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UPCOMING EVENTS
8/1/2010, Sunday 10:00 AM. One Service This Sunday. Come & join our Sunday Celebration. 8/1/2010, Sunday 10:00 AM. 20 Year Anniversary Celebration. The ealry bird catches the Holy Spirit first. Service is followed by coffee and donuts.
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NEWSLETTER
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Jesus' vision for the world is to "win souls and make disciples." This
He clearly stated in Matthew 28:19-20: "Therefore go and make disciples
of all nations. . . ." To achieve His vision, Jesus worked closely with
twelve men that He mentored to take His place on the earth. Following
Jesus' pattern, the apostle Paul also trained a number of young men
("Timothys") who later became the great leaders of the New Testament
Church. We call this mentoring technique the "principle of twelve."
The number twelve is the number of government in the Bible. Jesus
established His kingdom and government on the earth by using the
same principle that God had used to establish Israel in the Old
Testament. Just as Israel had twelve tribes, Jesus had twelve
disciples. Using this pattern, Jesus intended to show us a model
of how to disciple not only our local communities, but also the
nations of the world. The "principle of twelve" was first implemented
by Pastors César and Claudia Castellanos at International Charismatic
Mission in Bogotá, Colombia. This church has used this discipleship
principle to build the largest small group network in the world:
30,000 small groups in a single congregation!
Now, churches worldwide are implementing this dynamic principle.
Its simple, personal nature is easy to duplicate. It is not a program,
but the development of "fathering" relationships that help every
believer become a multiplying leader who can disciple others.
The Vision: To win souls and make disciples.
The Goal: Every believer a leader.
The Method: Win, Consolidate, Disciple and Send.
Win
New believers are added to the church through personal evangelism,
weekend celebration church services, and monthly "net" meetings.
Consolidate
Both new believers and new church members are "plugged in" to the
church through the consolidation process. Members of the consolidation
team are assigned to new believers or new members to help enroll
them in a weekly cell meeting, guide them through a short Pre-Encounter
course, and register them to attend an Encounter Retreat. At this weekend
retreat, they "encounter God" through teachings on inner healing,
deliverance, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and the vision of the church.
Following the retreat, they are encouraged to attend a ten-week new believers'
class entitled Post-Encounter.
Disciple
After completing the consolidation process, the new disciple enters
the School of Leaders, which consists of three ten-week trimesters
of study. During the second trimester, the students will open their
own cells but will also continue meeting in their original cells,
which now become their leadership, or G-12, groups.
Send
As the disciple progresses through the School of Leaders, he opens his
own cell and begins to develop his twelve, taking them through each
step of the process of the vision: winning them, consolidating them,
discipling them, and eventually sending them "to make disciples of
all nations."
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