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Chapter 6 – Gaining By Losing – How to Transform an Audience into an Army

“A Church is not a group of people gathered around a leader, but a leadership factory.”

John 14:12 NIV

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

What do you think Jesus meant by greater things?

Acts 1:1 NIV

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach

Why do you think the author said Jesus began to do and teach?

The Church is a Leadership Factory

What do you think that means?

We must challenge our people to be leaders

We must empower our people to be leaders

“The primary function of their leadership ought to be helping their people discover and unleash the ministry potential God has placed inside of them.”

Volunteers vs. Leaders

Ministries we OWN

Ministries we BLESS

Ministries we CATALYZE

3. We must have the courage to send out our people as leaders

A patter Jesus and the apostles established - Paul leaving his best

4. We need a new metric for success

Sending and planting vs. attendance and budget

“Sending is costly and painful, but the harvest is a thousand times worth it.”