Chennai City Transformational Network
JN Manokaran
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VIsion
It begins in vision, around which there is a core team, an extended core team
What does it mean to transform Chennai?
Indicators
- Church Planting Goal: A church within cycling distance, walking distance and language.
- Economic Goal:
- Social Goal
- Poverty Eradication Goal:
- Political Gaol
Derived from Lamentations, the glorious city and the desolate city.
City Leadership Team
Joshua Pillai, Tim Svoda, Manokaran, became 12 leaders that shared the vision and had a terriotrial commitment to transform the city.
Track Leaders
Share Holders
- NGO's
- Denominations
- Educational Institutions
Stake Holders
The people of Chennai.
History
- It took 12 years to emerge.
- In1989 we had 700 churches, in 1994 we had 1500, 2010 we estimate 4000 churches.
- In a population of 8,500,000 with 17,000 streets, means one church per street, so we need 17000 churches
How Do We Make it Happen?
ChennaiNet with several regions, where we bring pastors together for prayer and fellowship. Pastors never came. today we have 55 pastors fellowships in the city.
Egroup - a yahoo group - ChennaiNet.
Thinkers group - Intellectuals, professionals, college professors. How to reach the Leadership of the city. This focussed on the 7 mind moulders, with a theme tht evey thought, philsopahy , idea should be subordinated to Jess Christ. What is teh vision for each sector of teh city.
- A- Arts
- B - Business
- C - Church
- D - Distribution of Information
- E - Education
- F - Family
- G - Government
Pastors Network'
Chennai Transformation Network
Developed tracks
- Prayer - developed a thrity day prayer diary. then tried to form prayer groups in every areaPrayer walking - accepted by CSI
- Churchplanting - where, what kind of churches
- City Research
- Counsellors
- Youth
- Social Reform
- Arts
- Business
- Children -
- Family - Family retreat for corporates
- Etc
Patrons - dont have the energy to run with the movement , but have the power to ruin with the movement, so need a role.
Process of Network Development
- Needed champions for each network
- They need to recruit five leaders who meet once a month
- Do we need all the churches. No, only a critical mass. This can be developed with momentum
- Membership fees keep operation goiing