Network Plus 2009/10

With New Breed’s first Jump School launching in September, we get a full 2 days off before we start teaching the Church-Planting stream of Highfields Church’s Network Plus course. We have been asked to teach for all 3 terms of the brand-new, 30 week course, with ourselves doing 20 weeks of teaching and Highfields doing a further 10 weeks of apologetics, alongside Skilful Shepherds (Christian Leadership) and Digging Deeper (Bible Exposition).

Anyway, here’s how it’s going to look from a New Breed Persective:

Term 1 – Biblical (Sep 22-Dec 1)

1. Discerning the call to church planting
2. Digging biblical foundations
3. Men on the Move (forming biblical teams)
4. Why Apologetics?
5. Apologetics : Barriers to faith
6. Developing biblical vision
7. Biblical models of Church planting (Acts)
8. Visit Church-Plant Context
9. Staying Biblical
10. Apologetics – Worldviews in conflict

Term 2 – Missional (Jan 12-Mar 23)

1. Defining Missional Church
2. Developing  Missional Church
3. Understanding your mission-field
4. Visit Church-Plant Context
5. Apologetics – Dealing with Old Testament “Problems”
6. Formulating Missional Strategy 
7. Missional Models
8. Staying Missional
9. Visit Missional Organisation Context
10. Apologetics – Dealing with New Testament “Problems”

Term 3- Radical (Apr 28-Jul 6)

1. Radical defined
2. Shaping a  radical community
3. Postmodernism and cultural relevance
4. Radical methods
5. The Raw reality of radical church
6. Apologetics – Sects and Isms:  the truth and the cults
7. Apologetics – Islam and the threat to toleration
8. Visit Business Leadership Context
9. Staying Radical
10. Church-Planting Q&A 

If you’re interested in finding out more about the Netowork Plus course, please contact Highfields Church. You can access the Network pages of their their website here.

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