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What are we going to do?
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·
We are going to discuss
the following:
o
The more modern
English translations of the bible run the risk of watering down the Great
Commission because the meticulous exhaustiveness of teaching the disciples to
obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded in the Great Commission has been
lost in these translations.
o
The totality of
the Great Commission must include the meticulous exhaustiveness of teaching the
disciples to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and holding them
accountable for obedience. No
half-hearted execution of the Great Commission is acceptable. Half-hearted execution of the Great Commission
will not result in Jesus’ return because it does not meet Jesus’ spec for the
Great Commission.
o
Catechized bible
studies have a biblical basis.
o
Catechized bible
studies are easy to
§
Compose for
anyone who has a meaningful understanding of the bible.
§
Facilitate.
o
Catechized bible
studies have drawbacks. As a result of the
ceaseless interruption of posing questions, the flow of the bible study is
halting and awkward. It does not make
for smooth conversations. It is
advisable for everyone who participates in the bible study to share the blame
by taking turns to pose the questions.
This also helps put those at ease who do not have much to contribute to
the conversation
o
An Online
Catechized Bible Studies Library (OCBSL) can be set up to host catechized bible
studies that can be used for teaching disciples to obey what Jesus has
commanded.
o
The OCBSL has the
potential to grow into a library that increasingly reflects the meticulous
exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and that is readily
and widely available.
o
The Catechized
Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM) is an actual implementation
of the Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (DMCPM) that is a conceptual
cross between the Disciple-Making Movement (DMM) and the Church-Planting
Movement (CPM).
o
Each CDMCPM
session
§
Incorporates a
catechized bible study to conduct the observation and interpretation portions
of an inductive bible study.
§
Conducts in a
many-to-many peer relationship accountability for goals of obedience to Jesus’
commands set as an application of the catechized bible study in the previous
CDMCPM session.
§
Conducts
goal-setting for obedience to Jesus’ commands as an application of the
catechized bible study in the current CDMCPM session.
o
If it is supplied
by an adequate OCBSL, the CDMCPM will lower the hurdle barring disciples from
staying on in the discipleship continuum after confession of faith for the
purpose of being taught to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and
held accountable for obedience, because
§
Teaching
disciples to obey Jesus’ commands can be readily done by other ordinary
disciples without specialized skills and abilities such that the vast reserve
of ordinary disciples can be mobilized for that purpose.
§
Materials that
reflect the meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has
commanded are readily and widely available to the body of Christ for teaching
the disciples.
§
Disciples
voluntarily lend themselves to being systematically, routinely and mutually
held accountable for obedience in a many-to-many peer relationship to make it
feasible for accountability to be held across the entire body of Christ.
o
Organization and
use cases of the OCBSL are laid out.
o
Various potential
scenarios involving use cases of the OCBSL are laid out to clearly demonstrate
the benefit of the OCBSL.
o
The adoption of
CDMCPM and the growth of the OCBSL are mutually reinforcing. The adoption of CDMCPM will drive the growth
of the OCBSL, which in turn will drive the adoption of CDMCPM.
o
When the OCBSL
has a fully catechized bible with various emphases, various perspectives,
various permissible interpretations and various flavors of target-language
evangelism tools such as Islam, Hindu, Buddhism, etc., more and more
missionaries will adopt CDMCPM.
o
The Great
Commission cannot be completed with various parts of the body of Christ working
in isolation. It is imperative that we
develop shared platforms such as the OCBSL to make our common pursuit more
efficient and to leverage the entire body of Christ for our common pursuit
instead of every missionary reinventing the wheel on the mission field. It then becomes more likely that missionaries
will be able to work multiple mission fields in a lifetime as a result of the
adoption of CDMCPM that is supplied by an adequate OCBSL serving the long-term
needs of native disciples in what are former mission fields.
o
The completion of
the Great Commission does not have the spotlight on the mission field alone
because it involves teaching the entire body of Christ and not just disciples
on the mission field to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded by
virtue of the fact that Jesus referred to making disciples of all nations or
ethnicities, and holding them accountable for obedience. In fact the Great Commission cannot be
completed if disciples within reached people groups are not taught to obey all
things whatsoever Jesus has commanded.
