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
h
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
n
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
1
3
5
10
15
20
30
year
s
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.