The Timothy Conference

T H E T I M O T H Y C O N F E R E N C E

II. Key Issues for Team Leaders to Oversee

One of the key responsibilities of a church-plant team leader is knowing what questions to ask about their team at each stage of the church-planting process.

Have we met the basic PREPARE requirements?

• Is the team recruited and a team leader identified? • Has a target area or people group been chosen?

• Will the church plant team be involved in any partnerships for the planting of this church? If so, which partnership model (one, two, three or four–see Models of World Impact Associations: Range of Partnership Responses in the Appendix) will be followed? • If a partnership model is used, has a partnership agreement been written and agreed to by both parties? • Has an MTL (Multiple Team Leader) been assigned to oversee the team? • Has the team undergone the required training and received certification? • Do the team members understand their roles (core, support, or volunteer) and what their primary tasks are? • Do we have a plan for learning about the people and the culture we are called to serve among? • Does each team member understand the essential core of the Gospel message and feel confident in sharing it with others? • Have we contextualized the message and the evangelism methods so that we are most likely to gain a hearing and have the Gospel understood? • Have we identified the most receptive members of our target group? • Have we agreed on the initial methods and outreaches we will use to make contact and begin sharing the Gospel? • Do we have a plan for following up those who accept Christ as Lord and Savior? • Do we have a core of genuine converts who have made a break with their old way of life confirmed by: - Verbal confession of Christ as Lord, Acts 2.21; 22.16. - Symbolic confession through baptism, Acts 16.15 & 33; 18.8. - Behavioral confession through good works and a changed life, Acts 26.20. • Are those converts evangelizing others and bringing them to the cell groups? • Are there fledgling leaders who have already taken on responsibility and who can continue to be apprenticed as we move to public worship? • Do we have a plan for the worship life of our church plant team?

Are we ready to LAUNCH?

Are we ready to ASSEMBLE for public worship?

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