GO Equipped - Tentmaking - Business as Mission Course
Fort Myers - Florida
 Feb 20-24, 2008

TO REGISTER

                  Speaker Roster
  11  Dave English - Executive Director GO
   8  Ari Rocklin - Mobilizer GO
9  Steinar Opheim - TENT Norway
 
 TIME Wednesday Feb 20 Thursday Feb 21 Friday Feb 22 Saturday Feb 23 Sunday Feb 24
08:00

Cars, Buses & Airplanes!

08:00 Breakfast in homes - 8:40 - 9:00 Coffee, small groups & prayer
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
2:00   Your personal witness plan  Bible study in your home  Working in sensitive areas

  Farewell Lunch 1:00
 Facility Cleanup
as a team!

 
3:00

 Registration &
 Welcome at 4:00PM

   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
7:30  Course Overview

 Tentmaker Story - China

 TM story - Azerbaijan

 NK TM Video & Story
 Discussion Forum *  Discussion Forum *  Discussion Forum *
9:00  Intros & Snacks  Connections & Snacks  Connections & Snacks

 Connections & Snacks
9:30

Doors Close - Goodnight!

* Interactive Session

4050 Colonial Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33966
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 Please rate each session from 1 (disagree strongly) to 5 (agree strongly)

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		    
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		    
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		    
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		    

Bonding & Language Learning
Steinar Opheim

To give some ideas on how you can enter into a new
culture and learn the local language in a good way.

 Powerpoint
Course book article		    
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		    
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		    

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		    
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		    
Business as Missions
Steinar Opheim		 To show the vital importance of using business as a way to do holistic missions Powerpoint
Course book article		    
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
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		    
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		  

 

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		    
Crossing Cultures
Steinar Opheim


To give some tools on how you can understand the culture in the country you have moved to

 Powerpoint
Course book article		    
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		    
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		    
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		    
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		    
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		    
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.		 None    
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.
 		 None    
 * Interactive or group work