Post on 29-Mar-2015
Multihousing Church PlantingThe Church That Meets At The House
Readiness
Readiness The Church Planting Process
“Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life, to who not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. Likewise greet the church that is in their house.”
Romans 16:3-5
Readiness
“Hear the cries of those who live in Multihousing”
Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages. He taught in their meeting places, reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives. When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke. So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd, the overlooked and ignored.
Matthew 9:35-36 (The Message)
“What is worst than being lost?” Being lost and not having anyone looking for you.”
Chuck Kelly, NOBTS
Multihousing is multiple family communities. They may be attached or in close proximity with shared amenities and regulations.
Multihousing may look like this...
Private Apartment Communities
Multihousing may look like this…
Condominium Communities
Multihousing may look like this…
Community Associations
Multihousing may look like this…
Community Associations
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Manufactured Housing
Multihousing may look like this…
Public Housing Communities
Multihousing may look like this…
Senior Housing Communities
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Collegiate Housing Communities
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Gated Communities
Multihousing may look like this…
Live Work and Play Communities
Readiness
Multihousing Industry Categories A-Upper Income
B- Middle Income
C-Partially Subsidized
D-Fully Subsidized
Readiness
The missing partner…
The church
North American Population
Canada: 32,795,223
United States: 300,933,719
333,728,942
57% of the North American population live in Multihousing communities
Readiness
This translates into a
Mutlihousing population of 190,225,497
Readiness
96% of multihousing community residents are unchurched
2001 NAMB Study
“If they won’t come to church, then we’ll take church to them.” Tillie Burgin
Tillie Burgin
Readiness
“Find out what their needs are…let’s be resident driven not church driven.”
Barbara Oden
Barbara Oden
Texas Multihousing Consulting
Daniel Sanchez, Houston
“Apartment Life is dedicated to helping you improve the quality of life and the value of your apartment communities. We look forward to serving you as together we transform apartment living in America!”
Stan Dobbs
Stan Dobbs
Apartment Life
Midtown BridgeAtlanta, Georgia
Larry Grays and family
Colorado Missional Multihousing Network
Bobby Dean
Scotty Brewer
Mission Raleigh, North Carolina
Community of Hope
Montgomery, Alabama
Chris McNairy
Readiness
Holy Indicators of God’s Activity in The Multihousing World
“My Father is always at His work…”John 5:17a
-Multihousing Communities are more open than ever before to the gospel!
Readiness
- Multihousing is the fastest growing real estate industry soon to become the preferred choice of housing!
Readiness
- Multihousing Management and Corporations have put out the welcome mat for the church to come and begin new work!
Readiness
- Immigrants are a major player in the North American Church Planting Movement, and guess where they are moving to… multihousing.
Readiness
-Despite church decline, “alternative forms of worship are growing significantly”.
Source: The Barna Report (10-24-05)
Readiness
Priority of Prayer
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2
Lives Changed By Jesus Christ!
The fields are ready. Are you ready?
• ApplicationWhat has God
revealed about the readiness of your setting for multihousing church planting?
Break Time
Multihousing Church PlantingThe Church That Meets At The House
Enlistm
ent
Enlistment The Church Planting Process
First Century Church Planting in The Twenty-first Century
Laity the Heroes“A leader making a
culture where laypeople become the heroes.”
Dale Galloway
“If you want to learn how to do church planting become a student of the book of Acts”
K.C. Crino
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
1. The principle of relying on the Holy Spirit expressed through the priority of prayer in church planting.
Jerusalem
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
2. The principle of church health incorporated into the DNA of the new church from the beginning expressed through a church focused on missions.
Antioch
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
3. The principle of the “person of peace” with the priority of evangelism expressed through sharing the gospel along relationship lines.
Philippi
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
4. The principle of the centrality of God’s Word expressed through consistently communicating the message of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Thessalonica
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
5. The principle of cultural relevance while maintaining biblical integrity in church planting methodology expressed in discovering points of contact for evangelistic efforts.
