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Curriculum Samples for Whole-Church Disciplemaking
Sample Intentional Disciplemaking Church Website thePathway.ca
WHAT IS T-NET INTERNATIONAL?
"T-Net" stands for the "Training Network" for Disciplemaking Churches. T-Net is an international Christian training organization whose mission is "To return the church to its disciplemaking roots worldwide".
WHY IS T-NET NEEDED?
While most churches "believe" in making disciples, very few are effectively making them. Consider the following statistics:
- The average "evangelical" church in
America wins 1.67 persons (less than 2) to Christ and their church each year for every 100 persons who attend that church.
- One-third of church members state their greatest individual needs are not being met by their church.
- Less than 50% of church members pray for 5 minutes at least twice a week.
- Only 11% of church members have shared the gospel even once in the last year and 33% have never shared the gospel with anyone.
- Most church leaders, when asked, cannot even define "Disciple", and hardly any have been trained to "Make disciples".
DOES T-NET WORK?
In contrast to other churches, the average church completing the T-Net process:
- Wins 80% more persons to Christ and their church per year than before the process.
- Has five times as many persons involved in intentional discipleship than before they started.
- Has a written definition of a disciple and has trained their leaders to make disciples.
- Has an intentional strategy for using every program in their church to make disciples.
HOW DOES T-NET WORK?
T-Net is a "Coaching process" for teams of church leaders.
- In this process, 3 to 30 churches each bring teams of 3 to 50 leaders to a T-Net center to be coached.
- These T-Net centers usually meet in a local church.
- The church teams come to eight meetings at the center.
- These meetings are held approximately every four months, so the entire process is about 28 months long.
- In addition, at least twice between meetings, the trainer coaches the pastors to overcome barriers to applying the principles learned in past meetings.
c 2002 Intentional Discipleship Network
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