Training

5FOR5 Mission Training

09th February 2021 / Movement

We want to disciple everyday missionaries who will be on mission in the everyday stuff of life. We’ve developed* this simple tool called “5 for 5” to help you be intentional in your relationships to see people encounter Jesus!

It simply involves identifying five friends (it can be less or more! Just be sensitive to the people God is putting in your path and on your heart) and intentionally doing five things for them:

1. Pray for your friends everyday
2. Contact them once a week
3. Bless them once a month
4. Invite them to your special events and to church
5. Share Jesus with them as opportunity arises

How to run 5FOR5 in your Gospel Community

We want our Gospel Communities to keep 5FOR5 on the agenda throughout the year to encourage people in personal evangelism.

  • At the start of the year, ask people to write down the names of ‘their five’ on a 5FOR5 bookmark.
  • Collect these and display them in a creative way to choose someone at random each week to share about opportunities and next steps with their five.
  • Share Mission Moments each week—opportunities you have had to share Jesus with your five in word and deed.
  • Pray for people by name throughout the year.
  • Invite your five to your GC Dinner Parties.

We pray that as you embrace mission as an everyday lifestyle and are intentional with the people God has put in your life, that you will have the great joy of seeing them encounter and receive God’s amazing love for us in Jesus.

*Credit: 5 for 5 has been adapted from Mark Conner’s book Transforming Your Church which can be found here http://www.markconner.com.au/transfor…​