Post by disciple on Apr 27, 2011 16:50:43 GMT -5
In the Gap
Session 5—notes (chapters 15-17)
Responses to the discussion questions will vary a great deal based on individual experiences. Below is a basic outline of what each chapter covers.
Obey as You Regularly Build Your World Vision (c. 15)
•World Christian Bible Study—4 elements (What does the passage say? What does it mean? What does it mean to me? What does it mean to me as a world Christian?)
•Other ways to build a world vision
1. Learn your world map
2. Study key books on world missions
3. Subscribe to missions periodicals or online reports
4. Subscribe to secular news sources with international perspectives
5. Take world missions-related courses
6. Attend missions conferences at local churches
7. Spend time learning from missionaries and Christian international students
8. Take “field trips” that put you in another culture
Obey as You Reach Out Directly in Love (c. 16)
Step 1: Reach out to the nations through prayer
Step 2: Reach out to a specific hidden (unreached) people and stand in the gap for them through prayer, study, and action
Step 3: Reach out to those who are culturally, socially, & linguistically different from you—through campus/neighborhood relationships & through ministry to those in your own people group
Step 4: Reach out through a mission project, financially and/or personally
Step 5: Reach out through a team-extension mission (sending your own as missionaries or training nationals as part of your “team”)
Step 6: prepare for future outreach
Obey as You Give Your Vision to Other Christians (c. 17)
•This means helping other individual Christians to catch a world vision of Christ’s global cause, keep that vision at the center of their lives, and obey that vision faithfully. This will produce other teams of world Christians who are building the vision regularly, reaching out directly in love, and giving the vision to other Christians.
•Your 3 roles
A model—making the vision understandable and believable as an example
A catalyst—making the vision inescapable and desirable as a motivator
A resource—making the vision workable and manageable as a leader
•Ways to be a catalyst: inform others about Christ’s global cause, infiltrate the prayer life of your group/church with the Cause, sponsor special world-related events, invite missionaries on board, work with existing small group structures, distribute world Christian books/literature, and coordinate with other teams of world Christians.
Session 5—notes (chapters 15-17)
Responses to the discussion questions will vary a great deal based on individual experiences. Below is a basic outline of what each chapter covers.
Obey as You Regularly Build Your World Vision (c. 15)
•World Christian Bible Study—4 elements (What does the passage say? What does it mean? What does it mean to me? What does it mean to me as a world Christian?)
•Other ways to build a world vision
1. Learn your world map
2. Study key books on world missions
3. Subscribe to missions periodicals or online reports
4. Subscribe to secular news sources with international perspectives
5. Take world missions-related courses
6. Attend missions conferences at local churches
7. Spend time learning from missionaries and Christian international students
8. Take “field trips” that put you in another culture
Obey as You Reach Out Directly in Love (c. 16)
Step 1: Reach out to the nations through prayer
Step 2: Reach out to a specific hidden (unreached) people and stand in the gap for them through prayer, study, and action
Step 3: Reach out to those who are culturally, socially, & linguistically different from you—through campus/neighborhood relationships & through ministry to those in your own people group
Step 4: Reach out through a mission project, financially and/or personally
Step 5: Reach out through a team-extension mission (sending your own as missionaries or training nationals as part of your “team”)
Step 6: prepare for future outreach
Obey as You Give Your Vision to Other Christians (c. 17)
•This means helping other individual Christians to catch a world vision of Christ’s global cause, keep that vision at the center of their lives, and obey that vision faithfully. This will produce other teams of world Christians who are building the vision regularly, reaching out directly in love, and giving the vision to other Christians.
•Your 3 roles
A model—making the vision understandable and believable as an example
A catalyst—making the vision inescapable and desirable as a motivator
A resource—making the vision workable and manageable as a leader
•Ways to be a catalyst: inform others about Christ’s global cause, infiltrate the prayer life of your group/church with the Cause, sponsor special world-related events, invite missionaries on board, work with existing small group structures, distribute world Christian books/literature, and coordinate with other teams of world Christians.