Failure of churches within reached people groups to see the need to teach
local disciples to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded hinders the
completion of the Great Commission more than their failure to send
cross-cultural missionaries to the mission field because they do see the need
to send out cross-cultural missionaries and might actually be trying to do so.
o
CDMCPM documented
on the current website offers a gradation of utilization options:
§
The catechized
bible study of the Gospel of Mark for evangelism alone.
§
All catechized
bible studies documented on the current website for evangelism and discipleship
training alone.
§
All catechized
bible studies documented on the current website for evangelism and discipleship
training with actual church formation, with the mother church choosing to do
any or none of a number of chosen things.
o
For churches that
intend to send out cross-cultural missionaries, option #3 of the CDMCPM
documented on the current website is advisable for the purpose of raising up
and training would-be missionaries, along with whatever choices would simulate
the reality of what is going to be done out on the mission field. When they operate in a simulated environment
and go through training in vitro,
disciples would develop greater conviction in their answer to God’s call for
them to go. It also meets the local need
to teach disciples to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded. It is two birds with one stone.
o
A CDMCPM test bed
can be created for purposes of missions research for
advancing missions.
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What are we going to do?
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The more modern English
translations of the bible run the risk of watering down the Great Commission
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Matthew 28:19-20 (King James Version)
19Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe ‘all
things’ (G3956) ‘whatsoever’ (G3745) I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
The King James Version of the
Great Commission is an older and a more literal English translation than the
other translations we commonly use.
Please note the following:
·
‘All things’ in
verse 20 corresponds to the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G3956 and
is an adjective that means all, every,
etc.
·
‘Whatsoever’ in
verse 20 corresponds to the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G3745 and is a pronoun that means whatsoever,
whosoever, etc.
The two Greek words together
(G3956, G3745) indicate meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever
Jesus has commanded in the Great Commission.
The Young's Literal Translation
is another older and more literal English translation that takes into account the
meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded in the
translation of Matthew 28:19-20.
Matthew 28:19-20 (Young's Literal Translation)
19having gone, then, disciple
all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
20teaching them to observe ‘all’
(G3956), ‘whatever’ (G3745) I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the
days -- till the full end of the age.
On the other hand the more
modern English translations have done without the meticulous exhaustiveness of all
things whatsoever Jesus has commanded in the translation of Matthew 28:19-20. Before we look at how these modern English
translations translate Matthew 28:19-20, let’s take a look at how they
translate the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G3745 that means whatsoever, whosoever, etc., in Mark
10:21.
Mark 10:21 (New International Version)
21Jesus looked at him and
loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell ‘everything’ (G3745) you
have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,
follow me.”
Mark 10:21 (New American Standard Bible)
21Looking at him, Jesus
showed love to him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell ‘all’ (G3745)
you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.”
Mark 10:21 (English Standard Version)
21And Jesus, looking at him,
loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell ‘all that’ (G3745) you
have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come,
follow me.”
These more modern English
translations translate the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G3745 in Mark 10:21 as
·
‘everything’ (New
International Version)
·
‘all’ (New
American Standard Bible)
·
‘all that’ (English
Standard Version)
These translations are
fine. Now let’s take a look at how they
translate Matthew 28:19-20 that has both
(G3956, G3745) together.
Matthew 28:19-20 (New International Version)
19Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20and teaching them to obey ‘everything’
(G3956, G3745) I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the
very end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20 (New American Standard Bible)
19Go, therefore, and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the
Son and the Holy Spirit,
20teaching them to follow ‘all
that’ (G3956, G3745) I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the
end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20 (English Standard Version)
19Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20teaching them to observe ‘all
that’ (G3956, G3745) I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to
the end of the age.
These more modern English
translations translate the two Greek words with Strong's Concordance number
(G3956, G3745) in Matthew 28:19-20 as
·
‘everything’ (New
International Version)
·
‘all that’ (New
American Standard Bible)
·
‘all that’ (English
Standard Version)
These more modern English
translations make literally no difference between the two Greek words together
with Strong's Concordance numbers (G3956,
G3745) and the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G3745. In other words the Greek word with Strong's
Concordance number G3956 that is an adjective that means all, every, etc., has
not played any part at all in the translation of Matthew 28:19-20 in these more
modern English translations. The
meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded in the
Great Commission has thus been lost in these translations, which runs the risk
of watering down the Great Commission.
