Consistency is Key

The Large Group, the small group, and the few. I really like this strategy. This is actually the current strategy for First A/G to have some "green" disciples. We gather in the large group on Sundays to worship, encourage one another and get trained through scripture to go change the world. We meet in Small Groups throughout the week to have a dialogue format with people we do life and mission with. And then we have THE FEW. The 1-3 people in our life that we have chosen to make a significant impact in. Over the course of the first few months of this strategy of B1M1, here are a few lessons that I have learned:

1 - Consistency is key. A day, time and place that you will meet every week is a must. To schedule it weekly around schedules is too much to ask. For me, 3 students come after school on Thursday to the church. Most of the time I have to pick some of them up or take some of them home. But we all know Thursdays are the day. Because it has become a regular part of our schedules, they now text me about it.

2 - Flow with the Holy Spirit. Be open to what God is doing in the hearts of your disciples. Be in the spirit and ready to respond when the opportunity for wisdom and guidance presents itself.

3 - Go through a book together. SWEAT is going through "The Purple Book" with our disciples. My wife is in a group that just went through Crazy Love by Francis Chan and is now tackling True Discipleship.

4 - From the beginning, cast the vision that after 6 months they will need to have a group of a FEW on their own. When you know you have to reproduce something, you listen more intently.

5 - Pray your guts out!

Being One, Making One,
RJ