Maximize Digital Strategies

Wait, how can we maximize digital strategies if we are to model all the time?

We have ikan2 Philippines videos on youtube. We have Apps on evangelism & discipleship. These are all very useful. To model win, build, send doesn't mean neglecting the resources we have to have greater movement results.

Here are some tips to maximize these resources:

1. Promote the sites/ Apps or links that help reinforce what we MAWL with or train to our disciples.

2. When we "Leave" our disciples (in MAWL Process), we may only meet them once a month or even once in a quarter because of proximity (that is, if your KVs live miles away/ in another island). We then maximize Skype Discipleship and the online resources we have like ikan2 Philippines & other evangelism & discipleship related websites that has a CCC DNA.

3. In our follow up/discipleship meeting (weekly/ every other week/ every month), you may also use the videos in your practice time (in the 3/3 Process). Then you can go out together for actual application.

Having 33 Campuses, Possible?

A Catalytic Staff having 33 campuses, possible?

A big YES! It's possible! How? This staff is working with ccc Alumni who committed to become KVs. They were their disciples from different campuses. After they graduate, they committed to use some of their time to help build movements on campuses, after office work or during their "no work day". Some alumni work as teachers and maximize some of their time on campus by building multiplying disciples. The principle is still there, empowering the students to lead campus movements by coaching them. Staff & Alumni continue to do evangelism & discipleship using the 3/3 Process.

The Process, Standards & JD of Core Leaders

What's the Process of Selecting Core Leaders? What's their JD?

1. Make sure to have a Standard Core Qualifications and Job Description (see Sample below). Your staff team may agree on the standards. This is flexible based on your context or stage of the movement.

2. Based the standards set, brainstorm on the potential, initial leaders you have. Make a list of the potential Core Leaders. Trim down the list up to the desired number of leaders you need, just enough in proportion to your existing involved students. For example, if total involved is 10, you may just need 3 Core Leaders.

3. Interview the students to know them further and an opportunity to cast vision in leading fellow students to build a movement on campus. This is also part of leadership development of our students.

4. Finalize the result by talking to the students or writing to them if you see it more appropriate. Normally, when we reach the Interview part, somehow it's sure already that the persons are being considered to become part of the Core Leadership. We want to make it formal so students will take it seriously as well.

5. When they say YES to the challenge, Leadership Development Coaching for them needs to take place on a regular basis, say every other week or monthly. What is normally discussed in coaching?

A. Their Heart as A Leader
B. Leadership on Campus (prayer, evangelism, follow up/discipleship)
C. Their JD
D. Core Qualification

Who is primarily responsible to coach the Core Leaders? Staff Point person or Campus Team Leader. Or other staff as agreed by the team. As these Core Leaders are growing and more independent on staff (which should be our goal), the style of coaching may shift. The Team Leader/Staff Point person will just meet the point person (or Student Coordinator) from among the Core Leaders. Core Leaders Point person will be the one to meet his fellow Core Leaders for regular meeting on how to advance the movement on campus.

These Core Leaders are still being discipled. It should be emphasized that everyone in the movement are part of the discipleship that is committed to movement building through evangelism and discipleship that would result to multiplication. This is the means to see movements taking place on campus to help fulfill the Great Commission.

----Sample CORE QUALIFICATION--

CCC SERVANT CORE LEADER’S QUALIFICATIONS

A CCC Servant Core Leader is a disciple (someone who is learning/growing to become like Christ) who has accepted the challenge and has committed to serve God by providing leadership in the CCC ministry in his/her campus.

A CCC Servant Core Leader has been a Christian for at least one year, is already involved in a Christian church, and has been a CCC disciple for at least 6 months.