Teaching the disciples to
obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded is not just informing them of Jesus’
commands to obey but also ensuring that they learn by actually obeying the commands. Students are required to do homework and to
pass exams to ensure that they learn what they are taught. In the same way the disciples are to be held
accountable for obeying all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded. Please note that ‘the disciples’ do not just
refer to those on the mission field but the entire body of Christ without
anyone being left out by virtue of the fact that Jesus referred to making
disciples of all nations or ethnicities.
With that in mind the end
point of the Great Commission is not just the completion of world
evangelization that marks the point when all the elect become committed
disciples, but also teaching the disciples to obey all things whatsoever Jesus
has commanded and holding them accountable for obedience. In other words bringing to completion world
evangelization is not the same as bringing to completion the Great
Commission. Jesus will return only at the
completion of the Great Commission. As
for how much obedience is required from the body of Christ at the end point of
the Great Commission, only God the Father knows. Therefore only God the Father knows when
Jesus will return.
The totality of the Great
Commission must include the meticulous exhaustiveness of teaching the disciples
to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and holding them accountable
for obedience. No half-hearted execution
of the Great Commission is acceptable. Half-hearted execution of the Great Commission
will not result in Jesus’ return because it does not meet Jesus’ spec for the
Great Commission.
========================
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Conditions for lowering the hurdle
that bars disciples from discipleship after confession of faith
========================
The hurdle barring disciples
from staying on in the discipleship continuum after confession of faith must be
lowered such that they can be readily taught to obey all things whatsoever
Jesus has commanded and held accountable for obedience. Conditions for lowering the hurdle are as
follows:
·
Teaching
disciples to obey Jesus’ commands can be readily done by other ordinary disciples
without specialized skills and abilities such that the vast reserve of ordinary
disciples can be mobilized for that purpose.
·
Materials that
reflect the meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has
commanded need to be made readily and widely available to the body of Christ for
teaching the disciples.
·
Disciples voluntarily
lend themselves to being systematically, routinely and mutually held
accountable for obedience in a many-to-many peer relationship to make it
feasible for accountability to be held across the entire body of Christ.
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Catechized bible studies
========================
The format of catechized
bible studies has biblical basis. The
word ‘catechize’ means to instruct, specifically by means of questions and
answers. It corresponds to the Greek
word with Strong's Concordance number G2727.
It is used 8 times in 7 verses in the bible. The following 7 verses are quoted from the New
American Standard Bible (NASB).
Luke 1:4 (NASB)
4so that you may know the
exact truth about the things you have been taught (G2727).
Acts 18:25 (NASB)
25This man had been
instructed (G2727) in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was
accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with
the baptism of John.
Acts 21:21 (NASB)
21and they have been told
(G2727) about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the
Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise
their children nor to walk according to the customs.
Acts 21:24 (NASB)
24Take them along and purify
yourself together with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave
their heads; and then everyone will know that there is nothing to what they
have been told (G2727) about you, but that you yourself also conform, keeping
the Law.
Romans 2:18 (NASB)
18And know His will and
distinguish the things that matter, being instructed (G2727) from the Law.
1 Corinthians 14:19 (NASB)
19Nevertheless, in church I
prefer to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct (G2727) others
also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Galatians 6:6 (NASB)
6The one who is taught
(G2727) the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches (G2727)
him.
In the NASB the 8 instances
of the Greek word with Strong's Concordance number G2727 are respectively
translated as
·
Teach (3 times)
·
Instruct (3
times)
·
Tell (2 times)
Catechized bible studies are
used to teach, instruct and tell disciples who participate in the study the
bible. The body of Christ has a history
of using catechism for teaching doctrines.
There are also examples of catechism in the bibles that demonstrate the
benefit of using it.
Exodus 12:21-27 (New International Version)
21Then Moses summoned all the
elders of
22Take a bunch of hyssop, dip
it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both
sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house
until morning.
