Ripe for Harvest

460 • R IPE FOR H ARVEST

Review the following appendices in Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources (please refer to the Appendix Table at the end of this session in order to find the location of each document listed below, i.e., its volume and page number), and then answer together the questions under Seminar Group Discussion . • Church Plant Charter Sample Form • Why Is It Both Prudent and Necessary to Develop a Team Charter? • How Do We Authorize Our Church Plant Teams to Operate with Autonomy and Authority? Seminar Discussion Questions 1. Why is it necessary to constantly visit and revisit your strategy as you engage your plans and goals to plant the church? Since the enemy is both crafty and ingenious, why does it make sense to review the situation and adjust our efforts, regularly and carefully? 2. What kinds of attitudes and perspectives are necessary for a team to adopt if it hopes to effectively adapt its strategies in the midst of constant change and disorder? 3. Why is Review essential to being led by the Spirit? 4. How can our team make sure that we keep the Review phase an essential, constant part of our work? • Example of Church Plant Charter: Vickery Meadows • Example of Church Plant Charter: Newark Hispanic

Context Values/Vision

Prepare Launch Assemble Nurture Transition Schedule/Charter