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Community Group
Multiplication Procedure
I. Eight weeks prior to multiplication:
Talk
to your community group about the vision and purpose for multiplication
Explain
the purpose for multiplication:
- Greater
intimacy with one another (facilitated by smaller group
size);
-
Room for expansion (for new believers and interested visitors
to church);
- More
ministry opportunities (leadership, leading worship, using
your gifts)
Ask
your members to begin praying about which cell the Lord would
have them be in
Encourage
your members that:
- They
are able to hear God’s voice – they are sheep
who know the Shepherd’s voice.
- God
has will for them and will let them know through prayer
- The
place God has for them is for their continued growth and
destiny
- Multiplication
is NOT saying goodbye to friends who go to the other cell
Start
praying for the multiplication with your intern(s)
Inform
your Zone/Area/District Pastors (on cell report or by phone)
that you have begun the multiplication process
Remind
your group each week to be in prayer and continue to cast vision
II.
Six weeks prior to multiplication
Community Group
Leader and intern reach agreement on proposed composition
of each new cell.
Consider
geography, children, special mentoring/discipling relationships,
spiritual health issues (EGRs), giftedness, and other spiritual
needs.
III.
Four weeks prior to multiplication
Community Group
Leader/Intern contact members individually and share the cell
they are proposing the member join at multiplication and their
rationale.
Community Group
Leader/Intern ask the member to share their sense of what
cell they should be in.
Community Group
Leader/Intern affirm areas where there is agreement.
Where
members have a different opinion of what cell they should
be in, the Community Group Leader/Intern explains the rationale
of their suggestion and asks the member to consider their
proposal and get back with them within a week’s time.
Community Group
Leader or Intern reminds the member that it is their desire
is to seek together the heart of God in this matter and that
they will not force a member to join a cell against their
will.
Special
cases or exceptions need to be discussed with the District
Pastor.
IV.
Three weeks prior to multiplication
Community group
meets together for Welcome/Worship, and then separates into
two groups for the Word/Works portions of group.
5.
Last meeting prior to multiplication
Celebrate!
Have a party!
Invite
your Zone/Area/District Pastor for prayer and special commissioning
Set
a date for a community group reunion
Inform
the cell department of the leadership/membership of the two
community groups.
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