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• 149 South Panama Street
• Montgomery, Alabama 36107
• 334.832.HOPE
• www.community-of-hope.org

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What Is the Community of Hope?

• The Community of Hope exists to proclaim the HOPE
  of Jesus Christ to the unreached people of
  Montgomery and the world through multihousing and
  non traditional church planting.
• Mother Church- Hope Community Baptist Church A
  Church without WallsMember of the Montgomery
  Baptist Association.
• Project Hope- In Partnership with Area Churches
  to take the Gospel to the unreached.
• Hope Community Ministries- Respond to the needs
  of the overlooked and ignored of society and
  plant churches in their midst.
• Hope Network- Build relationships and
  friendships with like minded Christians across
  the continent, networking for the purpose of
  beginning a church planting movement in North
  America through city church development.

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What does the Unreached Culture Look Like? A
Cycle of Hopelessness

• Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and
  villages. He taught in their meeting places,
  reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased
  bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives.
  When he looked out over the crowds, his heart
  broke. So confused and aimless they were, like
  sheep with no shepherd, the overlooked and
  ignored.
• Matthew 935-36 (The Message)

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MULTIHOUSING CHURCH PLANTING PENETRATING THE
INNER CITY CULTUREMISSIOLOGY 101

• TWO TYPES OF CULTURE GROUPS
• (From a Spiritual Perspective)
• Type A- This group (commonly called oikos
  group)
• Type B- This group (commonly called the pagan
  pool)

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• THE PAULINE CYCLE OF MISSIONS
• The Fundamental Elements of Pauls Master
  Evangelism Plan/ Missionary Enterprise
• The Holy Spirit was the Divine Director- Acts
  132 52
• Prayer was the Atmosphere- Acts 131-4
• The Scriptures were the Foundation- Acts 1515
• The Church was the Agency- Acts 1522

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• THE LOGICAL ELEMENTS OF PAULS
• MASTER PLAN OF MISSIONS
• Missionaries Commissioned- Acts 131-4 1539-40
• Audience Contacted- Acts 1314-16 141 1613-15
• Gospel Communicated- Acts 1317-41 1631
• Hearers Converted- Acts 1348 1614-15
• Believers Congregated- Acts 1421-22 1541
• Faith Confirmed- Acts 1421-22 1541
• Leadership Consecrated- Acts 1423
• Believers Commended- Acts 1423 1640
• Relationships Continued- Acts 1536 1823
• Sending Churches Convened- Acts 1426-27 151-4

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• MOST OF THE INNER CITY RESIDE IN MULTIHOUSING
• Multihousing- refers to both attached homes and
  those in close proximity with shared amenities.
  This would include
• Private Apartment Communities
• Condominium / Association Communities
• Manufactured Housing Communities
• Senior Housing Communities
• Public Housing Communities

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• NORTH AMERICA MULTIHOUSING FACTS
• More than 30 of North America lives in
  multihousing.
• Apartment dwellers have doubled in the past 20
  years in North America.
• By the year 2010, more than half of all North
  Americans will reside in multihousing.
• While public housing may remain the residence of
  last resort, many people choose multifamily
  dwellings for a variety or reasons, including
  convenience, lifestyle and community.
• Once considered the home of the poor,
  multihousing communities dot the entire North
  American social-economic landscape, from low
  income to 5 million dollar homes.
• 60 (120 million people) of the unchurched of
  America live in multihousing.

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• SPECIAL NOTE.
• When outreach efforts to assimilate someone from
  multihousing to the local church were attempted,
  the success effort reached only 24. However,
  when a church is planted on site, the success
  rate of retention jumps to 70!

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• WHAT DO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THIS CULTURE LOOK LIKE?
  WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS?
• LIFESTYLE ....
• Many who live in this community are very nice,
  relationship oriented, and grateful for your
  assistance.
• Many are in a single parent dwelling, with
  several children and family members who stay
  there.
• Many have an income at poverty or below status,
  working minimum wage jobs.
• Many are either insured by Medicaid or have no
  insurance. If they have a steady job, more than
  likely they will not have medical insurance.
• Many love their children dearly, and are doing
  their best to help them succeed in life.

