Disciple Makers

"Leading Disciple Makers"

Jesus said,“Come follow me and I will MAKE you

fishers of men.”

Matthew 4:19

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and

MAKE disciples of all nations...”

Matthew 28:18,19

assumptionsassumptions

• Being a disciple of Jesus is linked to making other disciples of Jesus

• Discovering, developing, deploying disciple makers is a “first cause”

• There is a disciple makers non-negotiable template

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desiredesire

possibilitiespossibilities

vision

vision

(passion)

contextcontext

callcall

LEADERLEADERawarenessawareness competencecompetence

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akediaakediaGreek"not to care"

fatigue or exhaustion; spiritual and physical lethargy, listlessness, dispersion of thoughts,

inattentively immersed in useless activity

DECLARE

Being and making disciples a

first cause!

ALIGN

All systems to the

first cause!

Leadership is discerning direction and aligning people and resources

toward it.

TRAIN

Leaders for the

first cause!

MEASURE

What matters

What gets measured gets done.

Purpose

• Evaluate–Job 34:3-4 "We should choose to

follow what is right but first we must define what is good."

Purpose

• Eliminate–Philippians 3:8 "Everything else is

worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ. For me to live is Christ.”

Purpose

• Concentrate–Galatians 5:6 "The only thing that

counts is faith expressing itself through love."

Concentrate on the cause!

Simple movements are built around a “simple, clear, state-able purpose or mission” that defines the “how” of making disciples. Clarity and simplicity go hand in hand. They are close friends.

Simple Church by T. Rainer and E. Geiger

The institution exists for the cause. The institution is not

the cause.

Did we hear that correctly?

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Come, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire,Come, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire,Come, and in me delight to rest;Come, and in me delight to rest;Drawn by the lure of strong desire,Drawn by the lure of strong desire,O come and consecrate my breast!O come and consecrate my breast!The temple of my soul prepare,The temple of my soul prepare,And fix thy sacred presence there.And fix thy sacred presence there.

John WesleyJohn Wesley

Eager for thee I ask and pant,Eager for thee I ask and pant,So strong the principle divineSo strong the principle divineCarries me out with sweet constraint,Carries me out with sweet constraint,Till all my hallowed soul is thine;Till all my hallowed soul is thine;Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea,Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea,And lost in thine immensity.And lost in thine immensity.

John WesleyJohn Wesley

John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on horseback, averaging twenty miles a day for horseback, averaging twenty miles a day for forty years; preached 4,000 sermons; forty years; preached 4,000 sermons; produced 400 books; knew ten languages. produced 400 books; knew ten languages. At eighty-three he was annoyed that he At eighty-three he was annoyed that he could not write more than fifteen hours a could not write more than fifteen hours a day without hurting his eyes, and at eighty-day without hurting his eyes, and at eighty-six he was ashamed he could not preach six he was ashamed he could not preach more than twice a day. He complained in his more than twice a day. He complained in his diary that there was an increasing tendency diary that there was an increasing tendency to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.

1. Worship2. Sabbath3. Communion4. Giving5. Legacy

6. Grace7. Baptism 8. Witness9. Missions10. Multiplication

11. Spirit Filled Life12. Bible Study13. Prayer14. Relationships15. Leadership

16. Family17. Friends18. Church19. Work20. World

Personal Life Plan

Principles, Values, Actions

Personal Vitality

Context

The M.A.P. to Effective LeadershipThe M.A.P. to Effective Leadership

GOALS:

Effective Leaders

Vital Congregations

Faithful Disciples

15. Vision Overview

16. Congregational Values

17. Mission & Vision

18. Sustaining Vision11. Third Place12. Experience based Culture13. Lifecycle14. Assessment

Possibility Pond

Implementation

Team

Vision

Strategy

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661. Orientation2. Covenant3. Core4. Call5. Competencies6. Character

7. Spiritual life of Leaders8. Environment of Prayer9. Living as Team10. Steps to Team Building

19. Strategy Intro20. Measurements21. Priorities22. Structure 23. Structure & Strategies24. Multiplication

25-30Six sessions to share learning, wins, and accountability

Leading Disciple Makers

DiscoverDiscover DevelopDevelopDeployDeploy

PARTNERSPARTNERSCOVENANT

Andrew Bartholomew James James, the Lesser John Judas

Jude Matthew

Jesus

Peter Philip Simon Thomas

Leading Disciple Makers

When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings

great glory to my Father.

