1. Nelson Monteiro DNA BRAZIL
Jesus is the Answer to a much Broader Question: Infusing Kingdom Culture into the Great Commission
Nelson Monteiro
DNA BRAZIL

2. Growing Healthy Cultures
ABC's of Culture VC Lesson
Growing Healthy Cultures
From ABC’s of Culture – Darrow Miller - DNA
Lies a culture holds to be true
Truth the culture embraces
Principles of the
Development Ethic
Methodologies: Imagery, Questions
Illustrations:
Identified by ** in the contents notes.
Content:
This is the beginning of Part II – ABC’s of Culture Exercise
Questions:
What do you note in the graphic?
The more truth in the soil, the healthier the tree; the more lies in the soil, the more stunted the tree.
All soils have both truth and lies, no country will have only truth until Christ comes back. A country that has no truth will disintegrate.
Where would you place your country? Why? Which way is your country moving?
Key Ideas:
The more lies the greater the poverty
The more truth – the greater the blessing of truth, justice, freedom, peace, compassion, etc.
Last Updated 7/07

3. Ideas Have Consequences The Roots Produce the Fruit
ABC's of Culture VC Lesson
Ideas Have Consequences The Roots Produce the Fruit
From ABC’s of Culture – Darrow Miller
Fruit = Consequences
Branches = Behavior
Trunk = Values
Roots = Belief System
Methodologies: Imagery
Illustrations:
Identified by ** in the contents notes.
Content:
Yesterday we talked a bit about this – Review the parts.
Today we are going to start with the TRUNK –
Example: A father never apologizes (consequence)
WHY? He should never be disgraced by his children (value)
Racism – Whites are superior to blacks
Sexism – Men are superior to women
Quality of Life vs. the Sanctity of Life – the lack of value of life
Start with the value and we will work up the tree to look at the behavior, then the consequences, and then we will finally look back at the ROOTS to understand the belief that determines the VALUES, BEHAVIORS, and CONSEQUENCES.
Create Groups to do the activity:
Groups of 5-7 people from the same ethnic or language group
Have each group identify a scribe who will take notes and a group facilitator
Establish the “value” that the groups will be discussing.
Review the task and give instructions – one step at a time.
Last Updated 7/07

4. Power of Story VC Lesson Trainer Notes
Transforming Society
Methodologies: Diagram
Illustrations:
Identified by ** in the contents notes.
Content:
How will we see a nation transformed?
We need to see people come to Christ but that is not sufficient.
People must have a transformed mind – We must be reborn in our thinking, and we must begin to think like Christians.
We need to plant churches, but what kind of churches?
But these are just the beginning of the task.
The next step is to reform culture.
The word “culture” is derived from “cult” – that which we worship
If you worship gods that are capricious, you will create a culture of bribery and corruption.
Illustration** – You see a policeman on the street – he pulls you over and whether you do anything wrong or not, what does he want? Money. If you give him money, you move on, but if you don’t he will give you trouble. This doesn’t just happen with the police – immigration, grades for school, jobs, etc. The gods are capricious – they can be bribed – this creates culture.
Deut. 10:17 – Our God can not be bribed – this is the nature of our God. He is a just God!!
Rom 12:2 – Our minds must be renewed.
Finally, we then need to rebuild our societies.
Illustration** - Switzerland statue of Lady Justice – their society’s structure reflects biblical values.
Rebuilt Societies
Reformed Cultures
Repentant Souls and Regenerated Lives
Gospel – Renewed Minds – Discipled Nations
Consequences – Behavior – Values - Beliefs
From Power of Story – Darrow Miller
Last updated 7/07

5. Church Gathered and Scattered
Power of Story VC Lesson Trainer Notes
Church Gathered and Scattered
From Power of Story – Darrow Miller
Methodologies: Diagram, Storytelling, Quotes
Illustrations:
Identified by ** in the contents notes.
Content:
This is a diagram that reflects the way a church is to function.
What is the Church? Our language even reflects that the church is a building.
“I’m going to go to church tomorrow. I have a prayer meeting at church on Friday.” When we say this, how are we envisioning the Church? A structure with programs – the bigger and the more people and programs, the better we are as pastors. We tend to not think of the Church as a body of people in the world, impacting the world.
The Church is NOT a building; it is a people.
The Church gathers on Sunday for worship and to equip the saints for the work of service (white arrows)
The Church scatters on Monday – these are the same people that gathered on Sunday – to serve and disciple in the community where they work on Monday. (Black arrows)
Our understanding of what the Church is will have consequences for what the Church does.
If they see the Church as His people, they are the Church on Sunday and on Monday and the whole week.
If they see the Church as a building, they are only the church on Sunday.
Os Guinness quote – “God has his people where he wants them; the problem is they are not being his people where they are.”
Trip in Nigeria** Traveling in Nigeria. The best day to travel is Sunday – because all those who require bribes to drive on the roads are in church – the Church is to be the Church on Monday and not just Sunday.
Going to Church in Hawaii** Rock Band and radical pastor – He said to his congregation, “Do you know what we are doing here today, this is half-time.” In football, what happens during half-time? New instructions from the coach, analyzing the game, rest, built up and inspired. Sunday morning is half-time in the Church. The pastors must coach, inspire, encourage, build up the people of the Body of Christ.
Why don’t we think this way?
Scattered for service & discipling the nations
Gathered for worship & equipping
Last updated 7/07

6. Kingdom Culture and the Great Commission
Power of Story VC Lesson Trainer Notes
Kingdom Culture and the Great Commission
From Power of Story – Darrow Miller
BEAUTY
GEOGRAPHIC
JUSTICE
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
TRUTH
KTIZOGRAPHIC
Kingdom
Culture
DEMOGRAPHIC
on earth
as it is
in heaven
Infusion
Methodologies: Lecture, storytelling
Illustrations:
Identified by ** in the contents notes.
Content:
We are to infuse Kingdom Culture into the Great Commission
The Work is :
Progressive (it grows) – Isaiah 9:7
Until Christ returns Matt. 28:20b
Progress (Isaiah 9:7): “of the increase of his government… there will be no end”
Time (Matt. 28:20b)
“until the end of the age”
Last updated 7/07

7. The two Commissions coming together: Jesus is the answer to a much broader question
Cultural Commission – Gen 1:26-28
Emphasis on family, community, nations (OT)
Great Commission – Matt 28:18-20
Emphasis on individual (NT)
The Church as God’s agent for the reconciliation of all things – Col 1:20
Any reduction affects the whole message of the Bible

8. Las dos comisiones juntándose: Jesús es la respuesta a una pregunta mucha más amplia.
La comisión cultural– Gen 1:26-28
Enfasis en la familia, la comunidad, y las naciones (OT)
La Gran Comisión– Mateo 28:18-20
Enfasis en el individuo (NT)
La iglesia como el instrument de Dios para la reconcilición de todo– Col 1:20
Cualquier reducción afecta al mensaje entero de la Biblia

9. Application: Testimony
Renan Paes
Federal Prosecutor in Brazil
Anti-corruption project