PROJECT © Intentional Disciple Making for the Church Around the World Discovery Bible Study: Disciple Path Scriptures for the Come and See PhaseDBS-Disciple Path Scriptures for the Come and See Phase Contents Using Come and See DBS Groups for Church Multiplication. 1 Creating Bridges Into Come and See DBS. 8 Format and Questions fora Come and See DBS, 2 Level | Come and Soe DBS Passages. oe Level 2 Come and Sce DBS Passages. askegravill How to Use This Manual ‘The purpose ofthis manual sto provide Discovery Bible Study Scripture passage options for use at the Come and Sce phase. Come and Sec Level I starts before a person has tsted in Christ for salvation. Come and See Level? for boievers who are either new Christians or believers who are not yet highly committed or tained cally, vou will have a copy ofthe detailed Definition ofa Disciple booklet your church has adopted listing the belief, behaviors, habit, virtues, and ministry sills that a follower of Jesus should have by the end ofeach of Jesus’ discipleship growth phases. Use the Transformational Indicators listed in that Definition ofa Disciple booklet asa guide forthe growth of your group ‘members. The Discovery Bible Study Scriptures listed inthis tool are organized to aes those ‘Transformational Indicators. Select passages that maich the growth needs of your group members and allow God's Wont to be use by the Holy Spirit o bring life change, {In adsition tothe Definition ofa Disciple booklet, you will need Making and Multiplying Disciples apprentice manual from T-Net Course 2, Apprenticing Disciple Makers and Church Planers. This tool will provide + Anexplanaion of less’ disciple making phases + Asample short phased biblical definition ofa disiple ‘+ Guidelines for leading a Discovery Bible Studies at diffrent disciple making phases ‘+ Instructions on how to use these Serptues for a 4-Column indvetive Bible Study © T-NetInterstna 1.0. Box 579 = Ars, CO ADI Phone 7206 0737 «wT NetWork com ‘ersea 0 anny 12009. in Lily of Cy Teams and Ron Buel of T-Nethecolet, ‘hom aro missonres and ministries, the Serpe pasa Ti nd i this ole "led by Ron Bezet and David DareUsing “Come and See” DBS Groups for Church Multiplication Introduction In his book, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, C. Peter Wagner declared a truth that has iow bbecome a widely recognized, "Church planting isthe best methodology of evangelism under the sun” (1). T-Net will teach you to engage in church planting in its most natural form by starting Outreach Come and See groups, For our purposes, we will acknowledge these evangelistic “small ‘groups as “house churches.” Your past experiences have likely shaped your eoncept ofa church, ‘You may think ofa church building, Sunday morning worship services, a paid pastor, children’s programs, ct. But these were net typical ofthe churches established in the Book of Acts by the Apostle Pal I. What is a Church? Consider this definition ofa church by David Watson: The church is @ group of bapized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who meet regularly to worship. nurture one another, and fellowship and depart these gatherings endeavoring to obey all the commands of Christin ‘order 10 transform individuals, families, and communities, And we would add “%o make disciples to finish the Great Commission.” A. The Goal of Establishing New Churches 1. Our goal will be to see these Discovery Bible Studies from within their subeulture grow to become a “church.” As the people in the Come and See DBS mature to ‘become baptized believers and on to be Follow Me and Be with Me disciples, the group or groups will begin to emerge as a church as defined above. 2. Please understand that we are talking about a very “simple church.” We might not leven need to call ita church, Perhaps the term mid-sized missional community ‘would be a descriptive name that would suffice. If the Come and See Discovery Bible Studies replicate within the same affinity group, the numbers may’be such that 3 or 4of these small groups will begin to meet together for worship and teaching, ‘each week (maybe on Sunday moming, perhaps not). Leaders will emerge as we mentor them, The process may take a few years for the frst Come and Sce DBS to become a small church or a mid-sized group 3. We might hope that this “church” would have a close relationship with our mother ‘church. Maybe some of the people in it wll enjoy being a part ofthe Sunday ‘moming worship service and may want to enrol their kids in the mother churches children’s and youth ministry, The mother church will eed to expand its identity to include those who have come to Christ from a different cultural pocket and who may for may not want fo participate in othor activities the mother church has to offer. 