DISCOVER, UNDERSTAND & EMBRACE SCOPE

Workshop #1: Biblical Examples of Building Movements in Multiple Locations over Large Geographical Scope

As we seek to build on Biblical foundations, we want to explore and listen to what happened in the book of Acts. Paul and Barnabas, and later apostolic teams, are Biblical examples of laborers who were:

focusing on multiple locations across a broad scope, as they were
launching and then building and cultivating movements in just 2 years, all the while
never becoming an essential element of the local critical mass. They could leave and the local ministry would continue to grow and thrive without their presence.
(Take into consideration that much of their time on this journey was taken up in traveling by foot across a large area.)

Assignment: Read the article “How will you reach your nation” to see how CCC is responding to getting to our unreached scope.

Assignment: Read each of the following 3 passages in the book of Acts and answer the questions listed below each part.

Part I: Read Acts 11:19-26

What changed that so radically affected the development of the movement in Antioch?

What principles about launching movements do you see in this passage?

What was the apostles’ response when they heard about how God was working among the Gentiles? Why do you think they responded in this way?

Part II: Read Acts 13:1-4

How do you see the principle of “focus” playing out in this passage?

Paul had been called from the beginning to be an apostle to the Gentiles. What is different about what the Holy Spirit is saying here?

What was the result?

Part III: Read Acts 14:21-28

What did Paul and Barnabas do to make sure that new movements were sustained?

Certainly Paul and Barnabas could have stayed in one location in order to build deeply into the church there – what do you think drove them to continue with starting new churches in multiple locations?

How did they teach, train, model and leave? Who were the local leaders and house churches dependent on for their ongoing growth and development?

The idea of working with multiple movements over a large scope is one with Biblical roots. You’ll begin the process of seeing how this can affect the way you work next.

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