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The Pastors Guide To DT
The Pastors Guide To DT
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Contents
In the G12 Vision, you will know that there are the four stages in the
‘Ladder of Success’; that is, Win, Consolidate, Disciple and Send. It is
helpful to remind ourselves here why these 4 stages came into being
and what they are for, especially the third stage “Disciple,” as that is
where DT training fits in.
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In the past, and in many different situations across the world, the
church has grown through addition. However, if we are ever to reach
with the Gospel, the many people alive today, the church needs to
grow faster than just by addition. It needs to multiply with, “a growth
which comes from God,” (Cols 3:19). The only way such a growth
can be achieved and sustained is by training up many new leaders to
share in the work. Destiny Training will help you to do this.
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Imagine for a moment that an angel of God visited you tonight and
said that God was going to give you the anointing of a great evangelist.
Every day that you preached the Gospel, you would be guaranteed to
win a thousand people. Do you know long would it take you on your
own to win the world for Christ with such an anointing? It would take
you 15,000 years to win the current world population of about 7 billion!
(But by that time many more would have been born and you would be
incredibly old. After all, it’s only been 2,000 years since Christ died and
rose again!) This kind of growth is growth by addition.
However, imagine that this year you won just one person and spent all
your time consolidating and training that one disciple. Then next year
both of you won someone each and spent the rest of the year training
and discipling them. Then the next year all four of you did the same
and so on. How many years would it take you to reach the current
world population? The amazing answer is less than 33 years! That’s
right, in 33 years you would reach over 7 billion people. That’s the
power of multiplication, and that’s what training people as disciples in
Destiny Training is all about!
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Chapter2
Where
to Begin
Daniel 11:22b “The people who know God,
will display strength and take action…”
Chapter 2
Most people would say that the best place to begin is at the start
but for the Pastor or Leader seeking to set up a DT school, the best
place to begin is at the end. In other words, when this course and
process of DT has finished what results do we want to see?
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Will take action in starting a cell and begin to win the lost.
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me to I understand that the cell is not mine and that the people I
becomea win will always belong to the Lord and to the church.
signature date
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Chapter 2
A full understanding of how and where it fits in with the G12 Vision
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Organization of DT:
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Teachers do not have teacher’s books any more. Instead, they have a
book on how to teach in the new style of DT, and a USB drive to plug into
their computer with all the materials, ideas, and plans for the lessons.
This is also completely different than the old ‘School of Leaders.’ Please
don’t think you can simply give some new lesson material to the same
teachers to do in the same way. This will not lead to the kind of success
we want you to see. DT is not only new material – but also a new approach
and style to teaching as well.
Here are some key words to go with this new style: interactive, creative,
involving, student-centred.
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chapter 2
Checklist (You can tick or check each item.)
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Chapter3
The Role
of the
Pastor
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chapter 3 THE ROLE OF THE PASTOR
Being present on the first day to pray over the new School,
the students and their future success. They could bring along
some prophetic members of their team of 12 to speak over
the students and prophecy etc.
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checklist
Checklist (You can tick or check each item.)
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Chapter4
How to
Choose
the Right
People to
Teach on DT
Acts 13:2 “Set apart for me Saul and
Barnabas...”
Chapter 4
Having the right people teaching on DT is the 2nd key to its success.
n the training day for DT teachers we teach them the “Mumps and
Measles Principle”. This comes from the idea of a doctor giving a
lecture to a group of people about the disease called Mumps. As
the doctor is speaking and unknown to him or the people listening
he himself is sick and highly infectious with a different illness –
Measles! So as the doctor is teaching he or she is breathing all
over the people who are listening. Even though he repeatedly says,
“Mumps,” what do the people listening actually catch? Of course,
the people catch what he or she is actually carrying or infected with,
in this case Measles.
Faith
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The top answer they give us is, “Carries the heart and spirit of the G12
Vision and transmits it faithfully.”
Is the person:
Called?
Committed?
Capable?
Called:
It’s important to have people who have a sense of calling in the Lord,
like Saul and Barnabas in the verse above.
Where there is the calling, there is also the provision. A person who
knows they are called will soon find the provision of God that always
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One special role a Pastor or Senior Leader can help with here
is to recognise a person’s calling in the Spirit and encourage
them in it. This is one of the many talents that Pastors need to
have - the ability to see the right person in the right role – and
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Committed:
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wanting to be there.
Capable:
DT teachers need to be capable of doing the job of teaching.
That means they need basic skills and abilities that you can
train and work with to develop and improve. They need to be
capable as teachers of the G12 Vision. That means they need
to know their Bible well in general terms. They need to be good
students of the G12 Vision and know really well the material
they are going to teach.
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not always the same thing! Also when they ask for volunteers,
Pastors and Leaders don’t always get the people they either
wanted or expected. So it’s a good idea for the Pastor or
DT School leader to have their spiritual ‘radar’ going and, by
the Spirit, be looking out for the right people who should be
teaching.
