GOALS OF DEVELOP PATHWAY

The goal is to develop leaders who grow in:  

• Equipping Believers to do the works of service (ministry) Ephesians 4:11-12

  ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

• Shepherding (care for, watch over) - Acts 20:28-31

  ²⁸ Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.²⁹ I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.³⁰ Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.³¹ So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

• Being an example in character and lifestyle - 1 Peter 5:1-4

  ¹ To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:² be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them – not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;³ not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

• Developing other leaders - 2 Timothy 2:2

  ² And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

We use a 3/3 structure for the meeting along with small group iron-on-iron interaction to help develop the leaders as peers.

• Evaluate your walk with God and evaluate the health of the ministry

• Receive new content 

• Evaluate your leadership, practice needed skills and making plans for the next month (or until the next meeting)
• The topics should help leaders to grow into the job description and lead the growing movement of churches.  It is important to develop more than one leader for each church as the Lord has given different gifts for the benefit of the church.  It was also the practice of church planters in the first century to appoint multiple leaders in each church (Acts 14:23

  ²³ Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

  , Titus 1:5)

  ⁵ The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

The Develop topics can be put into four categories and used in almost any order.  It is important to have a balance between intentionality and flexibility to address the needs that arise in the movement.  Additional topics can be added into the pattern as needed.