I.B. Forest Meadow

Sudanese Community Church

The Well

TEAM Church

Zambian Light

Rockwall House Church

8 Nepalese House Churches

Mesquite House Church

Pleasant Woods Apts.

1st Bhutanese Baptist

Oromo Baptist Evangelical

I.B. Ivy

Dinka Anglican

Hurst Sud.

Bedford Sud.

Arlington Sud.

Uduk Sud.

Me’en Sud.

FBC Sud.

Stone bridge

Journey

CrossingKey stone

Life Pointe

Life House

Break through

Gate way

Stone water

Rock bridge

TEAM Church Plant


15 H.C.Flint MI

Indian House Church

I.B. Luzy Verdad

I.B. Indigo

I.B. Hebron

9 H.C. Verde Valley AZ

TEAM Church Plant

111 Congregations9000 + in attendance

6 Nepalese House Church

Bulgarian Community

High land

Malek Sud.

Aliet Sud.

Pakam 3 Sud.


Park land House Church


I.B.Torre Fuerte

The Spring

South Bay Fllwshp

Mission Trails

Amookm Sud.

Amookm Sud.

Pakam 2 Sud.

Pakam Sud.

10 H.C. Verde Valley

15 H.C.Flint MI

2 H.C. Asheville,NC

I.B.Torre FuerteFLA

Ibulgarian CP


Five Generations of Church Plants

Discipleship Chains

7 Step Planting StrategyLEADERSHIP Training• “Questions People and Churches Ask” steps 1 & 2•Let This Mind Be in You

FOUNDATION –(I Cor. 3:11) (I Thessalonians 1:5)“Indigenous C. P.” In review - page 3, #5)• (Power) Jesus “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:17), * Holy Spirit (John 14:12,25,26)• (Seed) Gods Word, - (Romans 10:17)( I Corinthians 3: 6)• (Sower) God’s call, - (Jeremiah 1:4)• (Soil) Target group God has called you to witness to – (Acts 16:7-10, 26:19-20)

Step# 1

Step# 2

Step# 3

Step# 4 SALVATION – (Seed)

• Good News for You (Red Book)

Step# 5

DISCIPLESHIP (Watered) • “Born Again What Next”… (Green Book)

Step# 6

Step# 7

DECISION to be a Church – (formal)• Galatians * John, * Romans * Philippians

TRAINING – (Sower) • Leading a Bible study (Purple book)

STRATEGY – (The Sower’s tools) • Indigenous Church Planting (Blue book)

Always be thinking:•Reproduction•Leader development•II Timothy 2:2

Always be thinking:•Reproduction•Leader development•II Timothy 2:2

Dr. BROCK’S MATERIALSwww.churchgrowthinternational.com

•Manual for Volunteer missions •(Dark Blue book)

Wrap-up

• Key Elements– Identify the lost, unreached people groups and

people group segments God wants you to reach.– Research, at the worldview level, to identify the

bridges and barriers to the gospel within your people group.

– Design an evangelism/discipleship process that replaces faith in the barriers with faith in Christ.

– Implement your design.

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• Or Call us at: – 214-403-8283

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Great Commission Initiative Igniting CPM’s among the unreached peoples