APPENDIX SECTION

NOTES:

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tom Burlington, "The Faithful Format" in Adult Faith Resources’ – NETWORKER, Vol. VI, Issue 4, Fall 1993.
Tom Burlington, "The Faithful Format" in Faith at Work Magazine - Vol. 109, Number 4, Winter 1996.

Lyman Coleman, Beginning a Basics Group — Six Sessions On The Apostles’ Creed, Serendipity House, 1991. 800-525-9563 (used with permission)

Ed Hayes, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, Forest of Peace Books, 1989.

Jim Egli & Ben Hoerr, The I Factor — How to Influence Your World, Touch Outreach Ministries, Inc., 1993. 713-497-7901 (used with permission)

Donald Hohensee, The Wesley Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire, Charles E. Fuller Institute, 1982. 800-999-9578?

Rueben P. Job & Norman Shawchuck, A Guide to Prayer for All God’s People, Upper Room Books, 1990.

Loren Mead, Transforming Congregations for the Future, The Alban Institute, 1994,1995.
800-486-1318 or 301-718-4407

Ralph Mattson & A. Miller, Finding a Job You Can Love, Nelson Pub., 1982.

Isabel Briggs Myers & Katharine Myers, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. 800-624-1765

James Bryan Smith, A Spiritual Formation Workbook, A Renovaré Resource for Spiritual Renewal (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991,1993) 303-792-0152 (used with permission)

The Personal Style Survey, Performax Systems International, Inc., 1987. 800-950-1445

Ken Voges & Ron Braund, Understanding How Others Misunderstand You, Moody Press, 1990. 713-688-1201

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STEPS FOR FINDING A PRAYER PARTNER

I. ASK GOD to direct you in this process!

II. WRITE DOWN a list of names:

  • Friends
  • Neighbors
  • Relatives
  • Work Associates

III. PICK THREE that you think / feel God is bringing to your attention

IV. PRAY for these three for a couple of weeks

  • When you pray, notice what specifically God may bring to your mind to pray for, for these folks.

V. WAIT

  • Until you "run into" one of the three people above or...
  • You think / feel you are suppose to call one of the people above

VI. THEN INVITE them to be your Prayer Partner

  • You might start the conversation by saying something like...
    • "I'm looking for someone to meet with about once a week over coffee, to reflect with on my Spiritual Journey. Would you consider being my Prayer Partner?"
    • If they seem interested, give them a Mentoring Manual to look over. Let them know you plan to do about one or two pages a week
  • Decide on a time and place to meet.
    • After the tow of you have been meeting or a few weeks...
      • You may want to invite your partner to join you at Worship (offer to pick them up!)
      • Then, invite them to be a part of a ministry outside the church or within the church
      • When you think/feel it is appropriate, INVITE them to join the fellowship, the Body of Christ, the Church

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DISCIPLING CHART:

Use the Chart below to keep track of the topics you have discussed with your Prayer Partner.

My Name:Phone #:

My Partner's Name: Phone #:

Date Started:

I. BASIC BELIEFS — APOSTLE’S CREED

  • A. God
  • B. Jesus Christ
  • C. Holy Spirit
  • D. Forgiveness of Sins
  • E. Resurrection of the Body
  • F. Life Everlasting

II. BASIC TRADITIONS — BALANCED SPIRITUAL FORMATION

  • A. The Contemplative Tradition
  • B. The Holiness Tradition
  • C. The Charismatic Tradition
  • D. The Social Justice Tradition
  • E. The Evangelical Tradition

III. BASIC DISCIPLINES —THE SPIRITUAL TOOLS

  • A. Love God - Grow Spiritually

    • 1. Being a Church: (A member of Christ’s Body)
    • 2. Prayer Time:
    • 3. Scripture Time:

  • B. Love Neighbor - Grow in Membership

    • 4. Gift awareness:
    • 5. Giving - Treasure:
    • 6. Service - Giving Time & Talent:
    • 7. Invitation: 0 a. To Fellowship 0 b. To Faith

IV. "BAPTIZE

  • A. Identity your Oikos
  • B. Cooperate With God
  • C. Love Others to Christ
  • D. Share Your Story
  • E. Share His Story
  • F. Invitational Process: 0a. To Fellowship 0b. To Faith

V. "TEACH" - Your Mission can be found within your Gifts from God

  • A. Gift Resources

    • 01. Spiritual Gifts — Biblical 06. Gift Matrix — Summary Sheet
    • 02. Motivated Abilities (SIMA) 07. My Call / Mission Chart
    • 03. Life Journey — Gifts from the ups and downs of life
    • 04. Myers-Briggs — Personality (MBTI) 08. Mission Examples – Ephesians 4: 1-12
    • 05. Behavior & Biblical Characters (DISC)

  • B. My Faith & Ministry Journal, & Project

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FAITH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Types of Faith

Attitudes regarding the Types

The Wizard of Oz as a Metaphor *

I. Experienced Faith

 Accepted: Childhood nurturing

Affective - from loving interaction with other faith-filled people

 Dorothy

II. Affiliative Faith

 Feeling: Belonging to an accepting community

Identifying with a community's beliefs and way of life

 Tin Man (Heart)

III. Searching Faith

 Thinking: Committing one's life to persons and causes

Characterized by doubt and critical judgment

 Scare Crow (Head)

IV. Owned Faith

 Caring / Action: Personal identification with one's own faith story

Accepting of self and of others

 Lion (Overcoming fear)

Note:

We may go through these stages once, or cycle through them again and again in the course of our lives. For example on page 5 of this manual you’ll see a baseball diamond with bases for the process of Spiritual Development. We might find in our lives that we experience the Faith Development step III. (above) Searching Faith, on each base of our Spiritual Development. My personal assumption is that each time we grow spiritually, we experience a different level of doubt and of acceptance (stage IV. Owned Faith) above.

* One author refers to these steps as I. Chaotic, II. Formal, III. Skeptic, and IV. Mystic. I like to refer to these stages using characters from the movie The Wizard of Oz. The early Dorothy represents the childlike quality of one’s faith. She just accepted what she experienced in Oz. The Tin Man relates to faith as one experiences it from the heart, with feeling. The Scarecrow struggles with faith from a thinking perspective. And the Lion represents action. (Even though he didn’t want to in the movie, he was the one that led the rest into the witch’s castle!) When we arrive at this stage of faith, we are ready to use our gifts and act on behalf of others in need. Like the lion, it may not be easy, but the situation calls us to action.

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