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PEOPLE REACHING PEOPLEPEOPLE REACHING PEOPLEEast Ohio Annual Conference Partnering With Path 1 East Ohio Annual Conference Partnering With Path 1

Lay Missionary Planting NetworkLay Missionary Planting Network

The Lay Missionary Planting NetworkThe Lay Missionary Planting Network

• Vision and Goals

• 3 Big Ideas

• Curriculum & Training

• Fruit of LMPN

• Anchor Congregations

• Called Out to Galilee -Video

The Lay Missionary Planting NetworkThe Lay Missionary Planting Network

ALIGN with the …

• Mission of The United Methodist Church

• Vision and Goals of Path 1

Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.

Creating New Places for New People:

Reaching More People

Reaching More Young People

Reaching More Diverse People

• The Ministry and Mission of Jesus Christ!

LMPN: VISION AND GOALS

• Find, Equip and Deploy 250 Lay People

to Plant 60 New Churches

•Path 1 has a goal to equip 1,000 new church missionaries and start 650 new churches by 2012.

• In East Ohio Network, our goal is to find at least 50 participants and at least 12 qualified lay missionaries to start new congregations.

Created by Bener Baysa Agtarap, Path 1 New Church Strategist/GBOD

Source: GCFA 2007 Statistical Report

LM: 381,916

CM: 3,624

1 Pastor per

105 Members

LM: 1,409,643

CM: 10,049

1 Pastor per

140 Members

LM: 1,761,746

CM: 8,351

1 Pastor per

211 Members

LM: 2,916,643

CM: 14,374

1 Pastor per

203 Members

LM: 1,384,007

CM: 8,752

1 Pastor per

158 Members

UMC Jurisdictional Conference Membership SummaryLay Members (LM) Clergy Members (CM)

Total Lay Members: 7,853,955

Total Clergy Members: 45,150

1 Pastor per 174 Members

LMPN: 3 BIG IDEAS

• Laity in Church Planting

• Reach New Populations

• Mission Field-Focused

IDEA #1 – LAITY IN CHURCH PLANTING

• Find and equip lay church planters from

diverse people groups

We seek lay people who have:

• A passion for the Gospel

• Compassion for God’s people

• Demonstrated potential for reaching the

targeted population (s) in the area

• A job or other source of income to support

their families

IDEA #1 – LAITY IN CHURCH PLANTING

IDEA #2 – REACH NEW POPULATIONS

• Hispanic/Latino

• African American

• Native American

• Asian American & Pacific Islander

• Younger Generations

• Emerging Immigrant Populations

IDEA #3 – MISSION FIELD-FOCUSED

• Identify large

populations with

shifting growth

corridors

• Focus on

underserved

populations

Map provided by Craig Kennet Miller, GBOD

5 LMPN CONFERENCE PARTNERS

LMPN: CURRICULUM AND TRAINING

RecruitRecruit

50 Lay People with

Indicators of Potential

50 Lay People with

Indicators of Potential

EquipEquip

9 Modules9 Modules

MentorsMentors

2 SCD Weekends2 SCD

Weekends

AssessAssess

CallCall

FitFit

EncourageEncourage

ProgressProgress

Continued DevelopmentContinued

Development

A New Church Start Movement in the U.S.

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LMPN: ROLE OF ANCHOR CHURCHES

• Promote LMPN – Its Vision and Goals

• Help identify, encourage and recruit prospective participants

• Provide both spiritual and logistical support to the Network

• Provide feedback – Contextualization

• Pray for fruitfulness

• Start a new church or new faith community

FRUIT OF LMPN

Found and Equipped Lay Missionaries…

1. as leaders of new congregations

2. as members of a launch team

3. as facilitators for the next LMPN in

your area or in another area

1. Equipped Lay Missionaries

• Lead New Church Starts

• Qualified Launch Team Members

• Identified Leaders For Next LMN Cycle

2. Replicable Model

3. Raised Awareness Throughout The

Conference Of Importance Of Lay

Leadership & Church Planting

4. Enhanced Clergy-Lay Partnership

LMPN: FRUITS FOR THE CONFERENCE

Who Will Reach

More…

New People

Young People

Diverse People

Path 1 LAY MISSIONARY PLANTING NETWORK

ANY QUESTIONS?ANY QUESTIONS?

For additional information and support for the Lay Missionary Planting

Network, please contact Bener Agtarap (bagtarap@gbod.org)

at (877) 899-2780 ext. 7121.