Making Disciples

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Making Disciples Disciple Makers
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Starter for 10

• Urbanus
• Epaphroditus
• Justus
• Demas
• Aristarchus
• Clement
• Philemon

• Priscilla
• Aquilla
• Timothy
• Titus
• Mark
• Luke

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synergos

• Co Labourer
• Fellow worker
• 1 Cor 39 For we are Gods co-workers!!!

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What is a labourer?

• Ergates (synergos)
• Agricultural
• Involved in the harvest
• Biblical word or Navigator jargon?
• Sowers, Reapers, Harvesters, Foundation Layers,
  Preachers, Evangelists, Builders, Teachers,
  Establishers, Disciplers
• www.discipleshiplibrary.com topic laborer
  FOM

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When You Stop

• The Burn Out and Replace Model
• Barbara Woodhouse walkies
• You help him or Ive failed Daws
• and teaching them to obey everything I have
  commanded you

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Generations

• Gods promises to Abraham and his descendents
  (Gen 121-3, 22 15-18, Gal 3,4)
• Physical Spiritual generations through families
  (eg Ps 78 1-8)
• Seed and Organic Growth in Jesus parables (eg
  Matt 13 1-43)
• Christs Investment in a Few
• Sustaining Leadership (eg Paul 2 Tim 22)

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Amazing Stories DVD

• Unpacking the Calling of The Navigators

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What?
Relationship with God
Skills and Knowledge
Character
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What?

• LEADERSHIP
• MINISTRY
• CHARACTER
• REL WITH GOD
• CONVICTIONS

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Convictions Values

• In our humanity and weakness we value
• The passion to know, love and become like Jesus
• The truth and sufficiency of the Scriptures for
  the whole of life
• The transforming power of the Gospel
• The leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit
• Expectant faith and persevering prayer rooted in
  the promises of God
• The dignity and value of every person
• Love and grace expressed among us in community
• Families and relational networks in discipling
  the nations
• Interdependent relationships in the body of
  Christ in advancing the Gospel
• to the glory of God.

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How do we nurture fellow workers?

• There is no seminar, programme or formula
• Principles

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Principles

• Selection
• Association
• Consecration
• Impartation
• Demonstration
• Delegation
• Supervision
• Reproduction

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Principles

• Tell them why
• Show them how
• Get them started
• Keep them going

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The Power of Example
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The Power of Example

• And the things you have heard me say
• whatever you have learned or received or heard
  from me, or seen in me
• you became imitators of us
• join together in following my example
• you have us as a model
• you became a model
• you brothers became imitators of Gods churches
  in Judea

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The Power of Example

• man learns at the school of example and he
  will learn at no other
• You cant ask someone to do something that you
  arent prepared to do yourself

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Reaching / Discipling Gen Y

• Great Commission versus Creation Commission
• Forms versus Functions
• Planning versus Preparedness
• Effectiveness versus Experimentation
• What to Think versus How to Think
• Harvesting versus Sowing
• Point in time evangelism versus Process
  evangelism
• How Many versus Who

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Resources

• Master Plan of Evangelism Robert E Coleman
• www.studentNAVS.org/spiritual-generations
  Spiritual Generations Mike Shamy
• www.discipleshiplibrary.com topic laborer
• The Ministry of Exchange Bible Study in the
  Gospels
• Discipling, Coaching, Mentoring Bryn Hughes
• Down to Earth Discipling Scott Morton
• The Nuts and Bolts of One to One Discipling
  Tom Yeakley
• The Gentle Art of Discipling Women Dana
  Yeakley

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The Master Plan

• Some Snippets
• a Few
• Reproduction

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Questions
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Implications for Ministry?

• What will you take away from this seminar?
• What will change as a result of this seminar?
• What are the implications for your priorities and
  diary?

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CONNECT programme
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through spiritual generations of labourers

• www.studentNAVS.org

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