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              In Latin America, some regional associations of young churches remain limited to an area small enough so that they could meet together regularly and conveniently. This limitation allows them to take common action, implement community development, keep pastors accountable and ward off wolves. Their leaders meet often to share needs, opportunities and advice. Church members also enjoy regional celebrations where they share testimonies, energetic teaching and plenty … [Read more...]

                Before Jesus fed thousands of hungry folk who had gathered to hear him in a wilderness, He asked his disciples what resources they had. Andrew replied that a boy in the crowd had offered to share his five loaves and two fish. Jesus took this boy’s offering and fed the crowd (John 6:9-10). Early church writers reported that this boy later became a Christian leader.               Children who serve actively in God’s work develop spiritually … [Read more...]

                You can train leaders as Jesus and Paul did, in a reproductive way that helps leaders multiply leaders. Jethro told Moses how to train thousands of shepherds in this way (Exodus 18). Biblical coaching enables a leader to prepare many shepherds rapidly, starting with only one or two apprentices.               Such training, whether done during workshops, in small gatherings, as apprenticeships or by a series of sessions, collides head-on with … [Read more...]

         Biblical coaching of pastoral trainees, done in the way Moses, Jesus and Paul did it, proves to have many advantages. These include the following: 1.    Biblical. Moses & elders, Exodus 18. Jesus & apostles, Mark 6:7-13, 30. Paul, Timothy, Epiphras, Archippus & Nympha, Colossians   1 & 4; 2 Timothy 2:1-2. 2.   Effective. Coached leaders in disciplined training programs consistently prove more competent than do whose only training is   academic, because … [Read more...]

              Any coach can follow these seven guidelines as they start to help fledgling shepherds and church planters launch into their work. 1.     Clarify long-range goals. Ask, “What do you envision will exist 20 years from now, as a result of your ministry?” If one cannot answer succinctly and concretely, or if one merely describes efforts to make along the way, then talk over long-range objectives until they are clear. 2.     Define what workers need to do … [Read more...]

  POY! SKIT GUIDELINES: In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ costumes … [Read more...]