Returning the Church to Its Disciplemaking Roots

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".

DOES T-NET WORK?

In contrast to other churches, the average church completing the T-Net process:

	Wins 80% more persons to Christ and their church per year than before the process.
	Has five times as many persons involved in intentional discipleship than before they started.
	Has a written definition of a disciple and has trained their leaders to make disciples.
	Has an intentional strategy for using every program in their church to make disciples.
	Declares that the T-Net training was worth every penny and every minute they invested in it.

If this happened in your church, wouldn't  you be satisfied?

	Genesis Community Fellowship (503-281-9472)
	Holladay Park Church of God (503-287-1238)
	Mt Scott Church of God (503-771-1195)
	Pleasant Home Community Church (503-663-3668)
	Valley View Evangelical Church (503-698-6000)
	Banks Community United Methodist Church (503-324-7711)
	Central Christian Church (503-235-2114)
	Columbia Christian Church (360-574-4393)
	Community Christian (503-472-5631)
	Felida Baptist Church (360-573-5071)
	Grace Foursquare Church (503-256-3047)
	Mountain Park Baptist Church (503-635-3443)
	New Hope Community Church (503-659-5683)
	Northwest Community Church (360-675-0210)
	Oregon City Christian Church (503-656-5585)
	Spring Mountain Bible Church (503-698-2864)
	St. Johns Christian Church (503-286-0613)
	Temple Baptist Church (503-233-5953)
	Tremont Evangelical Church (503-774-6689)
	Andresen St Church of Christ (360-696-0548)
	Burlingame Baptist Church (503-246-8827)
	Cedar Mill Bible Church (503-644-3156)
	Chinese Evangelical Church of Vancouver (360-896-8431)
	Forest Grove First Baptist Church (503-357-6712)
	Greater Portland Bible Church (503-452-9375)
	New Song Family Worship Center of Vancouver (360-573-0089)
	Sunnyside Church of the Nazarene (503-653-7313)
	Trinity Baptist Church (503-525-3032)
	Vancouver First Friends Church (503-695-4455).

T-Net is a "Coaching process" for teams of church leaders. 

	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.

HOW DOES T-NET DIFFER FROM OTHER TRAINING APPROACHES?

In contrast to most other training approaches, T-Net:

	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.

HOW CAN MY CHURCH LEARN MORE ABOUT T-NET OR GET INVOLVED?

	Contact Dennis Blevins at 503-452-9375.
	Email: info@tnetwork.com
	Phone: 1-800-995-5362
	Mail: PO Box 460579, Aurora, CO 80046
	Website: http://www.tnetwork.com