tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22969832.post5621380608582178302..comments2023-08-21T04:32:26.139-05:00Comments on Somewhere in SOUTHERN America: The Dummies' Guidebook to Planting ChurchesKevin, Somewhere in Southern Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626012795690485950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22969832.post-29263066942746904992007-04-11T14:58:00.000-05:002007-04-11T14:58:00.000-05:00Guy,This is what I know about training large group...Guy,<BR/><BR/>This is what I know about training large groups: in certain parts of the world, places where exponential church planting is taking place, they are training large groups, not just two or three at a time. What "they" seldom say is that they just about have to train one hundred to get ten faithful workers. I would have thought it would follow the 80/20 principle; but it apparently does not. <BR/><BR/>Group size notwithstanding, I think one point of weakness we face in South America is trying to train existing Christians. While we need to work with them, perhaps we need to make that a lesser priority than training the new believers we win in a given place.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I made sense out of that, or not. I am saying that existing believers may carry some baggage that interferes with rapid discipleship/multiplication. <BR/><BR/>A case in point is one of our works in the south cone of our city. The worker, a member of an existing church, has been there close to 2 years. The bulk of his work has centered around a half-dozen people. He believes discipleship should be done slowly and deliberately. I believe it should be done deliberately, but not necessarily slowly. If we had been able to invest more efforts in finding new believers to train, instead of depending on existing workers, I wonder if our work would not have increased at a quicker pace.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your insight.Kevin, Somewhere in Southern Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626012795690485950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22969832.post-6443791960508615212007-04-11T09:18:00.000-05:002007-04-11T09:18:00.000-05:00Excelente! I continue to be intrigued with the poi...Excelente! I continue to be intrigued with the point "If you want to multiply the number of your churches, multiply the number of training groups." The more people we have in training, the more churches will result. Neil Cole talks about starting groups of 2 and 3. If you can't multiply on this level, you will never be able to do so with larger groups.J. Guy Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751691713410311094noreply@blogger.com