1. The Acts 16:5 InitiativeThe Acts 16:5 Initiative
Develop a Defining VisionDevelop a Defining Vision

4. www.vitalchurchesinstitute.com

5. Make Vision Shift 1Make Vision Shift 1
Shift from your present hopes for yourShift from your present hopes for your
congregationcongregation’s future to the high’s future to the high
expectation that God has aexpectation that God has a
transformational future for your church.transformational future for your church.

6. Make Vision Shift 2Make Vision Shift 2
Shift from merely running programs toShift from merely running programs to
implementing a vision for ministry.implementing a vision for ministry.

8. Some of the challengesSome of the challenges
we face in thewe face in the cultureculture
In times of rapid changeIn times of rapid change
what you know can mis-what you know can mis-
lead you.lead you. Michael MarquardtMichael Marquardt

9. Reflectively-Practiced
Principle-Patterned
“Gathered-Scattered” Attentive
Need-Responsive
Disciple-Directed
Biblically-Based
Spirit-Driven
“Gathered-Scattered” Attentive
Reflectively-Practiced
Disciple-Directed
Spirit-Driven
Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

10. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
The 3-D Church

11. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
A 3-D
Vision

12. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
A 3-D Vision

13. Friends of the Road
Friends of the Heart

14. The Value of
the Person
Love
Dignity
Respect
Wayne T. Alderson

15. Valuing People: the 4 S’sValuing People: the 4 S’s
No SecretsNo Secrets
No SubversionNo Subversion
No SurprisesNo Surprises
(Lots of) Support(Lots of) Support William J. CarlWilliam J. Carl

16. Pizazz
And
Commitment

17. Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
© Copyright 2011 E. Stanley Ott

18. WORD
SHARE
PRAYER
Send to ministry and mission
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

19. The 50% GoalThe 50% Goal
Word-Share-PrayerWord-Share-Prayer
Devotional lifeDevotional life
People EyesPeople Eyes
Emmaus MealEmmaus Meal
Seeing yourself as sentSeeing yourself as sent
Prayer CovenantsPrayer Covenants
Small Group (face-to-faceSmall Group (face-to-face
groups)groups)

20. Transfer

21. Greek: the more you
know the more educated
you are!

22. Hebrew: you are as
educated as you do what
you know!

23. Three road blocks to transformation:
Complacency (Greek to Hebrew
Band-width
turf

24. Complacency
Be Happy Don’t Worry

25. Turf
Don’t Change it

26. Makrothumia
Makro = Long
Thumia =
heat/temper

27. Makrothumia
•long temper
•Patience
•The grace of getting
along

28. Love is a willingness
to be frustrated!
Bernard Harnik

29. Bandwidth
The Pressure of
Present Demand

30. © 20013 E. Stanley Ott
PPT
PPT = Protected Planning Time. An hour a
week, offline, to clarify priorities for the
coming week and your to-do list. See p 20
or 21 in the materials from November.
Goals, “to-do’s” and calendar Management
– PPT is a discipline that manages and
shapes your to-do list – which helps clarify
your vision – not just what you need to do
but what you want to do with others – with
the implied leadership moments.

31. PPT =
Protected Planning Time
Do Lists + Your calendar
© 20013 E. Stanley Ott

32. © 20013 E. Stanley Ott
For helpful insights on the
PPT check out:
“The Weekly Review”
McGhee Productivity Solutions
http://www.mcgheepro.com/MPSWebsite/

33. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
A 3-D Vision

34. Engaging
Discipleship

36. “Americans are stupefyingly dumb about
what they are supposed to believe.”
Historian R. Laurence Moore
Religious Literacy – What Every American Needs to Know and
Doesn’t. Stephen Prothero

37. 1. Fewer than half of us can identify Genesis as the first book of
the Bible.
2. Only one third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the
Mount.
3. A majority of Americans believe that the Bible says that Jesus
was born in Jerusalem.
4. When asked whether the New Testament Book of Acts is in
the Old Testament, one quarter of Americans say yes. More
than a third say they don’t know.
5. Most Americans don’t know that Jonah is a book in the Bible.
6. 20% of Americans believed that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.
7. 60% of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments
8. Only 50% can name one of the four gospels
9. 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were
married.
10.75% believe the Bible teaches "God helps those who help
themselves.”

