Welcome To
Disciple Making Training!
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
The US Church in decline
There are now 195 million non-churched
people in America and we are now one of
the top four largest “unchurched” nations
in the world.
96% of church growth is biological or
transfer. Only 4% is through conversion.
The US Church in decline
According to
Pew
Research,
from 2007
to 2014:
US Sent Missionaries
– Full Timers
• 1996 – 65,000
• 2010 – 36,000 ouch!!
From a Kyle Idleman sermon delivered at Southeast Christian Church.
2.8 Billion people have never heard
the Gospel.
Over 50,000 of them will die today!
Our vision...
• Training people to be “self – feeders”.
• Training people to lead their families to
grow.
• Training people to impact their world by being
a disciple that makes disciples.
• Instilling a high level of life changing,
transformational, God honoring, loving
accountability.
“To make this possible we need to
rethink some things…”
Let’s Rethink…
• What we believe God can and will do…
God is Doing Amazing Things!
Baptisms – CP’s
A Church
Planting
Movement
in
Southern
China.
Year One:
Year Two:
Year Three:
Year Four:
Year Five:
Year Six:
Year Seven:
Year Eight:
Year Nine:
Year Ten*:
TOTALS:
53,430 - 3,535
104,542 - 9,320
90,648 - 9,307
121,859 - 12,548
153,625 - 15,193
204,055 - 18,194
210,951 - 19,921
313,598 - 28,602
279,231 - 24,005
206,204 - 18,368
1,738,143 - 158,993
* First 9 months of year 10
Let’s Rethink Some Things…
• What we think is possible…
• What we think the average Christian can do…
To be fruitful does he/she need…
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A Bible College or Seminary degree?
Years of preparation?
Lots of commentary work?
To be a paid staff member?
Or can anyone make a disciple?
• Can anyone obey Jesus and teach others to obey
Him?
• Do we believe in the “priesthood of ALL
believers”?
• Does God long to work through ALL of us?
Our Church believes that God wants ALL of us
to be disciples that make disciples.
Let’s Rethink Some Things…
• What we think is possible…
• What we think the average Christian can do…
• Our concept of discipleship and maturity…
When you think of discipleship –
what do you think of?
Discipleship is more than knowledge…
Discipleship is simply following…
“You are the light of the world”
Who is really mature?
40
35
30
25
Knowledge of the Bible
Obedience of the Bible
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15
10
5
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Person A
Person B
Please read John 14:21-24
Let’s talk about this…
What importance does Jesus attribute to
obeying His commands?
What are the results/benefits/blessings of
obedience?
Let’s read Matthew 28:18 – 20.
Matt 28:18 - 20
18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them,
saying, “All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth.
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them all that I commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of
the age.”
Matt 28:18 - 20
18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them,
saying, “All authority has been given to Me in
heaven and on earth.
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.”
Let’s Rethink Some Things…
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What we think is possible…
What we think the average Christian can do…
Our concept of discipleship and maturity…
Our role in the process… 2 Tim 2:2
And the things you have heard me say in the
presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable
people who will also be qualified to teach
others.
Our Role in the Process…
So you’ve heard our vision...
• Training people to be “self – feeders”.
• Training people to lead their families to
grow.
• Training people to impact their world being a
disciple that makes disciples.
• Instilling a high level of life changing,
transformational, God honoring, loving
accountability.
How’s that working out? Some testimonies…
The tools we use…
• The 3/3rds group.
• The CHAT group. 25 chapters a week. (Check your
progress, Hear the Word, Act on it, Tell others)
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Testimony Training. (Your story, my story, God’s story)
Gospel presentation.
Vision Casting.
Prayer Wheel – pray for an hour.
Prayer walking – engage the community.
We MAWL all the tools. (Model, Assist, Watch, Launch.)
Any questions?