Presented by Tim Freeman April 2018 Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples from among all people groups He promises his support as the Church undertakes this responsibility However ID: 1047117
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1. The Seven Stages of Effective Engagement among the UnreachedPresented by: Tim FreemanApril, 2018
2. Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples from among all people groups. He promises his support as the Church undertakes this responsibility. However, people groups remain that do not yet have known believers. Therefore, engaging the remaining people groups without disciples must be the highest priority in missions in our generation.
3. Revelation 5:9 and 7:9Revelation 5:9 and 7:9 gives vital definition to Jesus’ commission to the Church in Matthew 28:19: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations….”Revelation 5:9: “With your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.”Revelation 7:9: “There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.”
4. What is a people group?A significantly large grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity with one another. "For evangelization purposes, a people group is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.“https://joshuaproject.net/help/definitions
5. The Process of EngagementEngagement occurs when workers are living among the people and are actively implementing a biblical church planting strategy on their behalf. The process of engagement unfolds through seven stages.
6. The Seven Stages of Effective EngagementUUPG adoptionMissionaries placed among the UUPGEarly disciples are madeThe first church is plantedThe indigenous church plants at least one other indigenous churchA church planting movement begins among the people groupThe people group sends its missionaries to other people groups
7. Stage One: AdoptionCommitment to the UUPG (“Grafting in”)Research to pinpoint the opportunityPrayer, prayer, prayerCandidate selection and trainingEarly strategy identifiedAuthentic platform identifiedFinancial and member care support in placeOther logistics done
8. Stage Two: Missionaries FieldedMissionaries arrive on the fieldHousing, visas other details taken care ofLanguage and culture studies undertakenResearch conducted for location with access to the UUPGAuthentic platform refined which gives long term visa and also easy access to the peopleRelationships are developed
9. Stage 3: First disciplesMissionaries continue relational developmentFears and aspirations of the local people begin to be identified and addressed by a contextual approach to ministryThe community is saturated with the Word of God through teaching, media, and practical ministries (extent may be limited by factors)First believers come to Christ and discipleship is undertaken
10. Stage 4: First church plantedThe number of new believers growsA viable discipleship approach is undertakenNew disciples learn how to lead others to ChristNew disciples learn how to disciple and lead othersA church is inaugurated when there is sufficient numbers of disciples
11. Stage 5: Indigenous church plants at least one other indigenous churchThe local church develops its own leadershipThe missionary may help the church to plant others churches or this may come from withinDiscipleship and leadership development in the new churches undertaken by the indigenous churchThe new church plants at least one new church.
12. Hypothesis: Effective Engagement is achieved at Stage 5Once the indigenous church has planted at least one additional church, this is a strong indication that the Gospel has taken deep root in the culture in a contextualized manner that produces local ownership of the ministry initiatives.Care must be taken that the new churches are thoroughly biblical.
13. Stage Six: A church planting movement begins among the people groupOrdinary believers are motivated to share their faith with othersThey are given a simple and easily replicable process to use such as the Discovery Bible Study methodNew groups overcome community pressure and organize into viable churchesChurches continue being planted along relational lines using simple, reproducible methods
14. Stage Seven: The people group sends its missionaries to other people groupsThe church is anticipated to be a missional church from the very beginningEarly missional efforts to another people group will work best along relational linesThe church is taught basic principles of cross-cultural ministryMissions to another people group can be done even as the home churches continue to reach out and grow within their own group.
15. ConclusionEngaging the unreached is a missiological priority.Initial engagement, deepened through the seven stage process, can virtually eliminate the prospect of regression (“unengagement”).The goal is not simply “engagement”, but “effective engagement” resulting in healthy churches and church planting movements.