1. Multiethnic Missional Multiplying

2. Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 The Antioch Church was Multiethnic– – Greeks (Lucius) – Hebrews (Paul, Barnabas) – Africans (Simeon) The Antioch Church was Missional – They took up a famine offering – They sent Paul and Barnabas on a church planting mission trip.

3. Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3 The Antioch Church was Multiplying – Internally, by multiplying groups within the church Greeks Hebrews Many teachers – Externally, by multiplying churches in Asia Commissioning Paul and Barnabas

4. FMBC: 1 st, 2 nd,3 rd &4 th Generations I.B. Forest Meadow Sudanese Community Church The Well Pleasant Woods Apts. TEAM Church Zambian Light Rockwall House Church 6 Nepalese House Churches Mesquite House Church I.B. Ivy Dinka Anglican Hurst Sud. Bedford Sud. Arlingto n Sud. Uduk Sud. Me’en Sud. FBC Sud. Stone bridge Journe y Crossin g Key stone Life Pointe Life House Break throug h Gate way Stone water Rock bridge TEAM Church Plant Guate malan House Church Nepalese House Church Indian House Church I.B. Luzy Verda d I.B. Indigo I.B. Hebro n The Spring High land Malek Sud. Aliet Sud. Amook m Sud. 4 Nepales e House Church Park land House Church Guate malan House Church In 2003, FMBC was one congregation......averaging less than 30 in attendance In the last six years, we’ve planted 14 congregations That have planted 36 congregations......That planted eleven congregations Averaging more than 6500 in attendance!! A total of 61 Congregations in Six Years 9 H.C. Verde Valley AZ

5. Kingdom Growth requires RAPID multiplication...

6. Elephants versus Rabbits Elephants Only fertile four times per year. Only one baby per pregnancy. 22 month gestation period. Sexual maturity: 18 years. 3 years: 2 -> 3 Wabbits Practically continuously fertile. Average of seven babies per pregnancy. 1 month gestation period. Sexual maturity: 4 months. 3 years: 2 -> 476 million (ideal potential)

7. 60 36 24 18 12 9 6 4 1 3 5 10 15 20 30 years Reproduction rate in months Reproduction rate matters!

8. The Problem With Traditional Discipleship Pre- Conversion -8 Awareness of Supreme Being, No Awareness of Gospel -7Initial Awareness of the Gospel -6Awareness of Fundamentals of Gospel -5Grasp of Implications of Gospel -4Positive Attitude toward Gospel -3Personal Problem Recognition -2Decision to Act -1Repentance and Faith in Gospel Post Conversion +1Post-Decision Evaluation +2Incorporation into the Body +3Conceptual and Behavioral Growth +4Communion with God +5Stewardship +6Reproduction +7Internally (gifts, etc.) +8Externally (witness, social action, etc.) Conversion Linear Thinking. Reproduction can’t occur until after an arbitrary level of maturity is reached. It could take years or never happen!

9. How Multiplication Happens Third Cycle Reproduction Leadership Development Learning to Lead Second Cycle Reproduction Character Transformation Learning to Do First Cycle -8 to Conversion Conversion Reproduction Learning to Follow

10. What’s Training for Trainers? Training for Trainers (also called T4T) is a discipleship process based on 2 Timothy 2:2- – It is a strategy for training believers to share their faith, start Bible study groups or house churches through the telling of both personal stories and Bible stories, and to train others to do the same. Its focus is on evangelism, church planting and discipleship.

11. What’s Training for Trainers? T4T has three components: – An evangelism component in which you learn to Listen to another person’s story Tell them your story Tell them God’s story. – A discipleship component in which you learn A set of Bible stories that teach FMBC’s core competencies

12. What’s Training for Trainers? T4T has three components: – A group formation component in which you learn the story of the book of Acts in your group/ fellowship in order to experience group formation through the eyes of the New Testament church

13. What’s Training for Trainers? In T4T, you learn it today and use it tomorrow. – Your teacher teaches you so that you can teach someone else immediately. You don’t receive Lesson 2 until you are doing Lesson 1.

14. Tell Your Story Tell Possessed Man Story Ask Would you like to be changed like the man in the story? If the answer is No Yes If the answer is Tell Creation to Christ Gospel Presentation Ask Do you want to follow Jesus? If the answer is Yes Ask Can you get your family or friends together to listen to more stories? Start storyingGroup Tell Core T4T Stories Discipleship Obedience Baptism Church Share Teach new believers to share their stories in a small Group Listen! 1st Think How can we connect them to Jesus? No

15. When Can T4T Groups Meet? Sunday Morning during Sunday School Hour Wednesday night during Prayer Meeting 2:00 in the morning if you know they’re coming!

16. Where Can T4T Groups Meet? In a host’s home At the church facility At a public place (like Starbuck’s) At work Any place you can gather a group

17. What is the Ultimate Outcome? Your Choice. Could Be – New Church/House Church Network – New Sunday School Track – New Small Groups Whatever you start, it will be self- multiplying

18. What Is Required? Select a church member/ couple – Reasonably new Christians – Entrepreneurial – Lots of relationships with lost people – Motivated to serve sacrificially – Willing to commit for at least 13 weeks, potentially for a year

19. What Is the Cost? 50% of the Cost is Underwritten by DBA We are asking each church to contribute $25.00 per month for their participants

20. What Is Provided? Every other week training sessions Personal Coaching by a previously trained coach

21. What Are Participants Committing To? Meet for training with all other participants every other week Develop a new church/house church/small group/ Sunday School class, whatever you ask them to do. Meet with their coach (in person or by phone) during the “off week.”

22. When Will M 3 Begin? It will begin on June 11-13 – Dr. Bill Fudge will kick off with a Friday night and Saturday of training. – We will meet every other week after that.