23When the Lord goes through
the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and
sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit
the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
24“Obey these instructions as
a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
25When you enter the land
that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.
26And when your children ask
you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’
27then tell them, ‘It is the
Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in
Joshua 4:4-7 (New International Version)
4So Joshua called together
the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
5and said to them, “Go over
before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the
6to serve as a sign among
you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’
7tell them that the flow of
the
Mark 8:27-29 (New International Version)
27Jesus and his disciples
went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them,
“Who do people say I am?”
28They replied, “Some say
John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
29“But what about you?” he
asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
From these three passages of
the bible those who are catechized are taught using a question and an answer something
that is very important and that needs to be seared into their memory. Catechized bible studies help sear the bible
into the memory of disciples who participate in the study. What Jesus has commanded is recorded in the
bible, noting that every command therein is from Jesus because he is the Word
of God. Thus catechized bible studies help sear what Jesus has commanded into the memory
of disciples who participate in the study.
Catechized bible studies are
easy to facilitate. Each study is laid
out as a series of questions and answers that can be readily followed by the
facilitator. This keeps the discussion
from going off in a tangent. The
facilitator would on the other hand encourage discussion among participants and
not just read off the pages of the study.
It is only when the participants have not fully discussed the meaning of
a verse that the facilitator supplements what has been discussed with
information from answers on the pages of the study. No specialized skills and abilities are
required on the part of the facilitator so that catechized bible studies can be
readily facilitated by ordinary disciples to conduct the observation and
interpretation portions of an inductive bible study.
Catechized bible studies have
drawbacks. As a result of the ceaseless
interruption of posing questions, the flow of the bible study is halting and awkward. It does not make for smooth
conversations. If the facilitator is to
pose all the questions, the facilitator would be blamed for doing a poor job
facilitating the bible study. For that
reason it is advisable for everyone who participates in the bible study to
share the blame by taking turns to pose the questions. This also helps put those at ease who do not
have much to contribute to the conversation.
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========================
Online Catechized Bible Studies
Library (OCBSL)
========================
Anyone who has a meaningful
understanding of a book of the bible or a biblical topic can readily create a catechized
bible study and contribute it to an Online Catechized Bible Studies Library (OCBSL)
that can be downloaded by anyone from anywhere at any time. Over time the OCBSL can be populated with a
multiplicity of catechized bible studies with various emphases, various
perspectives and various permissible interpretations. Catechized bible studies that are used for the
purpose of evangelism can be composed to specifically target uncommitted
disciples of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist or any other cultures and contributed to
the OCBSL. It is the catechized format
as the canonical format of bible studies for teaching disciples that enables
anyone with a meaningful understanding of the bible to readily contribute to
the OCBSL and that enables ordinary disciples to readily take advantage of the
bible studies. The OCBSL has the
potential to grow into a library that increasingly reflects the meticulous
exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and that is readily
and widely available.
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========================
The Catechized Disciple-Making
Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM)
========================
The Catechized
Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM) is an actual implementation
of the Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (DMCPM) that is a conceptual
cross between the Disciple-Making Movement (DMM) and the Church-Planting Movement
(CPM). CDMCPM is designed to fulfill the
mandate of the Great Commission for us to teach the disciples to obey all
things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and to hold them accountable for
obedience. Each CDMCPM session
·
Incorporates a catechized
bible study to conduct the observation and interpretation portions of an inductive
bible study.
·
Conducts in a
many-to-many peer relationship accountability for goals of obedience to Jesus’
commands set as an application of the catechized bible study in the previous CDMCPM
session.
·
Conducts
goal-setting for obedience to Jesus’ commands as an application of the
catechized bible study in the current CDMCPM session.
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========================
CDMCPM supplied by an
adequate OCBSL will go a long way in lowering the hurdle that bars disciples
from discipleship after confession of faith
========================
The fact that every CDMCPM
session includes a catechized bible study reinforces the centrality and
meticulous exhaustiveness of teaching disciples to obey all things whatsoever
Jesus has commanded. The goal-setting
for obedience to Jesus’ commands and accountability for goals of obedience in
each CDMCPM session have disciples lend themselves to being systematically,
routinely and mutually held accountable for obedience in a many-to-many peer
relationship. If it is supplied by an
adequate OCBSL, the CDMCPM will lower the hurdle barring disciples from staying
on in the discipleship continuum after confession of faith such that they can
be readily taught to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and held
accountable for obedience because, quoting from the conditions for lowering the
hurdle listed earlier:
·
Teaching
disciples to obey Jesus’ commands can be readily done by other ordinary disciples
without specialized skills and abilities such that the vast reserve of ordinary
disciples can be mobilized for that purpose.