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• Many encounter on a regular basis an environment
  that produces the vices of life drugs, alcohol,
  prostitution, gangs, drive-bys, etc. many have
  experienced jail or have a close family member in
  jail.
• Many are either experiencing personally or know
  of someone close to them that has been killed or
  wounded violently, or suffering from such
  horrible diseases such as Aids, Sexually
  Transmitted Diseases, etc.
• Many live in a community where the majority of
  the youth are either dead or in prison.
• Many do not have a vehicle, thus not allowing
  them to wander far from their community (many
  have never been to the mall or Wal-Mart in
  Montgomery).
• Many women suffer from the silent sins (i.e.
  starch, chalk addiction, incest, gang rape,
  etc.), and several commit acts of prostitution,
  drug selling, etc. to support addiction, or to
  survive with needed income.

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• Many drink or do drugs to escape the hopelessness
  of their community, home, and personal regrets.
  The heaviest addiction presently seems to be
  crack
• Many are seeking community, and will find it
  with the good or the bad, pending on who gets
  there first.
• Many will say yes to almost anything, but dont
  always mean it. Politeness generally dictates
  priority over being honest.

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• WHAT DO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THIS CULTURE LOOK LIKE?
  WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS?
• Theology ....
• Many have some understanding of God, and
  generally a holy respect of Him and His people
  (more so than the suburbs).
• Many, if asked, know the language of Zion, and
  speak of some distant church attendance, but are
  unchurched at present.
• Many are hungry for a relationship with Jesus,
  but generally lack the discipline to stay the
  course in the midst of living in the middle of
  Sodom.
• Many have an Armenian background, thinking they
  lose their salvation when they sin, thus having
  many hands raised again for the sinners
  prayer.

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• Many have been influenced somewhat by Muslims and
  Jehovah Witnesses, and some demonstrate the
  post-modern habit of forming ones own religion.
• Many are sincere about their desire to walk with
  God, and be transformed by His power. They
  usually do well with small accountability groups
  who monitor their commitment to holiness.
• Many feel they have inferior clothing to go to a
  conventional church, and many do not have the
  means to get there without asking for a ride.
• Many are anxious for added events such as
  literacy, GED, etc. They are genuinely
  appreciative of your coming to tell them about
  Jesus, and to help them help their community.

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• Many respond well with the gospel narratives, and
  with biblical story telling. One does not need
  to go through all the pre-talk to point them to
  Christ. They prefer you to cut to the chase.
• Many welcome any kind of relationship/friendship
  oriented meeting (i.e. block party, bible study,
  sitting under a tree, servant evangelism, etc.)
  but dislike the come in, conquer, and leave
  mentality that most churches have when dealing
  with the inner city.

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• HOW DO I REACH OUT INTO THE INNER CITY?
• BE YOURSELF...
• You have been made in the image of God. You have
  your testimony and your gifts given by Him.
  People of all cultures appreciate transparency,
  and a person that is genuine.
• BE IDENTIFIABLE...
• Dont go cloak and dagger trying to fit in.
  Identify yourself and your purpose as clear as
  you can. People of all cultures appreciate
  honesty.
• BE SENSITIVE...
• They are dealing with a much harder life than
  you. Constantly ask yourself, What would Jesus
  do?

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• BE SIMPLE...
• Many cant read or suffer with learning
  disabilities. Use gospel narratives to share the
  plan of salvation. Use the KISS formula.
• BE CONFIDENT...
• Dont go in fear, but with power, love and a
  sound mind. You dont need to be consumed with
  the danger. This robs you of the joy of building
  friendships.
• BE FRIENDLY RESPECTFUL...
• Nobody likes a wise guy in any culture. Dont
  dare look down upon them!

