MODULE 7: CHURCH GROWTH
From Discipleship to Discipling Movements
1.
CHURCH MODELS
DISCIPLING MOVEMENTS (Power-point)
Readings: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY FOR POOR PEOPLES' CHURCHES
THE MIDDLE
YEARS: CHRISTIAN NURTURE
CHURCH OF THE POOR
2. WORK PATTERNS IN URBAN POOR MOVEMENTS (Power-point)
a. 80 STEPS IN A CHURCHPLANT
b. HESSELGRAVE'S CHURCHPLANTING CYCLE
b. PHILIPPINE CHURCHPLANTING WORK PLAN
c. WORK PLAN FOR A
CHURCHPLANT
3. FROM CHURCHES TO MOVEMENTS
Readings: FROM
CHURCHES TO MOVEMENTS
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
4.
BREAKING PROPERTY BARRIERS
CASH FLOWS IN A HOLISTIC URBAN CHURCH PLANT (Power-point)
6. WORSHIP
7. WESTERN INNER CITY MODELS
Readings:
Youth Congregation in Pico Union
Inner City Growth in the UK
Learning Outcomes
1. Skill: Trainees will
evaluate their ministry experiences in each of the seven skill areas of
developing a poor people's church or discipling movement, relating these to
the four seasons of growth.
2. Skill: Trainees will develop a work plan for evangelism, and one of the
seven skill areas.
3. Understanding: Trainees will be able to identify the differences between
a mindset and styles of developing a ministry and initiating a movement.
4. Skill: Trainees will identify a progression of funding needs and
resources for an urban poor ministry they are familiar with.
5. Skill: Trainees will be able to differentiate the nature of urban poor
worship patterns and middle class patterns.