1. A THRIVING CHURCH for EVERY people
Colossians 1:28-29

2. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:18-20

4. Ethnos360 We minister among unreached people groups
We work in the culture and language of the people
We present foundational Bible teaching
We establish mature churches

5. Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ,
let us press on to maturity
Hebrews 6:1a

6. Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his strength that he powerfully works within me
Colossians 1:28-29

7. For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man started to build and wasn't able to finish.'
Luke 14:28-30

8. GOALS Understand the Marks of a Mature Church
Understand the Church Planting Strategy among Unreached People Groups
Be Encouraged to live as Mature Believers and together to Grow into further Maturity

9. What is a People Group?
The largest group within which the gospel can spread without encountering barriers of understanding due to language or culture

10. What is an Unreached People Group?
A people group within which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians able to evangelize their own people.

11. What is an “Unengaged” Unreached People Group?
Those who are classified as unreached that do not have any known church planting effort or evangelistic effort among them

12. The “lens” by which one views and interprets the world around them
What is a “Worldview”?
The “lens” by which one views and interprets the world around them

13. MARKS OF A MATURE CHURCH
Access to God’s Word

14. Access to God’s Word
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42

15. Access to God’s Word
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12

16. Access to God’s Word
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17

17. MARKS OF A MATURE CHURCH
Access to God’s Word
Established Leadership

18. Established Leadership
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you
Titus 1:5

19. Established Leadership
Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church. With prayer and fasting, they turned the elders over to the care of the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Acts 14:23

20. MARKS OF A MATURE CHURCH
Access to God’s Word
Established Leadership
Understanding Identity
Living as the Church

21. Living as the Church Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ
Ephesians 4:11-12

22. CHURCH PLANTING STRATEGY
1. THE BECOMING PRINCIPLE
2. PRE-EVANGELISM
3. FOUNDATIONAL BIBLE TEACHING
4. DISCIPLESHIP
5. APPOINTING ELDERS
6. TRANSLATING SCRIPTURES

23. The Becoming Principle
He who speaks before He listens it is his folly and shame
Proverbs 18:13

24. The Becoming Principle
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
1 Corinthians 9:22-23

25. The Becoming Principle
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8

26. Pre-Evangelism
Aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

27. Pre-Evangelism
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives
1 Peter 3:1

28. Pre-Evangelism
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven
Matthew 5:16

29. Foundational Bible Teaching
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it-
1 Corinthians 3:10

30. Foundational Bible Teaching
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:25-27

31. Discipleship of Believers
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:2

32. CHURCH PLANTING STRATEGY
1. THE BECOMING PRINCIPLE
2. PRE-EVANGELISM
3. FOUNDATIONAL BIBLE TEACHING
4. DISCIPLESHIP
5. APPOINTING ELDERS
6. TRANSLATING SCRIPTURES

33. APPLICATION