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--- en:operating_principles:dtm:publishing_church_growth_model:application [2026/03/13 16:51] – [Application: Practicing What We Know] jpauldietrich
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   - Preserve the harvest
-Often, our evangelism efforts yield poorly because we fail to follow God's plan and attempt to do it our way. We like to skip the steps we don't like or the harder steps or the steps we don't think we have time for. But our way is never as good as God's way. God's way is always best, and following His way promises success. Even when we do our best to follow this cycle, yet neglect to incorporate the publishing ministry, our work will continue to be less effective.
+Often, our evangelism efforts yield poorly because we fail to follow God's plan and attempt to do it our way. We like to skip the steps we don't like or the harder steps or the steps we don't think we have time for. But our way is never as good as God's way. God's way is always best, and following His way promises success. Even when we do our best to follow this cycle, yet neglect to incorporate the publishing ministry, our work will continue to be much less effective.
+To illustrate this, consider the resources used in a typical evangelistic campaign.
+**Typical Campaign Effort**
+Goal: To baptize people
+Preparation: ∗
+Meetings:    ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
+Follow-up:   ∗
+**More Balanced Campaign Effort**
+Goal: To make disciples
+Preparation: ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
+Meetings:    ∗∗∗∗
+Follow-up:   ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗
 What would this cycle look like with an emphasis on publishing?
 ^Phase^Activity^Participants^Objective^
-|Phase 1|Scatter Literature|Lay members, colporteurs||
+|Phase 1|[[phase1_scatter_literature|Scatter Literature]]|Lay members, literature evangelists|Distribute tracts, pamphlets, and books as seeds to arouse interest and curiosity. Give time for the literature to do its work.|
-|Phase 2|Follow up with Bibleworkers|Bible worker, pioneer||
+|Phase 2|[[phase2_bible_worker_followup|Deepen the interest through personal ministry.]]|Lay members, Bible worker, pioneer, literature evangelists|Use printed Bible studies, Sabbath school study guides, and tracts to help establish small study groups. Develop disciples.|
-|Phase 3|Evangelist calls for decisions|Pastor, evangelist||
+|Phase 3|[[phase3_evangelist_calls_decisions|The call to decision]]|Pastor, evangelist|Evangelistic series supported by literature, Baptisms, company/group organized|
-|Phase 4|Disciple new believers|Lay members, Bible worker||
+|Phase 4|[[phase4_disciple_new_believers|Disciple new believers]]|Lay members, Bible worker|New believers encouraged to read, continue with follow-up Bible study series, train them to give Bible studies and distribute literature|
-|Phase 5|Restart in a new place|New believers||
+|Phase 5|[[phase5_restart_cycle|Restart in a new place]]|New members with literature evangelists|Church starts work in a new area, incorporate new believers into the literature ministry
-  * Phase 1
-    * Use colporteurs to distribute literature, plant seeds, and give the literature time to work.
-  * Phase 2
-    * Keep the colporteur: distribute more books, tracts
-    * Add a Bible worker: use Bible studies, tracts, books
-  * Phase 3
-    * Evangelist: solidify decisions, baptisms
-  * Phase 4
-    * Bible worker: follow-up with Bible studies, tracts, books
-  * Phase 5
-    * Teach the new members literature evangelism so the cycle continues.
 Publishing is the spine, not a department.
-Literature feeds every department of the church. It supplies a common language and theology.
+Literature feeds every department of the church. It helps to unify language and theology.
 The church board should include publishing in the plan of the church, both for members and for outreach. Consider forming visitor packs to give to each visitor.
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 When to use local: on-demand, response to an immediate need, local languages, smaller orders, etc
-==== Essential Components to Support a Publishing Ministry ====
-  * Print
-    * Equipment, facility, team to produce literature
-    * What kind of literature?
-  * Distribute
-    * People are needed to distribute. Literature in the box is not useful.
-    * Repeated distribution as a lifestyle, not as a one-time event
-    * Combine literature with medical missionary work
-      * "The evangelization of the world is the work that God has given to those who go forth in His name. They are to be colaborers with Christ, revealing to those ready to perish His tender, pitying love. God calls for thousands to work for Him, not by preaching to those who know the truth, going over and over the same ground, but by warning those who have never heard the last message of mercy. Work with a heart filled with an earnest longing for souls. Do medical missionary work. Thus you will gain access to the hearts of the people. The way will be prepared for more decided proclamation of the truth. You will find that relieving their physical suffering gives an opportunity to minister to their spiritual needs." (CM0E 7.2).
-  * Proclaim
-    * Preaching and literature go together, hand in hand.
-    * Include literature as an integral part of each evangelistic campaign
-  * Follow-up
-    * Encourage and educate new believers with more literature
-  * Incorporate
-    * New believers should themselves become involved in literature ministry