Making Disciples of Oral Learners
Great Commission Initiative
About six years ago, the International and North American Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention convened a 2 1/2 week meeting outside of London. They invited megacity DOM's and other urban church planting strategists from North America to hear what God was doing around the world. The IMB brought in its best practitioners and strategists to talk about church planting movements, chronological Bible storying, and obedience -based discipleship.
At the end of the retreat, several of the participants were "commissioned" to find out why God was not doing these same things in North America, and to see what could be done about it. The result was what has become known as the Great Commission Initiative.
Great Commission Initiative (www.pantataethne.org) provides comprehensive training to pastors, church planters, strategists, and laypersons. Our goal is to facilitate church planting movements. The training is divided into three phases conducted over the course of a year. Each phase involves a three-and-a-half day workshop. Participants complete assignments relating to their personal ministry interests in between conferences.
Phase 1 teaches the biblical, missiological, and historical foundations of unreached people group evangelization.
Phase 2 teaches the principles of church planting movements and the discipleship methods that facilitate them.
Phase 3 teaches oral strategies for people group evangelization.
By completing all three phases of GCI you will not only know "how" to story; you will also know "what" to story.
To find out more about us, we invite you to visit our website (www.pantataethne.org). Aftger you have looked around (it won't take long), we invite you to become a member. Membership will give you access to megabytes of documents relating to storying and other topics. We also invite you to participate in our training.
At the end of the retreat, several of the participants were "commissioned" to find out why God was not doing these same things in North America, and to see what could be done about it. The result was what has become known as the Great Commission Initiative.
Great Commission Initiative (www.pantataethne.org) provides comprehensive training to pastors, church planters, strategists, and laypersons. Our goal is to facilitate church planting movements. The training is divided into three phases conducted over the course of a year. Each phase involves a three-and-a-half day workshop. Participants complete assignments relating to their personal ministry interests in between conferences.
Phase 1 teaches the biblical, missiological, and historical foundations of unreached people group evangelization.
Phase 2 teaches the principles of church planting movements and the discipleship methods that facilitate them.
Phase 3 teaches oral strategies for people group evangelization.
By completing all three phases of GCI you will not only know "how" to story; you will also know "what" to story.
To find out more about us, we invite you to visit our website (www.pantataethne.org). Aftger you have looked around (it won't take long), we invite you to become a member. Membership will give you access to megabytes of documents relating to storying and other topics. We also invite you to participate in our training.
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Comment by Chuck Huckaby on January 7, 2009 at 1:10pm - I am glad to have found this. I'm very interested in the training provided.
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Comment by Ed Weaver on January 4, 2009 at 9:32pm -
Tim - thanks for posting these events! We appreciate your initiative -
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