Uphold a high view of the flocks. Permit the setting to shape your methods ; Let the right people do the work ; Follow proven guidelines to gather flocks ; Spy out the land ; Bond with the people and their culture ; Form and train the right kind of task group ; Find the receptive vein within a society ; Find a hospitable "person of peace" ; Proclaim the good news with a power that keeps it flowing ; Pray for healing of body, heart and soul ; Let seekers and new believers host harvesting meetings ; Use stories and the arts to teach with greater effect ; Find pointers to Christ in pagan lore ; Reach entire families for Christ ; Baptize without delaying for legalistic reasons ; Make disciples in a New Testament way ; Worship and break bread in a way that fits small flocks ; Train shepherding elders ; Teach the Bible biblically ; Promote dynamic interaction in small groups ; Develop all the activities that God requires a flock to do ; Oversee work in a region in a liberating, reproducible way ; Evaluate results with ruthless honesty -- Develop a healthy, joyful body life. Let everyone in their flock serve in a vital ministry ; Lead with the Spirit's power--do not simply enforce rules ; Cultivate the fruit of the Spirit ; Listen as the Lord speaks through His Word ; Watch out! here come wolves! ; Resist demons in a biblical way ; Let the poor give sacrificially ; Equip lay workers ; Let children do serious ministry ; Organize women for significant ministry ; Dramatize biblical events ; Build mutually edifying relationships ; Boldly affirm the Almighty's forgiveness ; Connect Jesus' commission with his command ; Keep church body balanced : avoid stressing pet ministries -- Let flocks multiply. Let God's Spirit play the midwife as flocks reproduce ; Envision what God will enable his people to do in pioneer fields ; Mentor in the background in order to sustain genuine apostolic succession ; Encourage flocks to follow God's rules rather than man's ; Make sure mission funds meet real needs ; Lead humbly and firmly ; Let a big church form tiny ones within it ; Let house churches and cells reproduce normally ; Organize for dynamic body life in the way that Scripture prescribes ; Create interchurch cooperation and friendship ; When storms rage, stay focused on crucial objectives ; Send the right harvesters to the right fields ; Apply God's oil to rusty organization ; Tap others' experience to solve snags with a trouble-shooting chart -- Train leaders in Jesus' way. Train new shepherds to obey Jesus first ; Learn and do God's word : teach integrated units ; Listen to flocks and shepherds before instructing them ; Keep a useful balance between the classroom and mentoring ; Give unbiased career guidance ; List optional studies in a training menu ; Deal prudently with movements to Christ within other religions ; Follow up mission courses with useful action ; Mentor workers with proper authority ; Write training materials that fit specific fields ; Identify servants with a shepherd's heart ; Discern how and how long to mentor -- Pass on a "light baton." Equip sending churches like the one in Antioch ; Decide wisely who should mentor new leaders ; Commission and send out workers ; Uphold a high view of the flocks.
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