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• BE COURTEOUS
• Eat whats before you, accept their hospitality.
  Dont give body language signs of caution, or
  mistrust.
• BE PRAYERFUL
• Unless the Lord saves them, everything you do is
  in vain. God will use you and your personality.
  Trust Him!
• BE POSITIVE
• Treat them like Jesus would. Hover around John
  316. Point them to hope, Gods word, and a
  better day in Christ.
• BE HELPFUL
• Look for ways to help, but not to take over.
  Always see everything as a partnership. Be
  careful to get their opinion and blessing before
  starting a project. Meet the need and plant the
  seed!

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• MULTIHOUSING CHURCH PLANTING
• PROBE .. LEARNING ALL YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR TARGET
  AREA
• WHY DO A PROBE?
• A Probe helps you to understand your Target Group
• A Probe helps you to understand your Strategy
• A Probe helps you to understand how to Pray
• A Probe helps you to understand the Needs of the
  Community
• A Probe helps you to understand the DNA of the
  Community
• A Probe helps you to understand the Possibilities
  in the Community

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• PROBING DEVICES
• ScanUSA / www.scanus.com
• www.reply.com
• Claritas Prism / www.claritas.com
• National Multihousing Council / www.nmhc.org
• Website browsing key links demographics,
  census, city site, community site
• Drive around ask questions to business people
  and neighbors outside the territory. Drive the
  community and observe the people, the homes, the
  cars and the yards.
• Research the Multihousing Company

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• Talk to surrounding churches Can we partner?
  Is there any history? Are they there for us or
  against us?
• Do a history of the City, Community, People
  Group, etc.
• Do a Community Needs Survey Ask the people in
  the community you are to serve several questions,
  such as
• What are the greatest strengths to your
  community?
• What are the greatest weaknesses?
• What do you consider as the greatest needs in
  your community?
• How can we best assist you and your family?
• What do you think about God? Church? Their
  relationship with Jesus? Ask if there are any
  needs you can pray with them.
• Ask them what they think about you planting a
  church in their community?

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• SPIRITUAL MAPPING
• Spiritual Mapping is a means by which you examine
  beneath the surface of the material world,
  looking at the spiritual habits and history of
  the community and defining any spiritual
  strongholds.

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• What is the spiritual health of the area?
• Are there any strongholds that stand out?
• Has evangelism been easy or hard?
• What is the health of the surrounding churches?
• Who are the Christian leaders in the area?
• How is their spiritual health?
• Is there any sign of unity?
• What is their view toward
• morality
• church
• spiritual things?

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• SPIRITUAL REFLECTION FROM THE PROBE
• What specific issues rise to the surface from all
  of your research? Form a Prayer team to start
  praying immediately over these issues.
• Self Team Reflection What kind of theology to
  I have about missions?
• What kind of strategy is the Lord telling me from
  this probe?
• Am I truly seeing these people through the eyes
  of Jesus?
• If not, why?
• Is there a firm sense from the Holy Spirit that
  He is directing me specifically to this place?
• Does my team have the go light from Jesus?

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• Is our team united in purpose?
• Are we prayed up and the demons prayed down?
• Do I have others outside my team praying
  earnestly for this project?

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• 30 Day Prayer Guide For
• Unreached People
• (Page 29)
• Praying The Tabernacle
• (Page 31)

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• PRAYING YOUR FRIENDS TO CHRIST
• We Must Pray
• Because Its Gods Heart (1 Timothy 21-4
  Matthew 610 Romans 101)
• Because of the Condition of the Lost
• Theyre blind (2 Corinthians 43-4)
• Theyre bound (2 Timothy 225-26 Ephesians 22
  Colossians 118)
• Theyre condemned (John 318)
• Theyre under Gods wrath (John 336 Ephesians
  21-3) Theyre helpless (John 644, 65
  Colossians 213)
• Theyre hopeless (Ephesians 212).

