Strategy To Have Productive Missionaries

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Strategy To Have Productive Missionaries

• What is Gods desire?

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Gods Desire Church Growth

• God wills that we plant growing churches.
• God wills that we plant churches that plant
  churches.
• Terminal churches stagnate and do not plant new
  churches (Heb. 512).
• Germinal churches grow through planting new
  churches that plant churches (Acts 131-3).
• God wills that we plant culturally appropriate
  churches (Acts 1011-15 34-35 1528).

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Gods Desires Indigenous Churches

• Indigenous culturally appropriate worship and
  Christian life.
• Language
• Traditions not contrary to biblical teaching
• Own form of worship
• Own form of communication of Gospel message
• Culturally appropriate styles
• Independent not dependent on missionaries or
  outside support
• Dependent on God
• Three selfs Self-supporting, Self-governing,
  Self-prpagating
• Cooperation

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Elements of EffectiveChurch Planters

• Have strategy
• Awareness of the the receptivity of a given
  mission field
• Conscience of cultural dynamics
• Negotiables
• Eternals
• Able to measure the work
• Objective people oriented
• Reevaluate one strategy regularly

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Missionarys Stages of Work

• Adaptation Stage
• Developmental Stage
• Collaboration Stage
• Phase-Out Stage

Adapted from VanRheenen Teachers of Missions
Workshop
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Missionarys Stages of WorkAdaptation Stage

• Interrelated primary tasks
• Language culture learning
• Developing initial relationships
• Determining the focus of the ministry
• Beginning the ministry
• Identificational task
• Identify with the people
• Identify with the culture
• Missionarys role
• Learner
• Early application

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Missionarys Stages of WorkDevelopmental Stage

• Interrelated primary tasks
• Evangelism/Church planting
• Nurturing churches
• Training leaders
• Identificational task
• Identification with unbelievers worldview
• Struggles with new Christians
• Challenges of emerging leaders
• Missionarys role
• Evangelist/Church planter
• Nurturer
• Leadership trainer
• Facilitator

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Missionarys Stages of WorkCollaboration Stage

• Interrelated primary tasks
• Co-worker in planting churches
• Advisor in nurturing
• Co-worker in training leaders
• Identificational task
• Challenges to maturing leaders
• Challenges to solving church problems
• Struggles with new emerging developing leaders
• Missionarys role
• Leadership equipper
• Encourager
• Advisor
• Fellow servant

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Missionarys Stages of WorkPhase-Out Stage

• Interrelated primary tasks
• Turning over of evangelistic planting work
• Reinforcing responsibility before God
• Planning stages of pull-out to assist with
  reduce problems
• Sharing vision for the future work God entrusts
• Identificational task
• Recognition of the nationals as responsible
  leaders
• Intrusting them to Gods care
• Missionarys role
• Visitor
• Encourager
• Advisor
• Resource person