Seven Core Values
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Acts 3:46-47 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church[fn] daily those who were being saved.
Relational Evangelism requires us to meet people where they are, find out about their lives, problems, choices, and philosophy.
We must inquire among them about their life. We must Identify gaps in their theological understanding so that we can help them fill in the gaps in their thrology. Perhaps they don’t understand salvation by faith alone, in Christ alone but are rather trying to use works or good deeds to get to heaven.
We must also engage them in a friendly, non-threatening manner so that we can show them acceptance, hospitality, and love so that we can lovingly explain the way of God to them more accurately.
The Spirit of God enabled the leaders of the early church to live the life and preach the truth that Jesus had modeled for themin the last three and a half years.
Jesus made it clear in Luke 6:40: “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like the teacher.” The disciples were bold in proclaiming the gospel, because Jesus modeled boldness in proclaiming the truth.
Acts 4:13 says, "when I saw the courage to Peter and John, and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note of these men had been with Jesus.” The disciples became just like Jesus, their leader, and then they became example for the early Christians to follow.
Your people will emulate what they see in you for better or for worse. If you, or your leaders, don't have a concern for the lost or aren't personally engaging in gospel conversations with others then the people very likely won't either.
But when we modeled prayer, spiritual growth, evangelism and disciple multiplication to our people, they are much more apt to grow in these areas. We don't have to be perfect at it, but we should be making progress toward the goal as we do our people are much more likely to follow our lead, and become more like us, as we become more like Jesus. and disciple multiplication to our people, they are much more apt to grow in these areas. We don't have to be perfect at it, but we should be making progress toward the goal as we do our people are much more likely to follow our lead, and become more like us, as we become more like Jesus.
Relational evangelism is essential, but if we stop there, if we make new converts and go on our merry way, we’re missing the piece of the puzzle which can truly accelerate the advancement of the Gospel: making disciples who in turn make disciples.
Jesus himself said in t 28:19-20 that the essential part of disciple-making is teaching new believers to obey everything He had commanded them to do including sharing their faith with others.
The Apostle Paul in Acts 19:8-10 seems ot embrace the training of believers as a primary disciple-making strategy. He shifted away from his previous methods to more of a disciple-making process.
This approach can cause exponential growth because it centers on people going deeper in their own faith and multiplying the reach of the gospel message.
Ultimately, the good news saturates entire regions as more and more people share the Gospel in their relational circles. This was not the result of any super apostle teaching but everyday people becoming relational. The Thessalonians were mimicking Jesus, (1 Thes 1:6) modeling, joyful endurance to other believers (1 Thes 1:7), and multiplying disciples to share the gospel with everyone in their sphere of influence (1 The 1:8).
We are intentional with our discipling strategies, finding ways to move people from new believer, to mature, obedient, gospel, advancing followers of Jesus.
Acts 1:8 says, "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and then all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth."
Jesus Himself gave us the boldest vision of all time when He stated that His goal for His followers was to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth, making and multiplying disciples in every tribe and nation. (Mt 28:19)
This vision starts when you begin to share the gospel message with the people in your area. The bold part includes aiming as a group to share with not just those who happen to come to our meetings, or even just friends, we know or invite, but with all the people who live in your area, even those who would never set foot in your church building.but with all the people who live in your area, even those who would never set foot in your church building.
It is easy to get myopic about the four walls of our church and forget how big the community in the world we live in actually is. But Jesus calls us to have a bold enough vision to make an impact far beyond our own buildings.It is easy to get myopic about the four walls of our church and forget how big the community in the world we live in actually is. But Jesus calls us to have a bold enough vision to make an impact far beyond our own buildings.
Thriving ministries have a bold vision to reach as many people as possible. This vision drives their personal and programming efforts. The most effective of these have three levels of vision: they reach their own community, Jerusalem. They reach the broken parts of their community, Sen Maria.Thriving ministries have a bold vision to reach as many people as possible. This vision drives their personal and programming efforts. The most effective of these have three levels of vision: they reach their own community, Jerusalem. They reach the broken parts of their community, Samaria. And they reach the regions will be on their community, the ends of the Earth..
Core Value # 6 - Biblical Outcomesng ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."
God wants our people to develop godly character and be effective and productive for his kingdom. These are the qualitative outcomes he's lookiGod is concerned about outcomes. Outcomes reflect the results of our labors, the fruit we are seeking to produce through our ministry efforts.God is concerned about outcomes.
When Barnabas visited Antioch in acts 11, he saw what the grace of God had done. What did he see? He saw outcomes! And he witnessed firsthand the fruit of the good news, being preached and excepted. And he witnessed firsthand the fruit of the good news, being preached and accepted. That fruit was both qualitative and quantitative. In other words, it was good, and there was lots of it. In the same way, we want to see the evidence of God, blessing our ministry efforts, the outcomes on both levels.
On a qualitative level, we want our people grow in their knowledge of and service to Jesus, Peter reminded his readers in 2 Peter 1:5 -8. "For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, goodness; and to goodness knowledge; to knowledge, self control; to self control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being for and working toward in them and in us.
The quantitative level, these outcomes have to do with the number of people we are impacting with the gospel of Jesus. Acts 2:47 reminds us: "the Lord added to their number daily, those who were being saved." Praying and caring for people lays the groundwork for them to respond positively to the gospel message, so it can be helpful to track these activities as well.
We are going to track things like what percentage of our time is spent praying for the salvation of others? How often are we finding ways to show care for others? How many gospel conversations are your people having with their friends every month?
Remember it’s not just about numbers, it is about people.
In Acts 6 there arose a complaint that certain people were not being cared for properly. We delegate some ministry responsibilities so that we can take care of other things. What are our top priorities? To give attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.
Because the apostles committed to programming their priorities in the early church, what is a gospel advancing powerhouse. They didn't let other priorities or other peoples priorities, hijacked the plane. Instead, they delegated there other duties to qualified leaders and kept her eye on the end goal.Because the apostles committed to programming their priorities in the early church, what is a gospel advancing powerhouse. They didn't let other priorities or other people's priorities hijack the plane. Instead, they delegated their other duties to qualified leaders and kept their eye on the end goal.
In the same way, programming, the seven values into your daily schedule of programs, and annual calendar will ensure they truly become ministry priorities. It is sad that what dominates your schedule dominates you, so if you don't purposefully and passionately, incorporate these values into your programming and your calendar, they'll just be words on the wall.