TRAINING DAY:
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TEST:
TALK:
TEACH:
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checklist
Checklist (You can tick or check each item.)
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Destiny Training-
TeacherSampleTraining
Selection Test
1.) A ‘Vision’ is:
a) A word from the Spirit of God given by the gifts of the Spirit to edify you
b) Something you read in the Scriptures that becomes a ‘rhema’ word for
you for that day or week
c) A prophetic dream you have in the night that needs help in interpreting
to understand it
d). The idea of God revealed to the mind of man so he can carry it out
2.) The G12 Vision has 5 priorities, which are, (in order):
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3.) The Ladder of Success is:
b) Serve in the church in a practical way as their first, and most important,
ministry
c) Take a few years to train your life in church and then go to a Bible College
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c) Initial Contact, Home Visit, Cell Allocation, Pre-Encounter, Encounter,
Post Encounter,
c) A weekly small group meeting of mainly new and not yet ‘born-again’
people to bring them to faith in Christ
d) A meeting for helping born-again cell members to grow their own cell
b) Jesus died, was buried, rose again on the 3rd day, faith and repentance
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9.) A true Christian is someone who:
b) ‘Put their hand up’ to a Gospel call, prayed to Jesus, comes to a cell,
gives offerings, will be baptised when it ‘feels the right time.’
c) Turned from their sin and old way of life, received Christ, been born
again by the Spirit of God, lives a new life of holiness by faith in Christ,
is baptised in water
a) Plan the sessions well, cover the whole content in the time given and
set and mark the homework
c) Make sure they counsel and pray for the students when issues or
problems arise during the classes
d) Fully and faithfully impart the spirit and content of the G12 Vision by
personal conviction, example and experience
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Chapter5
How to
train and
prepare the
teachers
for the
start of DT
Acts 13:2 “… for the work for which I have
prepared them.”
Chapter 5
Training of Teachers:
Any group training of DT Teachers that the DT School leader can
prepare ahead of time will be highly useful and will help set an even
standard across all the different teachers and lessons. This training
can include trying out some lessons in advance where teachers can
practice their lessons, material and ideas on each other. The rest of
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the group can give feedback – there is a suitable form below to help you with
this – (it can be freely photocopied).
You may find it helpful to appoint someone as a pastoral tutor. This person
would liaise between the teachers, the students and their cell group leaders
on any pastoral issues. Make sure you have the students
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timetables, dates and times, to rooms where the teaching will be, to plenty
of notice to the teachers so they can prepare, to making sure the students
know what is expected of them and where they should be. Also do they
know who to see if they have a problem with the lesson material, or an
issue in their lives that affects their progress?
What if changes need to be made during the course, e.g. a class needs to
be moved because there is a problem with the normal room? The better
our communication, the more honoured our students and teachers will feel
and the smoother and more effective our lessons will be.
Presentation of Teachers:
It is a great idea to present the new teachers to the whole church and get
everyone to pray over them at the start. This is what they did for Saul and
Barnabas in the very next verse and it creates a sense of commissioning
this new work in the Holy Spirit.
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checklist
In order to select the right people to teach on DT do:
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Teacher observation form to be inserted here:
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Destiny Training Lesson Assessment date:
Name of Teacher being assessed:
Name of person assessing:
Preparation: How well prepared was the teacher’s lesson and resources? 1 2 3 4 5
Organization: How well organized was the teacher and the lesson? 1 2 3 4 5
How well did the lesson follow the Connect, Conceive, Create
Plan: pattern, including the right time allocations? 1 2 3 4 5
How well did the teacher select and match the DT materials to the
Relevance: class, their situation and needs? 1 2 3 4 5
How well was the Bible used, including reading and good
Bible: interpretation? 1 2 3 4 5
How much prayer was there at the start, for ministry, reading the
Prayer: Bible etc? 1 2 3 4 5
Comments:
(continue over)
Chapter6
Obtaining
and using
materials
for DT
chapter 6 Obtaining and using materials for DT
Chapter 6
Student workbooks – 6
in total or 2 per “term”
or 10 week session.
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Or go straight to the G12 resources page, which you can find at:
www.recursosg12.com/collections/destiny-training...
We should emphasize here that it is essential for the students to have the
workbooks in order to do the course properly and well. We don’t expect all
the material in the books to be covered in each lesson, so the students need
their own books in order to cover the remaining material in their own study time.
There are chapters to read each week, exercises to complete and homework
to do. Plus, the books are written by Ps Cesar to carry the heart and spirit of
the G12 Vision. They are essential tools for every student and for every church
wanting to establish a successful Destiny Training school.
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Chapter7
Recruiting
the
Students
Acts 16:1-3 … “And a disciple was there
named Timothy… he was well spoken of
by the brothers … Paul wanted this man
to go with him.”
