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4. Priority # 7 - IDENTIFY and EQUIP a TEAM of WORKERS. Prioritizing the few must be an intentional practice Gospel of Mark 1:16-20...become fishers of men. 1:29 Jesus began to prioritize His ministry team right away... 3:7...Jesus tries to get away with His disciples--but the crowd followed. 6:31... “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” 7:17-18 He wanted them to have a deeper understanding of God. 7:24 Jesus loved the masses, but had to make the hard choice to equip the few. 9:2...Jesus singled out Peter, James and John for more time with Him. 9:30 Jesus once again spends time with the few. If prioritizing the few was difficult for Jesus to accomplish... we should expect to face the same challenge.

5. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS (WHO) Qualities VS Standards 1. Prioritizing the few must be an _______________________. 2. Identifying the right team __________ happen apart from relationships. INTENTIONAL PRACTICE CANNOT InternalExternal AttitudesActions DesireDuty Character/HeartOutward Performance

6. 3. They ____________! WANT MORE They need to be ___________, __________ and ____________in their walk with the Lord and in the work of ministry. They also need to demonstrate _________________to the leadership. AVAILABLEFAITHFUL TEACHABLE RESPONSIVENESS PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS (WHO) They are AFT’R more Luke 5:1-11

7. 4. Workers do ________ from believers. DIFFER PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS (WHO) BelieversWorkers

8. HOW TO BEGIN THE MINISTRY TEAM 1. Recognize the _____________. 2. Inform the _______________. 3. Develop a good ____________ process. 4. Begin to meet _____________. PROBLEMS AUTHORITIES SELECTION REGULARLY

9. WHAT ARE WE EQUIPPING THEM TO DO? Peer _______ Peer ______ WHAT WILL ALWAYS BE NEEDED? Continual ______________ to do the work of ministry. Continual ___________________ in the work of ministry. SHARE CARE MOTIVATION ENCOURAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR EQUIPPING

10. 1. _____________ 2. ________________ 3. _____________________ 4. ____________________________ ON THE RUN MISSION TRIPS GETAWAY RETREATS MINISTRY TEAM MEETINGS

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13. Priority # 8 - Helping the disciples become FISHERS OF MEN Rather than setting a goal of seeing 10 people come to Christ, why don’t we set the goal of seeing 10 people lead someone to Christ for the first time? Jesus’ three main objectives during the Outreach Phase 1. To _____________________ succeed at outreach. 2. To sharpen those joining Him in ministry with the skills of _______________. 3. Mobilizing the ministry for __________________ - resulting in a multiplication of new believers. HELP HIS DISCIPLES ETERNAL CPR BROAD SOWING

14. SOME OBSERVATIONS 1. Jesus had a plan of ______________ His disciples in sharing their faith. DEVELOPING FISHING TRIPS See? Feel? Do? Conclude? Luke 4:31-37 Luke 4:38-41 Luke 5:1-11 Luke 5:12-15 Luke 5:17-26 Luke 5:27-39

15. MISSIONS TRIPS Luke 10:1-22 To every town John 4:4-38 Trip through Samaria Luke 8:1-3 Trip from village-to-village Matt. 9:35-10:5 Throughout towns and villages Mark 1:38-39 Trip throughout Galilee

16. SOME OBSERVATIONS 2. Jesus _______________ involved His disciples. 3. Equipping in evangelism was done in the _______________. 4. Jesus knew... A. The harvest was ____________. B. The workers were ______. 5. Jesus gave the solution as: A. __________ B. ___________His disciples into the harvest. INCREASINGLY HARVEST FIELD PLENTIFUL FEW PRAYER SENDING

17. 1. __________ who model it. 2. _____________ that calls us to it. 3. _________ that supports it. 1st Level: A = ___________ (Desire) THE ABC’S OF EQUIPPING ATTITUDE LEADERS PREACHING PRAYER What percentage of your ministry has a desire to live a M7 lifestyle? What can be done to create a ministry-wide desire? Non-negotiables

18. 1. _________________ 2. __________________ THE ABC’S OF EQUIPPING Describe someone who has helped you in this area of your life? What is keeping people in your ministry from the discipline of following through? What can be done to increase this level of equipping? 2nd Level: B = ___________ (Discipline) RELATIONSHIPS ACCOUNTABILITY BEHAVIOR Non-negotiables

19. 3rd Level: C = ______________ (Skills) THE ABC’S OF EQUIPPING COMPETENCY Peer Share: What they need to succeed at reaching their friends for Christ Peer Care: What they need to succeed at caring for the ministry given them

20. SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONAL EVANGELISM 1. _______________ is the only means by which man can be saved. 2. Evangelism is a ___________. 3. Evangelism is most effective when our _____________ is that of love. 4. Evangelism is a by-product of a ________________. JESUS CHRIST PRIVILEGE MOTIVATION HEALTHY BODY

21. SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONAL EVANGELISM 5. Bringing people to a saving faith is both a __________ and an _______. 6. Evangelism is best achieved through ________________. 7. Plant abundantly, reap ______________. Plant sparingly, reap ____________. PROCESS RELATIONSHIPS ABUNDANTLYSPARINGLY EVENT