SHIFTm2M Best Practice Gatherings podcast

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Could your church become a mission hub? Join Peter Roennfeldt for the next SHIFTm2M Best Practice Zoom as he explores how to transition your church into a multiplying mission hub. Drawing on best practices from the Apostle Paul and Motus Dei research, this webinar will identify practical next steps that will equip you to move from maintenance to mission multiplication. Download Peter's Slides from this presentation…

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From Seekers to Disciple-Makers: Practical Strategies with Dr. Dann Spader 1:02:23

31 weeks ago1:02:23

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Join us for an exclusive webinar with Dr. Dann Spader, designed for church pastors who are already familiar with the principles of "4 Chair Discipling". Dive deeper into applying these transformative concepts within your ministry. Dann will share strategies for guiding your congregation through the four stages of spiritual growth—from seekers to disciple-makers. We will quickly focus on “metrics” for each step of the process and then look at three of the major barriers that keep the average person from getting to Chair 3-4 (reproduction). This session will focus on practical implementation, addressing common challenges and providing solutions to foster a disciple-making culture. Don’t miss this opportunity to refine your disciple-making approach. Download the PDF slide notes here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m7jznk47ocswr8txocief/2024-09-04-SHIFTm2M-Best-Practice-Zoom-Gathering-Dann-Spader-Slides.pdf?rlkey=7bmgo4yqnjy86515nv644ed21&dl=1 Find Dann's resource on Disciplemaking Metrics here: https://discipleship.org/shop/disciple-making-metrics/…

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How to start moving your church toward multiplication 58:29

36 weeks ago58:29

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John North and Josh Bloomfield will help you understand four stages of multiplication in your church and start implementing the one thing that will make the biggest difference.

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SHIFTm2M Applied - A Conversation with Implementers 50:29

46 weeks ago50:29

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Featuring Dorothy Roberts (Door of Hope Christian Church) and Dean Clarke (The Salvation Army). Hosted by Tim Freyer (Power to Change). Remember when you first started learning about the frameworks in SHIFTm2M? It all seemed so straight forward and you might have wondered how you missed such a clear and simple strategy. Then came the implementation and there were mixed results. In our next Best Practice Zoom, we'll be joined by Dorothy Roberts from Door of Hope Church in Tasmania and Dean Clarke from the Salvation Army to explore how they have implemented Shift principles in complex settings. Join us as we explore new ideas and inspire each other to think about our next steps forward in helping create generations of new disciplemakers.…

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What to do when you're struggling to implement a disciplemaking environment? 1:00:44

46 weeks ago1:00:44

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As someone who has been on the SHIFTm2M or EvangelismSHIFT journey, we are sure that you are totally sold on the disciplemaking model that Jesus left it for us to follow. And yet there is often a gap between your enthusiastic embracing of that model and the reality of what's happening in your church. How can you bring them together? In this Best Practice Zoom, John North (EvangelismSHIFT) and Bill Hodgson (SHIFTm2M) will introduce our new Masterclasses for disciplemaking leaders. Join us to discover how these Masterclasses will help you and your leadership team implement a disciplemaking environment.…

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How to put the SEND/MULTIPLY part of your Primary Pathway in place 51:52

46 weeks ago51:52

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Many church leaders who embrace Jesus’ disciplemaking model as God’s plan for their churches never implement the MULTIPLY/SEND level of their disciplemaking pathway. Partly, this is because multiplication is so far outside their training and experience that they don’t know where to start. This Best Practice Zoom will help you see some of the simple (though maybe not easy) decisions you need to make about multiplication in your church and will help you understand some of the broad strokes of what you need to workshop with your leadership team to get multiplication started.…

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Multiplying small groups and churches 1:11:44

46 weeks ago1:11:44

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Join Bill and a panel of practitioners to explore how small groups and churches are multiplied.

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The Movement Strategy of Jesus in the Early Church 58:34

46 weeks ago58:34

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Be encouraged by how the early believers simply followed what Jesus modelled in disciplemaking and movement building. Be inspired by the implementation of the principles and practices of SHIFTm2M in the mission movement of the book of Acts.

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Applying the principle: "It's not what you do, but how you use what you do that makes a difference." 49:22

46 weeks ago49:22

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When moving to a new paradigm for ministry (Jesus’ disciplemaking process) you have two options for existing activities that are not a part of that paradigm: ditch them or repurpose them. Choosing what to ditch and what to keep is the topic for another Best Practice Zoom. Today we will be focusing on how to repurpose leadership meetings for the sake of your commitment to disciplemaking.…

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The difference between a disciplemaking environment and a disciplemaking pathway 53:27