A CCC Servant Core Leader possesses the following qualities:

Faithfulness
• demonstrates willingness to trust God in different areas of his life (physical, social, emotional, etc.)
• has a growing prayer life (personal and corporate)
• has strong biblical convictions and consistently lives out these convictions

Availability
• is consistently visible in movement activities in the campus (prayer times, meetings, Bible studies, training and other activities)
• initiates/takes leadership on responsibilities for movement activities within the campus and, if needed, outside the campus (NLTC, LTIs, OJs, etc.)
• no leadership commitment in other groups that can conflict to the interest of the movement

Teachability
• has eagerness to learn more and grow more in different areas of his life (e.g. reads good books or attends seminars for personal development)
• humbly accepts correction, rebuke or constructive criticism from others
• demonstrates openness to new ideas and input from others

Heart for God
• loves God and seeks to please God above all else
• has a deep desire to know God more and obey God all the time
• consistently spends time with God in prayer and personal Bible study (QT)
• has good life witness (submits to God ordained authority, does not cheat, etc.)

A Leader
• consistent in follow up
• was trained in evangelism
• demonstrates love for people and has a growing personal ministry
• is consistent in personal evangelism (willing to witness to at least 3 persons per week)
• has existing follow up/disciples

A Good Student
• not necessarily an honor student but has good academic standing (no failing grade the previous semester)
• is committed to strive for excellence in all that he does for God's glory
• is not a late comer to his classes, does not cut classes
• is able to balance his time between ministry, academics, church, family and personal life
• knows his order of priorities (that is, academics comes first before ministry. Exclusive relationship is discouraged)

Note:
To ensure a sustainable leadership, Senior Core and Junior Core must be recruited. Senior Core has at least 1 year involvement in the ministry. Junior Core has at least 6 months.

---Sample Core JOB DESCRIPTION-


Title: STUDENT COORDINATOR/ Core Leader


Purpose: To help provide over-all direction of the campus movement activities (prayer, evangelism, discipleship)

Scope: Leadership Team (Core Leaders) and the Campus
         Movement

Areas of Responsibilities, Authorities and SOPs:

1. Call and preside all the core leaders meetings.

Authority:  ACT and Inform
SOP:
  a. When the agenda is consulted with the Campus Team Leader for Coaching

  b. When the Campus Plan is constantly reviewed.

2. Represent the local movement.

Authority:  ACT and Inform
  SOP: Attended the meeting or any functions well-prepared (campus movement or school organizations if recognized)

3. Oversee the Core Leaders for their designated tasks on payer, evangelism & discipleship.
 
Authority:  ACT and Inform
   SOP: When proposed plans are checked/given feedback for direction

4. Oversee the core leaders for their designated tasks to rally fellow students in prayer, evangelism & discipleship
 
Authority:  ACT and Inform
   SOP: When proposed plans are checked/given feedback for direction

Working Relationship:

I work closely with: Team Leader/Staff Point person

Working closely with me: fellow Core Leaders

--Sample Core Leaders COMMITMENT---

COMMITMENT

I believe that God has called me
to take part In helping fulfil the Great Commission
through my Involvement
with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC).

After prayerfully considering the challenge given me,
I commit to serve God as a Servant Core Leader.

I believe that it is only God who can make me
the kind of leader that He wants me to be.
Hence, I am willing to trust Him
to produce in me the qualities
required of a CCC Servant Core Leader.


_________________________________
Signature over Printed Name


__________________
Date Signed

Student-Led Movements on the First day on Campus

Do we really need three years or more to develop student-led movements?

Would you believe with me that even during your first year on campus or even on your first day on campus, it can be student-led?

You may say, it's easy for the catalytic because the staff is not always in the campus because of limited time. It does not guarantee. Student-led doesn't mean the absence of staff. Staff may not be around but dictates the students what to do on campus through distant communication. Staff may not always be there but still controls the movement by having a plan for students to execute. It's not student-led. It's student-ran.

So what is exactly the picture of student-led even at the very start of the campus ministry?

Phase of a Movement: Penetration

- Staff shares the gospel (4SL) to the non-christians. (At this very moment, we are already modeling evangelism).

- Staff shares the gospel (4SL) to the christians too. He may say, "Let me continue reading this booklet so that you will know how to share it with others too. (This is already part of Modeling).

