AGMs In South America

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AGMs In South America

• Foundational Functions
• for an
• Ethnic People Group Focus

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Church Planting Process
TA ETHNE (Scripture)
SEGMENTATION
S.C. Selection Mentoring
RESEARCH
ENDVISION
MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
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Basic to IMBs UEPG ProcessThe process is as if
it were a tube with nothing in it.Following the
strategy development process produces a strategy
specific to a given UEPG
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Foundational Functions in Perspective Addressed
in this Presentation

• Evangelization is understood to include the
  following functions engagement of the people in
  the EPG witness discipleship leader mentoring
  and any other functions leading to plant churches
  that can multiply themselves within the EPG.
• There are Foundational Functions in an EPG
  Strategy Planning Process
• Putting an EPG Planning Process into PracticeThe
  Nuts and Bolts of an EPG Engagement and
  Evangelization Process

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Segment Society by Identifying Each EPG

• Identify each EPG in that setting (urban or
  rural) according to a panta ta ethne Great
  Commission mandate.
• This means avoiding segmentation and engagement
  of a population according to existing
  sociological strata and segments
• Sociological demographics will come into the
  picture later in this process but not initially
  and not separately from an EPG process

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Viewing People Through Sociological and
Anthropological Lens

• At this point it is important to clarify the
  difference between a sociological approach toward
  society and an anthropological (EPG) approach
• Most Americans and Westerners have been schooled
  and live in social and economic settings that are
  understood and engaged through a Sociological
  approach to society
• This is true of the USA where business looks at
  America according to a sociological view

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Sociological Segmentation of Society

• There are the segments of Lower, Middle and Upper
  Classes (Each has three segments)
• Segmentation by Urban and Rural
• Segmentation by Rich and Poor
• Segmentation by Male and Female and by age
  segments (A Population Pyramid is built.)
• Segmentation by Vocations or Unemployed
• Segmentation by Economics such as Income
• These are Sociological Demographics

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Viewing People Through Sociological and
Anthropological Lens

• A UEPG approach initially looks at society
  through anthropological lens
• Segment first by ethnolinguistic groups
• Consider linguistic status by dialects
• Begin identifying the ethnes worldview
• After looking at the people through
  anthropological ethnic people group lens, then it
  is appropriate to consider the sociological
  strata within each ethnolinguistic people group

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Seeing People Through Sociological or
Anthropological then Sociological Lens

• Within each ethnolinguistic people group it is
  then legitimate and sometimes necessary to
  consider the various sociological demographics
  within a given ethne
• This is where we get the title People Group
  Segments not from sociological segments
• Some have missed the mark here and started with
  the sociological strata of the entire society
  before first narrowing to an ethne

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Establishing an EPG Priority Ranking among all
the Ethne

• Rank the identified Ethnic People Groups by
• Evangelization percentage of the ethnes total
  population
• Evangelical Church Christian presence. This is
  the step that many leave out of the process. If
  an ethnic group has churches (Christian presence)
  it should automatically move to a lower
  engagement priority.)
• Christian resources available to and in each EPG.
  (If Christian resources exist in tandem with
  Christian resources then that ethne moves to a
  lower priority.)

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Establishing an EPG Priority Ranking among all
the Ethne

• Notice
• Scripture availablity and possession is number 1
  among the Christian resources
• Oral and literate status follows Scripture.
  Orality of an ethnic moves them higher in
  priority.
• Our Great Commission theology and our GC
  compatible missiology is to always to give
  priority of assignment of evangelizers (SCs) to
  unengaged, unevangelized, thus unreached ethnic
  people groups before placing an SC with an ethne
  that has had evangelizers and has some
  evangelical churches and Christian resources.

