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Title: Creating an Environment for Spiritual Growth Bill Alphin The Virginia Baptist Mission Board 406


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Creating an Environment forSpiritual
GrowthBill AlphinThe Virginia Baptist Mission
Board4/06
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The Burning Bush Experience
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What Happensto growth whenthe environmentisnt
appropriate?
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How Busy are You?
  • What are you doing?
  • Why do you do it?
  • What are you trying to accomplish?
  • What does it look like?

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  • What do we expect from a growing disciple?

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As Jesus discipled the twelve they grew in stages
or phases
  • Come and See
  • Come and Follow Me
  • Come and Be With Me
  • Remain in Me

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Mature faith doesnt happen over night!
  • Faith in God grows in stages.
  • It grows in a faith community.
  • It requires discipline and work.
  • Growing faith is a life-long endeavor. We never
    arrive.

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Creating an Environment forSpiritual
GrowthPart IICreating an Effective Faith
Community That Nurtures Spiritual Growth
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Some churches grow disciples by accident!
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Spiritual Growth Happens Best
  • Where there is intimacy.
  • Where there is purposeful and sequential small
    groups.
  • Where there is mentoring.
  • Where there is modeling.
  • Where there is discipline.
  • Where there is accountability.
  • The KEY Trusting relationships!

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How do we develop a mature faith as disciples of
Jesus?
  • Through study.
  • Reflection.
  • Prayer.
  • Nurture in a faith community.
  • Service beyond self.
  • Testing faith out in real life.

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Disciple making requires a system of groups
that providesthree levels of relationships...
  • Celebration/Worship group (Unity)
  • Congregation (ABF) (Fellowship)
  • Cell or small group (Intimacy/accountability)

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Small Groups As a Disciple Making Tool
  • Provides training.
  • Creates expectations.
  • Provides accountability.
  • Provides encouragement.
  • Nurtures disciples.

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Small groups should be sequential...
  • This means people are grouped together according
    to where they are in their faith journey...
  • Each phase of discipleshipmoves the disciple to
    a higher level of commitment.

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Small Group Content
  • Sharing and praying. (Group building/Nurture)
  • A how are you doing? time. (Accountability)
  • Encouragement towards spiritual growth.
    (Accountability)
  • New information and instruction.
    (Equipping/Nurture.)
  • Set goals to be accomplished before the next
    meeting. (Accountability)
  • Time of fellowship. (Group building)
  • Time needed 90-120 minutes

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An effective disciple making church must have
leaders. Develop disciple making leaders by...
  • Affirm those who are effective Christian
    disciples and leaders.
  • Provide vision and encouragement.
  • Discover and utilize spiritual gifts.
  • Create accountability relationships for leaders
    through a leadership community.
  • Free leaders of institutional Maintenance.
    Edward H. Hammett Making the Church Work.

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The Leadership Community
  • Nurture (Plenary Session)
  • Vision Casting-Large Picture (Plenary Session)
  • Cross-pollination of ideas and activities.
    (Plenary)
  • Skill Development (Sub-groups by type)
  • Huddle/Planning (Sub-groups by type)
  • Meets at least monthly.

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THE BIG PICTURE
How Small Groups Fit Into The Ministry Of The
Church
Worship Community
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THE BIG PICTURE
How Small Groups Fit Into The Ministry Of The
Church
Worship Community
ABF
SS
ABFs and SS Classes are Open
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THE BIG PICTURE
How Small Groups Fit Into The Ministry Of The
Church
Task Group
Covenant (Open)
Worship Community
ABF
SMALL GROUPS
BAG
OAG
SS
ABFs and SS Classes are Open
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THE BIG PICTURE
How Small Groups Fit Into The Ministry Of The
Church
Various Missions/Ministries Opportunities
Task Group
Covenant (Open)
Worship Community
ABF
SMALL GROUPS
BAG
OAG
SS
ABFs and SS Classes are Open
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THE BIG PICTURE
How Small Groups Fit Into The Ministry Of The
Church
Various Missions/Ministries Opportunities
Mission Action
Task Group
Covenant (Open)
Worship Community
ABF
SMALL GROUPS
BAG
OAG
SS
ABFs and SS Classes are Open
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THE BIG PICTURE How Small Groups fit in the
Church
Small Groups As A Tool For Growing Disciples
Various Missions/Ministries Opportunities
Mission Action
Debrief and reflection.
Entry Points
BAG
Possible point of assimilation
Entry Points
OAG
ABF
Covenant (Open)
Ministry Beyond Self.
ABF
Entry Point
SMALL GROUPS
Worship Service
ABF
OAG
Task Group
SS
  • Content of Small
  • Groups (Varies depending
  • on the purpose of the group)
  • Prayer
  • Disciplines of the faith.
  • Time of accountability
  • and encouragement.
  • Training.
  • Ministry beyond self.

People who are never assimilated at this
point are at high risk of exiting.
ABFs and SS groups are Open The focus
is fellowship.
Leadership Community used to coach leaders.
TERMINOLOGY ABF Adult Bible
Fellowship BAGBasic Accountability
Group. OAGOngoing Accountability
Group
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Getting Started
  • Start with a Basic Accountability Group to train
    leaders using a group experience.
  • Use leaders who are trained in the original BAG
    group to begin additional groups.
  • Make sure each new group has an apprentice that
    can start another group. (multiply)
  • Develop your leadership community.
  • Enlist a small group coordinator
  • Provide and monitor curriculum resource needs.

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Adult Sunday School classes are not small
groups.
  • Most small groups are closed groups.
  • Adult Sunday School classes should be open to new
    participants.
  • The degree of expectations and accountability is
    higher in small groups.

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Life isnt always fun
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But the rewards of growth as a disciple are great
when you stick with it!
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