The Jesus model : planting churches the Jesus way / Dietrich Schindler.

PART I THE JESUS MODEL: -- Principles for Church Planting from the Life of Jesus.

ONE: -- Jesus as 'Church Planter'.

Jesus' Longing -- Church Planting Starts with Jesus -- Jesus as 'Church Planter'

TWO: -- The 'Jesus Model': -- An Overview.

The Core: At Home in the Presence of God the Father -- Principle 1: Incarnational Contact -- Principle 2: Motivating Compassion -- Principle 3: Christ-Centred Proclamation -- Principle 4: Liberating Lordship -- Principle 5: Changed Identity -- Principle 6: Practical Discipleship -- Principle 7: Empowering Leadership -- Principle 8: Intentional Multiplication

PART II THE JESUS WAY: -- Practices of Church Planting Based on the Jesus Mode.

THREE: -- At Home in the Presence of God the Father.

Living with Temptation -- Longing after God - the Spiritual Disciplines of the Church Planter -- God-Centred Praying - the Fuel for God's Working

FOUR: -- Incarnational Approach.

The Revolution of the Incarnation -- Evangelistic and Missional Efforts -- "The Four Phases of a Church-Planting Project -- The Four Growth Stages in the Life of a Church Planter

FIVE: -- Motivating Compassion.

A Look Beneath the Surface -- What is Compassion? -- An Example of Compassion: Ruth

SIX: -- Christ-Centred Proclamation.

People We Meet -- The Content of the Message -- Forms of Proclamation

SEVEN -- Liberating Lordship.

A Disciples Decisions, Step by Step -- A Change of Lordship -- The Shop-Window Religion of the Scribes and Pharisees -- Righteousness Better than that of the Scribes and Pharisees -- Putting into Practice the Liberating Lordship of Christ

EIGHT: -- Changed Identity .

The Danger of Christian Socialization -- Being a Child of God Creates Identity -- Making People Disciples -- The Collective Identity of the Church -- Small Groups as Places of New Identity

NINE -- Practical Discipleship.

Developing Disciples who Lead -- The Four Phases of the 'M' Model at each Level of Leadership

TEN: -- Empowering Leadership.

Values Underpinning the 'M' Model -- Tips for Coaching Church Planters

ELEVEN -- Intentional Multiplication.

The 'G7' Qualities of Great Church Planting -- The Disciplines of a Church-Planting Multiplication Movement -- Problems that Occur with Multiplication

APPENDICES.

Appendix A: Checklists for a Church-Planting Project -- Appendix B: Checklists for Church Planters Once the Church is Established -- Appendix C: Checklist for Disciples and Disciple Making -- Appendix D: The Transformation Flow Chart -- Appendix E: Lectio Divina

LIST OF FIGURES

1: The 'Jesus Model' for planting churches -- 2: Culturally-relevant church planting -- 3: The four phases of a church-planting project -- 4: Steps in conversion, based on the Engel scale -- 5: A disciple's decisions (after Hettinga) -- 6: His kingdom come -- 7: Proposed structure of a small-group meeting (90 minutes) -- 8: Two ways of structuring a small group -- 9: Two approaches to leadership development -- 10: How leadership works in the 'M' model -- 11: The four-phase multiplication of leaders at four levels -- 12: The influence of the trainer in leadership development -- 13: The P303 model for coaching -- 14: Summary of the possible outcomes of disciple training based on the 'M' model -- 15: A paradigm of spiritual health -- 16: Two ways of planting churches .

"The JESUS Model is a unique guide to church planting based upon the ways and teachings of Jesus. It is written for those who want both a biblical foundation and practical help in starting new churches. The JESUS Model is also a training manual for disciples at four levels: discipling, coaching, leading a ministry area and leading a church plant. The author's radical vision is for this sort of training to be a constantly self-replicating cycle in churches. Each member is discipling and being discipled to be most effective, according to his or her gifts, in the church's task of multiplication by planting new churches. The goal of all training is 'doing' --

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