Transcript Document 7163307

The Great
Challenge Facing
the Global Church
Thousands of sheep
without a shepherd and
multitudes of churches
without an equipped
pastoral leader!
…where?
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Hispanics in North America
The former Soviet Union
For 25 - 30 years, we have
focused our attention on…
Church Multiplication –
“A church for every people”.
Evangelization –
“The Gospel for every person.”
Mission initiatives –
10/40 Window.
“VISION. . .
. . .begins with a holy discontent
with things as they are.”
John Stott
The Good News is…
180 million people saw the
Jesus film in 1999 !
– Campus Crusade
There are more mass
evangelism ministries.
– Amsterdam 2000
1 million new churches
started in 148 countries
(1990 – 2000)
– DAWN
The Results have been
“God-size!”
“Look at the nations
and watch -- and be
utterly amazed. For I
am going to do
something in your
days that you would
not believe, even if
you were told.”
Annual Overall Growth
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Evangelicals are
growing between 4.7%
and 5.3%.
Almost double the
growth rate of Islam,
which is 2.7%.
Three times more the
rate of world
population growth,
1.6%
0
2
Christian
4
Muslim
6
World
Patrick Johnstone, The
Church is Bigger Than
You Think, William Carey
Library, 1998
Christianity has
become the most
wide spread and
universal religion in
history.
More Christians live
in the Southern
Hemisphere than in
the North.
New centers of
vitality for the church
are in Africa, Asia
and Latin America.
Each day welcomes
a net global increase
of at least 176,000
Christians.
Bangladesh
January, 2000
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Each week approximately
one thousand new
churches are planted in
Asia and Africa alone.
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Christianity is now a
genuinely international
family of faith.
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Once Christianity was
predominantly white …
today, 65% of the global
church is from
predominantly non white
nations.
At the end of the XX century,
more missionaries were sent
from the Two-Thirds World
than from the North or West.
“The rapid spread of
evangelical
Protestantism ...
notably in Latin
America, is one of the
most extraordinary
developments in the
world today.”
-Peter Berger
We Have Focused on
Church Growth
The Harvest Field
-- Those yet without eternal
life through Christ.
The Harvest Force
-- Those willing and able to
labor in God’s Harvest Field.
The Rate is increasing
“We expect 3 million new
church plants in the next 10
years. Pastoral leadership
development needs to catchup.”
- DAWN Ministries
“We start 50,000 new ‘Light - Every Home for Christ
Houses’ per day, each
reaching 4 other people. We
need thousands of pastoral
leaders to shepherd these
new believers.”
We know how to evangelize
and plant churches on a
massive scale...
But…who will
lead and feed
these sheep?
We must complete the
Great Commission.
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New believers do not
automatically become
disciples.
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New churches do not
necessarily disciple new
believers.
95% of today’s
pastoral leaders
lack basic
formation and
tools to effectively
equip their
congregations.
We need to focus more on the
“Harvest Yield…”
…the health
of the Body of Christ!
Pastoral Leadership Shortfall
176,000 new
believers are added
to the global church
each day.
An average of
100,000 churches
are planted each
year.
But, there are
approximately 2
million pastoral
leaders who lack
essential training!
One Possible Solution...
Concentrate on:
•Bible Institutes
•Seminaries
•Other “in-residence” efforts
It is estimated that...
Only 10% will be trained
through formal
programs.
80 - 90% will be trained
through “non-formal”
methods.
Non-Formal
Formal
“Non-formal Pastoral
Training...
…is essential to the global
church. These leaders
represent 80-90% of the
church’s need and will be
produced by a spectrum of
non-formal, institutional
efforts.”
- Overseas Council for
Theological Education
“Insanity is …
. . .doing
the same things
and expecting
different results.”
-Albert
Einstein
The idea
behind TOPIC
Rather than
each pastoral
training organization
continuing to do
what they can
with
limited resources...
We will increase
pastoral training
effectiveness
when we
•Share resources!
•Avoid duplication!
•Work cooperatively!
In other words. . .
A cooperative effort
to meet the need of
essential training for
pastoral leaders where the church is
growing.
Mission
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…an international coalition of pastoral
training organizations accelerating
pastoral training where the Church is
growing,
by:
• Equipping the trainers of pastoral
leaders
Increasing the effectiveness of
trainers of pastoral trainers.
Building the capacity
of pastoral training
organizations.
“You then, my son, be strong
in the grace that is in Christ
Jesus. And the things you
have heard me say in the
presence of many witnesses
entrust to reliable men who
will also be qualified to teach
others.”
2 Tim. 2:2 (NIV)
(Jesus)
Desired Result
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We envision that by
the year 2010
a network of pastoral
training ministries will
have equipped two million
pastors
to lead their
congregations biblically in
fulfilling the Great
Commission for the glory
We Assume that:
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Multiplication, not addition,
is the key.
