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 Tools & Trainings E-Newsletter Issue 27 May 29, 2009
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Here's a quote from someone who got a dollar named after them that might stir you soul:
Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation...and bear the consequences.
-Susan B. Anthony
Here's a quote from the King of the Universe that speaks toward the same risk:
"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?"
- Jesus ( in Mark 8:34-36 NIV)
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Upcoming Trainings- Organic Greenhouse
 Dayton, OH // Story 1
August 21-22
@ Apex Community
Atlanta, GA // Story 1
October 9-11
@ Dunwoody Baptist Church
Trainings in the planning stages for 2009:
Detroit, Michigan // Story 1
Alberta, Canada // Story 1
Chicago, IL // Story 1 & 2
San Diego, CA // Story 1
Westwood, CA (UCLA) // Story 1
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Other Organic Church Learning Opportunities
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Featured Resources
The Rabbit & The Elephant: Why Small is the New Big for Today's Church
 By Tony & Felicity Dale, George Barna
Micro church planters Tony and Felicity Dale use the "rabbit" illustration to show the pace at which the Christian faith can (and should) be growing-through evangelism that is explosive and transformational.
To Be Released June 1 Pre-order Now >> Check it out HERE
The Forgotten Ways Handbook: A Practical Guide for Developing Missional Churches
 by Alan Hirsch with Darren Altclass
FYI, We are hearing about Greenhouse Regional Gatherings around the country using this resource for their learning together. We've got it cheaper than Amazon!
The practical guide for developing missional churches implementing the principles
from the best-seller The Forgotten Ways. This is actually advancing the concepts and bringing them down into the place
where they can truly ignite change.
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Featured Article
The Life Transformation Groups System
by Neil Cole
This may seem like old hat, but we've never had a good write up on Life Transformation Groups on our site. Neil gave permission to post this excerpt from chapter eight of Cultivating a Life For God. By the way, CMA Resources is now the exclusive seller of this influential resource. Maybe you don't need the review (and maybe you do), but now it's here to pass on to others!
The Life Transformation Group (LTG) system is a grassroots tool for growth. Through this simple system, the most essential elements of vital spiritual ministry are released to common Christians without the need for specialized training. It taps the disciple's internal motivation and provides the support needed to grow in the essentials of a spiritual life. The LTG empowers the common Christian to do the uncommon work of reproductive disciple making.
A Life Transformation Group is made up of two to three people, all of the same gender, who meet weekly for personal accountability in the areas of their spiritual growth and development. A group should not grow beyond three but multiply into two groups of two rather than a single group of four. If a fourth person is added to the group, it is recommended that the group consider itself "pregnant" and ready to give birth to a second group. After the fourth person has demonstrated sufficient faithfulness to the group for two to three weeks, the group should multiply into two groups of two...
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