- During the gospel presentation, some students may pray to receive Christ (PRC). As staff, we need to be sensitive to the Spirit's leading. At the end of the 4SL, it states, "If this booklet has been meaningful and helpful to you, please share it with someone else."

- Staff may say to the Christian contacts and to those who just did PRC: "How would you respond to this encouragement/invitation to share the gospel with others too?" Staff, again, needs to be sensitive to the leading of the spirit, observing the response of the students.

- If the response is positive like, "I think I need to share this with others too", Staff may ask a follow up question, "To whom would you like to share this?", then "Who else?" and "By when?" Note: Staff should be open to whatever responses.

- Encourage the students to join a small group to know Jesus better & grow in a personal relationship with God through Jesus. He may use verses such as:

(Illustration on Newborn Babies, AIC Training Part)
"And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation," -1 Peter 2:2

(Illustration on Friendship, Intermediate Training)
"So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away - look, what is new has come!" -2 Corinthians 5:17

-On the next meeting, as the students go back for follow up, staff applies the 3/3 Process:

1. Pastoral Care-- how are you?
2. Worship-- use 1-2 simple verses to worship God (adoring God for who He is)
3. Accountability-- share about an experience of sharing the gospel from the last meeting's goal (when asked to whom will they share), if they were not able to share, it's ok. Be sensitive.
4. Vision Casting -- connect their personal experience/lessons learned to the Great Commission. This is a progressive challenge for them to become Key Volunteers.

Example: "Wow, it's encouraging to hear your stories. It's not easy indeed to share the gospel to your friends, but you stepped out in faith and God is pleased with what you did. You help change the world one man at a time. Jesus called every believer to help fulfill His Great Commission and you obey His call. This is great! How would it look like if you reproduce yourself to more students who will do the same? What would be the picture of Jesus' followers in your campus? (Pause) Allow silence. They may respond too.

Or, if they were swallowed by their fear to share the gospel, you may say, " It's okay. As we learn to know deeper who Jesus is and His love for us, God will enable us to share His
Love and Forgiveness to many
People. How would it look like if our fellow students hear the gospel? How would it change our campus? Our society, our nation? "

5. Transition to Follow Up Lesson. You may say, "As we desire to build a movement in our campus, it won't happen without the help of God. We need Him as our guide. We need to grow deeper in Him. This is the purpose of your follow up lesson. (Give out Booklets 'Beginning Your New Life in Christ.'

You need not finish the lesson. You may also ask them to "finish the lesson as assignment." With this, you are helping them become self-feeder. You may continue the lesson (with their answers/thoughts on your next meeting). Again, the goal of every lesson is helping them become self-feeders.

6. Practice. You may have a short training on sharing the 4SL. Another option is going out together as you model sharing the gospel.

7. Before parting ways, set goals again on evangelism. Staff should not dictate or set the goals for them. Staff simply asks the goals from the students. Staff should set goals on his personal evangelism too. Then pray together for the goals set.

This is STUDENT-LED at the early stage of the movement. As the number of students who share their faith is growing, it's appropriate to select a pool of leaders among them to represent student leadership to rally fellow students. They can be an encouragement to fellow students as well. This pool of student leaders (Core Leaders) can lead in providing an environment of prayer and evangelism on campus. There should be a point person among the Core Leaders who will be regularly coached by a staff point person. Core leader point person (student coordinator) will take the lead with his fellow Core Leaders on how to provide an environment of prayer and evangelism. Staff continue to do evangelism & discipleship by MAWLing the WIN BUILD SEND.

Difficult to see SLM on a Base Campus

It's difficult to have Student-Led Movements on a Base Campus. It's only for Catalytic.

It's a BIG "NO!"

How does student-led movements look like in a Base Campus?

Staff consistently shares the gospel to the non-christians & disciples them to multiply; finds & mobilizes existing christians to share the gospel, disciple & multiply (WIN, BUILD, SEND), applying the MAWL process.