46 weeks ago53:27

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Understanding Jesus’ disciplemaking model is transformative and exciting. The hard part is implementing it in your own context. How do you put a clear pathway in place in your church that will develop people into multiplying disciplemakers? It’s easy to map where your different ministry activities fit in the Disciplemaking Environment chart, but not so easy to design the steps people need to take to move through the process. In this Best Practice Zoom, Aaron Daniell will help you understand the difference between the Disciplemaking Environment and your Primary Pathway. Along with other participants you will discuss barriers and effective next steps in putting your Pathway together.…

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What personal practices will advance each stage of your movement building? 51:00

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Remember the foundational rule of Jesus’ movement building strategy: Become what you want to multiply! John North will help us focus on the personal practices Jesus put in place that gave such authority and impetus to the movement He was building. We will discuss the personal practices you can put in place that will advance each stage of your movement building in your own church. Don’t miss this crucial discussion! It is easy to overlook the role of our personal practices when discussing effective ministry strategy, but to do so would be a fatal mistake in movement building.…

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Metrics that matter most to movement building 51:14

46 weeks ago51:14

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"So, how's the ministry going?” A simple and common question and an essential one for leaders. Our answer depends on a number of things. Consciously or unconsciously, we make assessments on how things are going based on metrics. Whether subjective or objective, informal or formal, we reference certain points and indicators to draw our conclusions. What we measure matters. Metrics shape our focus and focus shapes culture and behaviours. That’s why metrics must become consciously determined and attached to the truly important indicators of health and progress toward our purpose and intended product. If we are serious about making the SHIFT from just doing more and better ministry to actually building movements of disciplemaking, then we need to know what our key measures of that substantial shift are. This Best Practice Zoom explores what gauges we really need in the leadership dashboard to monitor progress and effectiveness on the movement building journey - speed, distance covered, fuel economy, and in-cabin temperature are important to know but not as important as direction. We might be having a good time and covering a lot of distance but are we closing in on our destination? Come ready to explore the metrics that matter most to movement building.…

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Disciplemaking in the new normal 57:17

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Pandemics change society and church. What has been the impact on your disciplemaking environment and pathway? Share the specific challenges and opportunities are you wrestling with—and have them on the table for discussion at this best practices webinar hosted by Bill Hodgson, John North and Peter Roennfeldt.…

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How to build the spiritual foundations into your new believers - the first step in creating a disciplemaking environment 1:05:25

46 weeks ago1:05:25

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As you prepare to implement your understanding of Jesus’ movement building model in your own church, you wonder how to start? You try to change your whole church ministry approach to match Jesus’ model, but you get significant push-back from people who are happy with the current model. What should you do? So many of these problems and issues that you will face when trying to implement Jesus’ disciplemaking model are solved if you start the change process well. In this Best Practice Zoom, Aaron Daniell and John North, with input from Bill Hodgson and Peter Roennfeldt, will focus on the ‘Build’ level of the Disciplemaking Environment as the key to starting and growing an effective new disciplemaking DNA in your church. This Best Practice Zoom will also give you valuable insights if you are coaching others who want to develop an effective disciplemaking pathway for their local church.…

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What might church and mission look like in a post COVID-19 era? 56:54

46 weeks ago56:54

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Our global societies have been shaken—and the church with it. All routines have been upset, and even our practice of going to church has been derailed. The impacts are so broad and all-encompassing we struggle to grasp the implications. We are so tethered to past practices and traditions, it is difficult to hear what we are being told—that we are in this for the long-haul and won’t be returning to the way it was before! It is just not sinking in—normal life (whatever that was!) is on hold for the foreseeable future. Perhaps we just don’t want to believe what we are being told. We are trying to convince ourselves that we will soon be back to how it was before COVID-19. And of course for us as believers, that will mean we will soon get back to church—as it was before. But, what if this is the new normal? There will be a post COVID-19 era. However, there is a consensus that this pandemic will redefine how we live in the future. And, if this is true, will church ever be the same again? What might church and mission look like? Peter Roennfeldt will explore practical applications of key SHIFTm2M principles to our rapidly changing and evolving environments of ministry—applying the 1st century methods of Jesus and the apostles for our 21st century.…

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How to coach people in their next steps towards creating a disciplemaking environment 56:47

46 weeks ago56:47

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The eager tourists asked a policeman “what are the must-see places in Dublin?” for their afternoon of adventure. He increased their expectations by thoughtfully listing off a long list of “must see” landmarks and experiences. At which point the committed adventurers asked, “So where should we start?” To which he replied, “Well I definitely wouldn’t start from here.” The absurdity is that we can only ever start from “here”, for the next step is always taken from where we are, not from where we wish we were. SHIFTm2M presents leaders with a bigger, clearer, and sharper vision of the desired outcome of their disciplemaking adventure and the new “destinations” they must visit on the way. Bill Hodgson will explore practical strategies and tips for effectively coaching leaders to begin the implementation of SHIFTm2M principles on the ground, going beyond simply being excited about and in agreement with the idea.…

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How do you train people for evangelism in the disciplemaking environment? 1:13:02

46 weeks ago1:13:02