Church Planting: Be Flexible or Die

By Annie Garman • June 26, 2017

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“Let’s trust our God and put all our confidence in him, not our perfectly constructed plans.”

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Recently, a church-planter’s wife was asking me for some advice about her situation. I didn’t really premeditate my answer; it just came barreling out.
“Be flexible or die … those are your options.”
Her eyes got big, and so did mine (the advice was a strong blow to me, too). But, if anyone is looking for a word from a church-planter’s wife today, I guess this would be it.
If we are going to survive the tumultuous waters of church planting, we will have to learn to be flexible.
The definition of flexibility, according to Google, is “the quality of bending easily without breaking.” To be honest, this word hurts my stomach right now. Growing up, I took pride in the range of motion in my joints. I stretched constantly and could bend in any direction. But recently, I tore the cartilage in my hip joint, which has robbed me of all my flexibility. I’m in pain just watching my daughters at gymnastics class.
According to the American Council on Exercise, each group of joints in our body can have a different level of extensibility. We may be flexible in our hamstrings, allowing us to touch our toes, but not in our quadriceps, affecting our posture.
You might think of yourself as flexible, but this isn’t really an all-or-nothing issue. Let’s think about the different areas where we need to stretch in order to develop flexibility.

1. We must be flexible about scheduling.

When something comes up that is unplanned (and it will), are we willing to let our preferences go? Will we hold on with white knuckles or learn to trust God with every moment (I’m preaching to myself here, just in case you’re wondering …).

2. We must be flexible about family time.

Yes, we scheduled Thursday night as “family night,” but if “x-y-z” comes up and prevents this, couldn’t we as easily protect Sunday night? You love your family, but you may need some grace arranging all the puzzle pieces.

3. We must be flexible in our expectations of others.

We have both legitimate and illegitimate expectations of the people around us. While we may argue about which category it falls in to, we can all agree that people will at times fail us. How will we respond? We’ve got to stretch far enough to reach grace.

4. We must be flexible in our expectations of ourselves.

Even as I’m typing this, I’m frustrated because I was supposed to finish this blog post before picking up my daughter from her homeschool writing class. I guess I need to adjust what I think I can accomplish in an hour. Anyone else with me?

5. We must be flexible in our patience.

Not every season is equal. When my husband first started at Pillar Church, he needed more space to figure things out. If we want this church plant to flourish, we’ve got to stretch ourselves to develop patience. Especially when we or our spouses are stressed and fatigued under their heavy load.

6. We must be flexible in our ability to take criticism (real or perceived).

This might be coming from someone in the church or even from someone in your home. We’ve got to stretch in our ability to not be so easily offended. After all, “It is to one’s glory to overlook an offense” (Prov. 19:11).

7. We must be flexible in our desires.

We want too many things. Some of our desires are good, some are bad. Many times, these desires are in conflict (i.e., “I really want to finish writing this blog post, but I also really want to exercise this morning”). Everything becomes hard when we don’t bridle our desires and we compare our lives (and our salaries) with those around us. This is so dangerous. We can’t have it all, so we’ve got to learn to be content with what is in our hand (1 Tim. 6:6).

8. We must be flexible in our moral commitments (just kidding … just checking to see if anyone is still reading this).

We all know there are some things we can’t be flexible about. Knowing the difference is key.
Our jobs as church planters and church-planting spouses, and therefore our lives, can be so unpredictable. This is not something we can control. The only thing we can control is how we respond to it. There is great freedom in this. But, we have to get our workout clothes on and do the hard work of training in righteousness. “Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the Lord’s decree will prevail” (Prov. 19:21).
Let’s trust our God and put all our confidence in him, not our perfectly constructed plans.
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Annie Garman is a pastor’s wife and author of Unexpected Grace: When Your Child is Born With Half a Heart. She and her family serve at Pillar Church in Northern Virginia. This article was originally published on NewChurches.com.

