Urban Leadership Foundation
A hub for leadership training in cities and among the world's 1.4 billion slum-dwellers
1. The Kingdom of God is his reign over all life, spiritual, social, economic, political, family. We are to preach the Kingdom not just salvation which is an aspect of entrance to the Kingdom.
2. 81 Steps to a church plant: a basis for evaluation of steps taken
3. Four Seasons of Growth of a church: the implications for the cultural focus, the teaching, the processes of training, the structure at each phase over 8-9 years.
4. Nine Principles of Economic Discipleship: Creativity, productivity, work, rest, management, redistribution, ownership,
5. Multiplying Cells: Five principles of Cell group multiplication
6. Patterns of Training of leaders: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastor-teachers and deacons
7. Robin Hoods: A deacon doesn't give out hymn books at the door,but is a well trained social worker or community development worker or economic development worker.
8. Culture of Poverty: The theory of the culture of poverty and what kind of church it predicts.
9. Why are we poor? a. The global dynamics forming the slums. b. Three types of poor in the scriptures and responses
10 Cash flows in a church plant: When do we need what and how to resource it. Why we are currently blocked in growth.
Six Paradigms that Move NGO workers from diaconal delivery of programs into effective 5-fold ministry that leaves churches in the community to sustain change dynamics. These are in direct contradiction to development community philosophy.
1. Incarnation: Take nothing with you, live with the people, learn from the people. Do not enter with projects.
2. Live by faith: God's provision is through your preaching, not an NGO salary, though use that to begin.
3. Empowerment: The centrality of proclamation is the power that breaks open communities. The release of the Holy Spirit is the power that breaks open communities. The formation of the body of Christ is the source of ongoing power and wealth generation in a community.
4. Progressions: Delay projects for at least one year after the birth of a church. Proclamation and discipleship result in people. Training these people for a year into some degree of faithfulness to the Lord raises up dependable workers
5. Appropriateness: Jesus came without money. He had sufficient for the needs of himself and some ad hoc giving to the poor. Only after three years when the church numbered thousands did programs emerge. Grow the church first.
6. Indigeneity: Do what works to bear fruit while also accomplishing what the foreign organisation tells you.