PT513 Eng 60. Leadership Development. Equipping workers in the EFC of Munich.
In this section of the lecture "Leadership Developnent" Craig Ott gives a specific example of the way they developed workers in the evangelical free church plant in North Munich a number of years ago. That model of equipping workers includes: - ongoing training of cell group leaders; - mentoring a newer believer for future leadership or promoting the spiritual growth of an elder; - training workshops for special ministry skills; - coaching ministry team leader. Craig Ott also explains the goals and objectives for all approaches and gives a few points of application.
PT513 Eng 61. Conclusion
In conclusion of the course Craig Ott tells "The Parable of the Apple Trees". If you want to grow apples and feed more people, don't merely grow more apples, bigger apples and sweeter apples; rather plant more apple trees that in turn can reproduce yet more apple trees to grow exponentially more fruit. And if you want to feed a spiritually hungry world, don't just grow one big church, grow a movement. And this happens when ordinary churches release people to start new churches.
PT513 Eng 57. Leadership Development. Levels of Lay Mobilization.
Lay mobilization is the key to church multiplication. If we want to reproduce churches we must reproduce lay leaders. In this section of the lecture "Leadership development" Craig Ott: - briefly talks about different levels of lay mobilization as you can not use one-size-fits-all approach; - helps to visualize the needs of new believers, members and workers, cell group leaders and pastors with a leadership development pyramid.
PT513 Eng 49. Resources for Church Planting. Biblical Guideliness and Worldview.
It is important to know what the Bible says about money, but it is also essential to know how culture views the nature of the resouces and the role of the resources in relationship. In this section of the lecture "Resources for Church Planting" Craig Ott: - shares biblical guidelines on resource sharing in God's mission; - discusses some worldview factors that come to play when we think about resources.
PT513 Eng 51. Resources for Church Planting. Finances.
Strong arguments have been made representing various extremes regarding the use of outside resources in missionary church planting. Some advocate that no financial assistance should be given from the outset, so that the church doesn't become dependent on outside finances and learns to sustain and reproduce itself based on local resources. Others assert that the sharing of wealth between congregations is a Christian obligation. In this section of the lecture "Resources for Church Planting" Craig Ott talks about practical issues connected with finances and he: - gives the list of seven ways that outside funding can hinder church multiplication; - gives the list of seven ways that outside funding can help church planting; - uses examples from his experience to show how to share resources in a meaningful way.
PT513 Eng 52. Resources for Church Planting. Short-Term Teams.
In this section of the lecture "Resources for Church Planting" Craig Ott shares some dos and don't on short-term teams and church planting. Many church plants are not very excited about short-term teams, others are ready to have them even if they are not helpful. How to find the right balance and find the ways of using short team missionaries effectively?
PT513 Eng 53. Resources for Church Planting. Effective Partnerships.
This is the last topic in the lecture "Resources for Church Planting". There are a lot of different types of partnerships, but Craig Ott will focus on direct congregation to congregation partnership. Church-planting partnerships have great potential but they can be complicated. So what are some of the important guidelines for healthy and effective partnership? Every partnership is unique, however certain common criticism emerge, so it is wise to learn about these stumbling blocks.
PT513 Eng 40. Evangelism and Discipleship. Principles for Compassion Ministry.
Kingdom communities have three dimentions: worship, evangelism&discipleship and compassion. It is good for a church plant to have compassion ministry and yet you need some priniciples to follow to do it right. In this section of the lecture "Evangelism and Discipleship" Craig Ott shares some important guidelines from the article "Compassion Pre-Evangelism: The Master Key to the Town".
PT513 Eng 41. Evangelism and Discipleship. Finding Prepared People.
In this section of the lecture "Evangelism and Discipleship" Craig Ott talks about finding prepared people to share the Gospel with. Some people are more open and ready to hear the Gospel and discuss spiritual problems because God has prepared their hearts already. So one of the keys in church planting is finding these people. Craig Ott shares some ideas how to cast the net and cooperate with other ministries.
PT513 Eng 42. Evangelism and Discipleship. Communicating the Gospel.
The Gospel must be shared broadly, constantly and powerfully. However, not all communication of the Gospel has the same results. How do we actually communicate the Gospel message? There are a lot of different methods to do it. And there are different aspects of the Gospel one might choose to emphasize. In this section of the lecture "Evangelism and Discipleship" Craig Ott talks about personal evangelism, proclamation evangelism, evangelistic visitation, small group evangelism and bible storying. He presents principles that can be used to develop an effective evangelism approach or to assess existing evangelistic efforts.