What We Do

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Mission: Equip followers of Jesus to abide in Jesus and make disciples of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit and God's Word. 

Individual Disciplemaking Mobilization: 

• Disciple believers to have a firm foundation in God's Word. 
• Lead believers into the community modeling how to start intentional conversations (initiate conversations with people, ask questions and listen, steer the conversation to a spiritual and Gospel conversation, share the full Gospel of Jesus, and ask for a response).
• Equip believers to disciple new followers of Jesus through simple, reproducible ways.

1-Day Gospel Conversations Training: 

Mission: Equip believers in personal missions mobilization to abide in Jesus and make disciples (why, who, what, and how).

• The training usually lasts for 6-8  hours on a Saturday. Below is a typical schedule of events.
• Prayer.
• Missional vision casting.
• Develop and practice sharing personal salvation testimony and clear, concise Gospel message.
• Train in initiating intentional conversation and navigating to spiritual and Gospel conversations.
• Visit inside a mosque, Hindu temple, or Buddhist temple (when having an 8 hour training).  
• Engage the community in Gospel conversations through the power of the Holy Spirit in groups of 2-3.
• Report back to the group to celebrate and pray.

2-5 Day Mobilization Training Intensive:

• This training follows a similar format to the 1-day GCT. This training may include engaging and serving local STL churches and mission organizations. 

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Local Church Mobilization

 Phase 1: Vision Alignment, Assessment, Plan

• Meet with the church staff and ministry leadership to learn how to best serve them in disciplemaking mobilization. 
• Lead staff and leadership through an Abiding and Making Disciples Health Assessment process.
• Guide the church leadership through developing or refining an intentional disciplemaking mobilization strategy and structure. Create spiritual growth goals with a clear process to communicate, measure, correct, and celebrate.

Phase 2: Implement The Strategic Plan

• Continue to preach, teach, and cast vision to the church about being mobilized to grow in competence and confidence to abide in Jesus and make disciples of Jesus.
• Coach staff and leadership as they implement the plan.
• Train and coach trained leaders to mobilize other leaders under them and other members

Phase 3: Grow

• Cultivate mutual equipping, encouragement, and accountability in every church gathering (usually a 3/3rds format).
• Without intentional mutual equipping, encouragement, and accountability there will be no spiritual multiplication and abiding. With it, disciples will be made and become spiritual multipliers training others to have Gospel conversations, creating apprentice programs, and other mobilization opportunities. 
• These life-on-life relationships and groups should be in a 3/3rds format. Leaders are facilitators instead of preachers/teachers. Leaders focus on creating an interactive environment engaging their group with good questions as they study through the Bible. Teaching disciples to obey God's Word involves teaching them God's truth in the Bible and modeling ministry and Gospel conversations. Church staff and leadership lead the charge; they should be in these small groups for their personal benefit and also actively making disciples outside of church gatherings.
• Believers GCTs wanting deeper mobilization are equipped to lead a missional small group with mutual equipping, accountability, and encouragement to abide in Jesus and make disciples. 
• Help believers discover and strengthen their ministry calling and giftings (APEST).
• Continue establishing and celebrating strategic goals with members abiding in Jesus and making disciples. 

Phase 4: Mature & Multiplying

• Church leaders and members have a clear disciplemaking mobilization strategy in place. A clear mission statement/vision is being communicated. The focus of all church gatherings, events, and mission partnerships is helping people abide in Jesus and make disciples of Jesus. Members have adopted and own this vision.
• Members care for and are curious about the spiritual condition about those around them in their community and life. 
• Members are intentionally initiating conversations with other with intent to hear their spiritual background story and steer to spiritual and Gospel conversation. 
• Members are training other followers of Jesus in their church and also in the community to abide in Jesus and make disciples.
• A residency/apprenticeship program is established where members are further trained in in spiritual obedience. 
• A sending culture is created. Believers are equipped and sent as spiritual multipliers wherever God calls them, locally or globally, vocationally or personally.
• The church is growing spiritually and numerically and new groups and churches are being established. People are coming to follow Jesus in areas where members reside or are sent. 
• Leadership is casting vision for this disciplemaking mobilization to other churches and believers.