4. Remember, our primary goal to finish the Great Commission in your city and region. As C. Peter Wager says, “Church planting is the best methodology of evangelism under the sun.” And Outreach Come and See groups provide the first step in cstablishing the expansion of Christ’s Chureh 8, Multiplying Leader “On-the-Job 1. This entire process is about multiplying leaders. Multiplying leaders is an “on-the- job” process. Skills and the ability to lead dovelop naturally, and the DNA of the (Com and Se Phase Serntes ' T-Netintematonal tntwork comDiscovery process becomes second nature through habitual practice. At the heart of| this proces isthe study’ of the Bible to Become obedient followers of Christ. 2. Very few people can become leaders of large groups lke churches of hundreds or of thousand people. Itakes a pretty charismatic and effective leader to get peopl 10 abandon their cultural affinity group for a new foreign one like the typical, evangtical church, Leaders ke that are few and far between, But ts guite ‘common for people to be able to infucnce small groups ofS or 6 people or even _groups of groups of 40 to 50 people within their subelture Through mentonng and guided practice, we can see many leaders emerge within thir natural afinity groups. Most of the time, thse people will lead be leaders ‘within that community IL. Using the Six Steps to Move a DBS to a Simple Church A. Review the Six Steps 1. First from Course 2 Making and Multiplying Disciples apprentice manual, reviow the Six Steps we have presented for launching a Church Planting Movement fom ‘your church using the Discovery Bible Study process, ‘= Step One: Start by training disciples who can make disciples using a Follow Me DBS. + Step Two: In this group. help these disciples become persons of prayer 50 that ‘God can load them to. ‘Step Throc: Engage the lst and ‘Step Four: Find Persons of Peace with whom they wil: + Sup Five: Start Come and See Discovery Bible Studies that will evangelize an disciple a group of people ‘+ Step Six: This group of ae disciples grows, multiplies and mentored to form a small church 2. These Six Steps will raise leaders who, if they continue the process, wll finish the Great Commission ina region or among a people group. 3. The graph below pictues a eyele of prediction that can launch from a local church If repeated fr four generations. it bcomesa Disciple Making Movement. Comes Soe Pas rps a "TNetawmatnal tee omPUVVVVHVUVVUVUVUVUDVUVUUVVUVUUVUVUUUUY ‘our Charen x Six Steps to launch a DMM from your church 7A) zs a come and See Namen Mate Deco as Leaders ater B. A Review of Ralf Winter's E-Scalo 1 Missiologist Ralf Winter made the following observation several years ago. He says ‘hata given church from cultural group EO can reach people similar to itselEl. The Aesignation E2 represents people ncar them, but who are ofa different culture. The ‘designation E3 is for people who are both clturally and geographically distant. For ‘example, in Acts 1:$the church in emusalem (E0) needs to reach the poople of | dtudea(E1), then Samaria (E2), and the ends ofthe earth (E3). (Winter, Koch) Eseale ‘Winters observation was that a church (EO) could reach the people ike itself (1) bout need to plant a church to reach the people near it but who were ofa different culture (E2). 3. The chart below reflects this dual approach of planting Outreach Come and See DBS Groups within the chureh to reach unsaved (E0) and (E1) people while also plating ‘Outreach Come and See DBS Groups in new cultures (E2) outside of the church C. Charting the Multiplication Process “The Model Follow Me DBS will build leaders for disciple making ministry within and outside the church. Churches can most caily rach and disciple those who are within the Come sn Sse Phe Serpe 2 ‘Tet Ineo tee comsame (BO) ora similar culture (EI). See the ministries listed above the fine inthe diagram below. Note: for Outreach Come and See groups within the same (ED) oF a ‘similar culture (El) you will often use a evr believer ora gifted evangelist as the group facilitator bu using asecker wha isa Person of Peace remains an excellent option Below the line (X=Disciple Maker, PoP=Person of Peace) are outreach ministries best to seach new cultures (F2). IIT. Bring it All Together Step by Step ‘Now lets use our T-Net trsning to demonsiate hws we can multiply disciples and harsh wing the DBS process, ‘A. We Begin With Your Existing Church. 