2. PRE-LAUNCH STAGE Why is this an important stage? 1.The future health and STABILITY 2.Your INITIAL CORE will impact who will feel comfortable in your.

2. PRE-LAUNCH STAGE2. PRE-LAUNCH STAGE

Why is this an important stage?

1. The future health and STABILITY

2. Your INITIAL CORE will impact who will feel comfortable in your church.

1. Study your UNSAVED TARGET

2. WIN people in your community

3. NURTURE those who come to Christ and the church

4. EQUIP your launch team

5. LEAD your launch team

FIVE STEPS THROUGH PRE-LAUNCH

WIN

NURTUREEQUIP

LEAD

STEP ONE: STUDY YOUR UNSAVED TARGET AND DESIGN YOUR STRATEGY BASED ON YOUR FINDINGS

WHY PLANT WITHOUT BUYING LAND AND BUILDINGS?

1. It COSTS too much to build2. Catholics may be afraid3. Get focus off top

PRIORITIES4. Pushes churches to STRESS

GIVING too heavily

WHY PLANT WITHOUT BUYING LAND AND BUILDINGS?

5. The wrong SIZE building is usually built

6. Leasing provides more FLEXIBILITY

7. Increased number of ENTRY LEVEL SERVICE positions

8. Keeps the church DEPENDENT on God

Imagine an unsaved person going to an evangelical church for the first time.

• What do they want? • What does the church often do?

Listening SurveyListening Survey

1.1. Fills you with compassionFills you with compassion2.2. Gives you understanding of Gives you understanding of

peoplepeople3.3. Fast way to make contact Fast way to make contact

many unchurched peoplemany unchurched people4.4. ConversionsConversions

STEP 2: WIN PEOPLE

1. Prepares your church to reach your target, by providing the RIGHT MIX of people.

2. CONVERSION growth3. Builds CREDIBILITY4. Pace-setting STORIES

Why win the initial core?

How to gather initial core

1. If in big city…2. If in village…3. If you are good at relational

evangelism…4. If relational evangelism is hard

for you…

7 Leadership Practices Applied to Evangelism

1. Genuine love for the lost

7 Leadership Practices Applied to Evangelism

This love motivates you to SACRIFICE

7 Leadership Practices…

…NATURE OF HOLINESS……CHRISTIAN HOLINESS IS

BEING LIKE CHRIST …

2.Draw near to those you want to reach

Ways to draw near to lost people

1. Meet neighbors and those who work in your community How can this be done?

2. Organize activities- What could you organize for the lost?


“And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house…” Luke 5:29


3. Attend activities that they do4. Do listening surveys


3. Listen to lost people 4. Decide on a wise strategy to

meet needs


MEDITATE on how you can best meet needs

Evangelistic Strategies

1. Listening surveys2. Bridge events3. Relational evangelism4. Sporting events, camps5. Crusades6. Medical teams7. Cars with megaphones


5. Proactively and diligently meet needs

How will we meet needs

1. Pray2. Listen and be their friend3. Answer questions4. Felt need seminars5. Practical service projects6. Share gospel one on one

Grace Cycle

1. Begin with need, “… grace to help in time of need.” Heb. 4:16

Grace Cycle

1. Begin with need, “… grace to help in time of need.” Heb. 4:16

NeedNeed

Grace Cycle

2. Try to meet it on our own,

Grace Cycle

2. Try to meet it on our own,

NeedNeed PridePride

“God opposes the proud but give grace to the humble.” James 4:6

NeedNeed PridePride

NeedNeed PridePride God God OpposesOpposes


SuccessSuccess


SuccessSuccess

Failure

Grace Cycle

3. Humbly depend on God

Grace Cycle

3. Humbly depend on God

NeedNeed PridePride

Humility

4. Receive grace for faith

NeedNeed PridePride

Humility

5. Exercise faith by grace“You have been saved by grace through faith…” Eph. 2:8

Humility

Faith

6. Life change “You we are his workmanship,” Eph. 2:10, “By the grace of God I am what I am…” I Cor. 15:10

Humility

Faith

7. Good works “…created for good works,” Eph. 2:10, “I labored…Yet not I, but the grace of God with me, I Cor. 15:10

Humility

Faith


6. Honestly evaluate7. Ask people to repent and

commit to Christ

LOVE

DRAWNEAR

LISTEN

DECIDE

MEETNEEDS

EVAL-UATE

ASK

STEP 3: NURTURE THOSE WHO COME TO CHRIST

1. Total commitment

2. Love one another

3. Abide in God’s Word

4. Bear fruit

A. Decide your goals for a disciple’s life

STEP 3: NURTURE …

B. New Christian Follow-up Ministry

C. Establish home worship

STEP 4: EQUIP YOUR LAUNCH TEAM

1. Share vision2. Share benefits3. Be open about costs4. Spell out requirements

HOW TO RECRUIT

STEP 4: EQUIP YOUR LAUNCH TEAM

1. General ministry skills

2. Find their special place

3. Basics of Christian TEAMWORK

HOW TO EQUIP

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• Live an honest and open life “Do not lie to one another, since you are members of one another.” Eph. 4:23

• Give and receive Scriptural correction “Consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, Heb. 10:24.

