Rod TalbotRegional Ministry Director

World Outreach International

MOBILISATION TRAINING DEPLOYMENTWorld Outreach International

Vision

To Mobilise Christians who want to become 'goers' after they have been on a Kairos Course, exposure trip, short-term outreach or

bible training, to be mentored on the WO Pathway so that they are trained and deployed as cross-cultural workers among LRPs.

ORGANIC“A MTD needs to be organic to meet the needs of the church” 

MTD Champion

-Has a call from God to mobilise and send missionaries among LRPs

-Able to facilitate the sharing and implementation of the vision

-Able to see the big picture and think strategically

-Has a lot of mission experience, deep knowledge of mission realities in the MTD region

-Understands the components of an MTD

-Has WO DNA

-Able to build and nurture relationships with individuals and organizations

-Able to mentor others

-Able to establish, lead and grow a team

-Able to identify and draw people with the call to participate in the MTD

STEPS TO BE TAKEN AND KEY FACTORS

# 1

Gather a small group of WO personnel, friends of WO and Kairos graduates who have a relationship with World Outreach

and are passionate about mobilising and sending out workers

Invite them to have an initial conversation around basic ideas on:

Mobilising, Training and Deployment

clear focus

shared missiological understanding

shared vision

# 2

Plan more meetings for those who are

willing to continue the conversation.

pray and seek the Lord together

plan culturally-relevant styles of meetings

shared ownership of the vision will be developed

right participants who could join are those with short and long term mission, church planting and pastoring experience

# 3

A core MTD team can now be formed.

This group continues to grow relationally

through divinely appointed connections

(people who are drawn to the way that WO works and not just its vision )

DYNAMICS PRESENT

clear commitment to work with WO

developing teamwork

members with various gifts/skill sets needed for developing MTD (admin, research, SWOT analysis, documentation, strategic planning)

leadership that brings out the best in people and makes the whole process enjoyable

inviting guests to join the meetings (people to learn from or are interested to know more about MTD)

networking with other groups, churches and organizations

# 4

The MTD team regularly meets (2 days, 4 times a year) to continue the building process. Decisions are noted, action steps are defined and updates are given regarding the progress.

Once the vision is caught and buy-in has occurred, implementable steps can then be initiated

Implementable action points

Accountability

Review

OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING AN MTD

4. Walk them through the initial stages of establishing an MTD

(For WO countries with existing MTD-type structures, it would be more sharing of best practice/cross-

pollination)

5. Lead them through the concept stage, then into the implementation stage

1. Get to know the people who have the passion for an MTD (Find out who they are, what they have, what their gifts are, how developed their mission understanding is).

2. Invite them to an MTD Meeting (exposure to a functioning model)

3. Talk to them about the MTD concepts (e.g. team, spiritual aspect of MTD development)