Facilitating Strategy Discussion

Retreat 3 involves walking teams through the remainder of the Ten Questions:

• How will we engage new people?
• How will we treat them when they arrive?
• How will we disciple them?
• How will we train them to serve?
• How will we involve them in missions (local, global, and personal)?
• How will we help them encounter God?

These questions can be addressed in whichever order seems most natural, as long as each one is addressed. The goal is to stir the thinking of teams in the room. While facilitators should draw from their own experiences, they should help teams see how each strategy might take shape in their own church and community context.

The strategy discussion at Retreat 3 moves beyond merely slotting what the church already does into “systems.” On the contrary, teams should experience the guidance of the Holy Spirit as they consider how best to engage their communities.