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1. Give three reasons we know Christ intended us to finish the Great Commission, not just work at it.

a. Jesus Commanded us to finish the Great Commission.

b. Jesus promised it would be finished.

c. The apostles all set out to finish it.

2. What are four realities and three results needed to fish the Great Commission?

a. Critical Mass: An effective, disciple making church of 100 ( or two disciple making churches of 50) for every 1000 persons.

b. Proximity: An effective, disciple making church within easy travel distance of every person in an area, say within 5 kilometers. This proximity is necessary to reach every person.

c. Magnetism: An effective, disciple making church in which every kind of person can feel welcome including city dwellers, tribal, and even foreign-born citizens. This allows us to finish with every kind if person.

d. Steady Growth: The total impact of the effective, disciple making churches in that region is conversion growth several times faster than the population. This allows us to not only finish the job, but also maintain in the face of population growth after reaching the above goals.

These four realities should produce three results:

a. Every neighbourhood is saturated with disciple making churches.

b. Every person has been personally invited to receive Christ.

c. Every willing convert is nurtured in an ongoing disciple making process.

3. What are five marks of an effective disciple making church?

a. an effective disciple making church has a written recipe for making a disciple.

b. has an effective conversion growth rate, for above the biologic growth rate if their area (5-50 percent).

c. 60-75 percent of church attendees also attend an intentional disciple making small group or have a one - on - one relationship with a disciple maker each week.

d. 20-45 percent of their attendees "graduate" to the next maturity level each year.

e. Finally, the church consistently makes other disciple making churches, by planting them or revitalizing existing churches.