5 Signs It’s Time to Reroute Your Small Group Ministry

By

Mark Howell

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June 18, 2017

GPS systems have been around for some time now. These days you’ve got one in your pocket whether you use an Android or an iPhone.
The first time I used a Garmin (GPS) I was driving from Charlotte, N.C., to Abingdon, Va. My commuter flight from Charlotte had been cancelled and the next flight would have meant a late start at the church I was to visit the next day. My host said, “Just rent a car and drive over. It’s about a two and half hour drive. Get a GPS…it’ll make it easier.”
So far, so good. It was easy to turn on the GPS and enter the address of the church in Abingdon. Looked like it’d be simple. Only two problems. Didn’t have a map of the area and didn’t know you could set the GPS for “Interstate Highways.”
If it had been a 48 Hours or Primetime segment the narrator would have said, “Mark couldn’t have known he was about to take a windy, 28-mile detour through moonshine country and the Appalacian Mountains.”
Everything was fine for the first 45 minutes…and then I saw the first detour sign. Of course, GPS systems don’t know anything about detours. And I didn’t know how to turn the voice off…so for the next hour I heard, “Recalculating. Make a u-turn in 100 feet.” What was supposed to take two and half hours took almost four. And the movie Deliverance came to my mind more than once.
If You’re Hearing “Rerouting”
It could be that you’re beginning to hear “Rerouting…” from your GroupLife System. Here are five signs you really should consider rerouting:

Five signs you really should consider rerouting

• You’re adding new groups every year but your “adult percentage connected” (number of adults in groups divided by average weekend adult worship attendance) is dropping or remaining the same. See also, What Percentage of Your Adults are Actually Connected? and The “Catch a Moving Train” Scenario for more.
• You’re not identifying leaders fast enough to meet demand and the stack of member sign-up cards continues to grow. See also, 3 Strategies that Launch New Groups in Waves.
• You’re connecting only the usual suspects (the core, committed and inside edge of the congregation and very few from the outside edge of the congregation, crowd and community. Since die hard fans of community will connect even when you do nothing to encourage them, your system may need rerouting in favor of a strategy designed to connect unconnected people. See also, Top 10 Ways to Launch New Groups.
• You struggle to find any real stories of life-change when you’re looking for testimonies. Long term groups without intentionality tend to function like zombies (i.e., dead and don’t know it). Newer groups formed purely for connection without discipleship intentionality share stories of comfort and family, but not life-change. See also, Can You Tell If Your Group Might Be a Zombie.
• Members of your coaching team are very fulfilled (love coming to your meetings) but aren’t very fruitful (reporting only ineffective attempts to connect with their leaders). See also, Three Keys to a Coaching Tune-Up.

These are just a few of the most important signs that your grouplife system may need to reroute. The key to remember is that “your ministry is perfectly designed to produce the results you’re currently experiencing” (Andy Stanley). Don’t like the results? Hearing “rerouting”? Might be time to reroute your system.
This article originally appeared here.

Free Small Group Tip Sheets

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Daniel So

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December 7, 2010

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John Fenn, How Jesus Heals Emotions #1

Hi all,

We can all list physical healings Jesus did in the gospels ranging from blind eyes opened to the lame walking, but can you name a single healing of a person's emotional wounds?

 

Is there any place in the gospels where Jesus laid His hand on someone and said something like 'Be healed of your emotional pain caused by your father dying when you were 10 years old'? Is there any example listed when we read multitudes were healed and demons were cast out that says 'and emotions were healed too'?

 

No, there isn't. Millions of believers are stuck in emotional quicksand, unable to move on in life, unable to extricate themselves from the emotional pain and memories that pull them down and suck them into emotional darkness. They await the next teaching that will provide answers, the next prophet to lay hands on them to make it all go away, the next deliverance ministry to cast out shadows of the past, the next possible key to unlocking the door to the healing of their emotional wounds. 