1 Werwill us the worship services symbol to represent your church 2. From your church you have started a Model Follow Me group. Init you will now be ‘sing the DBS process. B. Stop One: We Must “Be Disciples to Make Disciples.” 1. Form a Follow Me group. Establish an excellent disciple path for your church, 2. Multiply new disciple making smal group leaders fom the Model Follow Me ‘group. Apprentice leaders in your model group to become leaders of other Come and See and Follow Me DBS groups wit poople within your church andthe El people ‘whom you reach with your existing church Come nd See Pe Serpe 4 ‘Net Inemationa tater con3. As the groups progress, teach them to use additional passages of Scripture as Be with Me Phase ongoing accountability groups. This will continue the rest of their lives. step one SS Nees ‘create a Disciple path for your church using the DBS Process anda definition ofa dcp for each phase C. Steps Two and Three: “Pray for” and “Engage the Lost” 1. Using the DNA of the DBS process, all the people in your disciple pathway within ‘your church will begin to engage the lost, will be sharing their faith, and will be ‘praying to find Persons of Peace. Someone at sometime will connect with a Person of Peace from outside of your EOVE1 pocket. When this happens you or another ‘mature leader will help the person from your church start a Come and See DBS with the Person of Peace and you will begin to coach the Person of Peace 2. The more people in your church who have become disciples the more likely your cchurch will be to find one or more Persons of Peace from different pockets or to find seckers from your own El community. It takes disciples to make disciples and the more disciples you have the more disciples you will make D. bene Four and Five: Find a “Person of Peace” and “Start a DBS” ‘When your church finds a Person of Peace, begin an Outreach Comte and Sov group with his person, their family. and any fiends they’ may invite to join them. 2. Begin the Creation to Christ study with the Person of Peace using the DBS process, Afler 5 to 7 lessons, tum the facilitation of the study group overt the Person of Peace. Or use the best leaders ofthe group. Remember, the outside leader is sookingto find, quip, and unleash the inside leader. Thon aftora coupe of years of discipling and mentor, lave. The responsibility ofthe ouside leader ist: Model, Egquip, Watch, and Leave 3. You leave the group, but you do not abandon the leader. Continue to meet weekly. withthe leader to review that week's study and help them along, 4. Coach them through the Come and See phase into the Follow Me phase. (This will mean sharing the gospel, introduce baptism, give assurance of salvation, and answer questions as they anise.) b, The DNA ofthe Discovery Ble Study process, with its emphasis on obedience, caring, and sharing, will produce the growth of faith that will ead to salvation [Come and See Phase Scriptures 5 “T-Net Intemational tnetwork comand an increase of commitment, which will lead toa desire for more and a willingness to do homework 6 Its emphasis on caring and sharing will kely lead to more people and more _groups. You should coach your leader to help other persons to st groupe in theirhomes, E, Step Six: Gather Multiple DBS groups as “Mid-Sized Group Church Plant” |. Multiply Discovery Bible Studies. Group one may grow lager and may also start, ‘tore Come and See groups. Group #1 will become (in maybe 6 months) a Follow “Me group made up of believers who are committed to growth and who are helping ‘others start Come and Sec groups (X=Disciple Maker, PoP=Person of Peace). 