Recruiting the Students
Chapter 7
hese are the kind of people we want to recruit for DT School. People
who are already showing some promise and have made a certain
amount of progress in the Christian Life. Like Timothy they may be
young in years and new in faith but Timothy had been noticed by Paul.
To recruit people to a DT School needs the Primary 12 and all the cell
leaders to be like Paul, seeing who are new, emerging disciples who
show the right attitude and fruit at this stage.
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It will be good for all the primary 12’s to be there and every
cell leader to make sure their cell members are there and
engaging with the evening including the sign up later on. The
Pastor then addresses the group and gives the invitation to
everyone there to sign up for the DT School and prays for
each person to hear God’s call and respond to the Holy Spirit
in this next and vital step. After this, the sign-up forms can
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checklist
When recruiting students to the Destiny Training School.
The students are given forms to sign up and are invited to apply
with a deadline date.
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Chapter8
Organising
and running
a DT School
Mark 6:39 ff “He commanded them
all to sit down by groups on the
green grass, groups of hundreds and
of fifties…”
Organising and running a DT School
Chapter 8
he Lord Jesus was not only filled with faith and miracle power but
he was a great organiser too! Here in Mark’s Gospel he knows
how to organise the crowd so that they are all looked after and all fed.
Organising the distribution of food by groups of 100 and 50 is a great
strategy. Each one of the Apostles will have to look after just over 400
people. This means some combination of groups of 50 or 100 so maybe
about 6 groups each to look after. They all have their people that they
are responsible for and no one will get missed. Notice the detail here
too – they sat on the green grass. Not typical for a dry, hot country like
Israel but really suitable for the people to sit down and rest on while they
eat. Simple but brilliant!
Likewise, great organization in the DT School will help our students all
be “well fed” spiritually, with no one missed out or uncared for.
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A DT School Leader
Regular Teacher(s)
Means of feedback from the students to see how they are finding
the course and the means to respond quickly where necessary
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pastor
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Chapter9
How to
start a
DT School
– basic
checklists
checklist 1
“Atmosphere” – things that set the right atmosphere and spirit
of a DT school including:
Is the Senior Leader/Pastor properly involved so it carries the
right heart and loyalty to the G12 Vision and to the local church?
Does the DT school carry the heart and spirit of the G12 Vision in
all that it will do?
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checklist 2
Content – (obtaining and using properly the right material):
Do we have all the correct materials and helps including the
Teachers Packs (one per teacher) and do the students each have
their own workbooks?
Are the teachers properly familiar with the heart and spirit of the
DT material?
Have the Teachers had any training, either from someone really
gifted in the church or on one of the special, practical G12 DT
teacher-training day?
Are the students coming ready and prepared with all the correct
materials including student workbooks, paper and pens etc?
checklist 3
Teachers
Have we selected the best people, and in good time, to be
teachers to deliver the DT course?
Have the teachers been properly trained and prepared ready for
the start of DT?
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Checklist 4
Students
Is the Senior Leader/Pastor properly involved so it carries the
right heart and loyalty to the G12 Vision and to the local church?
Have the cell leaders been properly involved to help select and
put names of suitable cell members forward?
What is the church going to charge for the course materials etc.
and how is this going to be reliably collected ahead of time?
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Checklist 5
Organization
Have we set up a good pastoral care structure so that students
can get help with discipleship issues in their lives that might arise
on the course? (This will be needed if it is a big group or in a big
church setting.)
checklist 6
Practical things
Do we have a suitable place for the DT school to be set up and
delivered? (See chapter for further information on this)
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Checklist 7
Monitoring progress (Principle – you get what you inspect not
what you expect!)
Have we set up regular meetings for the teachers on DT to talk
about their progress on DT, share ideas, successes and struggles
on DT and give feedback to the head of DT?
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Chapter10
What happens
at the end of
the DT Training
School?
Luke 9:1 “He called the twelve together and gave them
authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. And
he sent them out…”
Chapter 10
he 4th and last stage in the ‘Ladder of Success’ is Send. This is what
Jesus did with his 12 after he had trained and equipped them. We
want to encourage this process in the students that are being raised
up in DT.
How will we encourage and enable them to do that, and how will we
assess this to see if we have been successful in our aim?
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How near are our students to opening a cell? (What they think
and what the DT Teachers think.)
What extra help and support might they need in order to get
started? (The cell leaders are key here.)
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Also, the DT Course Leader and the Teachers should all keep their
eyes open for students who do really well and who can come back and
help in DT School in the future!
At the end of the course it will be good to finish in a great way and
here are some ideas that can be used in any combination:
Ask the students for their views on how the course has gone for
them and any suggestions and helps for future years – a simple
form can help with this.
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Present the students to the church and commend their hard work
and success. Get some of the best to testify to the church about
how much DT has done for them. This will help create interest and
faith in others to join the next course.
And finally, after a short and well-earned break, get ready for next year,
to begin the process all over again!
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D E S T I N Y
TRAINING