1. Training
Disciplers:
Now is the time to train more
people to disciple children
Is it possible to train one children’s
leader for every 50 children on
earth?
2. W is asking?
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Children’s Partnerships:
What is God asking us to do
together for children that we
might not be able to do
alone?
3. W are we asking?
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Three Children – Three Worlds
•So many with needy children
•So many with children to reach and
keep
•So many children needing God’s
purpose
MISSION: Children are strategic
•Whole church
•Whole gospel
•Whole world
4. God’s Heart
W is God’s Heart for Children?
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(Isaiah 61:1-3)
•RESCUE (whole gospel)
•REACH (whole world)
•RELEASE (whole church)
Our motivation:
“There Are No Unreached Children”
5. What is 1 for 50?
Equipping one outreach and
discipleship leader for
every 50 children
around the world
6. What is 1 for 50?
DREAM:
Reach and disciple every child
STRATEGY:
Training local leaders to do it well
COMMITMENT:
Support each other until done
7. What is the Dream?
DREAM: Reach and disciple every child
•2.2 billion children
•At least 1.4 billion do not know Christ
•Reach and disciple them for life
How are we doing?
The Lost Sheep (Matthew 18:14)
Now is the time to train more people to
reach and disciple children
8. How will we do this?
STRATEGY:
Train local leaders to do it well
•W can do this best?
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•Local leaders – local
harvest
•Children need
relationships
•Grassroots believers are
best positioned to reach
and disciple children for life
What kind of training will
9. W leads to lasting impact?
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The Hand (vision)
•Making Disciples
•Reaching the Unreached
•Engaging Families
•Nurturing the Whole Child
•Building the Kingdom
•Heart of the Leader
John 15:5, 8, 16
10. Can we finish the
task?
COMMITMENT: Support each
other until the job gets done
•The task is too large; we need
each other (Esther’s Dots)
•The world is drawn to Christ as
we work together
The Numbers
•Can this be done?
•1 for 50? Or 1 for 10 …?
•The most important number: ONE
11. 1. Recent studies report that up to 75% of the
children growing up in our churches are
leaving their faith after 18. Is this true in
your context? What makes them leave the
church?
12. 2. What have you seen (in “the hand” or
other) that leads to lasting outreach and
discipleship of children? Give an example
from your experience.
13. 3. In your context, what could be done to
better train people to reach and disciple
children?
• Who needs this training?
• What do they need to learn?
14. 4. How can we train 1 for 50? What will it take
to do this in your nation, organization or
community?