2. Gather these E2 Groups into a Mid-Sized Group. All ofthese groups can now begin to mect also as one mid-sized group. You could call this a church plant, The ‘ope in th Follow Me phase will ned to transition to Be with Me studce, You ould take them through passages that help thom understand what a church is, See ‘the Scripture lst in the booklet, Discovery Bible Siudy-Phased Diselple Path Seripnires. 8. Gather Group Leaders ito a Ministry Community. At tis point would make Sense fo create a Ministry Community continue your mentoring role withthe ‘rowing pool of leaders that wll emerge as this church grows, Draw fiom the so apprentice manuals, Making and Muliplying Disciples and Disciple Making Small Groups Leader Training as leson matt in your Mnistry ‘Community if you have not already done sain Your one-on-one mentoring and appreticng, Otherwise, se the Bible Study Methods Manual, Evangcism Training Course or other manuals tha are part of the Apprenicng track IV. Provide Phased Disciple Path for Discovery Bible Studies [We want to continue to allow the multiplication of Come and See DBS groups, so these have no bariers placed before them by the church, We allow nonbelicvers and nsw believers to facilitate these groups. We want to start as many ofthese as we can as fst as Come and Sse Pas Scripts ‘ Net Tatton tter: comLPP OPP PPI VD PI II I God allows. But we must also come along behind and continue o encourage the growth of| believers to become filly devoted disciples of Jesus and to establish churches for worship, fellowship, the taching ofthe Bible and dosrine, and to prove resources to continue the ‘You, the church planter shouldbe prepared to guide your Discovery Bible Sadics through a series of suis that will eventually establish them as a church. Inthe booklet, Discovery Bible Study-Phased Disetple Pash Scripture, we have pt together a collection of DBS Scriptures for each of Jesus’ four disciple making phases. Select DBS Scriptures from this ‘tool and add to it to match the biblical Definition of @ Disp that your church has or that you will adopt forthe new church plant. The following is an overview ofthe four phases, A. Come and See Phase Level One-Creation to Christ series. You might also want to uso tho matoral on mariage and families. There is also a st spevificaly for Hindu background people ‘anda set for Muslim people. 2. Leve Two-As people come to Christ, they will ced studies on Baptism, assurance ‘of Salvation, and series on obsdicnce to raise commitment levels and expectations. 3. Teansition-Now thatthe group has come to fith and is baptized, you should be ‘observing their commitment level. Are they ready todo more homework? Introduce the d-column study. AC first just suggest that they may want to study on their oven God's incredible mercy. Adam and Eve already had clothes they had sown together from leaves, 0 why did God make new clothes for “God's Wor says, “Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins” Fortis reason, Godin His merey shed the blood of animals to cover Adam and, Bre. ‘vangcism TininingCouse 13, Ne email eto com,‘You might he thinking, “Why is blood necessary for the forgiveness of sins?” There is another verse which says, "The lfe ofthe eeatue sin the blood.” “We readin the Holy Books that every prophet offered sacrifices for this reason, “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” ‘5. Coming of Jesus Ch “Ten Jesu the Messiah was bom ofa virgin and never sinned. He healed the sick, ‘ast out demons, ase the dead. and taught about the Sraght Way. One day the prophet John saw Jesus walk by’ and cred out in loud voice, “Behold the lamb of ‘God who takes away the sins of the world.” Do you know what he meant?” Again, both women shook their heads. “Do you remember when Isai all prophets offered sactifices? That is tu, except for one, Jesus the Messiah never offered a sacrifice, Da you know why?" 6, sesus Was the Sacrifice Because He was the sacrifice! He died on a wooden cross. Bocause He never sinned His blood was holy: therefore, His blood alone is capable of cleansing us from our sins. After His death Jesus body was placa in atom, but after tree days He ose fiom the dead, He taught His fllowers for forty days, then God took Him to heaven, 7. Jesus Forgives Now, Jesus forpves the sins of His followers because He shed His Bled forthe forgiveness oftheir sins “What dd you think ofthis story?” know more tories ftom the Holy Books. Would you like