1. “7 Practical Principles for Ministry Coordination and Cooperation”
Thomas Road Baptist Church
REFUEL 2019

2. REACH 434- Challenge

3. Passages Principles Philosophy Practices Proof
REACH 434 OVERVIEW
Passages Principles Philosophy Practices Proof

4. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
The challenges that cities face… racial tension, economic inequities, food disparities, drug abuse, health problems, increasing crime rates etc…
Big 3- Poverty/ Transportation/ Housing
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5. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
The challenges that cities face… racial tension, economic inequities, food disparities, drug abuse, health problems, increasing crime rates etc…
Can only be solved by churches mobilizing the body of Christ to show and share the good news of the Gospel. (Gospel Net)
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6. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
The challenges that cities face… racial tension, economic inequities, food disparities, drug abuse, health problems, increasing crime rates etc…
Can only be solved by churches mobilizing the body of Christ to show and share the good news of the Gospel.
The Gospel changes hearts and minds!
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7. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
“If the church took up the responsibility of caring for the poor, of living incarnationally, of participating in the unspeakable gift of giving, our world would look much different from the way it does today.
Justice is a stewardship issue, caring for the poor is a stewardship issue, loving our neighbor as we love ourselves is a stewardship issue.
We have the resources, but our priorities aren’t there yet.” ― John M. Perkins
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8. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
It is a terrible misunderstanding of the Gospel to think that it offers us salvation while relieving us of responsibility for the life of the world, for the sin and sorrow and pain with which our human life and that of our fellow men & women are so deeply interwoven.
No one is going to listen to your evangelism unless he sees that it comes out of a fellowship that cares. Too much of our evangelism has not met that test. ~ Lesslie Newbigin
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9. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction: John Perkins:
“God has always wanted the vulnerable in society to be cared for. He never intended for them to languish in poverty, abuse, slavery, homelessness, or other types of devastation.
When we care for individuals who are trapped in these ways, when we show them love and help them move toward freedom and wholeness, we participate in bringing a little part of God's Kingdom back into alignment with His greater plan.
We do justice and God smiles.” – John Perkins
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10. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
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11. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
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12. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
courageous people, and
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13. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
courageous people, and
courageous structures.
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14. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
courageous people, and
courageous structures.
You need all three.
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15. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
courageous people, and
courageous structures.
You need all three.
The commodities themselves are not rare—ideas, people, and structures— but when they are enhanced by courage and put in service to the church, they are extraordinary.
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16. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
When implementing bold ideas you need three rare elements:
courageous ideas,
courageous people, and
courageous structures.
You need all three.
The commodities themselves are not rare—ideas, people, and structures—but when they are enhanced by courage and put in service to the church, they are extraordinary.
Courage is what makes every healthy and thriving church unique, because it is vital to our lives on mission." Brian Sanders Underground Church
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17. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
Gospel Focus summarized in four statements:
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18. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
Gospel Focus summarized in four statements:
First, whatever God is going to do in the world He is going to do through all Christ’s people.
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19. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
Gospel Focus summarized in four statements:
First, whatever God is going to do in the world He is going to do through all Christ’s people.
Second, whatever God is going to do in the world through all Christ’s people, He will do through leaders whose first priority is to empower people, above and beyond the practice of their own giftedness.
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20. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
Gospel Focus summarized in four statements:
First, whatever God is going to do in the world He is going to do through all Christ’s people.
Second, whatever God is going to do in the world through all Christ’s people, He will do through leaders whose first priority is to empower people, above and beyond the practice of their own giftedness.
Third, whatever God is going to do in the world through all Christ’s people, He will do primarily through a decentralized structure.
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21. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
Gospel Focus summarized in four statements:
First, whatever God is going to do in the world He is going to do through all Christ’s people.
Second, whatever God is going to do in the world through all Christ’s people, He will do through leaders whose first priority is to empower people, above and beyond the practice of their own giftedness.
Third, whatever God is going to do in the world through all Christ’s people, He will do primarily through a decentralized structure.
Finally, whatever God is going to do in the world, He will do through the resources of churches telescoped in joint venture with the Holy Spirit and indigenous resources.
---Smith, Dwight. Alone At the Top
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22. REACH 434-Introduction Introduction:
Luke 4: Mission Statement of Jesus:
 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
If you were going to describe who in our culture is poor, brokenhearted, captive, blind, oppressed…hopeless… where would you start?
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23. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Introduction:
What is our Goal?
Our goal is to see love for God and love for our neighbor transform our city!
What is a City Transformation Movement:
“City transformation” can be described as the measurable, sustained impact of the power of God through his people in a particular place that restores both individuals and societal structures* towards a kingdom reign.” – Tom White
*the 7 domains- Religion/ Family/ Education/ Government/ Media/ Arts & Entertainment/ Business)
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24. Church

