Please note the following
guidelines for the facilitator of the CDMCPM
session of a church:
The current
document provides the instructions for facilitating the CDMCPM session of a
church and not the CBS of a group.
The moment it has
completed the short-term discipleship
series for church formation, a CBS group is officially a church. The current document can be used to facilitate
the CDMCPM session of the church.
The current document
should not be used by a CBS group if the group has not completed the short-term
discipleship series for church formation.
The facilitator
ensures that prayer permeates every CDMCPM session.
There may be uncommitted
disciples in a church when the church is formed from its predecessor CBS group,
if not all uncommitted disciples in the group become committed upon church
formation. In that case the facilitator should
encourage the uncommitted disciples to participate in every activity in the CDMCPM
session of the church for the purpose of engaging and interacting with God so
that they get to know what it is like to become committed.
The facilitator
of the CDMCPM session can be
o The overseer of a church.
o Any committed disciple who is willing to step up to
the plate.
Overseer of the
church practices the MAWL (Model, Assist, Watch, Leave) principle in regard to
participants in the church in the following manner:
o Model
playing the role of the facilitator in front of participants through routinely facilitating
the CDMCPM session.
o Assist
participants in taking on the role of the facilitator by providing
Ample opportunity
for them to play the role, especially those who have started their own groups so
that they will become sufficiently proficient in executing the responsibilities
of being a facilitator by the time their groups become churches.
Feedback on their
performance as facilitator and advice for improvement.
o Watch
over participants who are leaders of their own groups and answer any questions
they might encounter while facilitating their groups for the CBS light of the
gospel of Mark.
o Leave
and release participants who are leaders of their own groups so that
Their groups become
churches.
They become overseers
of the churches.
They no longer
attend the parent church.
o Provide the released overseers of child churches with coaching
on a weekly basis.
If the
facilitator does not know the answer to a question the participants may have,
the facilitator can find out the answer later and provide the answer at the
next CDMCPM session.
A CDMCPM session has
multiple segments as shown below. The
facilitator must put a stop to an ongoing segment when it has reached its
allotted time.
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BEGIN CDMCPM SESSION
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1)
[BEGIN CDMCPM SESSION]
o The facilitator opens the CDMCPM session in
payer.
2)
[ANNOUNCEMENTS
& THINGS]
o If this is the first time the church
meets, the deacon and the treasurer should be appointed. The appointments are made by the church when
participants volunteer for those roles.
o If appointments for the deacon and the
treasurer need to be made, the facilitator leads the church to make those
appointments by inviting the participants to volunteer for those roles.
o The facilitator makes announcements if
there is any.
o The facilitator asks the church if anyone
has any announcements to make and if so, let the participant make the
announcement.
3)
[PASTORAL CARE]
o The facilitator begins by going around the church
and having each participant share one thing they are thankful for and one thing
that is challenging them.
o The facilitator transitions the sharing
time to the time for a concert of intercessory prayer with fellow participants
interceding on behalf of one another concerning what is challenging them.
4)
[WORSHIP]
o The facilitator continues the concert of
intercessory prayer by calling on fellow participants to give thanks on behalf
of one another concerning what they are thankful for.
5)
[THE LORD S
SUPPER]
o How often the Lord s Supper is
administered is the decision of each church.
If the Lord s Supper is not administered each week and if the current
week is the off-week, then it can be skipped.
o Everyone who has repented, believed the
good news and been baptized can partake of the Lord s Supper.
o The deacon should have made advanced
preparation for the Lord s Supper.
o To administer the bread the facilitator
Takes a loaf of
bread.
Gives thanks.
Breaks the bread.
Passes the broken
bread around so that everyone has the bread.
Makes the
declaration, saying, Take and eat; this is the Lord s body.
o Everyone partakes of the Lord s body.
o To administer the cup the facilitator
Takes the cups
filled with grape juice, as many cups as there are partakers of the Lord s
Supper.
Gives thanks.
Passes the cups
around.
Makes the
declaration, saying, Drink from it; this is the Lord s blood of the covenant,
which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
o Everyone partakes of the Lord s blood.
6)
[OFFERING]
o The facilitator gives thanks for the
offering.
o An offering is taken by the deacon.
o The offering is counted and recorded by the
treasurer in front of everyone.
