Planting

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Stages of Church Maturation

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Planting Churches is the initiating of
  reproductive fellowships who reflect the kingdom
  of God in the world.
• Initiating the beginning of the process
• Body of fellowship community of believers
  (horizontal perspective)
• Reproductive Gods intention for the church
• Reflect kingdom of God Vertical relationship
  manifested to the world

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Guidelines for planting new churches
• Planters must see their work as a spiritual
  activity.
• Planters must have a vision of what Gods church
  should look like in a particular culture.
• Church planters communicate in relevant manners
  to the culture.
• Church planters pay attention to web-lines.

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Nurturing churches is the building up of the
  local body of Christ so that each part of the
  body contributes its gifts and talents to the
  whole work of the church.
• Building up equipping members for service
• Local body congregation in a particular area
• Work of church Worship, evangelism, service

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Guidelines for effective nurturing
• Must be done in a loving, caring community of
  believers.
• Leads new Christians to visualize specifically
  what God desires them to become.
• Involves modeling the Christian life and
  disciplines of prayer, worship, study, living in
  peace, fasting, and meditation.
• Nurturing must be passed on

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Four stages of church maturation
• Initial church
• Developing church
• Independent church
• Mature church

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Initial church - first contacts and evangelism
• Being a part of the community
• Visiting people (home, work, socially)
• Goal is friendship and sharing gospel
• Times of study and teaching
• Group of interested people
• Group of people who become Christians
• Not yet familiar with function of the church

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Developing church building the body into a
  function church
• Understanding the purpose, nature, and function
  of the church
• Assisting people in finding their gifts talents
• Encouraging emerging leaders (not appointed by
  missionary)
• Experience in church activities
• Avoid too much dependence on missionary
• Begin leadership training assistance in teaching

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Independent church local leadership takes
  responsibility and roles in ministry
• Leaders functioning in various roles
• Church functioning without the assistance of the
  missionary
• Leaders teach their own members and evangelize
• Missionary primarily working in providing more
  leadership training

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Planting Nurturing Churches

• Mature church appointed leaders with experience
  in nurturing
• Elders and deacons selected by the church
• Leadership experience in solving problems
• Training of new leaders in the church
• Planting other churches
• Missionary is a co-worker