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.