38. What’s happening
with Discipleship today?
How well is the whole church
growing disciples? Your church?
How do you go about doing it?

39. Discipleship is
all about spiritual growth

40. Q: Why focus on growing disciples?
A: You know the love of Jesus,
hear the Word of Jesus
& receive the eyes of Jesus

41. Know the Love of Jesus:
transforming love

42. “Jesus comes right to your seat and says, “I have
a word for you. I know your whole life story. I
know every skeleton in your closet. I know every
moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded
love that has darkened your past. Right now I
know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life,
your inconsistent discipleship and my word is
this, ‘I dare you to trust that I love you just as you
are and not as you should be because you’re
never going to be as you should be.’”
Brennan Manning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQi_IDV2bgM

43. Hear the Word of Jesus:
make disciples

44. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 28:18

45. 19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20
and teaching
them to obey everything that I have commanded
you. And remember, I am with you always, to the
end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20

46. Receive the Eyes of Jesus:
People Eyes

47. ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to
bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release
to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the
oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’
Jesus’ eyes saw the true needs of the people in front of him:
Bartimaeus
Widow of Nain
Canaanite woman’s daughter
Woman at the well
The Centurian’s Son
Wedding in Cana
Lepers
Receive People eyes – in your own head
– seeing through the eyes of Jesus for people

48. “
My little children, for whom I am
again in the pain of childbirth until
Christ is formed in you.”
Galatians 4:19
Odino

49. Receive People EyesReceive People Eyes
see through the eyes of Jesus forsee through the eyes of Jesus for
peoplepeople

50. What does it mean to grow disciples?

51. WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO GROW DISCIPLES?
NOT

52. Begin with the …

53. END in mind

54. Growing Disciples –
with the “end” in mind

57. Growing
disciples
with the
end in
mind

58. The “end” in mind is not:
Sunday School classes
Bible classes
seminars
small groups
mentoring
spiritual direction
These are MEANS not ends!

59. Growing
disciples
with the
end in
mind

60. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
The 3-D Image of Jesus

61. Glorify God
Grow
Disciples
Meet
Human
Need
The 3-D Christian LIfestyle

62. Dimension One: A Growing Commitment to the
Triune God. (doxological)
The Great Commandment: "You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your strength, and with
all your mind.” Luke 10:27a
Dimension Two: A Growing Commitment to the
Body of Christ (communal/koinonia)
The New Commandment: "That you love one
another even as I have loved you.” John
14:35
Dimension Three: A Growing Commitment to the
work of Christ in the world (missional)
The Great Commission: "Go into all the world
and make disciples…” Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commandment: "And thy neighbor
as thyself.” Luke 10:27b

63. A Profile of a Disciple
Doxological - Know, love and Experience the God who loves us
Faith in Jesus
Weekly worship (Experiencing God)
Daily devotional life
The fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
Koinonial - Equip and care for the people God gives us
Private meals with friends and strangers
Participate in a face-to-face group (Equipping the People
Commit a percent of my income to God’s work of God)
Serve my church with specific ministry
Missional - Engage the World to which God sends us
Complete my work with excellence
Offer the compassion of Jesus (show up) (Engaging our world)
Bear witness to Jesus (speak up)
Stand up for what is right. (stand up)

64. PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING
COMMITMENT
TO GOD THE
FATHER, SON,
AND HOLY
SPIRIT
A GROWING
CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH
(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
A GROWING
CALL
TO THE WORK
OF CHRIST
IN THE WORLD

65. PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING
COMMITMENT
TO GOD THE
FATHER, SON,
AND HOLY
SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL
LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT
A GROWING
CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH
(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
A GROWING
CALL
TO THE WORK
OF CHRIST
IN THE WORLD

66. PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING
COMMITMENT
TO GOD THE
FATHER, SON,
AND HOLY
SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL
LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT
A GROWING
CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH
(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
1 MEALS WITH
FRIENDS/STRANGERS
2 SERVE OTHERS USING
YOUR
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
3 OFFER A % OF INCOME
TO GOD’S WORK
4 SERVE THE CHURCH
WITH A SPECIFIC
MINISTRY
A GROWING
CALL
TO THE WORK
OF CHRIST
IN THE WORLD

67. PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP PLAN (PDP)
PRIORITY PRACTICES MY PLAN DATE
A GROWING
COMMITMENT
TO GOD THE
FATHER, SON,
AND HOLY
SPIRIT
1 FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
2 WEEKLY WORSHIP
3 DAILY DEVOTIONAL
LIFE
4 THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT
A GROWING
CONNECTION
TO THE CHURCH
(THE BODY OF
CHRIST)
1 MEALS WITH
FRIENDS/STRANGERS
2 SERVE OTHERS USING
YOUR
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
3 OFFER A % OF INCOME
TO GOD’S WORK
4 SERVE THE CHURCH
WITH A SPECIFIC
MINISTRY
A GROWING
CALL
TO THE WORK
OF CHRIST
IN THE WORLD
1 DO WORK WITH
EXCELLENCE
2 OFFER THE COMPASSION
OF JESUS
3 BEAR WITNESS TO JESUS
4. STAND UP FOR JUSTICE

69. The Seven Habits of the Burning Heart
Growing My Passion for God
Caring for Myself
Deepening My Relationships
Spending Time with Other
Christians
Managing What God Has
Given Me
Giving Myself in Service
Offering My Work to the Lord
The Habit of Devotion
The Habit of Well-being
The Habit of Family & Friendships
The Habit of Fellowship
The Habit of Stewardship
The Habit of Ministry & Mission
The Habit of Work
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

70. Layering

71. Develop a Culture and a Strategy
for Making Disciples

72. “Nebby” questions:
What strategy do you personally
use for growing disciples? With
whom?
What strategy does your
congregation use for growing
disciples? With whom?
(what people groups?)

73. Three ingredients for growing disciples:
Relationships
Content
3-D 7 Habits
Time

74. growing disciples
“Growing disciples is
reproducing in others
what the Spirit of God
is producing in you
and enabling them to
reproduce it in a third
generation.”
– Chuck Miller
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

75. growing disciples
“Discipling is an intentional
relationship in which we walk
alongside other disciples in
order to encourage, equip,
and challenge one another in
love to grow toward maturity
in Christ. This includes
equipping the disciple to
teach others as well.”
- Greg Ogden
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

76. Growing yourself as a disciple.

77. The “Reveal” study of Willow Creek
http://www.revealnow.com

78. Growing as disciples with others:
We grow disciples as we
focus on a few
no matter how many
our many may be.

79. Growing as disciples with others:
Face-to-face personal lifestyle
(spontaneous and intentional)
One-with-one intentional dyads
One-with-two intentional triads
(or quads)
One with a small group (<15)

80. Witness
Prayer
Care
Word
With-me
Send
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
The 3-D Lifestyle
Give

81. WORD
SHARE
PRAYER
Send to ministry and mission
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
4-7 weeks 90 Days of Prayer Discipleship Essentials (Ogden)
WSP Destiny series Unbinding Your Soul (Reese)
Increasing Level of Commitment

82. Multiplying Triads
(The Principle of Multiplication)

84. Call a ministry team together
WSP - Prayer Covenant - Breaks bread
Decide on population groups
Adults (men, women, mixed)
Youth – two adults leads triad = five
Who are the potential leaders and triad
members (early adopters)
Recruitment, training, deploying (Be in or lead a triad yourself)
Follow through – maintaining momentum
between booklets within a group and
sustaining multiplication of new groups.
Launching a Triad-based system of
growing disciples

86. Just wanted to tell you that I have started several groups
using the Discipleship Essentials books. It took me a while to
decide to pull the trigger on something with such a
commitment attached to it. But I have 3 groups I am leading.
Two have 3 other guys in it (which feels like the perfect size)
and the other has 2. I can't tell you how excited I am about
this and they are. In one of the groups, the guys are almost
giddy with their excitement about this sharing and growth
opportunity. In all of them it appears to be, after 3-6 weeks
(some groups started earlier than others), one of the most
important things I am doing. I am certainly gaining a great
deal from this method of making disciples with a deep
conviction and commitment. And they are very moved by the
experience so far. I am also excited about the possibilities
for the next permutation, when they start to lead others.
Bob Bohl Central Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA

89. Growing Disciples in larger groups
(15 +)

90. Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
© Copyright 2011 E. Stanley Ott

