4. Yes,
Jesus was the first and foremost
church planter!
„I will build my Church!“
5. Why can we assert that Jesus was a
church planter? Based upon his expressed goal:
I will build my Church!
The Acts of the Apostels is the
record of all that Jesus
„continued to do and teach“
(Acts 1:1)
The disciples, around Jesus were
the first prototype of the Church.
Jesus most certainly showed and
taught His disciples how to plant
His Church.
6. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means of
planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
4. Liberating
Lordship
5. Changed
Identity
6. Practical
Discipleship
7. Intentional
Multiplication At home
in the
presence
of God
7. The Core of Church Planting
is life together with God the Father
At home
in the
presence
of God
Authority and
power in ministry
are the result of
nearness to God
(Mk 1:35, 6:46, 9:7)
We will never be
more in public
ministry than we are
in our private
fellowship with God.
A healthy life in
communion with
God is paramount
Because of
tempation:
to be relevant,
to be popular,
to be powerful
We stay healthy by
exiting ministry and by
practicing the spiritual
disciplines
We intercede not defensively,
but offensively through front
line praying
8. A Church Planter Profile
• Healthy Spirtitual Life – Longing for God
• Spiritual Gifts: Leadership, Faith, Evangelism
• Personality type: Leaders: D and I,
Followers: S and C
• Visionary capacity –
able to see what is not yet
• Intrinsically motivated
• Cooperation of Spouse
• Creates ownership of ministry
• Connects well relationally with
others, especially non Christians
• Resilient: not easily discouraged
by set-backs
10. Incarnational Contact
• The incarnation – unique, yet must be
universal among Christians
• Connecting: Missional – Third Places
• Church planters will spend half of their time in
the harvest (Beware of the danger of the desk!)
• Demographic and Psychograpihc studies and
their immpication for the Gospel
• Person of Peace: Mavens, Connectors, Salesmen
• Building Networks of Relationships to non Christians
• Phase One: Generating a Starter Team that is
incarnational
11. The Four Phase Model
Assimilation EventAssimilation Event
(Preview service) (Preview service)
Startteam-Meeting Startteam-Meeting
Week 1 2 3 4 5/1
12. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
At home
in the
presence
of God
What motivates
us to plant
churches?
The call of God
and the
compassion for
the lost
(Lk 6:36; Matt
9:36)
Study the life of
Ruth to learn what
compassion is
13. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
At home
in the
presence
of God
14. What is the Gospel?
The Gospel is Jesus and all that He embodies
with me today! The personal life-changing presence
of God in the life of a weak individual.
Scripture: Matt 9:35 (Autobasileia); Lk 17:21
Implications:
More than sin management!
Participation with God in a new reality of living
Living out of the resourses of the King
The incarnation repeats itself daily in my life
Authority and power to act in His name
My Kingdom vs God‘s Kingdom (Flip Chart)
15. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
4. Liberating
Lordship
At home
in the
presence
of God
17. Levels of Choice
Kingdom
of SELF
Kingdom
of GOD
Faith
1. SURRENDER
Control Level
I need a new leader.
2. SORRY ABOUT IT
Guilt and Grief Level
I need forgiveness
and another chance.
3. SICK OF IT
Frustration Level
I need help.
1. FOLLOWING
ObedienceLevel
I have a new leader.
2. ABIDING
Love Relationship Level
I have an eternal
friend.
3. OVERCOMING
Reliability Level
My leader has a follower.
18. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
4. Liberating
Lordship
5. Changed
Identity
At home
in the
presence
of God
19. Changed identity
The danger of socialized Christians
New Identity in relating to Christ, not to
task (Gen 4; Joh 1)
The local Church carries in it a new spiritual identity
(It knows who it is in Christ and that it is therefore
culturally relevent)
Life-Transformational small
groups become the micro-
cosom of out new identity
20. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
4. Liberating
Lordship
5. Changed
Identity
6. Practical
Discipleship
At home
in the
presence
of God
21. Making Disciples – the basis of reproduction
Teaching people how to live like Jesus
Implimenting a plan for making disciples
that make disciples
Disciple-making forms the basis for
healthy growth
Disciples
Coaches
Ministry area leaders
Church planters
1
2
3
4
22. The Jesus-Model:
The radically new/old means
of planting churches
1. Incarnational
Contact
2. Compassionate
Motivation
3. Christ-
centered
proclamation
4. Liberating
Lordship
5. Changed
Identity
6. Practical
Discipleship
7. Intentional
Multiplication At home
in the
presence
of God
23. Good to Great Church Planting
Good Church Planting
Long recovery time
Direct involvement
Emphasis on leadership
Haphazard and situational
Centripetal force
Emphasis on giftedness
Great Church Planting
Timed release
Generational distance
Discipleship depth
Intentional mindset
External focus
Reproducible models
24. The fruit of an apple tree is not an apple,
it is another apple tree.
