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E<\/strong>arly\nin my pastorate, I realized our congregation (at that time about 180) was like\nmany churches of all sizes—though we called ourselves friendly, we were essentially\na small core of insiders with a bunch of newcomers on the fringe, unable to\nbreak in. <\/p>

One solution was to start\na small group ministry. A year or so into it, I preached a series “The\nCompany of the Committed” built around seven spiritual disciplines. Wanting\nto take our people deeper than I could with just the sermon, we asked all of\nour small groups to focus on the sermon material—sort of a lecture\/lab approach.\nA simple discussion guide helped them apply and practice the disciplines throughout\nthe series. <\/p>

It worked so well, we’ve\ndone it ever since. Now almost all of our groups use the discussion guide (included\nin the bulletin) for their weekly meeting. <\/p>

Some advantages:1. Increased\nsermon impact.<\/em><\/strong> Instead of skimming the surface of different topics in\nsermon and small groups, we reinforce one key concept. People don’t just listen—they\ninteract and personally apply the message. <\/p>

2. It pulls in the\nmarginally interested.<\/em><\/strong> When people know they’ll be discussing and praying\nabout these ideas with others, they prepare. Instead of sitting with arms crossed\nand minds wandering, almost everyone takes notes. Even the non-neurotic non-compulsives!\n<\/p>

3. Sharpened focus.<\/em><\/strong>\nEveryone is more aware of what we are concentrating on. Right now we’re applying\n“Seven Traits to Live By” as a counter to the Seven Deadly Sins. <\/p>

4. It mainstreams\nnew believers.<\/em><\/strong> Not everyone feels capable of discussing, say, the Book\nof Galatians, but everyone, even “window shoppers” (we don’t call\nthem “seekers”) can talk about their reactions to the sermon they\njust heard. Window shoppers see the questions in the bulletin and know what\nkinds of things will be talked about, thus lowering anxiety and fear of trying\na group. <\/p>

5. Easier-to-lead\nsmall groups.<\/em><\/strong> Few people are secure enough to be stand-alone teachers.\nBut with the discussion guide and a briefing tape we provide, we have no problem\nfinding people willing to facilitate a group. <\/p>

Groups run throughout the\nschool year—ten weeks on, two weeks off. And after each 10-week session, we\ngive people the opportunity to re-up, take a break, or join a new group. <\/p>

—Larry\nOsborne<\/strong> is pastor of\nNorth Coast Church\n1132 North Melrose\nVista CA 92083-3474<\/em>larry@northcoastchurch.com<\/a><\/p>

New Members’ Boot Camp<\/h2>

Entry-level experience starts everyone off as a disciple.<\/h2>

Frank A. Thomas<\/strong><\/p>

O<\/strong>ur\nchurch was like many. New members failed to connect to the body and were lost\nthrough the back door. Others who professed faith in Christ weren’t well grounded\nbefore entering positions of leadership. Our church was growing, but we were\nnot maturing people fast enough to meet the ministry needs of the congregation.\n<\/p>

I had been pastor of New\nFaith Baptist Church in the Chicago suburb of Matteson for ten years. We had\ngrown from 37 to more than 1,000, but many members had not grown much spiritually\nsince they joined the church. We had set the bar too low. <\/p>

As a college student, I\nsaw people push a peanut across the sidewalk with their noses in order to join\na sorority or fraternity, but we had almost no requirements for membership in\nthe church. People joined easily, and they left easily. <\/p>

The church wasn’t ready\nto require a class as a prerequisite for membership, but we did launch a “boot\ncamp”—an experience for new members. The course quickly became required\nfor full participation in congregational life. We asked new members to wait\nuntil they completed the course before joining the choir, the ushers, or men’s\nor women’s ministry. The study grew to six months in length, and though it was\nstringent, 60 percent of those joining the church finished the course. And those\nwho did usually stayed, and were ready to serve. <\/p>

Growing\nseason<\/strong>\nThose first few months in\na church are prime time to establish fundamentals. That’s when people are most\nteachable. <\/p>

We assumed that people\ndid not join the church to sing in the choir or work in the nursery, but because\nof their desire for spiritual growth. So we focused on spiritual growth first.\nWe called the program “Newness of Life” based on Romans 6:4. <\/p>

All the people who joined\nthe church during a given month became a class, meeting together for two hours\nevery Sunday night. Together they moved through a series of month-long study\nmodules taught by lay people: Old Testament, New Testament, church polity, stewardship,\nthe spiritual disciplines, and pastoral care. <\/p>

After the six months, the\nnew members were allowed one month to make up as many as four sessions they\nhad missed. Then the class graduated together, celebrating with dinner, diplomas,\nand pictures. And heads of our church’s ministries set up tables introducing\nthe new graduates to opportunities. Grounded in their faith, they’re ready to\nminister. <\/p>

Each month a new class\nstarted the cycle. Each month a class graduated and we celebrated their achievement.\nNew Faith became known as the church with the tough new-members’ class. But\npeople truly joined. <\/p>

Overcoming\nresistance<\/strong>\nThere was resistance at\nfirst. But I preached: “We cannot allow new people to join a ministry of\nthe church assuming that will mature them. Organizations can be activity traps.\nWe must first disciple them.” <\/p>

Some people feared the\ncourse would keep people from joining the the church. At first the course was\nonly one month long. But our leaders soon saw that new Christians needed to\nknow much more than we could cover in four sessions. <\/p>

The church set aside Sunday\nnight as new members’ time. That’s all we did on Sunday nights. No services,\nno concerts—only boot camp. There were so many favorable comments from our\nfirst graduates that a number of older members went through it, too, to see\nwhat the excitement was about. <\/p>

Reaping\nthe benefit<\/strong>We saw two immediate\nchanges: <\/p>

1. New members were connected.\nThis became their small group during a critical period. In a large church, no\none would notice if a new member was absent for few weeks. With these classes,\nif you were out one week, the leader was calling, “Hey, we missed you.”\nThat’s fellowship. <\/p>

2. New members were rooted\nin the basics of the faith. Baptists don’t have catechism, but in retrospect,\nthat’s what we were doing. We borrowed what worked from the great ancient leaders\nof the church, and it still works. <\/p>

Though I’ve been called\nto a new church, the discipling program continues at New Faith. The church has\na heart for turning new members into real disciples. <\/p>

—Frank\nA. Thomas<\/strong>is pastor of <\/em>Mississippi\nBoulevard Christian Church (DOC)\n70 N. Bellevue\nMemphis TN 38104<\/em><\/p>

Copyright © 2000 by the author or Christianity Today\/Leadership<\/em>\nJournal. Click here<\/a> for reprint\ninformation on Leadership Journal. \nSpring 2000, Vol. XXI, No. 2, Page 34<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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