·
Materials that
reflect the meticulous exhaustiveness of all things whatsoever Jesus has
commanded are readily and widely available to the body of Christ for teaching
the disciples.
·
Disciples
voluntarily lend themselves to being systematically, routinely and mutually
held accountable for obedience in a many-to-many peer relationship to make it
feasible for accountability to be held across the entire body of Christ.
========================
========================
The adoption of CDMCPM and
the growth of the OCBSL are mutually reinforcing
========================
The adoption of CDMCPM and
the growth of the OCBSL are mutually reinforcing. The adoption of CDMCPM will drive the growth
of the OCBSL, which in turn will drive the adoption of CDMCPM. When the OCBSL has a fully catechized bible
with various emphases, various perspectives, various permissible interpretations
and various flavors of target-language evangelism tools such as Islam, Hindu,
Buddhism, etc., more and more missionaries will adopt CDMCPM, which in turn
will drive the growth of the OCBSL.
========================
========================
The OCBSL steps up the
participation of the body of Christ in the Great Commission
========================
With the catechized format of
the OCBSL as the canonical format of bible studies for teaching disciples,
anyone with a meaningful understanding of the bible can contribute to the OCBSL
and therefore to the completion of the Great Commission. This steps up the participation of the body
of Christ in the Great Commission otherwise infeasible and enhances the
likelihood of the success of the CDMCPM as a legitimate tool for meeting the
demand of the Great Commission. The
Great Commission cannot be completed with various parts of the body of Christ
working in isolation. It is imperative
that we develop shared platforms such as the OCBSL to make our common pursuit
more efficient and to leverage the entire body of Christ for our common pursuit
instead of every missionary reinventing the wheel on the mission field. It then becomes more likely that missionaries
will be able to work multiple mission fields in a lifetime as a result of the
adoption of CDMCPM that is supplied by an adequate OCBSL serving the long-term
needs of native disciples in what are former mission fields.
========================
========================
Organization and use cases of
the OCBSL
========================
Next let’s take a look at how
the OCBSL can be organized and maintained.
Please note the following about the OCBSL:
·
The catechized
format is the canonical format and the only format of bible studies.
·
The canonical language
is English since English is a global language that is easy to learn and use and
in which most mission literature is available.
Every bible study that is available is available in the canonical language.
·
The English
version of a bible study is the canonical version.
·
The canonical
archive comprises all the bible studies that are of the canonical version.
·
A target language
is a language in which at least some of the bible studies are available.
·
A bible study that
is in a target language is the target-language version.
·
A target-language
archive comprises all the bible studies that are of the target-language version.
·
The OCBSL comprises
the canonical archive along with all the target-language archives.
·
There cannot exist a bible study in a target language that does not also
exist in the canonical language. On the
other hand there can exist a bible study in the canonical
language but that does not also exist in a specific or for that matter any target
language.
·
The primordial
language of a bible study is its language of composition when it is created
through composition and not translation.
Please note that the primordial language of a bible study can be the
canonical language or any target language. If the primordial language of a bible study is
the canonical language, target-language versions of the bible study can be
derived from the canonical version through translation. Conversely if the primordial language of a
bible study is a target language, the canonical version can be derived from the
target-language version through translation.
·
The version of a
bible study that is in the primordial language is the primordial version.
·
The editorial
board is responsible for creating and maintaining the OCBSL. It comprises a bible board and a language
board. The expertise of the bible board
is in the bible while the expertise of the language board in target languages.
·
There are three use
cases of submission to the OCBSL:
1) The submission has the canonical version of a bible study
for first-time submission. In this case
the canonical version of the bible study must not already exist in the OCBSL.
