1. Establish

2. Reproduction….

3. “Resourcefulness...”

4. establish reproducing churches mobilize God’s people engage the unreached mobilize engage establish reproducing churches

5. dependence on God growing in size and scope desire and capacity to reproduce discipleship toward maturity in Christ equipping clear finish lines learning

6. The cross is central to God’s purposes – It is the power of God for salvation – Paul will only boast in the cross The OT message flows into the cross, and the NT mission flows out from the cross The Cross is Central

7. The Church is Primary The church, as the bride of Christ, is God’s primary vessel of redemption in our world The NT assumes the local church to be the base of operations for believers

8. The Church is Primary Only through the prophetic proclamation, redeeming presence and transforming work of the local church can lasting change come to a community To be effective, it needs to be indigenous

9. God’s ambassadors God has given us the ministry of reconciliation We are a chosen, royal priesthood to declare His glory among the nations We join with His global activity of seeking and saving the lost, growing the found, sending the empowered

10. Work together Nature of the Trinity Task is too big to do alone, too important not to do together

11. Missions is temporal Matthew 24:14 At some point, the task will be completed

12. Work is spiritual Eph. 6:12 struggle is against spiritual forces Our weapons have divine power

13. “Are we a church?”

14. Metaphor “a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.”

15. Church metaphors body of Christ - Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12; Eph 1:22-23; Col 1:24 temple of God - 1 Cor 3:16; Eph 2:19; 1 Pet 2:5 bride of Christ - 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph 5:22; Rev 19:7, 22:17 flock of God - John 10:22; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 5:2 vine and the branches - Jn 15:1f royal priesthood - 1 Pet 2:9 -

16. How does this metaphor impact HOW we plant the church?

17. Goal A group of believers led by spiritually qualified shepherds, affirming their relationship to the Lord and each other by observance of the Lord’s Supper, committed to prayer and the authority of the Word of God in doctrine and practice,

18. gathering regularly for worship and the study of the Word, practicing mutual ministry, and turned outward to the world in witness.

19. Form The form of these local churches will be determined by the cultural context of the location in which they are established.

20. Themes of fruitfulness

21. speak their language 1

22. valued reputation in the community 2

23. 3 work with social networks

24. varied use of scripture 4

25. use of stories 5

26. 6 intentional reproduction

27. priority of prayer 7

28. courageous witness 8

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