Students under the chain of the staff share the gospel to the non-christians & disciple them to multiply ; finds & mobilizes existing christians to share the gospel, disciple & multiply (WIN, BUILD, SEND), applying the MAWL process.

Staff selects the initial pool of leaders (Core Leaders) to rally fellow students on reaching their campus for Jesus. Core Leaders plan together. Staff point person coaches Core Leaders' Point Person as they provide leadership for the campus. That is, Staff point person is asking good questions to the Core Leaders' point person about their needs to succeed or leadership development they need to become effective leaders on campus. As the movement grows, Core Leaders select successors (Junior Core Leaders) to continue the leadership on campus. Senior Core Leaders coach Junior Core Leaders.

Staff & Students continue to do evangelism & discipleship to see multiplication happen until there's enough movers and multipliers (1% of the school population) to saturate a campus. A campus is saturated if everyone has heard the culturally-relevant gospel presentation 3 or more times.

Staff view students as co-laborers in the field or vice versa.

Busy Opening Campuses? Not Multiplying?

"I'm a Catalytic Staff. I'm busy opening campuses, so it's hard to multiply, no time to multiply."

What does it really mean, "opening of campuses?"

Well, opening a campus is like saying, "starting a new ministry on a campus." So what does it take for me to start a new ministry on a new target area (campus)?

If I would start a new ministry on campus (opening a campus), I need to be ready with the "Campus Decoding." This is about getting all campus information necessary for me to get started like the courses offered, the names of the Deans, scholars, student council officers, campus typical schedule, where the the influential students hang around, population, belief, spiritual climate, culture, etc.

The initial information I get about the campus will not surely be enough until I get into the actual field experience. That is literally going out to interact with and share the gospel to the students. We need to look for the Key Volunteers (KVs) and we know that the KVs are the ones who commit to help fulfill the Great Commission by reaching their fellow students on campus to build Spiritual Movements. But how can we really know if a person is a right KV or help him become one?

There are so many practical examples based on the actual field experience of our fellow staff doing catalytic ministry:

1. Asking Ministry Partners, church mates & friends about the existing Christian or Non-Christian contacts (men of peace ) who study on that campus or campuses they cover.

2. They meet and challenge these "potential KVs" to see if they will be the ones whose heart the Lord is already at work to help fulfill the Great Commission by building a movement on campus.

3. Here are the prerequisites of challenging potential KVs:

A. Make sure that they are really christians (having a personal relationship with God). How?
Share the gospel (4SL) to them. You will know then if they have received Christ as Savior and Lord and assured of their salvation. By doing this, you are at the same time communicating a vision (modeling) to reach out to the lost.

2. They commit to grow in a relationship with God by being part of the follow up group.

So how can we help them the moment they said YES to the challenge? It's true that many of those who said yes to the challenge don't know how to really do it. They have the heart and the vision for it, but they just don't know how. This is where our MAWLing comes in. What will we do with our 3 hours stay on campus before going to another campus?

We need to have a weekly 1 hour meeting with him for prayer, worship, accountability, vision casting, follow up bible study (FU 1-7), practice (sharing the gospel - theoretical & actual), goal setting ( ie., number of people to share the gospel with) & prayer. This is applying the 3/3 process. What will I do with the remaining two hours? I can still go around the campus, pray, share the gospel, interact with the student leaders, professors and look for opportunities to share the gospel ( with students/KVs with me). With this, we are increasing our pool of initial leaders (KVs) on campus. As we regularly meet with them, applying MAWL, we can be ready someday to  "Leave" and continue to open more campuses. Leave  doesn't mean abandoning them but lessening our time with them as they are growing with the DNA of crusade. It may mean meeting them on a monthly basis instead of weekly. We may also meet them every other week as we put more effort opening new additional campuses (expansion).

