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MISSIONARIES GROUP INTERNATIONAL |
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WORKING WITH
BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCHES TO GROW BY FACING FACTS CONCERNING
THE CHURCH "HELPING
CHURCHES TO GROW" TARGET 20/50 MISSION TEAM. |
We believe that we can
offer some of these churches what they need in order to
grow. The approach to growth is called Helping churches to
grow and at its heart there are three important aspects.
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1) Change. Working with the congregation to
introduce positive change
where needed is the first stage towards growth.
Introducing change is
difficult but also essential if Christ is to be
represented in a relevant way
for today’s people. By its very nature, the Gospel
message is not subject
to change but methods used to present it are,
together with the way in
which we conduct our worship and services. They
have been subject to
change since Pentecost.
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2) Missions.
Once the interested church has decided to accept the
challenge
of the project they are offered a three month
programme. This begins with
the planning of its first mission. There are three
missions in the programme
and each programmes last for three weeks. a) Mission
1. Takes from door-to-door visitation programme in
know
ing the religious background of the people by asking
question. The
aim is to discover who the people are in the
neighbourhood and how
the church can help the community. This informations
will be analysed
and used as the basis for further outreach
programmes.
b) Mission 2. Our aims will be to encourage people
to ‘step inside the
church’. Ideas suitable for the church’s location
are arrange so that
people can come and see what the church have for
them, looks like
and meet people who attend. This encourage people to
feel less
apprehensive as and when they are invited to attend
a service or
meeting. Outreach continues throughout this mission
with leaflets and
tracts being used to invite people to the weeks
events.
Mission is specifically evangelistic and aims to
build on contracts that
have been made through the previous missions and the
outreach. This
is the time for harvesting and establishing new
growth within the
church.
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3) People.
Alongside the encouragement offered to the church
involved in
the project, there is a strong desire on our part to
help Christians to grow
in their faith. During the time the church is linked
to the project, we will
aim to help individual members and the new converts
of the congregation
to grow. This will be done in full partnership with
the leadership of the
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However, there is
another group of people whom we plan to encourage
and support and they are the members of the target
20/50 mission team. Each mission will need a team of
between 4 and 6 people made up of Christians who are
eager willing to give a week of their time in order
to help the church grow. Additionally, further
commitment in terms of preparation for each mission
is essential. In return, not only will each
volunteer help reach others for Christ, but he or
she will have faith stretched, prayers answered and
make lasting friendship along the way.
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