 

And so they tread the spiritual water, barely staying afloat, often overwhelmed with the feeling something is wrong with them, that they are damaged goods, that if they could just get healed of this past trauma they could be all they are called to be in Christ. 

 

There are ministries that offer hope, yet while many help the process it is rare to hear of 100% total healing, and those that claim to be 100% healed emotionally are usually the ones touted on the ministry brochure, similar to a TV weight loss program where they show the biggest success stories..."Lisa B lost 150 pounds (68 kilos) and so can you..." 

 

Millions still long for that one key that opens the door to their healing, that little bit of hidden knowledge that will heal them and set them free so they can move on in God. 

 

So where do we see Jesus healing someone's emotions in the gospels, or where do we see emotional healing in Acts, or where do we see teaching about it in the letters of the New Testament? Are we just emotional cripples compared to the early church, or did they know something we don't, perhaps woven throughout the gospels and letters to such a degree there was no need to bring it forth as a singular teaching?

 

And yet emotional healing is included in the atonement right alongside physical healing

One of the foundational verses for healing is found in Isiah 53:4-5 which says: "He has carried our griefs, and carried our sorrows...the punishment that brings us peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we were healed."

 

There is no missing the fact that both emotional and physical healings were part of the work of the cross: Griefs. Sorrows. Peace. Yet where in the gospels do we find Jesus healing someone's emotions? I assure you He does, and I'll show you where and how in the gospels and how to receive, for this is what this series is about. 

 

The bruised stem

Another prophecy about the Messiah directly states He will heal emotions, comparing a person in need of emotional healing to a 'bruised reed' and a barely lit flame on a lamp. It is Isaiah 42:1-4, and saying in v3-4:

 

"A bruised reed He will not break. A smoldering wick He will not snuff out. In faithfulness He will bring forth justice; He will not fail nor be discouraged until He has set justice in the earth..."

 

This is a powerful picture of someone with emotional wounds. We've all held a flower or young plant and bent the stem causing a bruise. In appearance at least for awhile, that flower, that leaf, that plant, looks normal, yet because of the bruise in the stem it won't be able to receive the fullness of the nutrients destined for it. 

 

A bruise is a wound under the surface, in this example emotional, but the picture presented is the same as a bruise on let us say, your arm or leg. Your skin is unbroken just as the skin on the plant stem is unbroken. You can even cover up your bruised arm or leg with clothes so that no one will see the bruise.

 

Yet below the surface it is ugly and it hurts. It can linger that way for weeks. You protect that bruised area because if someone accidentally hits it or brushes against it, it hurts! And they will have no idea they just hurt you further. That is the same with emotional bruising presented in these verses. An emotional bruise is hidden from view, protected by the person, and if someone inadvertently presses against that emotional wound the reaction to protect and back away is strong.

 

An emotionally bruised person reacts disproportionate to the situation. 

In other words they react much stronger than the situation calls for. A friend may casually laugh at a situation from their childhood, but the emotionally damaged person having had a similar childhood experience, may strike out in anger and tears at the friend....leaving the other person wondering what they said that warranted such a reaction. 

 

A smoking wick 

Isaiah also refers to an oil lamp, the oil representing the Holy Spirit, and their light is barely burning. They are so bruised, so wounded emotionally they feel barely alive, barely lit. Like the emotionally bruised person, indeed these are one and the same, they can hide the fact of their injury. They can smile and go about their business while inwardly they are hurting, barely alive, barely able to keep the light lit. 

 

The barely burning wick sees other 'oil lamps' burning brightly, the light of God blazing for all to see, yet these people wonder why that same Holy Spirit won't come and heal them to allow their light to burn brightly. They feel they only have a part of the Holy Spirit, of God, in their lives and they can barely maintain what they have. What is wrong with me, they ask themselves. 