Character development is
crucial.
Resources can be multiplied
through cooperation and
strategic partnerships.
Acceleration of the quality
and rate of pastoral training
is possible.
United, focused prayer must
undergird everything.
Strategy & Planning Framework: Initial Effort
What d o we want to b e?
What impact?
What is our purpose?
What d o we believe in and
how will we behave?
What are we go ing to do?
What must we get correct in order to succeed?
How are we
going to do it?
What major
activities?
Sp ecific work g roup
and individual
commitments;
detailed step s and
required resources
How will we know we are
successful?
What capabilities do we n eed?
Vision
Mission
Values
Phase I & II
Strategic
Plan
Objectives
Strategic & Tactics
Key Projects & Initiatives
Projects Plans, & Resource Requirements
Measurements, Rewards & Recogn ition
Organization, Processes, Systems, Structural Linkages
Build and Sustain by Prayer an d the Holy Spirit
Phase(s)?
Business
Plan
Strategy
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Network with and work through
affiliates, pastoral training
organizations (traditional and
non-traditional), ministries and
churches who share TOPIC’s
vision and aims.
Function as catalytic
servants and facilitators,
rather than implementers.
Support the world - wide
movement to train pastors.
Presupositions
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We have to start with what
we have.
Our most valuable
resource is people.
Finances will come as an
addition.
Ideas germinate in the
midst of adversity.
Our goal: A glorious, holy
and spotless bride!
“In times of great change,
learners inherit the earth, while
the learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal
with a world that no longer
exists.”
- Eric Hoffer
Goals
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Identify and promote
effective local,
regional/national and global
pastoral training
methodologies.
Encourage the development
of a philosophy of ministry as
well as practical mentoring
tools for those who equip
pastoral trainers.
Stimulate the equipping of
current and new pastoral
trainers.
Goals
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Facilitate the equipping of
current and new pastoral
leaders.
Expand the development and
availability of recommended
curricula for use by pastoral
trainers.
Expand the vision for nontraditional pastoral
leadership development
among formal training
institutions and churches.
Proposed Capabilities
Integrators and
Developers
CONTENT
FINANCIAL
Prayer Plan
Platform
PEOPLE
Trainers, Tutors
and Mentors
Assessment and
Allocation
Success will depend on financial reach, content richness
and affiliation with ministry partners.
Role in the Partnership Process
Broad
Narrow
Ministry Focus
BTCP
Local
Churches
Integrated Ministry
C/C bTheo E
TOPIC:
Enablers
(Trainers of
Trainers,
Tutors
&
Mentors]
Denominations
RREACH Int’l
NAVS
Prison
Fellowship
Supporting
Enabling Ministry
Direct
Ministry Delivery
Focused Ministries
Profile of the Effective Pastoral Leader
HEART - Growing
conformity to Jesus Christ
in character and conduct.
A Spirit-led servant, who is
a maturing leader.
HEAD - Increasing
competency in the Bible;
knows, understands and
applies God’s Truth and has
a biblical worldview.
Profile of the Effective Pastoral Leader
HANDS - Increasing
competency in ministry skills:
pastoral care, teaching,
preaching and counseling.
LOINS - Growing conformity
to Jesus Christ in purity of
lifestyle.
FEET - Increasing
engagement with the cultural
context, multiplying leaders in
a
sensitive manner.
STRATEGIES
Reality
Philosophy
Vision
of
Priorities Program
Ministry
Pastoral
profile
The Three Horizons for TOPIC
Horizon 3
Ministry
Horizon 2
Build emerging
ministry
Horizon 1
Extend core ministry
Time
Adapted from: McKinsey & Company, 1998
Create viable
options
The TOPIC Timeline
Phase I
Phase II
Phase(s)?
“Defining
the
Opportunity
and Need”
“Clarifying
the
Direction”
Next Steps
Wheaton
(12/97)
•Vision
•Mission
•Models
•Issues
•Problems
Manila (3/99)
•Affirm Vision
•Launch
coalition
•Launch regional
action plans
Regional
consultations
(1999-2001)
Philippines
• Zambia
• Himalayan
Region
• Bangladesh
• China Survey
TOPIC Inc.
Launched
Core Mgt. Team
501 (c) (3) Org.
Create dbase for
•Ibero America
•South Africa
•East Africa
•Brazil
•South India
“Every church with at
least one equipped and
maturing pastoral
leader”
Manila, Philippines
March 1999
San José, Costa Rica,
May 2000
LEADERSHIP
“Any movement that has
benefited society in the long
haul has had at its core a
group of people who were
committed to a cause they
considered greater than
- James MacGregor
themselves, and to each other
Burns
as friends.”
P.O. Box 965
Elkhorn, NE 68022 USA
Tel. (402) 289-5395
E-mail: [email protected]
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