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Ultimate Impact
“Ultimate Impact” is a practical way to fulfill the
great commission by networking together to make, mentor, mature
and multiply disciples. The great commission is for everyone, not
just those gifted in evangelism. But most of us have never seen
a model of evangelism that works and consistently produces maturing
disciples. That’s because most churches are using programs
to reach people and not training their people to be the messengers
of the gospel. That’s also why most churches in America are
not growing.
But how did Jesus reach people? He called people to be with him
and taught them relationally, not in a classroom. The best place
to learn is on-the-job training. Too often, we want to equip people
and then hope they will use their knowledge to motivate them to
go and teach people. Jesus carried people along with him and equipping
happened “on the go”. To put it simply, God doesn’t
call the equipped. He equips the called. But only if they actively
do what he has commanded (i.e. go and make disciples).
So taking the “Ultimate Impact Challenge” is simply
saying, “I want to learn as I go to be a better disciple-maker”.
If you would like more information on “Ultimate Impact”,
browse around the web site or e-mail us at info@ultimateimpact.org
The Ultimate Impact Challenge
Reach the World in One Generation
Yes, I am ready to deny myself, take up my
cross, change my priorities and rearrange my schedule. I will
do whatever I can to win at least one person a year to Jesus and
pour my life into helping that person lead one person the next
year and pass on the vision. I am ready to do this now or to be
trained as I go along with someone while learning to do this within
the next few months.
If you take the Ultimate Impact Challenge, you are taking a challenge
to become a continuously maturing disciple who is committed to doing
whatever it takes to make and mature other disciples until the world
is won for Jesus. In order to help facilitate this kind of growth,
you are also encouraged to take the time to develop your spiritual
life in the following ways:
- Reprioritize your schedule so that you can attend weekly meetings
with others who have taken the challenge in your church or area.
- In these meetings, discover and meet each others’ needs
for developing life skills necessary for having a maturing relationship
with God, the church, and the lost (prayer, Bible study, confession,
time management, money management, motivation, people skills,
etc.). Remember: You can’t lead where you won’t go
and you can’t show what you don’t know.
- Be voluntarily accountable to the others in your group.
- Learn from others by various means (CDs, seminars, books, etc.)
who are effective at making disciples.
- Make a concentrated effort to lead pre-Christians through the
process of conversion.
- As you are making disciples, help those disciples to make other
disciples and instill in them the vision of the great commission
to which Jesus has called all his disciples. At an appropriate
time in their spiritual walk, invite them to take the Ultimate
Impact Challenge as well.
- Take a look on the multiply page and see some important factors
for the process of conversion. You may want to use this as a way
to troubleshoot your own evangelistic effectiveness.
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