me to come back and tell you anther story some ime?” C. Follow Up invitation to a Discovery Bible Study Invite the person you are sharing with to join you in a Come and See DBS to lear Janes Nyman Siom Poserernce Second Bo: Hoo Launch ulin Mormons of Dipl and Churches mong Metin and Others Story Based on Real Ben) Kineton 89461) Mission Network, vungchon Tining Conse 16: Na tein tk om MADDAHAONMOANAHANAHANKNAKRDAHAHANK AK HAHAHAHA HHR+sVUVVUVUUV YUU VV VV VV UY UU UU UU DV UU V. Honor Restored Cru dovelopod an evangelism tract called “Honor Restored” For people who ive in honor- shame cultures, you may find this presentation to address the flt needs ofthe people you ‘minister too more than the guilt-based methods. ‘You can find the tract on Crus evangelism app, GodTaols, Download it from Apple's Apa store or at Google Play, Honor Restored i translated into many languages ~ chesk to see if {he one you need Ras been complete. A. Introductory Questions. The presentation includes two introductory questions. One addressing shame, The other addressing honor. Shame We fet solated, rejected, polluted, excluded and abandoned. Can our shame be removed? Honor ‘But we longed o be included, acceped, exalted, cleansed, and cherished. (Can our honor be restored? ranglisn rising Course 17 T-NetImeationa teers4: God erated good world and game humanity’ ecat dignity + The good world ‘The world reflects God's love and greatness. Genesis 1:1,27,31 Honor and harmony. der God's care people honored him rightly as their Father and ved in perfect relationships, Psalm 8:1, S I{God created a good world, why docs it fel so broken’? 2. The Problem: We rebelled against our creator, we sought glory apart from God and dishonored Him, + Corruption and death By cutting ourselves off fom the souree afte honor and life, we corrupted the world and brought death, the wkimate state of shame. "They knew God. Bu they did't honor him as God. ‘Everyone has sinned. No one measures upto God's glory. ‘When yousin. the pay you get is death," Rontans 1:21, 323, 623 apd ‘We feel shame beeause we have dishonored God and our relationship with Him isbroken ‘But your iniguites fins] have separated you from your Gio: your sins Ihave hidden his face from you, 30 that he will not hear.” sah 39:2 Can this problem be solved? ‘Evanson Tninng Coune 18 Ne tata twa com PEPERLRENENEML PEARL RL RL RRR RnVUVVUVUVU VV VU VU UU DVO UUUU UDO ‘3. The Solution: God loves us so much that He sent sus to restore ws from brokenness + Jesus’ honoruble life and shameful death ‘Though Jesus lived a perfect ifs, he was mocked, rejevted, and abandoned. He suffered an unjust and shamefil death ona cross We looked down om him. We didn't have any respect for him. He suffered the things we should have suffered. He took on himself the pain hat should Ihave been ons.” Isaiah 533-4 Jesus removed our guilt and shame He gladly took our sin, removing our guilt and absorbing our shame “Because ofthe joy awaiting him, [Jesus] endured the cross, disregarding ts shame. Now hei seated at the place of honor beside God's throne. Hebrews 12:2b (NLT) ‘+ Jesus rose from the dead ‘esus rose fom the dead, vindicated, and honored by God, Only he can reconcile ‘ws to God “Jesus was Ianded overt defor our sins He was raised 1 Ife n order to make us righ with God." Romans 428 ‘So, what ean we do to be restored? vangel TainingCoune 19 "Nat Intemational tetor com4. Our Response: We must tum away ftom secking our own honor and trast God, + Complete trust ‘We must embrace Jesus with complete foyalty and trast. Say with your mouth, “Jesus is Lor." Believe in your heart that God raised ‘ion from the dead. Then you willbe saved... The ane who believes in him will never be put to shame.” Romans 10:9, 11 + Receive God's honor We mus allow God tobe our source of honor, 88 His beloved children, “Some people did accept him and dil believe in his name. He wave them the righ to become children of God." John 1:12 Left~Bearyourown shame Right Trust Jesus to bear your and remain outside of God's shame and become an honored family rember of Gea’s fail. + The choice ‘op rate Which side represents your ie? Which side do you want to represent your life? Why? + What do you want? Ifyou want God to remove your shame and give you honor you ean expeess Your desire throug this prayer Heavenly Father, need you I confess that I have sought honor apart from you. 48a result, Fhave dishonored you and my heart ts impure. hank you thar Jesus willingly entered ito ms shame, rook it xpon himself and invites ‘me to share in his honor. 