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• HOW DO WE PRAY FOR THE LOST?
• Pray With Praise and Thanksgiving (Psalms 1004
  1 Timothy 24)
• Pray According to the Promises of His Word (2
  Peter 39 1 John 514 Mark 1027)...
• Pray for Laborers (Luke 102)
• Pray Remembering Where You Once Were (Ephesians
  24-8)

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• PRAY FOR THE LOST INDIVIDUAL(S)
• Pray for Receptive Hearts (Luke 85,12)
• Pray that their Eyes will be opened (Matthew
  1315)
• Pray for their Attitude adjustment (John 168)
• Pray for them to be Released to believe (2
  Timothy 225-26)
• Pray for their Transformation (Romans 121-2)

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• PRAYER WALKING
• Jericho Prayer Walk
• Seven times or Seven Weeks Pray and talk to the
  people. Be a gentle witness. Ask them what you
  can pray with them about. Discover People of
  Peace Goodwill.
• Servant Evangelism Prayer Walk
• Meet the need and plant the seed!
• Peripheral Prayer Walking / Driving
• Have people go on a regular basis praying down
  strongholds and praying up your spiritual quest
  of reaching that community.

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• THE ABCs OF PRAYER WALKING KEEP IT SIMPLE!
• Keep your eyes and ears open.
• Listen, and then speak.
• Go with a partner or two.
• Move slowly so that God may move fully.
• Claim Gods promises.
• Anticipate the devils interference.
• Expect God to answer your prayers.
• Tell people that you are praying for them and
  their neighborhood.

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• Final Thought
• Remember NEVER do we accomplish more
• Quicker than when were praying!

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• MULTIHOUSING CHURCH PLANTING
• DISCOVERING DEVELOPING
• A PERSON OF PEACE
• PERSON OF PEACE
• Sometimes called a person of good will, this
  individual is someone who is receptive, of
  reputation, and is a person of referral.

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• EVERY COMMUNITY WILL HAVE PEOPLE OF PEACE
• Demoniac- Mark 51-17
• Woman at Well- John 4
• Cornelius- Acts 10
• Lydia- Acts 1611-15
• Philippians Jailer- Acts 1629-34).

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• FINDING A PERSON OF PEACE
• Luke 102-11
• A Person of Peace will
• Welcome You
• Speak Kindly to You
• Be a Person of Hospitality (i.e. Invite you into
  their surroundings/ home)
• Have a Heart of Compassion
• Share a Similar Vision
• Sense the Need for Change
• Note You will find in this person an instant
  friend, who will open the door to others. Make
  this your base of operation, and your first
  indigenous leader.

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• Neil Cole and Paul Kaak, Organic Church Planting
  
• Often, the person of peace has the church meet
  in their home and may even be the new leader of
  the emerging church. A church that starts this
  way is unique in that it is born out of the
  harvest, is found among the harvest, and is bent
  on a mission to continue to reach the lost.

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• DEVELOPING A PERSON OF PEACE
• Become a Friend-
• Accept Hospitality-
• Go Out to Eat
• Fellowship on a Regular Basis
• Form a Prayer Triad
• Meet Regularly to Mentor
• Be The Coach
• E. Have An Exit Strategy
• The person of peace must get off the training
  wheels of your hands-on leadership, or church
  planting will not take place.

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• The Governance of Twelve
• Mark 313-15
• Call Those You Have Influence Over
• Meet Regularly (Caught vs. Taught)
• Purpose-
• Be With You (Fellowship)
• Carry Out the Work You Started (Kingdom)
• Build Their Own Ministry (Their G12)

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• MULTIHOUSING CHURCH PLANTING
• HOW TO PRODUCE AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
• OF BELIEVERS
• That which was from the beginning, which we have
  heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we
  have looked at and our hands have touched- this
  we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
• 1 John 11

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• Cell Church- the living organism of the body of
  believers in small groups for the purpose of
  worship, experiencing God, ministering to one
  another and ministering to and evangelizing the
  community.
• A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ
  is a local body of baptized believers who are
  associated by covenant in the faith and
  fellowship of the gospel, observing the two
  ordinances of Christ, committed to His teachings,
  exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges
  invested in them by His Word, and seeking to
  extend the gospel to the ends of the earth
  (Baptist Faith Message, 1998).

