Planting for a Greater Harvest

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Planting for a Greater Harvest

• Go make disciples of all ethnae (nations)
• Matthew 2819

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What is a DAWN Vision?

• DAWN is an acronym for Discipling a Whole
  Nation.
• DAWN is a tested, cooperative mission strategy in
  many nations through out the world.
• DAWN vision seeks to provide a disciple-making
  community for every 1000 people.
• DAWN enables the whole Body of Christ -
  denominations, lay people, missions and schools -
  to work together as One!

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Ultimate Purpose of DAWN

• that the earth will be filled with the knowledge
  of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the
  sea (Habakkuk 214).
• to see a great multitude that no one could
  count, from every nation, tribe, people and
  language, standing before the throne and in front
  of the Lamb (Revelation 79)

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Is Discipling a Whole Nation in Fact Possible?

• Yes! By clear and persistent faith in Gods
  ultimate purpose and grace!
• Yes! As the Body is unified for Gods glory
  around His redemptive purpose to save the lost.
• Yes! As the Body agrees on the strategic goal of
  planting churches.
• Yes, as the Body cooperates in prayer and
  training workers for the Harvest.

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Mission Leaders say.

• There is only one way the Great Commission can
  be fulfilled, and that is by establishing
  gospel-preaching congregations in every community
  on the face of the earth. - David
  Womack
• The churchs evangelistic task . . . demands
  that every barrio, apartment building, and
  neighborhood have a church faithful to Gods word
  established in it. - Roger
  Greenway

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Lets Look Back Two Years...
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Gods Desire a Discipled Nation!

• DAWN Goal
• Set in 1997 10,000 new churches by 2015
• Raise average annual planting rate to 4.5
• Churches geographically accessible and culturally
  relevant to every Canadian

Currently - 30,000,000 population - 9,276
Evangelical churches - 1.5 Planting Decadal GR.
(Population growth 1.7)
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Our Goal Triple Canadian Rate of Church Planting
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Anticipated Result Church-to-People Ratio
under 12000
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Sample Effect of Planting on Worship Attendance
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City Needs by Descending People-to-Church Ratios
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City Needs by Descending People-to-Church Ratios
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For More Background...

• Transforming Our Nation
• (Church Leadership Library, 1998)
• Available at Information booth and from
  Outreach Canada exhibit.

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Specific Church Planting Needs

• Sample Groupings

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Sample Map of Never Married Singles Vancouver

• Map shows high-density (50 to 80) singles
  areas in red
• Requires new churches targeted to reaching
  singles

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Sample Map of Other Religions Islam in Toronto

• Koran encourages reading of New Testament
• Muslims responsive to prayer for personal needs

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Sample Map of No Religion Victoria, B.C.

• Could be atheist, new age, or post-modern
  eclectic
• Missionary planting especially needed in red
  and pink zones

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Sample Map of High Apartment Density Montreal

• Red 80 or more apartment dwellers
• 1/7th as likely to attend worship as detached
  family homes

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Sample Map of Church-to-Population Ratios
Vancouver

• Goal all census tracts green or better
• Highest priority areas blank or red.

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Sample Map of Ethnic Population Toronto Chinese

• Red indicates 26 or more ethnic Chinese
• First and Second generation Chinese each require
  unique new churches

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Access to These and Other Resources are Available

• Appendix section of conference binder
• Mapping (order form in your binder)
• Church-to-Population ratios
• Home Language and Ethnic Origin
• Other religions
• Church Planting Canada newsletter
• www.outreach.ca (or make suggestions
  mmoerman_at_outreach.ca)

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Working Together to Multiply 10,000 New Cells of
Believers

• Every denomination - setting goals, casting
  vision, providing support and resources
• Every church - birthing new cells of believers
  (daughter churches)
• Every bible school seminary - raising up and
  training planters for the harvest
• Every para-church mission agency - planting
  churches
• Every lay-leader - a harvest field worker a
  member of the team

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A Great Task, yesand
We have a Great Godwho is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us.
To Him be Glory in the Church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and
ever! Amen. (Eph. 320-21)
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Work and Pray Until He Comes...

• This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached to
  the whole world as a testimony to all nations
  (ethnae), and then the end will come.
• Matthew 2414