Winning the World

22 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

1 Tim. 3.15 (ESV) If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of truth.

A. David and Michael: examples of a new revolutionary Christian faith

1. Steps of disengagement with the traditional local church, p. 2

2. Why the exit from the traditional church: “Neither found a ministry that was sufficiently stimulating and having an impact on the surrounding community,” p. 2.

3. Similar spiritual journey, now experiencing the “Church on the Green,” a biweekly rendezvous, p. 3.

B. Elements of this new revolutionary journey

1. Desire to be involved in missions support and burden for the needy, p. 4

2. Challenges to personal improvement (book on biblical leadership), pp. 4-5

3. Focused self-referential understanding of the Bible, p. 5

4. Friendship and relationship among families, pp. 6-7

C. Barna’s commentary on David and Michael

1. David is a revolutionary Christian, Michael is a backsliding one. What is the difference?