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• WHY DO CELL CHURCHES DEVELOP AN ORGANIC
  COMMUNITY?
• BECAUSE ITS

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• BIBLICAL
• God is a God of Community (Genesis 126 218)
• Jesus had twelve disciples (in fact, every rabbi
  had small learning groups).
• The early church met in houses (Acts 246-47
  Acts 2020Romans 163-5 Colossians 415
  Philemon 2)
• The first church building was built in 323 A.D.
  The church has not seen such dramatic growth as
  it did in the first three centuries when they
  began utilizing buildings as the principle place
  of worship.

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• HISTORICAL
• John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church,
  utilized cell groups as the core of his divine
  strategy for evangelism and discipleship. It
  resulted in a major awakening in England during
  the Industrial Revolution (known as the Wesleyan
  Revivals).
• Follow Up Wesley would follow through with small
  groups from larger mass meetings (Whitfield
  Campaigns).
• Field Churches Led and operated by lay
  preachers. These men were circuit riders,
  overseeing several areas.
• Class Meetings These small groups were broken
  down from the field church into groups of twelve.
  
• Accountability Groups These smaller groups were
  more serious, and had approximately three people.
  To enable a person to become more like Jesus,
  and follow the methods of holiness.

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• BENEFICIAL
• The reward of following the cell-church
  approach to evangelism has a true simplicity and
  economic benefit. Homes, Community Centers, even
  shade trees are used to get the gospel where the
  rubber hits the road

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• THE CELL LESSON
• A cell lesson is different than the conventional
  approach of teacher/pupil western learning. It
  is experiential/ didactic learning, meaning that
  
• THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE TEACHER,
• THE BIBLE IS THE TEXT (2 Timothy 316-17),
• AND EVERY PARTICIPANT A LEARNER.
• With this small-group approach the group doesnt
  build on the teachings of a person but on the
  Holy Spirits power to open the truth to ones
  heart. The leader provides direction for the
  cell church as a whole, but anyone can facilitate
  the lesson, thus training every cell participant
  to one day be a future cell leader. All cell
  lessons are designed with the above approach in
  mind.

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• Wayne Jacobsen, Why I Dont Go To Church Anymore
  
• Im sorry to burst your bubble here, but every
  major heresy that has inflicted Gods people in
  the last 2,000 years has come from organized
  groups with leaders who thought they knew Gods
  mind better than anyone around them.

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• Adult Youth usually follow this general order
  (approximately 1 hour to 1.5 hours, pending on
  region be sure to honor peoples time)
• Welcome Announcements (Refreshments are made
  available on table)
• 1-2 Praise Songs (Use CD, Guitars, Acapella,
  etc.)
• Prayer Needs and Group Prayer (Time for
  Confession Healing)
• Cell Lesson/ Generic Discovery Questions (led by
  a facilitator)
• a. What did you like best in this story?
• b. What did you see that brings conviction to
  you?
• c. What do you not understand?
• d. What did you learn about God?
• e. How can you apply the truth of this story in
  your life?
• f. What truth would you like to think about until
  we meet next?
• Invitation to make Decisions
• Announcements/ Offering/ Closing Prayer/ Dismissal

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• CHILDRENS CELLS
• Usually follow this general order (no more than
  an hour)
• Recreation
• Songs
• Prayer
• Bible Story
• Invitation to make Decisions
• Related Craft Activity
• Closing Prayer (Hold Hands in Circled Group)
• Snacks

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• Your Ultimate Goal !
• Indigenous!
• Enter An Area
• Evangelize the Community
• Equip Disciple
• Empower the Leaders
• Exit the Area Leaving Behind

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• Self Governing
• Self Supporting
• Self Expressing
• Self Teaching
• Self Propagating

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• CHURCH !