7 Steps to Planting a Church

Jim BrunkBaptist General Convention of Oklahoma

Using materials from“Church Growth International”

Dr. Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Book

This is a resource to be used along side of “Indigenous Church Planting: A Practical Journey.” Some very important and critical guidelines concerning Biblical church planting are given in a few pages. Church planting definitions are included. The primary emphasis of the booklet is related to the “tools” (Bible study materials). A brief synopsis is given for each book and the time frame in which they are to be used. There are suggestions concerning how the books are to be used.This is a must for the person who wants a quick overview of healthy church planting.

Dr. Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Books

This resource gives the leader the skills to lead a Bible study using a non-lecture method. It is a style of communication that can be used regardless of education or speaking abilities. This method of indirect leadership can be used for any course of study, but is designed to be used when leading Good News for You and I Have Been Born Again, What Next?

Dr. Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Books

The purpose of this book is to bring people to authentic faith in Christ. It can be studied alone, with a counselor or in a group. The lessons are based on the Gospel of John, so either a copy of the Gospel of John, a New Testament or a Bible will be needed for the study. The lessons are simply questions with the students finding the answers in the Bible. The suggested procedure of use is found in the introduction of the book.

Dr. Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Books

New believers are often left unguided in their newly found faith and Christian life. Now you can help them understand Christian privileges and responsibilities and help prepare them for responsible church membership in eleven Bible based lessons.

Dr. Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Books

This is a book of questions that many churches and new believers ask. This book takes these questions and simply answers them from the scriptures. It is designed to help the new pastor of a new church in the bush of Africa or an untrained pastor in Los Angeles. It has also proven to be a good tool for basic leadership training.

Let This Mind Be in You

This is a book about personal evangelism that has grown from the cross-cultural experience of Charles Brock. You will find ways of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ that will work in any culture or context.

Questions People and Churches Ask

Galatians, From Law to GraceThis is a chapter-by-chapter study guide for the book of Galatians. The Bible is the actual text. There are questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The guide was originally written to be used by new believers who had completed the study of Good News For You and I Have Been Born Again, What Next? Someone with little or no experience can lead a group in the study of Galatians using this guide.

Brock’s Strategic Church Planting Books (one year church study)

John, Behold the LambThis chapter by chapter study of John is meant to be a partial resource for Bible teachers. It is not meant to be a basic text for the study but only a help in better understanding the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John itself is the basic text for the study.

This chapter-by-chapter study guide for Philippians is meant to be a resource for Bible teachers. Like the other study guides in this series, it can be led by someone with little or no training. There are ten lessons in the guide.

Philippians, The Joyous Journey

This resource will help a new Christian or church through the book of Romans. Romans is in many ways the first great work of Christian theology. This chapter by chapter study will provide a helpful tool in understanding the theological framework that Paul lays out in his letter to the Romans.

Romans, Road to Righteousness

7 Step Planting StrategyLEADERSHIP Training• “Questions People and Churches Ask” steps 1 &

2• Let This Mind Be in You

FOUNDATION –(I Cor. 3:11) (I Thessalonians 1:5)“Indigenous C. P.” In review - page 3, #5)• (Power) Jesus “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:17), * Holy Spirit (John 14:12,25,26)• (Seed) Gods Word, - (Romans 10:17)( I Corinthians 3: 6)• (Sower) God’s call, - (Jeremiah 1:4)• (Soil) Target group God has called you to witness to – (Acts 16:7-10, 26:19-20)

Step# 1

Step# 2

Step# 3

Step# 4 SALVATION – (Seed)

• Good News for You (Red Book)

Step# 5

DISCIPLESHIP (Watered) • “Born Again What Next”… (Green Book)

Step# 6

Step# 7

DECISION to be a Church – (formal)• Galatians * John, * Romans * Philippians

TRAINING – (Sower) • Leading a Bible study (Purple book)

STRATEGY – (The Sower’s tools) • Indigenous Church Planting (Blue book)

Always be thinking:• Reproduction• Leader

development• II Timothy 2:2

Always be thinking:• Reproduction• Leader

development• II Timothy 2:2Dr. BROCK’S MATERIALS

www.churchgrowthinternational.com

• Manual for Volunteer missions • (Dark Blue book)

GOAL - FOUR years = FOUR full time Starts

The First start

The Second start

The Third startThe Forth start

In 2006 we started a partnership with the Baptist convention in Guerrero, MX.

HAD 45 existing churches in 125 years

Church startsThey did not start four churches.They started 22 with 18 surviving.They set a goal to start 15 new churches over

5 years in Acapulco, Jan. 2010. They started 3 last year and 12 so far this

year.In addition, the churches in the mountains

continue to multiply.

First year - 2007

Lay BibleTeacher/Planters

Arriving In

Acapulco, Guerrero MX.

with CGI materials

May, 2012

THANK YOUFor allowing and helping

Dr. Brockto be able to go and teach

15 pastors in Acapulco

They made the commitment to sponsor 15 more churches

BRO. CALET LORENZANO

Pray for Brother Calet

At the end the conference he

challenged the group.

He said,“Does it take a building

to start a church? “

The group said “NO!”

Does it take…?

A couple, Zeferino and H. Nieves

from the Mixteca Native tribe in Guerrero

(Also Misteca, Latin Mish-te-ka)

One of the most important civilized tribes of southern Mexico, occupying an extensive territory in western and northern Oaxaca and extending into Guerrero.

This group in Guerrero is one of the 6,426 unreached people groups IMB has asked us to pray for.

Two years ago I chose that group at the SBC convention not knowing GOD was already at work.

Bro. Blackwell

God is working and using the materials else where.

March 2012

Arrow Heights Baptist Church

Tulsa OK

Leaders from:• Mississippi• Colorado • Hawaii• Marshal Islands• Oklahomawere trained in using the material

CHUUK pastors being trained in the Green Book

Hawaii

Please Pray

2. We are having our KEY church planters come for a Multiplying Church Strategy Conference in Oklahoma City for training.

• Phase I Dec. 13-14, 2012

• Phase II We will be asking Dr. Brock to do “ONE DAY” work shops on how to use the tools.

• Phase III - will be Dec. 2013 with Strategy Planning

1. Going Back to MX. May 9-13, 2013