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• Determine by the previous process the least
  reached ethnic people groups within the setting
  under consideration and list them according to
  those priority items. (The previous functions are
  the responsibility of the Regional Office.)
• At this time, a Strategy Coordinator should have
  been recruited, put through TTE initially trained
  and then through SC training. Then the
  evangelization responsibilities to shift to
  him/her the team

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Church Planting Process
TA ETHNE (Scripture)
SEGMENTATION
S.C. Selection Mentoring
RESEARCH
ENDVISION
MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
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The Recruited SC Engages the Ethne and Initiates
EvangelizationResearch is the Initial SC Task

• Demographics of the People Group concerning items
  on the CPPI
• Status of Scripture Study continued
• Status of Learning Communication
• Completing the Worldview Study initiated by
  Region
• Ethnic People Group Relationship Study

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The SCs Research Responsibilities and Tasks
Continued

• Partnership relationships matrix checked and
  followed
• Follow-up use of Worldview to list the
• Barriers
• Bridges
• Gatekeepers

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• The SC should pick up and continue the process of
  identifying the Worldview of the EPG
• It is good for the supervisors of the SC to
  initiate the worldview identification process,
  which In many cases can be initially facilitated
  by volunteers. (See the IMBs Worldview
  Instruments the Exploring the Land process
  and materials. ETL should be shaped to fit the
  IMB worldview matrix.)
• Once identified, the worldview should be
  critically compared to a functional Scriptural
  worldview

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• The SC should pick up and continue the process of
  identifying the Worldview of the EPG
• Identify the barriers (and the bridges
  gatekeepers) within the worldview that must be
  positively addressed and accepted for EPG persons
  to become authentic, practicing Christians. If
  not, this is major reason for the rejection of
  Christianity and the emergence of syncretism,
  ritualism backdoors among the believers within
  the churches.

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• Based upon an up-to-date Worldview document,
  proceed to develop Gospel Presentation Content in
  appropriate style
• Select from Scripture the events (not conceptual
  items developed from Scripture) that will most
  effectively and positively confront the
  identified worldview variables
• Select the Gospel presentation style/format that
  best fits the majority of the people. Do not
  follow the natural temptation to cater to the
  minority, especially if the minority are
  literates. Use restraint when tempted to demand
  and key Gospel presentation on literates in an
  oral society.

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• Follow the development of Gospel presentation
  content with the packaging of that Gospel
  presentation in the aforediscovered and decided
  style/format.
• At this point, research and discover venues,
  channels and persons best suited for engaging and
  evangelizing a given EPG. (See study.)
• Recruit and prepare these persons as evangelizers
  and place them within the EPG as planned

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Following an EPG Priority Process

• A Strategy Associate or an experienced Cluster
  leader should look over his/her shoulder and
  guide in the development of an Endvision. An
  Endvision is a critical piece in the process. An
  Endvision is the goal post that the SC the
  evangelizers continually look toward to measure
  how well church planting is moving toward that
  goal.
• An Endvision is a futuristic look at the people
  group at a 10-15 evangelized status that is
  conducted in a narrative format.

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It is at this point in the process that a
strategy begins to emerges from the tubethe
EPG Planning Process
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Church Planting Process
TA ETHNE (Scripture)
SEGMENTATION
S.C. Selection Mentoring
RESEARCH
ENDVISION
MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
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Following an EPG Priority Process

• This will be followed by developing the church
  planting model that is contained in The Master
  Plan.
• Do not attempt to develop the Master Plan prior
  to this point in the process. If that is done it
  will be
• A Generic model which will be deadly to
  theologically and culturally appropriate church
  planting and multiplication
• Lacking in worldview orientation
• Without an authentic Endvision to guide the
  Master Plan use

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Check your Endvision and Master Plan to be
certain that the Characteristics or Components of
the Model Church are present!
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Following an EPG Priority Process

• Implementation becomes the final step in the
  process.
• A region should place the template of the IMBs
  Ethnic People Group theological and missiological
  approach, including the common Church Planting
  Movement characteristics, over the SC-led teams
  church planting plans, practices and results as a
  basis for making corrections in fulfilling the
  Endvision.

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• Prepared by Dr. Jim Slack
• For
• South America AGMs in 2008