How does it look like meeting KVs once a month or every other week? I would say:

Still meeting with them for prayer, worship, accountability, vision casting, bible study (maybe this time, they are already in Discipleship Lessons: ADG, AIC, ALG,etc), practice (sharing the gospel - theoretical & actual, how to challenge KVs, how to follow up, how to disciple, how to build a movement), goal setting ( ie., number of students to train) & prayer.

Applying the 3/3 Process also sharpens our Coaching with the KVs.   Remember, we are not the ones planning on how to build a movement on campus. It's the students (KVs) we disciple. As we meet them even on a monthly basis, we can coach them by listening & asking good questions (through accountability & goal setting. Practice would help sharpen their skills.

Take note:

In a Base Campus, a staff meets his disciple an average of 2-3 hours per week, applying the 3/3 Process. He is having disciples from different departments or colleges of the university. As he regularly MAWLs the ministry to his disciples, he would Leave others, meeting them just once a month. He continues to share the gospel to the non-christians, finds existing christians to mobilize, disciples and multiplies.

In Catalytic, a staff is meeting his disciples an average of 2-3 hours per week, applying the 3/3 Process. He is having disciples from different campuses of the city or region. As he regularly MAWLs the ministry to his disciples, he would Leave others, meeting them just once a month. He continues to share the gospel to the non-christians, finds existing christians to mobilize, disciples and multiplies.

Still Confused?

Still confused what does Student-led Movements look like both in base & catalytic campuses?

I would say... The only difference of Base & Catalytic is the SCOPE. Base = 1 Campus. Catalytic = >7 Campuses

Now, what is the staff doing in a student-led movements?

Staff continues to do personal ministry of evangelism & discipleship. He shares the gospel, he also looks for the existing Christians to mobilize, follows up & disciples them so that they too will share the gospel, find existing christians to mobilize and disciple to multiply. It's still WIN, BUILD, SEND. Remember MAWL? It's Model. Assist. Watch. Leave. (There's detailed note posted in this group).

Now, what does the student-led movement look like if the staff are doing win-build-send in the campus?

Students are also doing WIN, BUILD, SEND as a process to see Spiritual

Multiplication. In fact, they are a product of the staff personal ministry. Or should I say, some of them are the disciples of the staff, those first generations by staff. They do the ministry as the staff MAWLed it with them.

We know by principle that it's student-led if students own their campuses for Jesus. They take the initiative, rally their fellow students to pray and strategize/plan to reach their campus for Jesus. If we disciple the students well, "helping" them be
Rooted in God's word, being independently dependent, we can be confident that they can do it. And as they lead the movement, we can coach them how to become effective    leaders.

One practical application is by selecting a set of leaders (or core leaders) on campus/es. Of course some of them, if not all, might be direct disciples of staff, depending on what stage that movement is. An assigned staff/team leader is responsible to meet them on a regular basis for coaching.

Discipleship continues (by staff & student leaders). Coaching also continues among the core leaders and the staff point person. The Core Leaders are providing leadership for the campus movements, rallying their fellow disciples under the chain (both staff and students) to reach their campus/es for Jesus. Yes, staff simply focus on giving their best to disciple well as Jesus did. Eventually, if students are discipled well, I believe, they will get the DNA of crusade. We staff are DNA keepers and we can only make it a reality if we apply it in our ministry of evangelism & discipleship.

So, who plan, as in plan for the year-round activities in the context of win, build, send to reach a campus? STUDENTS! The Core leaders take the lead. Staff point person coaches the Core leaders' point person. Can students do it? Of course! Staff coach them. We disciple the students. Remember, we disciple students to grow in Christ so that they too can do the same with others--- winning them for Christ, and discipling them to do the same also.

So does it mean that the staff will
No longer plan for campus/es? I would say, it depends on the CONTENT/FOCUS of the PLAN. Staff can plan in SUPPORT to the PLAN of the students. As they review students' plan and coach them, STAFF can come up their own PLAN for the Campus/es. Staff may focus on the Leadership Development of the Students in the context of reaching a campus for Jesus, or it could be a PLAN to help the students love JESUS deeply and have COMPASSION for the Lost.