7)
[SET THE DNA OF
LOVE]
o The facilitator leads the church in
discussing what to do to give to the needs of
Disciples within
the church.
People in the
community.
o The facilitator leads the church in
discussing what to do to perform acts of service for
Disciples within
the church.
People in the
community.
o The facilitator leads the church in setting
a schedule for performing acts of service at least once a month.
8)
[LOVING ACCOUNTABILITY
& PRAY]
o The facilitator must refrain from
demanding that participants give accountability to him/her for working toward
goals of obedience in such a way that could lead to the development of a
cult-like atmosphere.
o The facilitator invites the participants
including himself/herself to share how they have worked toward the goals of obedience
since the previous session by doing the following:
The facilitator
asks for a volunteer participant who will do the following:
State how he/she
has been praying for another participant (can be the facilitator) since the previous
session concerning the other participant s stated goals of obedience.
Ask the other
participant to share the progress that has been made toward the goals.
Let the other
participant share the progress/setback.
If the other
participant says that he/she has not made any progress or has suffered setback
in that regard, the volunteer participant should:
Refrain from being judgmental toward the other
participant.
Give a word of encouragement to cheer the other participant
on and to not give up.
Pledge to continue to pray for the other participant.
Pledge to revisit the matter with the other
participant in the next session unless it is by then no longer relevant.
The facilitator should
invite volunteers one by one to exhaustively perform the accountability
function on all the participants including himself/herself.
In case there are
not enough volunteers to hold every participant accountable, the facilitator should:
Perform the
accountability function on the remaining participants, including himself/herself,
if he/she is among them, based on the record of goals of obedience he/she kept
from the previous session.
Have been praying
since the previous session for every participant who has set a goal of
obedience.
o The facilitator starts a concert of
intercessory prayer of the participants by calling on them to give thanks to God
on behalf of one another concerning progress of obedience that has been made
and to intercede on their behalf for
setback that has been encountered.
o The facilitator must refrain from
demanding that participants give accountability to him/her for working toward
goals of fishing for people in such a way that could lead to the development of
a cult-like atmosphere.
o The facilitator invites the participants
including himself/herself to share how they have worked toward the goals of
fishing for people since the previous session by doing the following:
The facilitator
asks for a volunteer participant who will do the following:
State how he/she has
been praying for another participant (can be the facilitator) since the previous
session concerning the other participant s stated goal to fish for people.
Ask the other
participant open-ended questions that cannot be answered with Yes/No as a
copout such as:
How did it go when you shared bible passages or stories
of Jesus with people on your Oikos map? (Two parties are
involved for the accountability of a participant to share.)
How did it go when you invited people on your Oikos
map to a CBS group you are trying to start? (Two parties are
involved for the accountability of a participant to start a group.)
How did it go when you invited people on your Oikos
map to a CBS group you have started? (Two parties are involved for the accountability of a
participant to invite people.)
Let the other
participant share the progress/setback.
If the other
participant says that he/she has not made any progress or has suffered setback
in that regard, the volunteer participant should:
Refrain from being judgmental toward the other
participant.
Give a word of encouragement to cheer the other
participant on and to not give up.
Pledge to continue to pray for the other participant.
Pledge to revisit the matter with the other
participant at the next session unless it is by then no longer relevant.
The facilitator
should invite volunteers one by one to exhaustively perform the accountability
function on all the participants including himself/herself.
In case there are
not enough volunteers to hold every participant accountable, the facilitator should:
Perform the
accountability function on the remaining participants, including
himself/herself, if he/she is among them, based on the record of goals of
fishing for people he/she kept from the previous session.
Have been praying
since the previous session for every participant who has set a goal of fishing
for people.
o The facilitator starts a concert of
intercessory prayer of the participants by calling on them to give thanks to
God on behalf of one another concerning progress of fishing for people that has been made and to
intercede on their behalf for setback that has been encountered.
9)
[VISION CASTING]
o The vision-casting material is a bible
passage that is used to energize the disciples to be like Jesus and to go and
make disciples. It is in the catechized
format.
o The facilitator does vision casting using
the vision-casting material.
o The facilitator asks the participants who
are committed disciples if any of them wants to play the role of the
facilitator in a future CDMCPM session. The
facilitator should refer those who want to do so to the current document and advise
them to do the
following:
Keep a written
record of the goals of obedience set by all the participants in the CDMCPM
session just prior to the CDMCPM session when they will play the role of the
facilitator.
