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Church Multiplication
Those who serve as ministry leaders, pastoral leaders and denominational leaders must be competent in developing, commissioning and supervising ministry teams. They must also (as appropriate to context) be able to plant new ministry segments and congregations. Developing competency in this multiplication aspect of disciplemaking ministry involves growth in:

Vision-casting

Leaders must be able to provide ministry environments that are characterized by hope and expectancy. They do this by clearly communicating a vivid verbal picture of an expected/preferred future for the ministry that is faithful to and expressive of the church’s overall disciplemaking mission.

Essential knowledge
  • Strategic planning related to the GCI disciplemaking model of ministry
Essential Skills
  • Ability to determine and then communicate a vision in ways that are faithful to the mission and that inspire and motivate others to follow
  • Able to lead the change necessary to move forward toward fulfillment of the vision
  • Ability to take measured and appropriate risks in order to lead change
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Mentoring

Mentoring is a powerful and essential relational tool for ministry multiplication. It involves the life-on-life transference of ministry competency from the mentor to the protégé.

Essential knowledge
  • Understands the fundamentals of mentoring as a tool for leadership development
Essential Skills
  • Ability to recruit protégés
  • Ability to mentor one or more protégés in areas related to the mentor’s ministry competency
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Commissioning-planting

Effective leadership multipliers provide for emerging leaders a clear pathway into leadership. In addition they are able to plant new disciplemaking ministries and even new congregations.

Essential knowledge
  • Techniques for working with (recruiting and motivating) volunteers
  • Effective strategies for planting new ministry segments and congregations
  • Understanding of how to minister cross-culturally and intergenerationally
Essential skills
  • Ability to recruit and motivate volunteer leaders
  • Ability to assist leaders in growing in ability and responsibility
  • Ability to plant and help others to plant new ministry segments and eventually new congregations
Equipping toolbox
  • CCBT study guides:
    • Book 4, issue 10: What is the Place of Church Planting in the Overall Mission of the Church?
    • Book 4, issue 11: How Can Churches Reach People Across Cultural Boundaries?
  • Book: Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age by Ed Stetzer
  • Book: Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century by Aubrey Malphurs
  • GCI Church Multiplication Ministries website

Superintending-supporting

Remaining appropriately involved in the lives and ministries of those the leader is appointed to superintend—providing for ongoing growth and accountability in accordance with relevant GCI governance and administrative policies.

Essential knowledge
  • GCI governance system policies
  • GCI financial system policies
Essential Skills
  • Ability to nurture those supervised
  • Ability to train those supervised
  • Ability to lovingly yet directly confront those supervised as appropriate
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