Athens
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
6. The principle of generosity expressed in Christian stewardship utilizing the resources that are found in the harvest.
Corinth
Church in The HouseSeven Prime Principles
7. The principle of spiritual warfare in behalf of individuals, communities and culture expressed in deliverance from the evil one through the planting of churches.
Ephesus
Planting the Gospel that leads to Planting
Churches
Volunteer Revolution!
“Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power…”
Psalm 110:3 NKJV
Share with your group a rewarding experience from when you volunteered to help a church plant?
Enlist Who?
Kingdom-Minded Churches
God-Called Leaders
“Here am I send me” Isaiah 6
Kingdom-Minded Churches
Enlistm
ent
Sponsoring Church
to
Multihousing
Communities
People Search “A process to see
and understand the diverse people who live in Multihousing Sites in your region.”
Multihousing Residents Perceive…
• Church wants money• People dress one way• Church is unfriendly• Church people don’t want us• Afraid they will not behave
properly• Church doesn’t care about our
problems
Partners in Church Planting (PiCP)
The PiCP helps churches identify their place in partnership planting.
Enlistm
ent
Praying Down The Walls
“A Multihousing Strategy to Engage the Church to Go to the Multihousing Communities”
PDW ComponentsMoving the Church Beyond The
Four Walls…
1. Identify
2. Adopt
3. Pray
4. Decide
God-Called
Leaders
“One good test of a good leader, rather than “How much have I done?” needs instead to be “How many others have I involved?”
Dr. Dennis Williams SBTS
Enlistm
ent
Key Principles from the book of Acts with Multihousing Implications for Enlistment
Priority of Prayer Ask of me…
“The Acts Pattern”
Indigenous Leaders
Persons of Peace“The Acts Pattern”
“Often, the person of peace has the church meet in their home and may even be the new leader of the emerging church. A church that starts this way is unique in that it is born out of the harvest, and is bent on a mission to continue reaching the lost.”
Neil Cole, Organic Church
Oikos Household Network
“The Acts Pattern”
Enlistm
ent
The Outside In ApproachPaul The MissionaryMacedonian People
(Acts 16)
Acts 16
Outside InEnter the Area
Evangelize the Community
Equip the Believers
Empower the Leaders
Exit with Joy
Enlistm
ent
The Inside Out Approach Peter the Missionary
Cornelius the Seeker
(Acts 10)
Acts 10
Inside OutInvitation from God
Initiate the Connection
Impart the Gospel
Ignite the Revival Flames
Invest in the New Church
EpochA process to
engage missional leaders in the harvest
Epoch- “An extended period of time ushered
in by the brokenness and faithful praying of God’s people; bringing forth the sending of everyday Christ followers into the harvest to establish relational-based, mission focused, faith communities which results in the reduction of lostness among all people groups in North America.”
Enlistm
ent
The One Word Secret to Volunteer Recruitment is “ASK”1. ASK God2. ASK the Potential Worker
Application:
What has God revealed to you about enlisting Multihousing workers for the harvest?
Break Time
Multihousing Church PlantingThe Church That Meets in the House
Equipping
Equipping The Church Planting Process
Share about a time when God used you to equip another person to serve in ministry.
Equipping
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-13 NKJV
Venues for Equipping •One to One
•Missional Networks
•Web Based
•Learning Labs/Workshops
Equipping Essentials For Multihousing Church Planting
Equipping
Multihousing Small Groups-Community
“About making disciples not just decisions…”
JerusalemDisciple making
Equipping
Multihousing Mentoring
“Living in the dust of the Rabbi…”
Antioch
Developing Leaders
Equipping
Multihousing People Groups
“All Kinds of Churches for all Kinds of People.”
Rick Warren
Philippi
Vision
Equipping
Multihousing Evangelism
“Sharing Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.”
Thessalonica
Gospel Message
Equipping
Multihousing Relationships
“The Bible is a book about relationships—a relationship with God.”
AthensPoints of Connection
Equipping
Multihousing Church Planting Team
“TEAM-together everyone accomplishes more.”
Corinth
Gift-based
Multihousing Strategy
“People who go to Multihousing communities are on the front lines in this battle for souls.”