25. Church
Family

26. Church
Family
Education

27. Church
Family
Education
Government

28. Church
Family
Education
Government
Media

29. Church
Family
Education
Government
Media
The Arts
Entertainment

30. Church Family Education Media Business Government The Arts
Entertainment
Business

32. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Understand God is at work as you obey Him:
Acts 18:9-10- “Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;  for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”
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33. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
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34. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
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35. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”/ Isa. 58:6-7
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
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36. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
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37. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
Share the Gospel:
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38. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
Share the Gospel:
1 Cor. 15:3-4
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,  and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
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39. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
Share the Gospel:
1 Cor. 15:3-4
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,  and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
Romans 1:16 “I am not ashamed…”
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40. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
Share the Gospel:
1 Cor. 15:3-4
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,  and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
Romans 1:16 “I am not ashamed…”
Romans 10:9-10 “If you confess with your mouth…”
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41. REACH 434- Guiding Passages:
Guiding Passages: Show and Share…
Show the Gospel:
Matthew 5:16
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 25:31-46 “When did you see me?”
Phil. 2:1-10- Example of Jesus
Luke 10:25-37 “Parable of the Good Samaritan
Share the Gospel:
1 Cor. 15:3-4
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,  and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
Romans 1:16 “I am not ashamed…”
Romans 10:9-10 “If you confess with your mouth…”
Romans 10:14 “How they are to hear without a preacher”
“We do good works, but it is all about the Gospel.”
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42. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Our Mission: “City Reach 434 exists to show and share the love of Jesus to our community.”
We do this by:

43. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Our Mission: “City Reach 434 exists to show and share the love of Jesus to our community.”
We do this by: 1. Cultivating partners to identify and meet needs in our community

44. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Our Mission: “City Reach 434 exists to show and share the love of Jesus to our community.”
We do this by: 1. Cultivating partners to identify and meet needs in our community
2. Coordinating human, physical, spiritual resources and expertise to meet the needs

45. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
Our Mission: “City Reach 434 exists to show and share the love of Jesus to our community.”
We do this by: 1. Cultivating partners to identify and meet needs in our community
2. Coordinating human, physical, spiritual resources and expertise to meet the needs
3. Communicating upcoming events and training opportunities

46. “The Law of Diffusion of Innovation”- The Tipping Point
300 churches… how many do we need?

47. “The Law of Diffusion of Innovation”- The Tipping Point
300 churches… how many do we need? = churches to reach tipping point

48. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
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49. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
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50. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
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51. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
A passion to identify and meet the needs of our community (crisis and chronic)
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52. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
A passion to identify and meet the needs of our community (crisis and chronic)
A simple strategy (Touch the Heart/ Educate the Mind/ Train the Hands)
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53. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
A passion to identify and meet the needs of our community (crisis and chronic)
A simple strategy (Touch the Heart/ Educate the Mind/ Train the Hands)
Partner Churches/ organizations who agree to invest time, money and resources to lean into the organizing principle
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54. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
A passion to identify and meet the needs of our community (crisis and chronic)
A simple strategy (Touch the Heart/ Educate the Mind/ Train the Hands)
Partner Churches/ organizations who agree to invest time, money and resources to lean into the organizing principle
Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals- (Specific, Measurable, Awe Inspiring, Relevant and Timed)- Quarterly/ Semi Annual and Annual
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55. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES:
An organizing principle (Show and Share the Gospel)
Praying Pastors/ Community Leaders who trust each other and are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit
A passion to identify and meet the needs of our community (crisis and chronic)
A simple strategy (Touch the Heart/ Educate the Mind/ Train the Hands)
Partner Churches/ organizations who agree to invest time, money and resources to lean into the organizing principle
Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals- (Specific, Measurable, Awe Inspiring, Relevant and Timed)- Quarterly/ Semi Annual and Annual
Effective training and platforms for mobilizing the members of the Body of Christ to become the hands, feet and voice of Jesus to their community.
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56. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
1. AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
Show and Share the Gospel
An organizing principles is a statement that everyone can agree on and begin working toward.
The focus of a church in a community must be to show and share the good news of the Gospel.
We show the Gospel by following the teachings of the King in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) and we share the Gospel by proclaiming the facts of the death and resurrection of the King (1 Cor. 15:1-8).
In this manner we illustrate and proclaim the coming rule and reign of Jesus.
The Elders in the church according to Eph. 4:1-16 are there to equip the members of His body to full maturity so that through the gifts given to them by their King they can become the visible hands, feet and voice of Jesus.
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57. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
(Show and Share the Gospel)
Churches should make it their goal to simultaneously find ways to show and share the love of Jesus.
The Gospel of Jesus unites churches across spectrums as it shows and shares the good news. (Missiology defines ecclesiology)
SHOW the good news: Identify the desperate needs in your community (hunger, drug abuse, poverty rate, unemployment rate, homelessness, reading comprehension, foster homes, food deserts, gangs…) and then come up with ideas and ways to alleviate and solve the challenges.
SHARE the good news: While sacrificing and serving we speak about Jesus who sacrificed and served by giving up His life for all mankind. When churches visibly show and verbally share the Gospel… the love and sacrifice of Jesus becomes visible. It takes on flesh. It is incarnational.
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58. Show the Gospel Red Truck Food Pantry Adopt a School Hygiene Kits
Food For Thought
Red Truck
Adopt a School
Hygiene Kits
Reading Mentors
Lunch Buddies
Food Pantry

59. Missional Communities
Share the Gospel
Camping Ministry
Life Skill Classes
Annual Crusade
Missional Communities
“How can I pray for you”
Teach B.L.E.S.S.
Open Table

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2. DEPENDENT PRAYER (Holy Spirit Guidance)-
Prayer Quotes:
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together.  Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer. ~ Charles Finney
The Spirit, when He prays through us, or helps us to meet the mighty "ougthness" of right praying, trims our praying down to the will of God.... ~ R.A.Torrey
It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone.  ~ Hudson Taylor
Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."  ~Alan Redpath
“There is nothing that makes us love a person… so much as prayer for them.” – Wm. Law
Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part.  Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.  ~ Andrew Murray
Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies.  ~ Frank C. Laubach
The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God. -Charles Bent
Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers. ~ J. Sidlow Baxter
Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees. -Charles Bent
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2. DEPENDENT PRAYER (Holy Spirit Guidance)-
Prayer Ideas:
24 Hour Prayer Meeting
6-9 a.m.: Pastor 1 in charge
9-12 a.m.: Pastor 2 in charge
12-3 p.m. Pastor 3 in charge
3-6 p.m.: Pastor 4 in charge
6-9 p.m.: Pastor 5 in charge
9-12 p.m.: Pastor 6 in charge
Morning Prayer Meetings
24 Hour Church wide Prayer Sign Up
Spontaneous Prayer Chains
All night or ½ Night Prayer Meeting
Prayer Retreats
Prayer throughout the church in cells/ small groups
Luke 10:2 Prayer (Pray for laborers to go into the Harvest Fields twice a day- 2 minutes past 10 am and 10 pm)
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3. A simple strategy (Touch the Heart/ Educate the Mind/ Train the Hands)- PHILOSOPHY
1. Touch the heart - through meeting needs = serving... food/ clothes/ basic life necessities by partners and volunteers. (Reach 434)
2. Inform the mind- through camping experience and classes = education... life skill classes held in churches/ recreation centers by church members. (Camp Pictures)
3. Train the hands-through relationships = mentoring… Open Table friendships through churches that transform lives and give hope through the Gospel
“There is no significant learning without a significant relationship- Dr. James Conner
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4. Pastors who Trust Each Other: (5 C’s of Teamwork?) PRACTICES:
Praying and working together to show and share the Gospel to a town/city/ community builds unity. Soldiers are close because they are fighting against one enemy to win battles and ultimately win the war.
This requires that churches have a plan to train and equip the members of the Body of Christ to focus on meeting the needs of that said community.
This requires that Pastors and Churches agree to work together to mature and mobilize the membership for ministry and mission. A “gospel net” begins to form as the churches and members band together to show and share the Gospel.
God met our needs through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.
Churches meet the needs of our neighbors through sacrificing our time, our energy, our expertise, our resources and His gifts.
As a community sees Pastors and Churches working together: Christ becomes tangible and visible to an unbelieving world and they “will know you are my disciples as they see our love for one another.”
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65. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
5. Partner Churches/ organizations who agree to invest time, money and resources to lean into the organizing principle- PRACTICES
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66. Show the Gospel Red Truck Food Pantry Adopt a School Hygiene Kits
Food For Thought
Red Truck
Adopt a School
Hygiene Kits
Reading Mentors
Lunch Buddies
Food Pantry

