The Act Strategy

1. Contact Discovery (Hebrews 4:12-13)
   -Finding the Spiritually Sensitive: Determine the most effective means of identifying receptive people. Our team will pray each day for our contact lists and organize our agendas to plan encounters with non-believers.
   
   
2. Process Evangelism (Acts 20:21 )
   -Presenting the Authentic Person/Work of Christ: Guide contacts to a personal relationship with God by leading them through the process of discovering the true person of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 2:2), and leading them to true repentance and faith in Him (Acts 20:21). Our team will lead contacts through a series of encounters with the Bible which will enable them to comprehend who Jesus is and how to become a believer in Him.
   
   
3. Discipleship (1 Peter 2:2-3)
   -Developing Growth Disciplines: Form the habits with which a believer can build a fruitful Christian life. Our team will encourage new Christians to cultivate an intimate relationship with God by means of Personal Growth Disciplines. Discipleship groups will center around the development of patterns of mutual discipleship (accountability), which helps avoid the creation of unhealthy dependency on our team.
   
   
4. Spiritual Community (Ephesians 2:19-20)
   -Building the Body: Create spiritual families that provide identity and promote mutual ministry under the care of a spiritual parent (or shepherd). Our team will gather several discipleship groups into a larger group or several groups, so as to form spiritual families.
   
   
5. Leadership Developement (2 Timothy 2:2)
   -Identifying and Training Emerging Leaders: Discover and develop men and women capable of implementing the different levels of leadership needed for the proper functioning of a local church. Our team will begin to divert more and more of our energies to developing these emerging leaders, through specific training programs.
   
   
6. Corporate Worship (Romans 12:1-2)
   -Celebrating God's Presence and Power: Discover greater identity, strength and diversity of ministries by joining with other Spiritual Families in Corporate Worship. At this stage our team will avoid public leadership roles, allowing the emerging leadership to develop and implement Corporate Worship.
   
   
7. Organization (Romans 15:15-16)
   -Establishing Structures for Sustained Growth: Establish the corporate structures necessary to ensure the preservation, growth and reproduction of the Basic Church Unit. Our team will work together with the emerging leadership to prepare believers for commitment as members of the new church, developing the minimum structures needed to insure that the church functions properly.

*"Apostolic Church Planting: An analysis of the Biblical foundations, principles and application of the Apostolic Church-planting Team Strategy (ACTS)" by Dave Guiles

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