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Why do we pursue a Catechized
Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM)?
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1)
Why do we pursue
a Catechized Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM)?
o That s a good question. Let s delve into the details.
2)
What specifically
does a CDMCPM accomplish?
o A CDMCPM mobilizes committed disciples to make an
application of Jesus parables of the
Draw as many
uncommitted disciples as possible into the process of getting to know Jesus so
that they can be afforded the opportunity to repent, believe the good news, be baptized and become committed disciples.
Establish as many
churches as is needed to build up the newly committed disciples.
Train the newly
committed disciples to be leaders to sustain the perpetual cycle of disciple
making and church planting.
3)
What are the significant
ramifications for pursing a CDMCPM?
o Significant ramifications for pursing a CDMCPM include
but are not limited to the following:
The body of
Christ will more effectively make disciples.
Jesus command
for us to go and make disciples of all nations as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20 can
be better heeded.
The body of
Christ can be better prepared for enduring persecution in the end time.
Jesus prayer for
us to become one as recorded in John 17:20-23 can be better answered.
A better
foundation can be laid for disciples to love one another.
A revival of the
church is pursued in a tangible way.
4)
In what ways will
the body of Christ be more effective in making disciples?
o Rank-and-file disciples will turn away from their
usual lack of zeal as they are consistently mobilized to make disciples.
o Rank-and-file disciples will cease delegating their
personal obligations for making disciples to fulltime ministers.
o Fulltime ministers will not get bogged down by having
to handle all sorts of mundane responsibility and will be able to focus on
training disciples.
o Rank-and-file disciples will cease getting stuck in a
state of not knowing how but will attain a greater leadership capability for
making disciples and planting churches.
o Rank-and-file disciples are taught all things
whatsoever Jesus has commanded as they sit together and discuss what the bible
says through Catechized Bible Studies (CBS) and are held accountable for
obedience through the CDMCPM session in which CBS is conducted.
o The average cost of a person coming to a saving
knowledge of Jesus will be drastically reduced.
o The scenario of infighting for power and control and
the abuse of power will be reduced because power is more decentralized.
o Leadership is exercised in a more enlightened manner
by way of influence and persuasion than by way of power and coercion because of
decentralization of power.
o There is less likelihood of ministry burnout because
there is a larger pool of active disciples for sharing responsibility. Burnout is no virtue and is a sign that
responsibility has not been adequately delegated.
5)
How will Jesus
command for us to make disciples of all nations as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20
be better heeded?
o A CDMCPM is initiated upon the belief that all
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus such that there is a
mandate for every human being to enter into the
process of getting to know him.
o The culture of going as commanded in the Great
Commission is consistently practiced as disciples are consistently mobilized to
go out to start a new bible study group.
That practice of going out is part of the culture of a CDMCPM that can
be leveraged and developed further for the sake of cross-cultural mission.
o Obedience-based discipleship with disciples being
taught all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded through CBS and being held
accountable for obedience through the CDMCPM session in which CBS is conducted fulfills
Jesus spec of discipleship in the Great Commission.
o A would-be cross-cultural missionary, in addition to
receiving theological and language training, can participate in a CDMCPM in
his/her own culture for training before coming among the target unreached
people.
o A CDMCPM test bed can be created for purposes of missions research for advancing missions.
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. In fact
the Great Commission cannot be completed if local disciples of
traditional-model churches within reached people groups are not taught all
things whatsoever Jesus has commanded and held accountable for obedience. The following is a means for
traditional-model churches within reached people groups to fulfill Jesus spec
of discipleship in the Great Commission for local disciples:
CBS has the
potential to draw traditional-model churches as co-laborers and stake holders
in disciple-making while they continue their traditional model. CBS provides the channel for them to use their
biblical expertise to contribute to the content of disciple-making materials,
which would foment and secure their buy-in to the common goal of disciple
making.
The
traditional-model churches can use CBS to teach local disciples all things
whatsoever Jesus has commanded and hold them accountable for obedience through
the CDMCPM session in which CBS is conducted.
6)
How can the body
of Christ be better prepared for enduring persecution in the end time?
o Individual disciples must look inward to the
indwelling Holy Spirit for help in overcoming persecution in the end time
because they will find themselves facing persecution on their own. Disciples in a CDMCPM have formed a
consistent habit of looking inward to the indwelling Holy Spirit for
interpreting the bible for facilitating bible study groups, forming churches,
functioning as church and sending out
missionaries. They can rely on the Holy
Spirit as they consistently do for fulfilling their calling in the end time.
o As a CDMCPM inevitably moves disciples into the
house-church setting, they are better poised organizationally speaking for
enduring persecution.
o The long-term discipleship series includes a bible
study on persecution. The months
immediately after an uncommitted disciple becomes committed form a window when
the disciple has great zeal for telling others about Jesus and great eagerness
to learn whatever the disciple can learn about the new-found faith. Information newly-committed
disciples learn during this window tend to be seared into their mind in a way
akin to a DNA being set.
7)
How can Jesus
prayer for us to become one as recorded in John 17:20-23 be better answered?
o We are divided and not one with one another because we
individually disobey instructions in the bible.
When we participate in the obedience-based discipleship training in a CDMCPM,
we would exercise greater obedience and would more likely be brought to unity.
8)
How can a better
foundation be laid for disciples to love one another?
o In a regular worship service, we can only see the back
of people s heads except those on stage.
And in some churches at the prayer meeting, we can again only see the
back of people s heads except those on stage.
We have no way of bonding with our fellow disciples even when we as
children of God come corporately into the very presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit on these two most important
occasions. It is not conducive to disciples
loving one another. When we go home and
sit with our spouse and children, we would not want to see only the back of
their heads and desist from talking to them.
o In every gathering of a CDMCPM disciples sit facing
one another. Disciples can bond with one
another when they sit face to face across from one another, talk to one another
and look one another in the eyes. When a
disciple rejoices, everyone present would notice and rejoice with the disciple;
when a disciple mourns, everyone present would notice and mourn with the
disciple. There is no way to hide but
hey, that is intended because that is when we rejoice with those who rejoice
and mourn with those who mourn as Romans 12:15 says.
9)
How is a revival
of the church pursued in a tangible way in pursuing a CDMCPM?
o Preaching has often been used by God to fuel revivals of
the traditional-model church in the past.
But then it seems these days that revivals to sustain the traditional-model
church might no longer be a legitimate expectation since revivals like those of
the past are not forthcoming. Instead we see disciple-making movements and church-planting
movements springing up on mission fields where large numbers of people become
disciples, indicating that these movements are themselves de facto revivals of
the church. If we are looking for a
revival of the church, we might have to look in a CDMCPM.
10)
Are we saying
that a CDMCPM is the fix for all the problems the church faces and why?
o No, because a CDMCPM has its own share of problems
that need to be dealt with.
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Why do we pursue a Catechized
Disciple-Making Church-Planting Movement (CDMCPM)?
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