2) The submission has a target-language version of a bible
study that is derived from the existing canonical version through translation. In this case the canonical version of the bible
study must already exist in the OCBSL.
3) The submission has a target-language version of a bible
study that is the primordial version along with the canonical version that is derived
from the target-language version through translation. In this case the canonical version of the
bible study must not already exist in the OCBSL.
·
The editorial
board processes the three use cases of submission as follows:
1) The bible board ensures that the canonical version of the
bible study does not already exist in the OCBSL, reviews the submitted
canonical version for compatibility with the bible and then populates the
canonical archive with the canonical version of the bible study.
2) The language board ensures that the canonical version of
the bible study already exists in the OCBSL, reviews the submitted
target-language version for proper use of language in translation from the
canonical version and then populates the target-language archive with the
target-language version of the bible study.
3) The language board ensures that the canonical version of
the bible study does not already exist in the OCBSL, reviews the submitted
canonical version for proper use of language in translation from the submitted target-language
version and passes the submission to the bible board for further processing. The bible board reviews the submitted canonical
version of the bible study for compatibility with the bible and then populates
the canonical archive with the canonical version of the bible study and the
target-language archive with the target-language version of the bible study.
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========================
Potential scenarios involving
use cases of the OCBSL
========================
There are various potential
scenarios involving use cases of the OCBSL.
The following four scenarios clearly demonstrate the benefit of the OCBSL
Scenario #1
·
The missionary
o
Starts a CDMCPM
on the mission field.
o
Creates the
canonical version of a bible study and derives the target-language version from
the canonical version through translation.
o
Uses the
target-language version to teach native disciples on the field.
o
Submits to the
OCBSL using use case #1 the canonical version.
o
Submits to the
OCBSL using use case #2 the target-language version.
Scenario #2
·
The missionary is
so busy that he/she needs help with creating canonical versions of bible studies. It can also be the case that disciples in
his/her sending church have bible expertise that can be put to use on the
mission field, which is usually the case with missionary-sending churches. So he/she asks disciples in his/her sending
church to help create canonical versions of bible studies.
·
Disciples in the
sending church
o
Create the
canonical version of a bible study.
o
Submit to the
OCBSL using use case #1 the canonical version.
·
The missionary
o
Downloads from
the OCBSL the canonical version of the bible study.
o
Derives the target-language
version from the canonical version through translation.
o
Uses the
target-language version to teach native disciples on the field.
o
Submits to the OCBSL
using use case #2 the target-language version.
·
Short-term
mission now takes on a whole new meaning for disciples in the sending
church. It is done in front of a
computer and just as impactful.
·
The missionary
o
Makes a strategic
decision to get disciples in the sending church to participate in work on the
field, which is going to help cultivate his/her working relationship with them and
increase their awareness and ownership of mission, not to mention that he/she
can now devote more of his/her time to other chores on the field.
o
Can eventually
turn the task of creating canonical versions of bible studies completely over to
disciples in the sending church.
o
Could have
advised disciples in the sending church of this arrangement when the mission
endeavor was still on the drawing board so that they could make advanced and
concomitant preparation with the then would-be missionary.
Scenario #3
·
The missionary
realizes that
o
Disciples in the
sending church can completely take over the task of creating canonical versions
of bible studies.
o
According to yet more
indicators his/her physical presence among the native disciples is no longer
needed.
·
The missionary
o
Turns over to
disciples in the sending church the task of creating canonical versions of bible
studies.
o
Moves on to
another mission field.
·
Disciples in the
sending church
o
Create the
canonical version of a bible study.
o
Submit to the
OCBSL using use case #1 the canonical version.
·
The missionary, while
on the new mission field,
o
Downloads from
the OCBSL the canonical version of the bible study.
o
Derives the
target-language (language of the original mission field) version from the
canonical version through translation.
o
Submits to the
OCBSL using use case #2 the target-language (language of the original mission
field) version.
·
Native disciples on
the field
o
Download from the
OCBSL the target-language version of the bible study.
o
Use the
target-language version to teach native disciples.
Scenario #4
·
Native disciples on
the field
o
Have developed
sufficient expertise in the bible that they are able to create target-language
versions of bible studies.
o
Create the
target-language version of a bible study.
o
Use the
target-language version to teach native disciples.
o
If they know
English,
§
Derive the canonical
version from the target-language version through translation.
