Developing a Poor People’s Church Matt 9:36-10:15 © Viv Grigg rev Sept 2003

1. Entering  Identification of an Area u Finding the Man or Woman of Peace  The Anointing of the Spirit (Luke 4:18) The jumps of the Spirit e.g. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch  The Season of Intercession (Matt 9:37,38) Begins in Love (e.g. Tumbakan) Need to know he is doing the work 1

2. Being – Among the People  Incarnation u Relocation u The church must be cared for day and night  Choice of an inner poverty and simplicity e.g. Peter’s wooden sandals  Solidarity (John 12:24-26) u Sharing in their pains

3.Preaching – Evangelism Jesus sends the 12  Power - The Woman of Samaria  Prayer Evangelism -Bless  Presence - At the school, communtiy meetings  Proclamation u Public, authoritative u Literature  Scriptures, Comics u Media  Radio, Jesus Film, Search Response 3

4.Celling - Structural Progressions  Contacts  Cells  Converts  Celebration  Congregation  Community transformation 4

5.Discipling - Holistic Discipleship Processes  Convert existing religious contexts (e.g. rosary to family devotions)  Discipleship is group oriented in group societies u e.g. Early morning Barkada group quiet time for men  Develop Progressions for Bible studies, and a simple pattern of training  Economic Discipleship from the very beginning involving people in decisions 5

6.Gathering - Social Integration  Kids to Youth to Mothers to Men  Extended Family House Churches  Or Barkada Bible Studies  Integrate Smaller Groups Socially u Outings, Birthdays, Social Activities  Move from the social to the spiritual gathering u Social celebrations move to worship  Plant 5 cells per church, then link them  Plant 5 churches at a time, then link them 6

7.Releasing - Leadership Development  House churches are a context for emerging leadership  Elders - spiritual ministry (pastor, teacher, evangelist, prophet, apostle)  Deacons - meet physical needs u social work - widows, orphans, lame, blind, deaf u Community development u Small business - employable, training u Loans cooperative - training in electronics, tailoring, pig-raising, garment production etc. 7 Principle: Train leaders from before conversion

The Goal  The Goal is not incarnation  The Goal is not evangelism  The Goal is not a church  The Goal is not a movement of churches  The Goal is the coming of the Kingdom to the slums u The Goal is communities of faith transforming the communities of the oppressed 8