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  1. Objective:  Clearly define the objective of the training. Jesus defined it clearly when he said to his disciples, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men". So the objective of our training is not to train theologians to become aquarium keepers (Pastors) but to equip followers of Christ into prolific fishers of men or disciplers who birth more disciple makers or sowers of the seed who reproduce more sowers of the seed or seekers of the lost sheep who find more seekers of the lost sheep. 2. Content:  Based on the above objective, the content must resonate with it. F ocus on the Great Commission as the core of the core and carefully choose topics that help fulfill it.  We must resist the temptation to add on interesting topics that are informative but do not have immediate bearing on the objective unless it is a completely new group in which case you might have to do some vision casting . Explain WHY? Because Jesus commanded (See Twelve commands of Jesus); W

Has following ingredients based on Acts 2:21, 37-47; Acts 6:1,7; Acts 9:31; Acts 16:5  1.        Witnessing to the lost with salvation message,  “Call on the name of the Lord and you shall be saved”  (Acts 2:21). 2.        Conviction is the work of the Holy Spirit, “ Our hearts are pricked! What shall we do?”  (Acts 2:37).  3.        Repentance (Acts 2:37,38) 4.        Baptism of 3000 families, (Acts 2:38,41) 5.        Empowerment with H/S for the transformation of the family and friends. (Acts 2:39) 6.        Apostolic teaching “ Go make disciples ” (Acts 2:37,41, 42) 7.        Purpose driven Fellowship -  Koinonia  (Acts 2:42) 8.        Kingdom Prayer “ That none may perish”  (Acts 2:42) 9.        Signs and miracles (Acts 2:43) 10.    Generous giving (Acts 2:44, 45) 11.    Going out fishing lost souls, first at the temple and later on to Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth. (Acts 2:46) 12.    Breaking bread from house to house (Holy Communion). (Acts 2