67. Missional Communities
Share the Gospel
Camping Ministry
Life Skill Classes
Annual Crusade
Missional Communities
“How can I pray for you”
Teach B.L.E.S.S.
Open Table

68. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
6. S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Awe Inspiring, Relevant and Timed) goals- PROOF:
Examples of Potential Goals
50 churches working together to show and share the Gospel- Tipping Point
Every school is adopted by several churches
No child goes home on the weekend “food insecure”
Every school has reading mentors
Every school has lunch buddies
20 Red Trucks going to food deserts every weekend
50 churches teaching 5 Life Skill classes each = 250 classes where the Gospel is shown and shared
500 Inner City Kids going to camp each summer
One evangelistic Crusade every fall/ spring
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69. REACH 434- Guiding Principles:
7. Effective training and platforms for mobilizing the members of the Body of Christ to become the hands, feet and voice of Jesus to their community. PROOF:
Central communication platform
Central training hub
Equipping teams who go to churches
Every church has Reach 434 Liaisons
Summer Camp Sponsorships
250 Life Skill Classes (50 Churches x 5 classes)
Mobilize Every Sunday School Class and Small Group to adopt a mission for outreach
Hundreds of church members equipped and engaged throughout the community
Church members taught to B.L.E.S.S.!
BEGIN praying for them.
LISTEN to them.
EAT with them. As you pray, listen and eat with your neighbors you look for ways to
SERVE them and finally you
SHARE about the sacrifice of Jesus.
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7. Training Continued:
Eph. 1:23 says the church IS His body… Churches for the most part are INVISIBLE to their community because the members of the Body of Christ don’t know or use the spiritual gifts Christ has given to them to show and share the good news of the Gospel.
When we use His gifts of mercy, helps, administration, exhortation, teaching… Jesus becomes visible to the world.
We can’t be the hands, feet and voice of Jesus when we aren’t actively exercising His gifts to demonstrate His love to the world where we live.
When the gifts are mobilized the church (Body of Christ) becomes visible to the world.
When the church is visible the world… the world will not only hear and see us… they will feel our love. The good news of the Gospel is both seen and heard in the context of relationships.
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CONCLUSION:
According to a North American Mission Board study 85% of churches in North American have plateaued or are in decline…
If a church does not have as its goal (mission) to permeate their city, town, county, community with Good News of the Gospel then the focus (mission) will inevitably go inward toward meeting the needs of its constituents.
The result will be ageing out and inescapable death. We must mature and mobilize the membership for ministry and mission to show and share the good news of Jesus… because we are commanded… yes… but also to escape the church death cycle.
Be on mission (mature and mobilize the membership for the Great Commission) and experience the energy and vibrancy of new life or experience the selfish, self-absorbed, consumer death cycle.
To escape the death cycle for a church or a group of churches showing and sharing the Gospel to the city must become the central organizing principle.
Obeying the Great Commission by equipping the saints to do the works of service and become the body of that shows and shares the love of Christ… aligns any church or group of churches to quality for receiving the promise of the Great Commission, “I will be with you!”
Dream Quotes- Word Document and Worksheet
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WEBSITES:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS/ AUTHORS:
Pioneering Movements- Steve Addison
What Jesus Started- Steve Addison
From Megachurch to Multiplication- Chris Galanos
The New Parish- Paul Sparks
The Practitioner’s Guide: Building City Gospel Movements- Tom White
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