en:operating_principles:dtm:publishing_church_growth_model:application
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- Phase 1
- Use colporteurs to distribute literature, plant seeds, and give the literature time to work.
- Phase 2
- Colporteur: distribute more books, tracts
- Bible worker: use Bible studies, tracts, books
- Phase 3
- Evangelist: solidify decisions, baptisms
- Phase 4
- Bible worker: follow-up with Bible studies, tracts, books
Publishing is the spine, not a department. Literature feeds every department of the church. It supplies a common 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.
Associating Literature with Events Every major activity should consider how to use literature before, during, and after the event.
Use a combination of local and regional printing. When to use regional: long-term planning, larger orders, etc When to use local: on-demand, response to an immediate need, local languages, smaller orders, etc
Essential Components
- 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
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