Initiating Disciple Making Movements Discovery Bible Study Training

Simple but Powerful For: • Personal quiet time • Home group • New friends / persons of peace • Church planting

Three evenings – 90 minutes/wk • Elim Centre • 7: 30 – 9: 00 pm • Optional advance reading: Miraculous Movements • Murray. Moerman@gmail. com

Week One:

John 15: 1 -17 • Not striving but abiding • What is the fruitfulness Jesus speaks of? • Different from “giftings” in that fruitfulness applies to all of us.

“… children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. (Phil 2: 15 -16)

Outline • April 18: DBS, Luke 10 & persons of peace • April 25: DBS, building a house church, “lead in” and “follow-up” questions • May 2: DBS and multiplication, disciple making movements

A piece of paper – folded twice Today: Deut 6: 4 -9 (Just a few verses [e. g. 4 -6] for focus) What do I understand the Bible to mean? If it is God’s Word, what will I do? How will I think or behave

Luke 10: 1 -11

Luke 8: 1 -16

Matthew 7: 24 -28

What do you think? Thoughts and experiences …

More … Biblical examples: • Cornelius, Zacchaeus, Lydia, Philippian jailer Characteristics: • A spiritual person – e. g. ‘new age’ • A person who wants peace with God and with themselves How might we recognize such a person? • Live an authentic spiritual life openly • Serve and see who responds

More… How might we recognize such a person? • A Kingdom greeting … • An offer of prayer … • Listen to what people talk / are concerned about … • They are hospitable. Accept their invitation. Go to their home/hang outs.

Homework • Use DBS in your quiet-times. Act on your “I will” statements. • Serve non-believers around you, listen to their stories. Offer to pray for them. • Aim to pray with and for more nonbelievers than believers this week. • Try a Kingdom greeting • Serve and build relationships

Week Two:

Outline • April 18: DBS, Luke 10 & persons of peace • April 25: DBS, building a house church, “lead in” and “follow-up” questions • May 2: DBS and multiplication, disciple making movements

Homework – Week One • Use DBS in your quiet-times. Act on your “I will” statements. • Serve non-believers around you, listen to their stories. Offer to pray for them. • Aim to pray with more non-believers than believers this week. • Try a Kingdom greeting • Serve and build relationships

What is a Difference between a DBS and a House Church? • Coffee? • Fun? • Bible? No… • Permanence • Reproduction

POP: Key to Multiplication - Why? • A social network of trust • Often are people of influence • with people who don’t know Jesus, but do trust the POP • Often a door opener • POP must lead their own DBS • POP’s family or affinity group is basic unit for evangelism Summary: DBS is best led by POP or friend, who is coached by a believer.

Questions Before DBS • What are you thankful for this week? (Leads to worship) • What needs do you or others in your circle or community have? (Leads to intercession) • How might we help meet these needs? (Leads to ministry) • How did you apply what you learned last week? (Leads to obedience) • With whom did you share what you learned last week? (Leads to evangelism)

A piece of paper – folded twice Today: Matthew 5: 33 -37 (Just a few verses [e. g. 4 -6] for focus) What do I understand the Bible to mean? If it is God’s Word, what will I do? How will I think or behave

Questions After DBS • What does this teach us about God? (Knowing God) • If this is true, how would we respond? (“I will” statements > growing in obedience) • For who would these truths be good news? (or) With who might you share what you are learning? (Replication/Evangelism)

Homework – Week Two • Homework – Week One, plus… • Look for someone to share what you learned or impact of “I will” responses in your life. • Invite your POP to discover God with his/her friends who may be interested. • Try the DBS + lead-in and follow-up questions in your home group.

Resources • DBS overview & additional resources on murraymoerman. com/1 Christ/scripture/dbs. asp (including this PPT & Elim feedback link) • Sheet: 25 chronological passages “Discovering God”

Transitioning to DBS Ask a POP or street person after worship • “Would you like to get to know the heart of God? • “Would you like to get to know God’s peace? • “Would you like to get to know what God says about himself? “ • “Can I show you how to do that with friends who might like to share your journey? ”

If POP is hesitant… • “I’ll do it once, then you do it. ” • Offer to coach before POP’s DBS, debrief afterwards • If POP not ready, stay close, ask again later • If you have to, lead DBS with POP friends 1 -2 times, then step out with offer to coach again. • Be patient; go slow to go deep • If no fruit in 90 days of weekly connections consider moving to more responsive POP

Week Three:

Outline • April 18: DBS, Luke 10 & persons of peace • April 25: DBS, building a house church, “lead in” and “follow-up” questions • May 2: DBS and multiplication, disciple making movements

Homework – Week Two • Use DBS in your quiet-time (home group? ). Act on your “I will” statements. • Look for someone to share with what you learned this week. • Serve non-believers around you, listen to their stories. Offer to pray for them. • Give Kingdom greeting, build relationships with potential POP • Invite potential POPs to discover God with his/her friends

Summary for those joining us • DBS is a very simple inductive Bible Study in which the Bible, rather than a teacher, teaches and applies the Word • DBS is best used with a “person of peace” (Luke 10) who remains in their social network • DBS can become a house church as foundations for worship, prayer, ministry, evangelism & accountability are added by “before and after” questions • Person of peace can be trained to lead their own DBS & house church, ideally to multiple generations

Questions Before DBS • What are you thankful for this week? (Leads to worship) • What needs do you or others in your circle or community have? (Leads to intercession) • How might we help meet these needs? (Leads to ministry) • How did you apply what you learned last week? (Leads to obedience) • With whom did you share what you learned last week? (Leads to evangelism)

A piece of paper – folded twice Today: Isaiah 1: 1618 (Just a few verses [e. g. 4 -6] for focus) What do I understand the Bible to mean? If it is God’s Word, what will I do? How will I think or behave

Questions After DBS • What does this teach us about God? (Knowing God) • If this is true, how would we respond? (“I will” statements > growing in obedience) • For who would these truths be good news? (or) With who might you share what you are learning? (Replication/Evangelism)

Engel Scale: Moving from awareness to reproduction

Moving from Discovery Bible Study to Disciple-Making Movements • Use DBS for personal growth in your own daily “quiet time” with the Lord • Use DBS in Home Groups for personal growth and outreach • Introduce a POP to DBS and invite him/her into an existing group (extraction) • Use DBS to start a new group for the POP and his/her household (you are leading) • Coach POP as he/she leads DBS in their own home for his/her household or social network

Moving from Discovery Bible Study to Disciple-Making Movements personal growth Home Group growth POP into existing group (extraction) start a new group with POP leads own group and trains own social network > Addition > Multiplication >

Web Resources • http: //missionbritain. com/ • www. murraymoerman. com/1 christ/scripture/ dbs. asp • www. cpmtr. org/getting-started • www. churchplantingmovements. com

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