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GO Equipped - Tentmaking - Business as Mission Course Fort Myers - Florida Feb 25 - March 1, 2009 |
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| TIME | Wednesday Feb 25 | Thursday Feb 26 | Friday Feb 27 | Saturday Feb 28 | Sunday March 1 |
| 08:00 |
Cars, Buses & Airplanes! |
08:00 Breakfast in homes - 8:40 - 9:00 Coffee, small groups & prayer |
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| 09:00 | Biblical Basis of TM - 1 | Inductive Bible Study - 1 | Discipling Newborns | Promoting tentmaking | |
| 10:00 | Biblical Basis of TM - 2 | IBS - 2 | Church Planting Video | Personal Plan * | |
| 11:00 | International Job Market | TM's & Mission Agencies | CP Video & Discussion * | Prayer & Sharing * | |
| 12:00 | Biblical view of work | Investigative Bible Study | Alpha in the workplace | ||
| 1:00 |
Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 |
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| 2:00 | Your personal witness plan | Bible study in your home | Working in sensitive areas |
Farewell Lunch
1:00
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| 3:00 |
Registration
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Crossing Cultures | Hospitality | House Church Planting * | |
| 4:00 | Power of Biblical Gospel | Bonding & language | Bad/Good Teams | ||
| 5:00 | Workplace Evangelism | Business as Missions | Steps to Tentmaking | ||
| 6:00 |
Dinner 6:00 - 7:30 |
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| 7:30 | Course Overview |
Tentmaker Story - China |
TM story - Azerbaijan |
NK TM Video & Story |
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| Discussion Forum * | Discussion Forum * | Discussion Forum * | |||
| 9:00 | Intros & Snacks | Connections & Snacks | Connections & Snacks |
Connections & Snacks |
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| 9:30 |
Doors Close - Goodnight! |
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4050 Colonial Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33966
Click here for map
Click here for Course
brochure pdf
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Please rate each session from 1 (disagree strongly) to 5 (agree strongly) |
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SESSION OUTLINE |
OBJECTIVES | MATERIAL |
Objectives were met 1-5 |
Material was relevant 1-5 |
| Biblical Basis of
Tentmaking 1&2 Dave English |
To unpack the biblical model of tentmaking and its powerful
implications for ministry. To grasp a “new” paradigm of lay missions, its
enormous potential, and how to do it. This is a critical baseline for this course. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Biblical View of
Work Dave English |
To fully understand that work is not a punishment for sin, but a God ordained way of life. To learn how make work fully sacred & God-pleasing and fulfill our God-given call and responsibilities within it. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| The power of
the Biblical Gospel
Dave English |
To rethink the Good News biblically to see its power and implications for evangelism. To see the compellingness and authority of the gospel and learn how to communicate it more clearly and freely. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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Workplace Evangelism Ari Rocklin |
To show that the workplace is a forgotten and largely unreached mission field, that bringing your faith to work is acceptable in advancing the Gospel, here and abroad. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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Bonding & Language Learning Steinar Opheim |
To
give some ideas on how you can enter into a new |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Inductive Bible
Study 1&2 Dave English |
To learn how to feed yourself from the Bible to keep vital and effective. Learn principles and process for discovering the author’s inspired intent with greater clarity and depth. |
Powerpoint Course book article Worksheets |
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Starting a bible study in
your home Dave English |
To learn how to start a bible study in your home, the steps involved, the resources available. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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Tentmakers & Mission Agencies Steinar Opheim |
To investigate the 3 ways of going: Direct sent by church, with a mission agency & going alone. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Investigative
Bible Study Dave English |
To learn how to lead effective Bible studies for seekers, how to make studies comfortable for seekers, how to lead them to discover truth in the text for themselves, and how to call for response |
Powerpoint Course book article Worksheets |
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| Business as
Missions Steinar Opheim |
To show the vital importance of using business as a way to do holistic missions |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| International Job
Market Steinar Opheim |
To show the nature
of the international job market and how to find a job in your profession. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Good/Bad teams Steinar Opheim |
To show the complexities of tentmaking/missions teams. The good the bad and the ugly. If Paul had trouble on his teams, so will we! |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Your Personal
Witness Ari Rocklin |
To learn how to write out your own personal witness in a non church manner. We will hear a few of them at the end of this session. To learn an EASY way to lead seekers to Jesus. |
Powerpoint Course book article Worksheets |
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SESSION OUTLINE |
OBJECTIVES | MATERIAL |
Were objectives met 1-5 |
Was material relevant 1-5 |
| Patterson on
Church planting Dave English |
Learn from a master (Patterson) how you can develop a Church Planting Movement (CPM). To learn the essentials of a healthy church and how to develop reproducing churches. |
Video Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Crossing Cultures Steinar Opheim |
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Powerpoint Course book article |
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Hospitality Ari Rocklin |
To teach the art and ministry of hospitality as a base for friendship, evangelism, bible study & laughter. Open homes means open hearts leads to home groups. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Discipling
newborns Steinar Opheim |
Is the job done when people have received Christ as their Saviour, or is this when everything starts? |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| House Church
Planting * Ari Rocklin |
"Where it all comes together" To show that it is possible to plant house churches in a short time, to show the steps involved. To have each student work on their own church plant strategy. | Powerpoint Course book article Worksheets |
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| Steps to
tentmaking Ari Rocklin |
To teach the process every tentmaker goes through on their way to the nations. You personal step by step plan in preparing for a tentmaking ministry, whether you go tomorrow or years from now. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Promoting
Tentmaking Ari Rocklin |
To equip students and show by example how they can promote tentmaking in their churches and small groups. Not everyone goes, but all can help others to go. |
Powerpoint Course book article |
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| Personal Plan * Dave English |
Where will you go from here? To develop your own plan for following through on what you have learned through this course. |
Worksheet | ||
| Open forum Steinar Opheim |
Open discussion time to listen to each student on how the course has impacted them, and what they will do next. To learn how the course has impacted others as well as you. |
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| Prayer, Sharing
& the case for GO Dave English |
To share and pray for one another, to receive a final charge, and to hear the case for partnering with GLOBAL Opportunities. To pray in small groups and together. |
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| * Interactive or group work | ||||