 

This is the condition of someone in need of emotional healing, of someone who is bruised and barely able to keep their light shining. Yet their healing was provided for in the cross - so where do we see it? How were people emotionally healed in the gospels? And that is where we'll pick it up next week, until then, blessings, 

    

    John Fenn

 

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There is a common thread woven throughout the kingdom of God yet most Christians have never heard of it. In fact any study of the kingdom of heaven is incomplete and misses the point without it. This element of kingdom culture permeates everything from ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son’ to ‘Jesus…went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil’ and all that Jesus did and said. It is the way the Father is, the reason we love one another, the reason we open our lives and homes to others, and even why we give to others. This study will fill in some big blanks in your understanding of the Father and the kingdom of heaven in many ‘oh that is why’ moments – a must have!

 

 

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The Bridge into Leader 101

In case you hadn't heard the news, we've completely revamped our Church 101 course. We've kept some of the old material, but we've brought in some new resources, new articles, and new videos, and it's good stuff. Each lesson has gotten an update. Except for lesson five. Lesson five didn't get an update, because until now, lesson five didn't exist.



Why is lesson five important? I'm glad you asked. I hope it comes as no surprise to you that our hope, our vision, our goal in the LK10 community is to see a vibrant family of Jesus in easy access of every person on the planet. In order for this to happen, we need leaders for these vibrant families of Jesus. Not to be the head of these families. No, that's Jesus' job. But we do need people who are able to draw out, encourage, and train the People of Peace whose home will become a new Kingdom hub. In order to facilitate this encouragement and training, we have Leader 101.

And as Jim says in the video, lesson five is the bridge from Church 101 into Leader 101.

So what do you get by being part of a Leader Team? I'm glad you asked.

First, you get equipping. Continued training. Who knew that sitting in a pew a bunch of Sunday mornings didn't prepare us to lead small groups of folks in following Jesus? A lot of people come out of traditional church and think it will be easy to just start a church in their house. A lot of people start a small group in their traditional church and think it will be easy to just lead some discussions. And it can be, to a point. But we've seen over and over again how almost everyone comes to that point where they don't have any clue what they're doing. Leader 101 provides the equipping that can lead to a much more sustainable shared life with your house church or small group.

Second, you get relationships and support. You get a network of other folks who are also learning as they go. You'll encourage them, and they'll encourage you. You'll talk things out when things don't make sense, when you're unsure of what to do, or when you do something you really wish you hadn't done. And when you are doing a good job, you'll hear about that too. But regardless of how things are going, your leader team is there to support you, and you're there to support them. That kind of mutual support is key to the continued health of a leader, and the continued vibrancy of the community that they are guiding.

So we are inviting you to consider joining a leader team. We're inviting you to count the cost. But if the stories that we keep hearing from folks in these leader teams is any indication, it's well worth it.

Please let us know if you have any questions. And as always, swing by the Facebook group for more conversations!

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The Most Basic Lesson

The Most Basic Lesson

“I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells.” ROMANS 7:18 It is a great day for the Lord when a disciple of Jesus learns this most basic lesson: that in “me,” in myself, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. This is a very difficult thing for people to learn. Jesus says that without Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). This verse is very well-known. Even so, Christians still attempt to do many things apart from the Lord. We feel like we simply must do something, anything. And even though the Bible says there is nothing good in our flesh, and the flesh profits nothing, we spend a lot of time doing fleshly things apart from the Spirit of Jesus, thinking they are good and profitable. It is impossible to say for sure just how many of the things we “feel led” to do and say are actually just things we feel like doing and saying. A lot of the time the Lord has very little to do with it. Source: "Embrace the Cross” by Chip Brogden ​​​​​​​http://chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-cross Like this? Share your comments: http://chipbrogden.com/may18 I am your brother,

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THE WRATH TO COME

NEW EPISODE: THE WRATH TO COME LISTEN NOW Don't want to listen? Read the transcript...