1 believe Jesus alone for honor and adoption into ow fal. [desire to follow you with my whole being. Mae me the person ‘You want me tobe. Amen. Does this prayer express the dos raver right now. © of your heart? Mit does, you ean pray this vangctin Tining Course 20, “ENe Iteration network om LAA nnNnNaAnn non nn 01 14040 14 ooVUVVUVUVUVVUVV UU UU DUI VV VY VU Yew ‘5. The Result: We shar in Jesus’ honor and have new life in God's family forever # Restored God restores true honor and adopts ws as His eildren ‘So he decided long ago to adopt us. He adopted us as his children with all the right children have. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. I pleased God to doi.” Ephesians 1S a wh . + Included Gods family forms a beautiful community devoted to loving the world and honoring hi “Iwill put beautiful crowns on tir heads in place of ashes. Iwill anoint them vith olive oil give them jo’ instead of sorrow. Iwill give thera spirit of pratse in place ofa sprit of sadness. They willbe like oak rees that fre stromg and straight The Lord himself will plant them in the land. That wil show how glorious he is.” Isaiah 61:3 + Honored ‘God exalts us to etemal glory. Our longing for honoris satisfied in knowing Chis. Gia raised us up with Christ, He has seated us with him in his heavenly Kingdom. That's because we belong to Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:6 Adapting the “Honor Restored” Gospel Presentation Determine this gospol presentation is available onthe GodTools App in your language 2. Isitprictical forthe people of your church to use a phone app to share the gospel? 3) not, you will mood to adap this method. You can memorize tis presentation and the Seripture passages and use it sa personal evangelism method, rangetism Tisining Coune 21 “TNatInemational network comLAB: Practice Presenting the Gospel Introduction Chosen one ofthe gospel presentations get together ina group of 3 to 5 others who chose the same approach and cat the following preseniation to tthe approach you have chosen. You have a total of 4 minutes to Gish this LAB practice section. Presentation (3 mney) A. Now It is Time to Learn How to Use the (Gospel Method) and How to Train Others to Use This Too! B. Trainer's Testimony (Pramer: At his point. spend 3 mimes giving a testimony of how evangelism taining helped you personaly. Include a sttement of how learning one specific presentanon helped som.) C. A Standard Gospel Presentation ‘Virwally every great evangelist has one standard gospel presentation that he o he used almost every time they shae the gospel. They may tata discussion in different wass and conclude differently, but they have a standard gospel approach committe to D. Having a Method that We Know God Blesses Is the First Step to Being Prepared to Witness to Others ‘Some people fel fearful and insecure when they arc witnessing. Having a specific presentation hols to stat a conversation well and lessens the fear fictor. E. Let Me Demonstrate (rainer: Acts port, yo should choase one member ofthe class and model for the class how 10 ‘presen the gospel using one ofthe two approaches) 1. An Explanation of What Will Take Place ‘+ Tam going to conduct a demonstration in which [will present the (selected gospel method) to my partner. My partner will pretend that he is not a Christan ‘but would like to besome one + He will pretend tobe spiritually responsive and will give me very positive answers, We will ean how to answer the dificult questions later. When 1 ask the question, “Would you Tike to ask Jesus to be your Savior right My partner will reply, "Yes" ‘+ When I give my partner the opportunity to pay’ and inte Chis imo his life, he will pra aloud ater me ‘+ As we begin, pretend that we haw introduced oursslves and that Ihave spent some time geting to know my’parner. 2. The Demonstration ‘+ Demonstrate using the opening question(s that matches your selected gospel presentation, + Demonstrate presenting the gospel using one ofthe five presentations listed above campeon Ting Cone 22 ‘ENa Iteration network om OO 0 006-000-0000 0 OO