Points of Engagement for Women in Church Planting Movements (CPM): DMM: End Vision Mindset in Midst of Disaster Response

DMM End Vision in Midst of Disaster Response

“God, what needs to be done for the sake of the launch of cascading movements to Christ in the midst of this present suffering?” Not, “God, what can we do?” Vision drift is easy to be carried into in the midst of large-scale disaster zones. End Vision brings clarity to keep one focused upon what needs to be done.

In American football, the team on the field who possesses the ball has one goal—get to the End Zone. That is it, pure and simple. The coach, the players, the backup players, all live to see that temporal end vision fulfilled. There are times when vision-drift occurs in that process: players are injured, the coach is not coaching well, the playbook falls into the hands of the opposing team, the weather can interfere, mental toughness can wane, physical strength can fail, interpersonal issues within the team can obscure unity, primidone’s can self-promote, the opposing crowd can infuriate. Teams can lose their way. Vision-drift happens.

Imagine how ridiculous it would be if one of the players decides to leave the field to go sit in the spectator seats. Imagine how crazy it would be if the coach takes his head phones off and decides he just wants to make things up as they go along. Crazy, it seems, far from reality in the missions world, it is not.

It is to the laser focused laborer who maintains their focus upon the main thing, who can keep their eyes focused upon the End Vision—the glory of God among those who have never had the Jesus option. O, that the peoples of the earth would come to know and delight in the joy of being and making reproducing lovers of Jesus (disciples) who hear and obey, who choose to live in transformed ways. How will they hear? How will they know Jesus unless they have the privilege of hearing and obeying the only One worthy? As the waters cover the seas upon the earth, so shall the knowledge of the glory of the Lord be demonstrated and declared throughout the peoples of the earth. (Hab. 2:14 paraphrase)

Daniel 5 Handwriting on the wall.

2 Kings 6-Eyes to see the hand of God moving in the midst

· DMM Mindset-The resources are in the harvest

Phase One

· Trauma Bell curve of response-

o Who survived?

o Who is injured and needs triage

o Who is injured in minor cases

o Shelter condition

o Temporary tents

o Food, water, toilet issues

o Shock, PTSD, grief, anger, numbness

o Ask God for eyes to see and heart to feel from His

o Listening prayer each morning

o Ask God, “What needs to be done? Not what can we do?”

o Personal check in/check up for trauma impact for workers

o Med volunteers who are DMM centric, and/or teachable in that

o Volunteers and team meet daily for prayer, co-ordination, casting End Vision of the launch of DMM

o Equip volunteers and team to be integral in the med relief with simple intake forms for ailments, then a question regarding person/persons feel trauma and want to talk through with someone who cares

o All team members and volunteers are equipped to identify themselves as followers of Isa Al Masih and it is because of Allah’s great love that they are compelled to help in any way they can. No selfies with suffering, no banners with org names, just Jesus and practicing His presence and His commands among the suffering.

o All conversational tools for location of Persons of Peace (Luke 10, Matthew 10) are based upon dependence upon the HS to lead and guide. All are utilized to invite households to then, at appropriate time in the response period, offer DBS stories of God’s hand, His way of healing and salvation, and His pathway of abundant life.

o Med team + Trauma Debrief team + plus daily intake of contacts who respond to being prayed for in contextual way

o After people have initial end to event trauma (am I alive or injured? Are those whom I love alive or injured? How will we live? Condition of former dwelling? Tent living? Food, water, supplies? Toilet situation?)

· DMM Mindset-Tracing the hand of the HS with intentionality in finding the households of peace

o Equip team each day in using following code to track how HS is moving:

§ A=Shema statements/actions

§ B=Spiritual conversation (oral stories of IA, Creation to Christ)

§ C=Prayer in name of Isa Al Masih (contextual and brief)

for healing (emotional, physical), for provision, e.g.

§ Identify potential Persons of Peace-send contact info to data to team data collector daily with the following details:

· Name, location, code so far, physical needs addressed/still needed, next steps needed

· Who is potential POP among that group?

Persons of Peace (Luke 10, Matt. 10) will:

o Open to spiritual truth and to the messenger

o Opens their household/affinity group to the messenger and message

o D=DBS addressing trauma: on ramp 4 DBS with 7 verses each (Isaiah, Psalm 23, story of Jesus and calming waters, Jesus healing the woman w/issue of blood)

o E=DBS core set: 10 OT, 14 IA stories

o F=Commitment: 2 DBS on baptism

o G=House fellowship formation: DBS (Acts)

o H=Potential POP and household no longer desire to meet in Discovery Group

o Go to community-ask to meet with community leaders-most immediate response goes to easiest to reach (physical location). The villages off main roads will typically get least immediate response but perhaps have more dire life-death needs.

Phase Two:

o Assessed all 3,000 + contacts: 3,000>90 households>30-40 DGs have continued into mostly Isa stories as of May 8, 2019. Four households have come to follow and been dunked thus far into first generation house fellowships. Not yet, of this recent effort have they consistently multiplied to 2^nd and 3^rd generation. We have seen in the other two UPGs outside this particular UPG several DGs and JRs (house fellowships) into 2^nd and third generation.

§ Potential POPs

§ Potential POPs whom have already been gathered into oikos, have begun Discovery Group with them

§ After 4 times, our team has Modeled facilitation of 8 DBS questions Commit to move to outside group coach key facilitators of Discovery Groups. After on-ramp 4 DBS stories as filter, the core set of DBS stories from 10 Old Testament/14 New Testament stories

§ Components of daily DMM team meetings:

· DBS (20 minutes) for building up the laborers in character growth and courage/boldness.

· Praise, Worship

· Unflinching Evaluation: go over yesterday’s contacts and celebrate what God is doing, keeping loving accountability

· Coaching of stuck places, needed new paradigm adjustments to be more movement mindset

· Listening prayer for asking God what needs to be done as priority follow up of contacts for the day

· Corporate Prayer over the present day’s efforts

· Progress of Discovery Groups, fishing for newer contacts as POPs, all sent to data collection team mate.

Phase Three:

§ DMM Team meetings now 4 x’s weekly. No contact is left without consistent equipping past 3 days, 5 at max.

Trauma Debrief questions:

When looking for and/or finding potential POPs, gather 4-5 in group/household.

Posture to ask the Lord to give you. Listen to their story with patience and lovingkindness.

Have each person share their responses as you invite them to respond to questions.

· Each person asked for their responses to each question

· Listen with care and intent to show love in your listening

· Tears are a way of healing which are received, affirmed, and not closed off when one responds with tears. Listen well

DBS sets as on-ramps to Core sets:

1. DBS Story sets for Trauma/Fear/Crisis felt needs related:

(a few options for on-ramp DBS story sets can be found below-after the on-ramp set then continue to equip them to take them into the DBS core story set you use)

Option #1: DBS Story set… In the Midst the of the Storm, God is…

DBS: Deuteronomy 32:3-4 God is our Rock

1. What did you learn about God’s character from these verses?