The 'Next Steps' Principle

The 'Next Steps' Principle

Gary Rohrmayer Gary Rohrmayer

Gary Rohrmayer

President of Axelerate

发布日期: 2017年4月11日
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"Spiritual leadership involves moving God's people on to God's agenda" Henry Blackably

One key difference between a leader and a follower is that the leader knows what the next steps are along the journey. The "Next Steps" principle is one of those missional principles that transcends culture, geography and philosophy of ministry. Every church needs to determine how they are going to engage people down a path of discipleship, service and kingdom advancement.

"Next Steps" refers to offering meaningful opportunities for individuals to take the next step on their spiritual journey.

Opportunities that are speak to the heart issues of those who are spiritually searching as well as those who want to deepen their walk with Jesus. When I speak of meaningful opportunities, I like to outline them around three initial commitments into the community of faith: 1) a commitment to relationships, 2) a commitment to Jesus, and 3) a commitment to the community of faith.

In my experience it takes about 18 months for a person to make the last of these three commitments. On the other hand, our experience says that a church has about 6 to 8 weeks to help a person get relationally connected for them to move to the next commitment on the journey. (Source: Church Planting Landmines)

Here are a few examples:

Moving people towards a relational commitment:

  • Family Friendly Event
  • Family Friendly Service Project
  • Affinity Events (Mens, Womens, Singles, Youth, etc.)
  • Newcomer's Luncheon

Moving people towards a spiritual commitment:

  • Bible 101 (Four week small group experience introducing people to the Bible)
  • Christianity 101 (Four week small group experience introducing people to the Bible)
  • Spiritual Discovery Retreat using the Spiritual Journey Guide
  • Newcomer's Luncheon

Moving people towards a community commitment:

How are you helping people make meaningful relational connections, deeper spiritual decisions and lasting contributions to the body of Christ? 

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