WHAT IS G12?
G12 is about winning souls, consolidating them, and raising them up as leaders of leaders. Making Jesus as our model in winning and discipling souls, G12 is all about "Loving God, and loving people."
What is the G12 Vision?
It is the recovery of the principles of the primitive church. The objective is to make each member a leader and of each leader a person, which reproduces the character of Christ in 12 people. Those twelve will also replicate Christ’s character in 12 and the multiplication will be by groupsof twelve.
It is the recovery of the principles of the primitive church. The objective is to make each member a leader and of each leader a person, which reproduces the character of Christ in 12 people. Those twelve will also replicate Christ’s character in 12 and the multiplication will be by groupsof twelve.
Therefore, we will fulfill the Lord’s Command as seen in Matthew 28:19-20. To develop the power of the Holy Spirit so that we may lead the nations to a personal knowledge of Christ (Acts 1:8).
Jesus' vision for the world is to "win souls and make disciples." This He clearly stated in Matthew 28:19-20: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." To achieve His vision, Jesus worked closely with twelve men that He mentored to take His place on the earth. Following Jesus' pattern, the apostle Paul also trained a number of young men ("Timothy's") who later became the great leaders of the New Testament Church. We call this mentoring technique the "principle of twelve."
The number twelve is the number of government in the Bible. Jesus established His kingdom and government on the earth by using the same principle that God had used to establish Israel in the Old Testament. Just as Israel had twelve tribes, Jesus had twelve disciples. Using this pattern, Jesus intended to show us a model of how to disciple not only our local communities, but also the nations of the world.
The "principle of twelve" was first implemented by Pastors César and Claudia Castellanos at International Charismatic Mission in Bogotá, Colombia. This church has used this discipleship principle to build the largest small group network in the world: 30,000 small groups in a single congregation!
Now, churches worldwide are implementing this dynamic principle. Its simple, personal nature is easy to duplicate. It is not a program, but the development of "fathering" relationships that help every believer become a multiplying leader who can disciple others.
The Method of 4 stages:
The Ladder of Success - WIN, CONSOLIDATE, DISCIPLE and SEND
The Ladder of Success - WIN, CONSOLIDATE, DISCIPLE and SEND
WIN - New believers are added to the church through personal evangelism, weekend celebration church services, and monthly "net" meetings.
CONSOLIDATE - Both new believers and new church members are "plugged in" to the church through the consolidation process. Members of the consolidation team are assigned to new believers or new members to help enroll them in a weekly cell meeting, guide them through a short Pre-Encounter course, and register them to attend an Encounter Retreat. At this weekend retreat, they "encounter God" through teachings on inner-healing, deliverance, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and the vision of the church. Following the retreat, they are encouraged to attend a ten-week new believers' class entitled Post-Encounter.
DISCIPLE - After completing the consolidation process, the new disciple enters the School of Leaders, which consists of three ten-week trimesters of study. During the second trimester, the students will open their own cells but will also continue meeting in their original cells, which now become their leadership, or G12 groups.
SEND - As the disciple progresses through the School of Leaders, he opens his own cell and begins to develop his twelve, taking them through each step of the process of the vision: winning them, consolidating them, discipline them, and eventually sending them "to make disciples of all nations."
directly lifted from: http://www.doulosforchrist.org/g12