91. GROWING DISCIPLES

92. Layers of Disciple-Making:
1. Growing one’s self
2. Growing others interpersonally – life on life
3. By means of shaping programs with the
Defining Practices (witness, prayer, care…)
4.By means of small groups
5. By means of ministry teams
6. By means of teaching (classes/seminars)
7. By means of discipleship communities
8. By means of the “transforming moment”

93. growing disciples
Growing Disciples by
means of
interpersonal ministry
(The impact of
Life on Life)
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

94. Those who
live in my
home
My family
members
wherever
they are
My small
group
My
committee,
ministry
team, or
leadership
team(s)
Individuals
in whom I
want to
invest
myself
Focus on a Few
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

95. discipleship development
Growing Disciples by
Means of Small
Groups
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

96. discipleship development
Growing Disciples by
Means of Ministry
Teams
Committees are one
dimensional
Ministry teams are
three dimensional
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

97. discipleship development
Four practices that turn
committees into teams:
1.Word-Share-Prayer
2.Rotating Prayer
Covenants
3.Quarterly meals
4.Annual overnight retreat
The Seven Threads
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

98. discipleship development
Growing Disciples by
means of Teaching:
Bible Classes
Seminars
(Modify standard classes
with last 20 minutes being
Word-Share-Prayer)
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

99. discipleship development
Growing Disciples by
Means of Discipling
Communities –
Disciple Growing
Systems
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

100. discipleship development
Four Elements of the
Discipleship Growing
System:
The ministry team
The large group (teaching)
The small group
(small group – large group balance)
Spiritual disciplines and
encouragement© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

101. © 2003 E. Stanley Ott
Large Group
Teaching
Inspiration
Small
Groups
Ministry
Team
A Discipleship Community
Spiritual Disciplines
+

102. Large Group--Small Group Balance
Large Group Small Group
audience-oriented interpersonal
high inspiration deep support
anonymity intimacy
acquaintance relationships quality relationships
expectation discussion
generating new small groups providing a safe
© Copyright 2011 E. Stanley Ott

103. Growing disciples by
means of
“Transforming
Moment” ministries
The Great Banquet
Cursillo
The Walk to Emmaus
Tres Dios
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott
transforming moments

104. SPIRIT-DRIVEN
BIBLICALLY-BASED
DISCIPLE-DIRECTED
NEED-RESPONSIVE
GATHERED-SCATTERED ATTENTIVE
PRINCIPLE-PATTERNED
REFLECTIVELY-PRACTICED
The Practice of Life-changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry
WITNESS | PRAYER | CARE | WORD | WITH-ME |
SEND
© 2004 E. Stanley Ott

105. The Commitment to Taking Action

106. The Commitment to Learning

107. incline
recline
decline

111. People EyesPeople Eyes

113. Becoming
like Christ
together for
the World

114. GROWING DISCIPLES
“At heart, growing disciples is a relational
experience, not an instructional or
classroom experience. It is the influence of
life on life in the midst of the difficulties of
life, an influence that helps us get to know
Jesus and one another, helps us face our
personal darkness and helps us grow in our
reflection of the image of Christ.”
E. Stanley Ott

115. Pray Daily:
Igniting our passion for Jesus
Christ
Inspiring us to be the people
of God
Engaging our world with the
good news, grace and justice
of God

116. God
Church World

117. Doxological
Koinonial Missional
A 3-D Vision

118. The Three-Fold Missional Mandate
Show up - Speak up - Stand up
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to bring good
news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives and recovery of sight to
the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.’
Luke 4:18-19

119. The Missional Cycle
Reach (reach the uninvolved with the good
news, compassion and justice of Jesus).
Grow (grow with one another as disciples of
Jesus)
Send (send one another to reach and to serve)

120. Adaptive Challenges
and Action Learning

122. The Action Learning Project
(question) – An Adaptive
Challege:
Objective
Opportunity
Obstacle

123. The Action Learning Team (ALT)

124. The Questioning and Reflection Process

125. Two Ground Rules:
1.Speak only to ask a question or in
response to a question.
2. The learning coach has the power to
intervene
•(Michael Marquardt)

127. Now when they saw the boldness of
Peter and John and realized that
they were uneducated and ordinary
men, they were amazed and
recognized them as companions of
Jesus. Acts 4:13

128. Layering