WHAT IS T-NET INTERNATIONAL ?
"T-Net"
stands for the "Training Network" for Disciplemaking Churches.
T-Net is an international Christian training organization whose mission is
"To return the church to its disciplemaking roots worldwide".
T-Net was developed by the President and national staff of the Evangelical
Free Church of America in 1991 under the leadership of Bill Hull. In
1996, T-Net was spun out of the EFCA as a "Daughter ministry" so
that it could minister more effectively to many other denominations in
America and around the world. To accomplish these goals T-NET has
developed the "Pathway to Enhanced Disciplemaking" - a training
and coaching process for pastors and church leaders.
WHY
IS T-NET NEEDED ?
While
most churches "believe" in making disciples, very few are
effectively making them. Consider the following statistics:
 | The average "evangelical" church in America wins 1.67
persons (less than 2) to Christ and their church each year for every
100 persons who attend that church. |
 | Only 2/3 of the persons in the average evangelical church say they
"feel" they are growing spiritually. Fewer still (just
1/3) say they have changed even one behavior to be more
Christ-like in the last three years. |
 | One-third of church members state their greatest individual needs
are not being met by their church. |
 | Less than 50% of church members pray for 5 minutes at least twice a
week. |
 | Only 11% of church members have shared the gospel even once in the
last year and 33% have never shared the gospel with anyone. |
 | Most church leaders, when asked, cannot even define
"Disciple", and hardly any have been trained to "Make
disciples". |
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Genesis Community Fellowship
(503-281-9472) |
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Holladay Park Church of God
(503-287-1238) |
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Mt Scott Church of God (503-771-1195) |
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Pleasant Home Community Church
(503-663-3668) |
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Valley View Evangelical Church
(503-698-6000) |
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Banks Community United
Methodist Church (503-324-7711) |
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Central Christian Church
(503-235-2114) |
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Columbia Christian
Church (360-574-4393) |
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Community Christian (503-472-5631) |
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Felida Baptist Church
(360-573-5071) |
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Grace Foursquare Church
(503-256-3047) |
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Mountain
Park Baptist Church (503-635-3443) |
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New Hope Community Church
(503-659-5683) |
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Northwest Community Church
(360-675-0210) |
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Oregon City
Christian Church (503-656-5585) |
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Spring Mountain Bible Church (503-698-2864) |
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St. Johns Christian Church
(503-286-0613) |
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Temple Baptist Church
(503-233-5953) |
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Tremont Evangelical Church
(503-774-6689) |
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Andresen St Church of
Christ (360-696-0548) |
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Burlingame Baptist Church
(503-246-8827) |
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Cedar Mill Bible
Church (503-644-3156) |
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Chinese Evangelical Church of Vancouver (360-896-8431) |
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Forest Grove First Baptist Church (503-357-6712) |
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Greater Portland
Bible Church (503-452-9375) |
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New Song
Family Worship Center of Vancouver (360-573-0089) |
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Sunnyside Church of the Nazarene (503-653-7313) |
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Trinity Baptist Church
(503-525-3032) |
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Vancouver First Friends Church (503-695-4455). |
 | In this process, 3 to 30 churches each bring teams of 3 to 50
leaders to a T-Net center to be coached. These T-Net
centers usually meet in a local church or in a seminary. |
 | The church teams come to eight meetings at the center. These
meetings are held approximately every four months, so the entire
process is about 28 months long. Meeting one lasts 3 days (Thursday
night -Saturday). Meetings 2-8 are held on Saturdays from 9:00-5:30. |
 | In each meeting, the T-Net trainer, (usually a pastor who has
successfully implemented the process in his church, or a T-Net staff
member) teaches the leaders principles which they can uniquely
tailor and apply in their church to become more effective and
intentional in disciplemaking. Then the trainer coaches these
leaders to overcome barriers to applying the principles from past
meetings as well as coaching them to make effective plans to carry out
the new principles they have just learned. In addition, the
trainer coaches the pastors at least twice between meetings. |
 | This proven process, which trains a team over time with
accountability, has resulted in leading over 500 churches to be more
intentional and effective in disciplemaking. |
 | Trains in a process over time rather than simply offering two or
three one-time seminars. |
 | Teaches principles which can be uniquely tailored to each church
rather than teaching a method that was used by one pastor or church
and usually isn't transferable. |
 | Trains leaders to lead their churches through change, instead of
just telling them what changes they need to make. |
 | Trains leaders to use their whole church to make disciples,
instead of how just one or more individuals can make disciples. |
 | Trains leaders to first define the disciple, and then create
programming to make that kind of disciple. |
 | Coaches leaders to accomplish results, not just learn information.
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