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:Leader Guide
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Objective
Overview
Define the scope of Kingdom work through
a thorough consideration of the nature
of an individual and corporate “Circles of
Accountability” (COA).
The conversation seeks to compel God’s
church into the harvest so that men, women,
and children can see and hear the good news
of Jesus. As with the conversations up to this
point, the discussion that follows is meant to
take place in one, large group meeting among
pastors, church leaders, and disciple-makers
in a region or city. Ideally the conversation
will take at least three hours to complete in
a meaningful fashion. This month it will be
important that you maintain a dual focus
throughout the conversation. On the one
hand, you are going to want to encourage and
challenge the participants to own their own
COA and engage it with gospel intentionality.
On the other hand, you should seek to
challenge them to leverage all of God’s people
in the churches they serve to own their shared
COA as well.
Flow
Part I
Part II
Part III
Starting the Conversation
Demographic Overview (25 min)
Prayer (10 min)
Developing the Conversation
Reader: Section 7 (20 min)
COA Group Discussion (40 min)
Deepening the Conversation
Reader: Section 8 (20 min)
Church Planting and Revitalization Discussion
(30 min)