Keep a written
record of the goals of fishing for people set by all the participants in the CDMCPM
session just prior to the CDMCPM session when they will play the role of the
facilitator.
Pray throughout
the week for every participant who has set a goal of obedience in the CDMCPM
session just prior to the CDMCPM session when they will play the role of the
facilitator.
Pray throughout
the week for every participant who has set a goal of fishing for people in the CDMCPM
session just prior to the CDMCPM session when they will play the role of the
facilitator.
10)
[CBS]
o The facilitator facilitates the CBS using instructions
from the following linked document and then returns to the current document in
order to proceed to the next step: Guidelines for the Facilitator of the CBS
11)
[SET GOAL & PRAY]
o Setting goals of obedience and fishing
for people must be done voluntarily by the participants and not coerced.
o The facilitator helps the participants set
goals of obedience by doing the following:
Ask the participants
that include the facilitator the question: If you agree with the word of God we
have just discussed, how would you change your lives?
Ask the participants
that include the facilitator to voluntarily set goals of obedience for the next
week. Help them move from a general
statement such as I will love God. to a specific statement, I will love God
by ...
Keep a written
record of the goals of obedience set by all the participants that include the
facilitator. Each participant will be
lovingly and not judgmentally held accountable for the set goals at the next session,
for without loving accountability as follow-up for goal setting,
obedience-based discipleship will fail.
If a participant chooses
not to set a goal of obedience, reassure the participant that it is perfectly
fine.
If a participant chooses
to work on the same goal of obedience instead of setting a new one, reassure
the participant that it is perfectly fine.
Never stop asking
the participants to set goals of obedience because the CDMCPM session is meant
to be an occasion for those who are favorably disposed toward God to step
forward.
o The facilitator starts a concert of
intercessory prayer of the participants by calling on them to intercede on
behalf of one another concerning
goals of obedience that are to be met.
o The facilitator calls on the participants
to intercede on behalf of one another over the next week concerning goals of
obedience that are to be met.
o The facilitator helps the participants set
goals of fishing for people by doing the following:
Ask the participants
that include the facilitator to use the Oikos maps as a tool to pray for people
they are fishing by doing the following:
If this has not
been done already, ask the participants to view the video for Oikos Mapping
that is a tool for praying for people who are far from God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYvi69plgPY&t=92s
If this has not
been done already, ask the participants to come up with their own Oikos maps.
Call on the participants
to keep their Oikos maps up-to-date.
Call on the participants
to consistently pray for people on their Oikos maps everyday.
Ask the
participants that include the facilitator to voluntarily answer the following
questions:
Whom on your
Oikos map are you going to share bible passages or stories of Jesus with? (Two parties are involved
for mobilizing a participant to share.)
Whom on your
Oikos map are you going to invite to the CBS group you are in the process of
starting? (Two parties
are involved for mobilizing a participant to start a group.)
Whom on your
Oikos map are you going to invite to the CBS group you have started? (Two parties are involved
for mobilizing a participant to invite people.)
Keep a written
record of the goals of fishing for people set by all the participants that include
the facilitator. Each participant will
be lovingly and not judgmentally held accountable for the set goals at the next
session, for without loving accountability as follow-up for goal setting,
obedience-based discipleship will fail.
If a participant chooses
not to set a goal of fishing for people, reassure the participant that it is
perfectly fine.
If a participant chooses
to continue to work on the same goal of fishing for people from the previous
week instead of setting a new one, reassure the participant that it is
perfectly fine.
Never stop asking
the participants to set goals of fishing for people because the CDMCPM session
is meant to be an occasion for those who are favorably disposed toward God to
step forward.
o The facilitator starts a concert of
intercessory prayer of the participants by calling on them to intercede on
behalf of one another concerning goals of fishing for people that are to be met.
o The facilitator calls on the participants
to intercede on behalf of one another over the next week concerning goals of
fishing for people that are to be met.
12)
[ENED CDMCPM SESSION]
o The facilitator closes the CDMCPM session
in payer.
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END CDMCPM SESSION
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