EphesusSpiritual Warfare
Equipping
Multihousing Management Issues
Job easierProfitRetentionQuality of lifeLegal concerns
Equipping
Multihousing Volunteer Issues
Discovery
Mobilization Logistics Recognition Follow Up
Equipping
Multihousing Commitment Issues
RenewalRejectionIsolationPerseveranceCelebration
Equipping
IndigenousIndigenousIndigenous
Equipping
On The Job Training
• Application:
What has God revealed to you about equipping others to plant multihousing congregations?
Break Time
Multihousing Church PlantingThe Church That Meets in the House
New Church Strengthening and Reproduction
The Church Planting Process
New Church Strengthening
Survivability
A Key Issue for Multihousing Church Planting
68% Of SBC New Churches
2007 NAMB Study
Multihousing Survivability
* Define Success* Legacy
Churches* Congregations* Ministries
Bi-vocational Leadership Skills
FocusTimeTrainingAttitudeFellowship
Church Leadership Function Skills
PreachingBaptismLord’s SupperStewardshipAdministration
DNA
of Multihousing Church Planting
Develop New
Multihousing ResourcesSite Specific with Healthy Church Focus
Reproduction
“The way 185 million in Multihousing will have the opportunity to hear the gospel where they live.”
“Anything that is healthy will reproduce.”
Richard Harris
NAMB Church Planting Group
Do you see yourselfworking alone?
Are you looking atplanting one tree?
Reproduction
Or are you lookingat an orchard?
Huntsville Texas David Valentine
Multihousing MultiplicationEx-offenders
Regional Learning Labs …is a partnering church
actively engaged in multiplying the principles learned from their planting experiences, resulting in new church sponsors/churches through consistent training and demonstration.
Regional Learning Labs
Orlando, Florida…Atlanta, Georgia…Columbia, South Carolina…
Winston Salem / Raleigh, North Carolina…Richmond / Washington, D.C….
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania….New York City, New York…Prince Edward Island, Canada….Montreal, Canada….Toronto, Canada…Rochester, New York…Green Bay,
Wisconsin…Detroit, Michigan…Chicago, Illinois…Cincinnati, Ohio…
The State of West Virginia…Memphis, Tennessee / Little Rock, Arkansas…
Springfield, Missouri…Montgomery, Alabama… Gulf Port, Mississippi…
Lafayette, Louisiana…Houston /D/FW / San Antonio / Amarillo, Texas
Kansas City / Omaha, Nebraska…St. Louis, Missouri / East St. Louis, Illinois…Denver, Colorado...
Mesa, Arizona…Reno, Nevada… Los Angeles, California…Seattle, Washington…The State of Montana
A Weekend Workshop may look like this…
* Teach on Friday night/Saturday Morning
* Show on Saturday Afternoon* Commission on Sunday
Morning* Follow Up in the Days to
Come
Reproduction
Worldview Based Church Planting
Project
Bosnian, Oaxaca, Wolof, African American Low Income, Anglo Urban Post Modern, Native American Urban, Somali, Fujinese, Appalachian, Navajo, Urba Pakistanis, Japanese, Russian Rurba
Worldview Based Church Planting Project
“God seeks to form one people for His Name from all the people groups for His glory and worship”
Van Sanders
National Association of Multihousing Ministry and
Congregations Annual Meeting
New York City August 16-17
Parable of the Talents43,000 SBC Churches
10% 5 to 104,300 x 10=43,000
10% 2 to 44,300 X 4=17,200
80% 1 to 134, 300 x 1=34,300
Total: 94,300 Multihousing Works!
Every Baptist Association in North America plant at least 20 new multihousing churches by the year 2020.
1289 Baptist Associations in SBC and Canada x 20 New
Total:25,780 Multihousing Works!
“How is this going to help the kingdom of God?”
• Application:
Share in your group what God has revealed to you about new church strengthening and reproduction.
I am here to serve you!
Bob BurtonMultihousing National Missionary
North American Mission Boardbburton@namb.net
678-386-4948www.namb.net
www.churchplantingvillage.netwww.experiencemultihousing.net