§
Submit to the
OCBSL using use case #3 the target-language version of the bible study that is the
primordial version along with the canonical version that is derived from the target-language
version through translation.
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The Great Commission cannot
be completed if disciples within reached people groups are not taught to obey all
things whatsoever Jesus has commanded
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The completion of the Great
Commission does not have the spotlight on the mission field alone because it
involves teaching the entire body of Christ and not just disciples on the
mission field to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded by virtue of
the fact that Jesus referred to making disciples of all nations or ethnicities,
and holding them accountable for obedience.
In fact the Great Commission cannot be completed if disciples within reached
people groups are not taught to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has
commanded. Failure of churches within reached
people groups to see the need to teach local disciples to obey all things whatsoever
Jesus has commanded hinders the completion of the Great Commission more than
their failure to send cross-cultural missionaries to the mission field because
they do see the need to send out cross-cultural missionaries and might actually
be trying to do so.
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CDMCPM within reached people
groups
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Churches within reached
people groups (greater than 2% Evangelical Christians and greater than 5% Professing Christians according to Joshua Project) can also
utilize CDMCPM. CDMCPM documented on the
current website offers a gradation of utilization options as follows:
1) The catechized bible study of the Gospel of Mark for
evangelism alone.
2) All catechized bible studies documented on the current
website for evangelism and discipleship training alone.
3) All catechized bible studies documented on the current
website for evangelism and discipleship training with actual church formation, with
the mother church choosing to do any or none of the following:
o
Controlling the
use of catechized bible studies beyond those on the current website.
o
Controlling
administration of the Lord’s Supper.
o
Controlling
administration of baptism.
o
Mandating joining
the mother church for worship service once every ? weeks.
o
Appointing
leaders.
o
Deciding how
offerings should be used.
o
Providing
training.
o
Deciding future
direction.
o
Coordinating the
sending out of cross-cultural missionaries.
o
Exercising church
discipline when necessary.
o
Providing
arbitration for conflict.
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CDMCPM for the purpose of raising up and training would-be missionaries
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For churches that intend to
send out cross-cultural missionaries, option #3 of the CDMCPM documented on the
current website is advisable for the purpose of raising up and training
would-be missionaries, along with whatever choices would simulate the reality
of what is going to be done out on the mission field. When they operate in a simulated environment
and go through training in vitro,
disciples would develop greater conviction in their answer to God’s call for
them to go. It also meets the local need
to teach disciples to obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and hold
them accountable for obedience. It is
two birds with one stone.
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A CDMCPM test bed can be
created for purposes of missions research for
advancing missions
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The following is a list of
examples of missions topics for research that can be
done on a CDMCPM test bed:
·
How do we enhance
the spontaneous reproduction of evangelism,
churches, discipleship and leaders? This
is important for areas where there is persecution and access is restricted.
·
How do we enhance
the long-term sustainability of churches reproduced?
·
How do we strengthen
the identity of the church through wise application of Ecclesiology without
hampering spontaneous church reproduction?
·
How do we strengthen
the component of teaching, discipleship and leadership development while under
resource constraint?
·
How do we apply
quality control to the execution of the
three components of making disciples as specified in the Great Commission?
o
Baptizing the
disciples in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
o
Teaching the
disciples all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded.
o
Ensuring that the
disciples obey all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded.
·
How do we compose
a series of catechized bible study for adult that would facilitate transition
to the biblical worldview?
·
How do we compose
multiple series of catechized bible study to be used for children as they
progress through childhood that would strengthen their biblical worldview, so
that when they leave home for a hostile environment such as college, they would
not fall away?
·
How do we assess
that the transition to the biblical worldview is complete in a disciple?
·
How do we set up
an Online Catechized Bible Studies Library (OCBSL) that is readily and widely available?
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Your feedback
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You constructive criticism,
suggestions for improvement and wish to contribute to the currently ad hoc OCBSL
that is the current web site a catechized bible study of a book of the bible or
of a topic are greatly welcome. Please
drop Alan Lei an email at gospeloutlet123@gmail.com.
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