As we draw near to the second coming of Christ there is a prophetic urgency that brings both the same promise and the same meaning that John the Baptist did when he says that the axe is laid to the root of the tree. He is coming to thoroughly purge His threshing floor. He’s going to separate wheat from chaff. Also, in Malachi it talks about how, “He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them as gold and silver are refined.” He’s going to separate the dross from the pure. Separate sheep from goats, foolish from wise. Well, it happened once; and I believe it’s going to happen again, and it is happening, as God raises up the same spirit and power of Elijah here in these last days: to warn God’s people to come out of her so that they don’t suffer the same judgment. Click below to listen (or read the transcript): http://www.chipbrogden.com/otc-12-wrath-to-come/ I am your brother,

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Learn to Speak, Live and Enjoy the Good News

First of all, I’ve received so many amazing comments on the first two videos. So cool!

Once again (warm fuzzy moment coming here..) it is incredible see so many folks really taking this info to heart, already taking action and starting to see their relationships shifting...deepening as they grow in gospel fluency.

 

Here’s the 3rd video in the Bigger Gospel: Basics of Gospel Fluency Course

 

 

If you watched the second video in my training, you already know that I shared a story with you where a couple of my friends really schooled me in how to pretty naturally apply the gospel to a sticky issue. Wow!

 

In this final video I’ll walk you through the bigger picture – how the good news of the gospel can truly be experienced and applied to every area of our lives and relationships... How you can bring a little more (a lot more!) heaven to Earth.

 

Learning...unlearning… You’ll get there.

Again, this video is not very long, but it’s fun and you'll learn a lot.

 

I’m going to share with you a simple, step-by-step process for finding good news for:
 

• Marriages
• Parenting Conflicts
• Self-doubt
• Any Stress
• Strife & Fear
• And, even our blessings in Life!

 

Join the wave of Christians
who are redefining a faith that
touches every area of their life!

 

Watch this video all the way to the end and and I’ll give you some information on how you and I can continue this journey together with a personal invitation to join me in the Bigger Gospel Master Class in Gospel Fluency.

 

Enjoy!

 

–Caesar

 

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Why is Coaching important for Missional Communities

Episode 006: Why is Coaching important for Missional Communities

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Creative and Spirit-Empowered Small Group Outreach

By

Mark Speeter

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May 10, 2017

There are many biblical ways small groups around the world are effectively reaching the lost. Here are a few ways our Antioch Lifegroups have done fruitful outreach:

• Party Evangelism – Lifegroups throw fun, clean parties in the homes or the city, and invite their friends.
• Service Evangelism – Lifegroups band together to serve a need in the community, looking for opportunities to serve alongside other non-church people (Matt 5:16).
• Strategic Lifegroup Location Evangelism – For a season, host a Lifegroup at someone’s house who has a network of unchurched friends and invite them (Luke 19:1-10).
• Creative Evangelism – Mark 2 shows us a group that did whatever it took to get their friends to Jesus. Write down names, and think together and come with up creative ideas to do “whatever it takes” short of sin to get people saved and connected!

All these have been fruitful, but this last one has been crucial for us:
Spirit-Empowered Outreaches – While most growth happens through reaching relational networks, Lifegroup members get transformed by learning to be bold and Spirit-led with strangers. As we look at scripture, we see ordinary men and women boldly proclaiming the gospel and seeing extraordinary fruit by the Spirit’s power. We try to set a culture where being Spirit-led is part of a daily walk with Jesus. Therefore, just as Jesus empowered His disciples for ministry (Acts 1:8) and led them to the harvest (John 21:6, Acts 8:29), so as we walk with Jesus, He will do the same through us. Here is how that will play out in a Lifegroup night:
Pre-Outreach:

• Short equipping – We believe every Christian should know how to clearly preach the gospel, yet most don’t. Therefore, we seek to train every member in a simple tool like Billy Graham’s “Steps to Peace With God.”
• Worship and wait upon the Lord – Worship to connect with God and calm anxiety. After some songs, we will ask the Spirit to give us things to look for and then we write it down. For example: color (orange), name (Frank), item (umbrella and dog). Below is how that might play out.

