Church Planting

New Tribe Mission, Used with permission

 

PURPOSE

The Church Planting: Application to Field course assists students in organizing church planting principles and procedures, and in applying them to a particular field and tribal group.

DESCRIPTION

The Church Planting: Application to Field course consists of instructor-guided discussion, following daily outlines, student-led small group discussions, with in-class reporting, and daily home work considering activities involved in each of five church planting stages.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Upon completion of Church Planting: Application to Field, students will be able to organize and apply church planting principles and procedures to a specific church planting context.

STARTING QUESTION: Will you be joining an existing work? Will you be forming a new team to open a new work?

PRE-EVANGELISM

TRIBAL TEAM CONSTITUENCY

MOVE-IN

HOUSING

WHERE WILL YOU BUILD/LIVE?

TEAM RELATIONSHIP

TEAM FUNCTION

TEAM PROPERTY/POSSESSIONS/PROJECTS, etc.

TEAM JOB DESCRIPTIONS

TEAM PLANNING and SCHEDULING

LANGUAGE and CULTURE: GENERAL

LANGUAGE and CULTURE CONSULTANTS

DICTIONARY

LINGUISTICS

LITERACY

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIBAL PEOPLE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

MEDICAL WORK

RELATIONSHIP WITH:

 

OUTLINE FOR CHURCH PLANTING SESSIONS

PURPOSE

INITIATING PHASE I TEACHING: GENERAL

LESSONS

SCRIPTURE

 

VISUAL AIDS

TEACHERS

PREPARATION/TRAINING

PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

POTENTIAL AUDIENCE

TEACHING SETTING

TEAM RELATIONSHIP

TEAM FUNCTION

TEAM JOB DESCRIPTIONS

TEAM PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE and CULTURE CONSULTANTS

  1. Would you like help from consultants if available?
  2. Will you continue studying language and culture during this time? Why or why not?
  3. How many team members will continue studying language and culture? Why or why not?
  4. What methods and procedures will you use?
  5. How will you schedule this in?
  6. Would you like help from consultants if available?

DICTIONARY

LINGUISTICS

LITERACY

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIBAL PEOPLE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

MEDICAL WORK

MISCELLANEOUS

 

TEACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP:
EQUIPPING THE DEVELOPING CHURCH

Our major focus during this time is teaching and grounding the infant church, discipling, equipping and training believers in ministry. Describe and explain the activities you will be doing, who, when, where, how and why you will be doing them.

What are you expecting to happen through teaching phase one of the chronological teaching program?

GENERAL

REVIEW: WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? For justification? (Define and explain - I Cor. 15:1-8)

AFTER TEACHING PHASE ONE (the first time), WHAT THEN? (Chart all this out on the board as you discuss it.)

WHAT IF THE NEW BELIEVERS DON’T SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS?

WHAT ARE YOU TRUSTING GOD TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE LIVES OF THESE NEW BELIEVERS? (Make a list together.)

WHAT ABOUT BAPTISM?

WHAT ABOUT "BELIEVERS MEETINGS"?

WHAT ABOUT "MAKING DISCIPLES"?

WHAT ABOUT LEADERSHIP TRAINING?

TEAM RELATIONSHIP

TEAM FUNCTION

TEAM PROPERTY/POSSESSIONS/PROJECTS, etc.

TEAM JOB DESCRIPTIONS

TEAM PLANNING and SCHEDULING

LANGUAGE and CULTURE

LANGUAGE and CULTURE CONSULTANTS

DICTIONARY

LINGUISTICS

LITERACY

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIBAL PEOPLE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

MEDICAL WORK

RELATIONSHIPS WITH:

  1. Village leaders and government officials.
    1. Do you know these people? What type of relationship do you have with them?
    2. Do your churches and church leaders know them? What type of relationship do they have?
    3. What type of relationship and interaction should your churches and leaders have with them?
    4. What are you doing to foster this?
    5. Do these local officials know and recognize these churches and church leaders?
  2. Other missions or other churches working in the area.
    1. Will you begin teaching your churches and leaders about these groups? Why or why not? If so, how will you do this?
    1. Will you begin acquainting your church leaders and churches with these groups? Why or why not?
    2. If so, how will you do this?
    3. What type of relationship and interaction should your churches and leaders have with them?
    4. What are you doing to foster this?
    5. Do these groups know and recognize these churches and church leaders?
      • Commercial or business groups working in the area.
      • Anthropologists.
      • Tourists.
      • Terrorists or anti-government forces.

 

THE CONTINUING CHURCH

Describe and explain the activities you will be doing, who, when, where, how and why you will be doing them.

THE GOSPEL OF GRACE

THE "WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD"

CHURCH LIFE and FUNCTION

CHURCH GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT

CHURCH LEADERSHIP

EXPANSION AND REPRODUCTION: EVANGELISM AND CHURCH PLANTING

 

In each of the following areas, how can we assist the tribal church in fulfilling the great commission in their own tribal group and other unreached people groups?

(Note: Our main focus is the first four areas.)

SCRIPTURE TRANSLATION: The translation of New and Old Testament portions used in chronological teaching, along with the training of indigenous personnel to carry on the translation project and successive revisions.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Basic Bible curriculum, including chronological and topical lessons for tribal teachers in the tribal language (at least through Phase IV of the chronological teaching program). Indigenous personnel trained to produce Bible curriculum to meet the growing and developing needs of the churches.

TEACHING PROGRAM: Chronological and topical teaching, carried on in the local churches and outreach areas by tribal teachers and leaders. Reaching out both geographically and down through successive generations.

EQUIPPING FOR MINISTRY: Each believer and each leader, equipped for ministry, both in their local churches and beyond.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING: Ongoing leadership training in the local churches, which results in self-propagation" of leaders down through successive generations.