1. Simple Growth Plan

2. Make a Friend Through your work, family, social contacts, or “ chance encounters” seek out someone who does not yet know Jesus as Lord and Savior. Through your work, family, social contacts, or “ chance encounters” seek out someone who does not yet know Jesus as Lord and Savior. The more your friend is in need, the more open they are to what Jesus offers. The more your friend is in need, the more open they are to what Jesus offers. According to Neil Cole, author of Organic Church, their need makes them better soil in which to grow the Gospel. According to Neil Cole, author of Organic Church, their need makes them better soil in which to grow the Gospel.

3. Be A Friend As a spiritual friend, help your friend develop a growing interest in Jesus. As a spiritual friend, help your friend develop a growing interest in Jesus. As your friend understands who Jesus is and that Jesus loves and forgives them, their interest will grow into a genuine need. As your friend understands who Jesus is and that Jesus loves and forgives them, their interest will grow into a genuine need.

4. Be A Friend Pray for your friend to become desperate for Jesus. Pray for your friend to become desperate for Jesus. Pray with your current Running Partner(s) and Alive Group for your friend to accept Jesus. Pray with your current Running Partner(s) and Alive Group for your friend to accept Jesus.

5. Bring Your Friend to Christ Using the Theograms, Discovery (John’s 7 Signs), Stand at the Door, and/or other material, bring your friend to the point of decision. Using the Theograms, Discovery (John’s 7 Signs), Stand at the Door, and/or other material, bring your friend to the point of decision. Pray the Sinner’s Prayer or ask for their confession of faith and then pray. Pray the Sinner’s Prayer or ask for their confession of faith and then pray.

6. Grow Your Friend in Christ Use Discovery (John’s 7 Signs), the repeated reading of John’s Gospel, Philippians, Ephesians or similar New Testament scripture to start your friend on 30 Chapters in a week. Use Discovery (John’s 7 Signs), the repeated reading of John’s Gospel, Philippians, Ephesians or similar New Testament scripture to start your friend on 30 Chapters in a week. Become a Running Partner with your friend. Become a Running Partner with your friend. Start praying for the souls of your friend’s loved ones. Start praying for the souls of your friend’s loved ones.

7. Coach Your Friend Immediately start encouraging your friend to reach out to others in Jesus’ name. Immediately start encouraging your friend to reach out to others in Jesus’ name. Pray together for boldness. Pray together for boldness.

8. Bring Your Friend to Church Whenever it seems right invite your friend to your Alive Group. Whenever it seems right invite your friend to your Alive Group. Or start an Alive Group with your friend. Or start an Alive Group with your friend. Pray about this and do as the Spirit leads you. Pray about this and do as the Spirit leads you.

9. Your Alive Group is Church for Church is the presence of Jesus among His people called out as a Spiritual Family to pursue HIS Mission on this planet. It is Jesus alive in us and our obedience to Him that makes us Church.

10. Alive Groups are simple and replicable. Like seed growing abundantly according to is own encoded direction, we simply seek to listen to Jesus and do what we hear Jesus calling us to. Nothing more and to the best of our God empowered ability, nothing less. Alive Groups are simple and replicable. Like seed growing abundantly according to is own encoded direction, we simply seek to listen to Jesus and do what we hear Jesus calling us to. Nothing more and to the best of our God empowered ability, nothing less. We believe that there is no force able to stop the will of God! We believe that there is no force able to stop the will of God!