Outreach:

• Word of knowledge: Something specific we couldn’t have known. For example, last week on an outreach, some church members got the name “Julio.” Within an hour, they met Julio, and he and his son both got saved.
• Healing – As we do outreach, we ask if they have pain we can pray for. This last week, some church members prayed for a guy with chronic knee pain, and after getting healed, he gave his life to Jesus!
• Prophecy – God wants to speak unity over people (1 Cor. 14:3).
• Highlight – As you go, the Spirit may cause someone to “stand out” to you.
• Gospel – We always accompany God’s power with the actual preaching of the gospel, and then knitting people into the life of the church.

Post-Outreach: Celebrate and debrief
Our Lifegroups will regularly do these outreaches, and it sets Lifegroup members free from fear and shows them that God really does show up when we take risks!
This article originally appeared here.

How a Healthy Small Group Prays: 5 Simple, Christ-Centered Practices

By

Mike Mack

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November 27, 2016

“How can I get people in my group to pray out loud?”
“What can we do to go deeper in our prayer time?”
“How do I keep our group engaged during prayer time? We spend more time sharing requests and stories than actually praying!”
As I train and coach leaders, many of the questions I receive focus on small group prayer. Several years ago, I was leading a group and tried something new. I had been studying what makes a small group “Christ-centered,” the first vital sign of a healthy small group (from my book, Small Group Vital Signs). One of the things I realized was that you can tell how Christ-centered a group is by how they pray.
– Does your group take prayer requests and then pray then back to God as if He isn’t present?
– Do people give answers or fix?
These activities make it clear whose power the group members are most reliant on. If you know God is present with you and his power is with you when you meet, how would you pray differently than you do now?
Here’s what I did to make our group prayer time more Christ-centered and healthy.
1. As we enter into our prayer time, I remind group members that as we meet together in Jesus’ name, he really is there with us.
2. I often remind them of Matthew 18:20 or 1 John 1:3, for instance. I read one of these verses and discuss the implications for our prayer time.
3. I remind the group that as we share our prayer requests with one another, God is listening, so we don’t need to repeat our prayer requests back to him as if he didn’t hear them the first time!
4. This simplifies prayer for many people and, at the same time, it makes it much more awesome (literally!).
5. I ask people to share what’s on their minds and hearts with us and Jesus at the same time. If they prefer to share their request as a prayer, that is, directed to Jesus, that’s fine. The rest of the group will listen in. If they prefer to share it with group members, that’s OK, too. Jesus is present and is listening.
Maybe we get too caught up in “saying a prayer” and putting it into the right format with the right words rather than simply having a conversation with one another and Jesus. Perhaps people don’t pray aloud because they think they’ll get it wrong.
Talking to Jesus and one another should be the most natural thing Christ followers do in community. Make your prayer time Christ-centered!
QUESTION: If you know God is present with you and his power is with you when you meet, how would you pray differently than you do now?
This article originally appeared here.

How to Start a Discipleship Group

My colleague and good friend, Josh Patrick, has learned how to effectively make disciples, and he's decided to share the practical steps he's learned for launching a new discipleship group. (He also wrote The Disciple Maker's Handbook with me.)

I'm excited to share the first three blog posts in this series—which are all available on our blog right now!

It's not easy to start a discipleship group for the first time—or even start with a new group of people once you've done it before—so Josh has compiled and written down on paper the key aspects of starting a discipleship group from his real-life experiences.

He's learned a lot through trial and error, as I'm sure you have, so take this opportunity to learn from his experiences. Read at least one of his blog posts so you can gain more practical knowledge, vicarious experience, and true encouragement as you make disciples of Jesus.

It's hard work, but by the grace of God, we can do this. Our work in discipleship is important, so don't do it alone. Gain insight through these great resources so we can all obey Jesus and his command to make disciples! You can get started with the first blog here or click on an article below.
 

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Keep following our blog, because we'll continue to publish blogs from which series in the coming weeks!

Sincerely,

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