John 15:8

Faithfulness and

Fruitfulness

Mission’s Flame

Matt Redman

Let worship be the fuel Let worship be the fuel for mission's flamefor mission's flameWe're going with We're going with

a passion for Your namea passion for Your nameWe're going for we care We're going for we care

about Your praiseabout Your praise

Send us outSend us out

Let worship be the heart of mission's aimLet worship be the heart of mission's aimTo see the nations recognize Your fameTo see the nations recognize Your fame

Till every tribe and tongue Till every tribe and tongue voices Your praisevoices Your praise

Send us outSend us out

You should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the joy of every heartYou should be the joy of every heart

But until the fullness of But until the fullness of Your kingdom comesYour kingdom comes

Until that final revelation dawnsUntil that final revelation dawns

us

send

out

Let worship be the Let worship be the fuel for mission's flamefuel for mission's flame

We're going with a We're going with a passion for Your namepassion for Your name

We're going for we We're going for we care about Your praisecare about Your praise

Send us outSend us out

You should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the joy of every heartYou should be the joy of every heart

But until the fullness of But until the fullness of Your kingdom comesYour kingdom comes

Until that final revelation dawnsUntil that final revelation dawns

us

send

out

Every tribe, every tongueEvery tribe, every tongueEvery creature in the heavens Every creature in the heavens

and the earthand the earthEvery heart, every soul Every heart, every soul

Will sing Your praise, will sing Your praiseWill sing Your praise, will sing Your praise

Every note, every strainEvery note, every strainEvery melody will be for You aloneEvery melody will be for You alone

Every harmony that flows Every harmony that flows from every tonguefrom every tongue

We'll sing Your praise, We'll sing Your praise, we'll sing Your praisewe'll sing Your praise

We'll sing Your praise, We'll sing Your praise, we'll sing Your praise we'll sing Your praise

You should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the praise of every tongueYou should be the joy of every heartYou should be the joy of every heart

But until the fullness of But until the fullness of Your kingdom comesYour kingdom comes

Until that final revelation dawnsUntil that final revelation dawns

us

send

out

Let worship be the fuel Let worship be the fuel for mission's flamefor mission's flameWe're going with a We're going with a

passion for Your namepassion for Your nameWe're going for we We're going for we

care about Your praisecare about Your praise

Send us outSend us out

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send

out

Send Us Out

The vision is Jesus:obsessively, dangerously,

undeniably Jesus.

I see people obsessive about Jesus!

And they are free from materialism.

They laugh at 9-5 little prisons.

They could eat caviar on Monday

and crusts on Tuesday.They wouldn't even notice.

They are mobile like the wind;they belong to the nations.

They need no passport.People write their addresses in

penciland wonder at their strange

existence.They are free, yet they are

slavesof the hurting and dirty and

dying.

What is the vision?The vision is holiness that hurts the

eyes.It makes children laugh and adults

angry.It gave up the game of minimum

integritylong ago to reach for the stars.

It scorns the good and strains for the best.

It is dangerously pure.

Light flickers from every secret motive,

every private conversation.It loves people away from their

suicide leaps,their Satan games.

This is an army that will lay down its life for the cause.A million times a day

its soldiers choose to losethat they might one day win

the great "Well done"of faithful sons and daughters.

Such heroes are as radical

on Monday morningas Sunday night.

They don't need fame from names.

Instead they grin quietly upwardsand hear the crowds chanting

again and again:"COME ON!"

And this is the sound of the underground

The whisper of history in the making

Foundations shakingRevolutionaries dreaming once

againMystery is scheming in whispers

Conspiracy is breathing...This is the sound of the

underground.

And the army is disciplined.People who beat their bodies into

submission.The tattoo on their backs boasts

"For me to live is Christ and to die is gain."

Sacrifice fuels the fire of victory in their

upward eyes.Winners. Martyrs.

Who can stop them?Can fear scare them or death kill

them?

They pray like a dying man with groans beyond talking,

with warrior cries, sulphuric tears and with great barrow

loads of laughter!

Waiting.Watching:

24 - 7 - 365.

Whatever it takes they will give:Breaking the rules.

Shaking mediocrity from its cozy little hide.

Laying down their rights and theirprecious little wrongs,

laughing at labels,fasting essentials.

The advertisers cannot mold them.Hollywood cannot hold them.Peer-pressure is powerless

to shake their resolve at late nightparties before the cockerel cries.

They are incredibly cool, dangerously

attractive (on the inside).On the outside?

They hardly care!They wear clothes like costumes:

to communicate and celebratebut never to hide.

Would they surrender their image or their popularity?

They would lay down their very lives,

swap seats with the man on death row;

guilty as hell.A throne for an electric chair.

With blood and sweat and many tears,

with sleepless nightsand fruitless days,

they pray as if it all depends on God

and live as if it all depends on them.

Their DNA chooses Jesus.(He breathes out, they breathe

in.)Their subconscious sings.

They had a blood transfusion with Jesus.

Their words make demons scream in shopping malls.

Don't you hear them coming?

Herald the weirdos!Summon the losers and the

freaks.Here come the frightened and

forgotten with fire in their eyes.

They walk tall and trees applaud,skyscrapers bow,

mountains are dwarfedby these children of another

dimension.

Their prayers summon the hounds of

heaven and invoke the ancient dream of Eden.

And this vision will be.It will come to pass;it will come soon.

How do I know?Because this is

the longing of creation itself,the groaning of the Spirit,the very dream of God.

My tomorrow is his today.My distant hope is his 3D.

And my feeble,whispered,

faithless prayerinvokes a thunderous, resounding,

bone-shaking great"Amen!"

from countless angels,from heroes of the faith,

from Christ himself.

And he is the original dreamer,the ultimate winner.

Guaranteed.

from The Vision and The Vow by Pete Greig