We discussed this before...

"When talking about Student-led there are often a number of common misconceptions – so let’s clarify what Student-led IS NOT:

Student-led does not necessarily mean the absence of staff. Fulltime laborers and other leaders have a significant role to play in Student-led models of ministry.

Student-led does not just mean just having students in leadership. Students can becontrolling and fail to give away ownership of the movement just like any person.

Student-led does not mean CCC staff are passive or unimportant. Staff must always be highly committed and very engaged. While Student-led will affect how staff engage, relevant leaders are never disengaged from reality. Any leader must be mindful of words, attitudes, and actions that stifle ownership.

Student-led is not the absence of CCC distinctives. Student-led will include core CCC distinctive such as initiative evangelism, multiplying discipleship, the Spirit-filled life, and transferability."

This Holy Week

We brought our kids to QC Circle last weekend, to do something different for our family time. We saw a number of massage therapists around and got a chance to interact with a couple of them. We learned that they need to have 250+ clients who will give feedback on their services in order for them to become a full fledged therapists as required by the city hall. (It's the city government project, by the way). We were a couple of those who benefited from their free service half-body massage in an open space & under the tree spot. That was a relaxing moment.

Thinking of the number of times they needed to practice doing a massage in order to perfect it affirms me of my faith journey of sharing Christ to students, professionals, businessman or anybody I meet along the way- be it in school, offices, malls, public places like this park or just anywhere. The more I share Jesus with others, the more I get to know Him in many ways & the more that I'm growing in my faith in Him. Moreover, my interpersonal skills and connecting with people are being sharpened.

I loved this week-end experience, and so my wife. After this 20 minute massage, Divine took time to share the gospel with this lady, using her tool called, "Have You Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws?" Towards the end of their conversation, the lady was crying because of her past experiences, yet she found hope in Jesus. She expressed to have received Jesus in her life last year when her daughter shared the gospel with her and through the 700 Club Asia TV Program. Their discussion then revolved around the assurance of salvation.



Revelation 3:20 "Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me."

1 John 5: 11 "And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life."

This Holy Week, we commemorate the death & resurrection of Jesus Christ because of God's love & perfect plan for our lives. The bible says,

1 Cor. 15: 3 "For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received - that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,"

John 3:16, "For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."

Would you like to invite Jesus into your life to be your Lord & Savior?

You can pray this prayer by faith:

"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins & giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. Amen!"

If you prayed this prayer sincerely, you can be sure that Christ is in your life right now. He will never fail you. He will never leave you ( Heb. 13:5).

For additional reading, go to this link: http://www.didjesuslie.com

My Birthday, On Retreat

April 2-6, our Area Southeast Office ( ASEO) team of Campus Crusade for Christ, is having a retreat in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

Months prior to this agreed schedule, my heart was so excited for these days to come --- just to be away from the busy metro, no work, no meetings, no worries (a must!), no time pressure & no checklist to monitor. The only thing I wanted to do was to simply rest, relax, read, reflect & get recharged for the next cycle of my life & ministry.

During this retreat, I'm likewise looking forward to my birthday celebration with my Creator. Alone in the beach. Just the two of us. Today, 12:11am, April 6, I'm still awake to worship my God through these words I write. I thank Him for the 35 years of an exciting adventure of growing, knowing Him more & making known to others as I keep on walking this journey of faith in Him. What else can I ask of Him? This life He gave, my family, my friends & the people whom I have the privilege of introducing Him remind me of His greatness, His unconditional love & His perfect plan for my life & their lives. He allows me to walk through the rugged roads many times for me to appreciate the beauty of life He wanted me to enjoy to the fullest.

As celebrate this life, I pray that it will reflect the Proverbs 3:5-6 kind of life that says, "5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight."

My this life continue to yield in Him & bear much fruit for His glory alone as  John 15 says, "4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me - and I in him - bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.8 My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples."