Ripe for Harvest

76 • 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 . • Getting a Good Team Rhythm: Time Management and Ministry Stewardship • Example of Church Plant Charter: Vickery Meadows • Example of Church Plant Charter: Newark Hispanic • 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? • Investment, Empowerment, and Assessment: How Leadership as Representation Provides Freedom to Innovate • Empowerment: Both Independence and Interdependence 1. Why is biblical wisdom and its application so critical in all our attempts to accomplish credible ministry and mission in God’s name? 2. What are the basic elements of PWR? 3. What particular ideas in the PWR framework can help us organize our efforts as we approach the challenge/call of planting a church among an unreached people group in the city? 4. What pitfalls must we avoid as we move forward in implementing a PWR strategy in planting the church? Seminar Group Discussion

Context Values/Vision Prepare Launch Assemble Nurture Transition Schedule/Charter