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• Put the SUCCESS and interests of others on the team above their own. “Each one of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Phil. 2:4

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• Clear up RELATIONSHIPS

“…If you…remember that your brother has something against you…go and be reconciled to your brother.” Matt. 5:23,24.

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• PARTICIPATE in the team’s ministry“From whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part…” Eph. 4:16a

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• FOLLOW spiritual leadership within Scriptural limits. “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not grief, for this would be unprofitable for you, Heb. 13:17.

CHRISTIAN TEAMWORK

• Keep GOOD COMMUNICATIONAnd the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing, which they purpose to do, will be impossible for them.” Gen. 11: 6

Some Common Conflicts

• Clamoring for in-depth Bible Study

• Wanting more CONTROL over the pastor

• Cries to SLOW DOWN outreach

• Uprising of antagonists

Lessons for Pre-launch 101

• Heart attitudes

• Secret food of Jesus Christ

• What is spiritual maturity

• How to include people

• How to move into leadership

STEP 5: LEAD YOUR LAUNCH TEAM

APPLY THE SEVEN PRACTICES OF AN EFFECTIVE LEADER

LOVE

DRAWNEAR

LISTEN

DECIDE

MEETNEEDS

EVAL-UATE

ASK

Godly leaders DON’T USE people.

1. Ask God for a servant’s heart of LOVE

2. Take TIME to draw near to teammates

Time with people builds TRUST and creates openness.

Be a listening leader!

3. Humble yourself and listen

“A wise servant will rule.” Proverbs 17:2

4. Successfully meet needs by making wise decisions

REAL LIFE RESULTS and needs being met are the ingredients that

build credibility.

5. Serve your launch team

Leaders are LEARNERS!

6. Evaluate the effectiveness of your methods

If you have effectively served people, they are READY TO SAY “YES” to your next ask.

People give LEADERSHIP to those who serve them well.

7. Boldly ASK for greater and greater commitments

SNAPSHOT OF CHURCH LIFE

PRE-LAUNCH

Evangelistic Bible Studies Pre- Launch Home Celebration Launch Team Meetings

POST-LAUNCH MEETINGS

Sunday Celebration and Children’s Ministries

Social Events and Sports

Home Fellowships (Fellowship Celebrations)

Life Transformation Groups

POST-LAUNCH MEETINGSClasses and Discipleship

Groups Ministry Teams meetings Member Rallies, and Leaders

Retreats

Fellowship Celebrations

1. Meet in homes

2. Party atmosphere

3. Once a month

4. Men and women

5. Size 8-40

Life Transformation Groups

1. VERY SMALL- start with two, grow to four, and then multiply

2. Men and women SEPARATE

3. Much Bible reading

4. Accountability QUESTIONS

A very SIMPLE and reproducible type of group

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. Have you been a testimony this week to the greatness of Jesus Christ with both your words and actions?

2. Have you lacked integrity in your financial dealings or coveted something that does not belong to you?

3. Have you been honoring, understanding and generous in your relationships this week?

4. Have you damaged another person by your words, either behind their back or face-to-face?

5. Have you continued to remain angry with another?

6. Did you finish the reading and hear from God? What are your going to do about it?

7. Have you been completely honest with us?

HOW TO WISELY SELECT HOW TO WISELY SELECT NEW LEADERSNEW LEADERS

1.1. Decide it is a Decide it is a PRIORITYPRIORITY2.2. Accept Accept RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY to to

select the most highly select the most highly developed leadersdeveloped leaders

WISELY SELECT LEADERS…WISELY SELECT LEADERS…

3.3. Look for Christ-like Look for Christ-like CHARACTERCHARACTER

“But select from among you, brethren, seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.” Acts 6:3


4. Discern what they 4. Discern what they VALUEVALUE

¨ Discern how they have done with their FOUNDATIONAL responsibilities.


6. Make selections based on the past TRACK record of potential leaders “It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself, if his conduct is pure and right” Prov. 20:11


7. Find out how OTHERS VIEW them. "The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.” Acts 16:2

8. See if they will “BUY INTO” your approach to ministry.

9. Will they make SERIOUS commitments for the cause?

DEVELOPING LEADERSDEVELOPING LEADERS

1. Develop through DELEGATION and doing ministry together

2. Delegate to those with the right ATTITUDE and develop skills on the job

3. Recruit LEADER TYPES who will also follow

4. Make authority BOUNDARIES clear

DEVELOPING LEADERSDEVELOPING LEADERS

5. Negotiate everything UP FRONT

6. Keep all your PROMISES

7. Use everything in the church to shape CHARACTER and develop skills

8. Establish COVENANTS with leaders and members (workers)

REASONS PLANTERS FAILREASONS PLANTERS FAIL

• Problems arising from FIT• Problems arising from

“FITNESS” of planter• Problems at different stages

REASONS PLANTERS FAILREASONS PLANTERS FAIL

1. PLANTER problems2. LAUNCH TEAM problems3. STRATEGIC problems4. TACTICAL problems

2. PRE-LAUNCH STAGE Why is this an important stage? 1.The future health and STABILITY 2.Your INITIAL CORE will impact who will feel comfortable in your.

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