Church PLANT Manual

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2. Need to reorient their lives around their new identity in Christ: new converts require a sense of belonging and security, 2 Cor. 6:14-18 3. Need for ongoing instruction, nurture, and feeding: new converts need to understand God’s word and will, 1 Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:11-6:4 4. Need for friends and cultivating new life patterns based on a kingdom perspective: new converts need friends to encourage holy living, John 13:34-35 5. Need for regular, parental and pastoral care: new converts need godly pastors to keep watch over their souls, Heb. 13:17 C. Dynamics of Follow-up 1. Attachment to a local assembly of believers, Heb. 10:24-25 2. Immediate, consistent contact after decision 3. Doctrinal nurture and teaching 4. Strategic befriending 5. Oikos recognition and penetration 6. Feeding and care 7. Establishing new relationships in the Body of Christ D. The Follow-up operations 1. Baptism