Men on a Mission - Track III: Share Christ Intentionally
Expanding Christ's kingdom is the focus of Track III. It involves leading men to a personal faith relationship with Christ and helping them grow into a faithful follower. As we learn to know Christ deeply and reflect Him authentically, we are in a position to help others join the same journey. Men who climb mountains know that being linked together with others is critical for a safe and successful climb. A climber’s rope creates the connection that can mean the difference between life and death on the slippery slopes.
God's plan is to reach people through people. We are like links in a chain: each spiritual generation is a link to the next. The Great Commission is a command to make disciples and teach them so they can also make disciples. Paul emphasizes this strategy with Timothy as he tells him to take what he has learned from Paul and pass it on to faithful men who will be able to pass it on to others also (II Timothy 2:2). In that one verse strategy, we have four generations. Using the same AWG format learned in tracks I and II, the following units in track III: Sharing Christ Intentionally explore God's heart and vision for expanding his kingdom one life at a time. In these units you will also learn how to share your faith in a clear and concise manner. You will explore the basic vision, principles, and skills of being a spiritual mentor as you help others take the next step along their spiritual journey. The following units in Track III: Share Christ Intentionally will help you develop a greater understanding of you can impact your world for Christ.
God's plan is to reach people through people. We are like links in a chain: each spiritual generation is a link to the next. The Great Commission is a command to make disciples and teach them so they can also make disciples. Paul emphasizes this strategy with Timothy as he tells him to take what he has learned from Paul and pass it on to faithful men who will be able to pass it on to others also (II Timothy 2:2). In that one verse strategy, we have four generations. Using the same AWG format learned in tracks I and II, the following units in track III: Sharing Christ Intentionally explore God's heart and vision for expanding his kingdom one life at a time. In these units you will also learn how to share your faith in a clear and concise manner. You will explore the basic vision, principles, and skills of being a spiritual mentor as you help others take the next step along their spiritual journey. The following units in Track III: Share Christ Intentionally will help you develop a greater understanding of you can impact your world for Christ.
Track III: Share Christ Intentionally overview
His Heart Order now
Sharing Christ intentionally is the focus of Track III. It involves leading men to faith in Christ and then establishing them in this new relationship to bring about spiritual maturity and fruitfulness. An agrarian model of cultivating, sowing and harvesting can illustrate the journey to faith in Christ. The cultivating phase involves building relational bridges with lost men that will bear the weight of truth. The sowing phase involves helping men understand the claims of Christ and the elements of the gospel. The harvesting phase involves clarifying the gospel and bringing men to a point of faith commitment.
This unit of Track III, looks at God’s heart for lost and broken people as it develops the skills for cultivating and harvesting. (The sowing phase is dealt with in detail in Track III: His Story.) As followers of Christ, we have the privilege and responsibility to be his witnesses to a lost world. The Scripture uses terms like “witness,” “ambassador,” and “light” to describe Christ’s followers. Jesus clarified that responsibility when he told his disciples that following him would result in “fishing for men” (Matt. 4:19). Because Christ fishes for men, those who seek to follow Christ will do likewise. His Heart is divided into three sections: each one focuses on a member of the divine trinity and their role in the process of bringing people to faith. • The passion of God the Father • The partnership of God the Spirit • The provision of God the Son | His Commission Order now
The disciples’ mission was to take what they had come to believe, and to expose, explain... expand it into every crack and crevasse of every culture in every age. It was to be a worldwide movement based on the culture of Jesus’ Kingdom. It was no small vision and task for a tiny, politically and socially insignificant group of men and women. Christian history testifies to the struggle to keep both the message and the method clear. The message becomes cluttered and the method gets confused. It was obvious from the gospels that men were Jesus’ method. He focused primarily on the lives of a few men; it was the model he left us to emulate.
His Commission will look at the essence of that simple mission. It will help you look back into the teaching and modeling of Jesus as he trained and taught those first disciples and will help you develop basic skills you can use to come alongside and disciple others. As you progress through His Commission, we hope you will catch a vision of how you can be part of the legacy of men who make disciples. Since Jesus first shared it with his disciples, this mission has always called forth ordinary people who are personally following Christ and willing to take others with them. It is that simple...and that profound. His Commission includes: • The Possibility of One • The Pattern of Mentoring • The Quality of Faithfulness • The Model of Multiplication • The Principle of Selection |
His Story
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Jesus introduced a unique world religion. Christianity was not only monotheistic but missional. Jesus gave his followers a radical expansion mission. They were to be his representatives, intentionally taking his message throughout the world in order to make Christ followers. Amazingly from that private gathering of a few ordinary men, the greatest movement in the history of mankind was launched, launched with power and a simple mandate: "Make disciples".
His Story is designed to equip men engage in the process of bringing men to Christ. The culture of our day is increasingly Biblical illiterate and subtlety postmodern. We can no longer make the same assumptions we did even a few years ago. People today often do not understand or believe in a Biblical worldview. The strategy of just sharing the "gospel" with people becomes unintelligible to an audience that does not understand God's story revealed in Scripture.
His Story teaches a process for dialoguing the Gospel. Each step in the process is like establishing a base camp for a climb to the top of a high mountain. Multiple base camps are necessary for climbers to acclimate on their way to the top. Coming to a faith based relationship with Christ is like reaching the summit. Along the way, climbers need help from guides (sherpas) who can help carry the load, show the way and set up base camps.
In His Story you will learn:
• A four step process to help men move towards the cross and a faith commitment to Christ.
• Four key questions to transition from one step to another in the process.
• The Lifeline Illustration to create a lens for in investigating the Gospel.
• How to lead an Investigative Bible Discussion to help men discover truth from the Bible
*For additional resources on leading an Investigative Bible Discussion (IBD), to to the "Resources" tab)
His Story is designed to equip men engage in the process of bringing men to Christ. The culture of our day is increasingly Biblical illiterate and subtlety postmodern. We can no longer make the same assumptions we did even a few years ago. People today often do not understand or believe in a Biblical worldview. The strategy of just sharing the "gospel" with people becomes unintelligible to an audience that does not understand God's story revealed in Scripture.
His Story teaches a process for dialoguing the Gospel. Each step in the process is like establishing a base camp for a climb to the top of a high mountain. Multiple base camps are necessary for climbers to acclimate on their way to the top. Coming to a faith based relationship with Christ is like reaching the summit. Along the way, climbers need help from guides (sherpas) who can help carry the load, show the way and set up base camps.
In His Story you will learn:
• A four step process to help men move towards the cross and a faith commitment to Christ.
• Four key questions to transition from one step to another in the process.
• The Lifeline Illustration to create a lens for in investigating the Gospel.
• How to lead an Investigative Bible Discussion to help men discover truth from the Bible
*For additional resources on leading an Investigative Bible Discussion (IBD), to to the "Resources" tab)
