TAKING A CITY FOR GOD THROUGH NETWORKING

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TAKING A CITY FOR GOD THROUGH NETWORKING

• Using Hong Kong as a Case Study

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UNDERSTANDING NETWORKING
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NETWORKING AND THE FUTURE

• Networking is the New Organization of the New
  Millennium
• Organizational model of the 21st century

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THE EMERGENCE OF NETWORKING

• From Denominations to Networks
• From Mission Organizations to Networks of Mission
  Churches

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NETWORKING AND THE GLOBAL CHURCH

• Networking is the Core of the New Dynamics of the
  Global Church
• Every City Church can become Global

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ORGANIZATION VS NETWORK

• Centralized Decentralized
• Controlling Releasing
• Limited Unlimited
• Head is in charge No one in charge
• Authority Relationship
• Think self Think network
• Slow response Swift response
• Denominations Networks

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NETWORK OF NETWORKS

• Models -- G12, Neighbour, Yonggi Cho, Dion Robert
• Ministries -- MTCs, Resource
• Partnerships -- mission, facilitation, coaching
• Race -- Chinese, Japanese
• Geographic regions -- Hong Kong, Japan, USA

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VALUES OF NETWORKING

• Giving rather than receiving
• No control -- only networking
• Whole network rather than just my own church
• Celebrating our differences
• Without you I am not whole
• Your success is my success
• I am not successful until you are successful
• Synergy -- one plus one is greater than two

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UNDERSTANDING TAKING A CITY FOR GOD
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HONG KONG CHURCH SITUATION
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1999 CHURCH SURVEY

• End of 1999, a survey of Hong Kong churches was
  published. It was shocking news.
• This is what it revealed.

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1989-1999 HK Church Members
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Believers Vs Population
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89-99 Total Growth Rate
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Situation of Hong Kong Churches

• Total of 1129 churches
• Hong Kong Cell Church Network is the largest
  network of churches
• The Network has 190 Churches

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All Sorts of Denominations

• Baptist
• Pentecostal
• Pentecostal Holiness
• Foursquare
• Assemblies of God
• Full Gospel
• Bethany
• Methodist
• Lutheran

• Rhenish
• Alliance
• Conservative Baptist
• Evangelical Free
• Mennonite
• Norwegian Covenant
• Anglican
• Presbyterian
• Independent

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Cell Church Survey

• In 2000, we did a survey of the Cell Churches
  published in May, 2000

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Growth of Cell Churches 94-99
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Growth of Cell Churches 94-99
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HK Cell Church Vs Total Church
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• How Did This Growth Take Place?

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Ratio of baptism to total increase

• No of baptism
• Total no increase

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Ratio of baptism to total increase
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Why the Effectiveness of Cell Churches?

• Networking

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HK Cell Church Network

• My Church is Your Church
• Your Church is My Church
• There is only ONE Church THE CHURCH OF JESUS
  CHRIST

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Plan Together
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VISION FOR NEXT 10 YEARS

• Vision 2010
• 1 Million Christians in Hong Kong

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Learning from Argentina

• Argentina needs Revival
• Now only 6 Christians
• Revival has come and Revival has gone
• The Church did not Grow

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VISION FOR NEXT 10 YEARS

• Vision 2010
• 1 Million Christians in Hong Kong

7 Million hear the Gospel
Evangelism
Building Up the Churches
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Building Up The Churches

• Making Sure that Every Church is Strong and
  Growing

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Change of Paradigm

• What does God want to do in My Church?
• What does God want to do in My City

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John 1224

• "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat
  falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a
  single seed. But if it dies, it produces many
  seeds."

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Networking means Dying to My Own Church
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Coaching Others
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Coaching

• More Experienced are Helping out those who are
  Newer Coaching
• When your church is doing well, it means my
  church is doing well

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Church A

• 43 members
• Have not grown for 6 years
• Pastor not very dynamic
• Showed no signs of growth
• From February to December, the church grew to 120
  members

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Church B

• 120 members
• Have not grown for 12 years
• The numbers have shrunk from 180
• The pastor has been there for 12 years
• Many unhappy people in the membership
• At the end of one year, the church has grown back
  to 180
• The next year, the membership grew to 270

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Church C

• 80 members
• Have been stagnant for 4 years
• Changed the Spiritual Atmosphere of the Church
• Broke through the stagnation
• At the end of the year they broke the 120 mark

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Fathering

• Senior Pastors are dying for Spiritual Fathers

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One Pastor Said . . .

• In my 30 years of spiritual journey, I realize I
  have been looking for spiritual father but one
  after the other has disappointed me. Spiritual
  fathers are indeed very rare.

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Then He said . . .

• Church is a family not a company
• God is father not taskmaster
• Pastor is not only a leader but also a father

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This is a great revelation to me. Though it is
nothing new yet it finally got into my spirit.
God has spoken to me.
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Fathering

• Lydia fathering a group of Senior Pastors
• Ben fathering 11 Senior Pastors
• Tony fathering 3 Senior Pastors on an
  individual basis
• Amy fathering a group of 8 Senior Pastors

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No Pastor Needs to be Lonely
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Networking on Two Different Plains
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Regional Networks

• Evangelizing and Impacting a Region together
• Impacting the Schools in that Region Together
• Influencing the local government in that Region
• Helping the Weaker Churches to grow in a Region
• Training together

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In a City, reaching a District will not take the
Whole City
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Geographical Network
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People Group Network
Geographical Network
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Special Ministry Networks

• Youth Network
• New Immigrant Ministry Network
• Local Mission Indonesian, Indo-Pakistani
• Neglected People Ex-mental Patients, Mentally
  Handicap
• Children Ministry Network

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Training Together

• Ministry Training College (MTC)

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The Four Schools of MTC
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Training Together

• Ministry Training College
• Stimulation Meetings
• Conferences and Seminars

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Celebrating Together
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Doing Mission Together
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Local Mission

• Helping Churches Breakthrough

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Presbyterian Church in Tung Chung Area

• New Area near the new airport
• 40,000 people now
• 300,000 in 10 years time
• 6 Churches there now
• New Cell Church Presbyterian
• 3 young people in the Church
• 3 High Schools and 3 Primary Schools
• Police has helped open up the Schools

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Local Mission

• 30 Interest Groups in the Summer Holidays 400
  youth have signed up
• Each Groups will be manned by the Cell Network
• Planting a new church
• 30 young people to help reaping for the
  Presbyterian Church
• 10 young people to stay at least for 1 year

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Short-term Missions

• Bangladesh
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Japan
• Kampuchea
• Kenya
• Laos
• Macao

• Malaysia
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Nigeria
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Ukraine

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Long-term Mission

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• China Sparks City
• China Wave City
• India
• Japan
• Kampuchea

• Macao
• Myanmar

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Multiplication
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The 3 Tiers of the Cell Church

• Cell
• Congregation
• Celebration

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Multiplication

• We multiply our cells in order to grow
• Why not multiply our congregations?
• Why not multiply our celebrations?

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Big Umbrella, Small Umbrella
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Big Umbrella, Small Umbrella
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Why do we do this as a Local Church?

• Why not do it as a City Church?

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1,000,000 Christians

• In Hong Kong, 300 people church is a large church
• 1,000,000 Christians 3,333 Churches of 300
  people
• Hong Kong has 1,150 churches at the moment

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Paying the Price

• Dying to Your Church

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Growth Rate of SCGC from 1990 to 1999
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Take Your City
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What Does God want to do in Your City?