Jesus: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8.
| Book of Act | #ReliveActs Challenge | Special Emphasis | |
| 1. |
“Holy Spirit” Acts 1:8; 2:4,8,38; 4:8,31; 5:32; 7:55-56; 11:24; 19:1-6 |
Holy Spirit Witnessing
every believer every day |
Continuous |
| 2. |
“Household” Acts 10:2; 11:14; 16:15, 31, 34; 18:8 |
Family Worship
every home every day |
Fall 2021 |
| 3. |
“House to house” Acts 2:46; 12:12; 17:1-4; 18:4; 20:20; 21:8 |
Groups
every week every church & school |
Spring 2022 |
| 4. |
“Baptized” Acts 2:38-41; 8:13, 36-38; 9:18; 10:48; 16:15, 33; 18:8; 19:5; 22:16 |
Baptism
every quarter every pastor |
Fall 2022 |
| 5. |
“Sent” Acts 1:8; 8:14; 11:19-22; 13-14; 15:36-41; 16-20 |
Global Mission Team
every year every district |
Spring 2023 |
| 6. | “Region”
Acts 1:8; 8:1, 4; 9:31; 13:49; 14:6; 16:5-6; 19:1,10; 20:1-3; 26:20 |
Church Planting Mission Group
every two year every district |
Fall 2023 |
Challenge #1 – Holy Spirit Witnessing
Ideas for Believers: Pray for specific people who need the Lord, Look for Divine Appointments, Give out GLOW tracts, Say something good about Jesus everyday, Share a Bible promise & encouragement, Be a Digital Missionary, Help a person going through pain or change.
Challenge #2 – Family Worship
Ideas for Families: Talk with the family about a time that works for all, Have it alone at first if necessary, Take turns with who leads out, Have Bible reading and prayer and a variety of other activities, Invite others to join you when possible
Ideas for Churches & Schools: Leaders make brief visits to homes to encourage & model family worship (Pastor & Elders -> Ministry & Group Leaders -> Group members and interests)(Principal & Teachers/Staff -> students and families).
Challenge #3 – Groups
Ideas for churches & Schools: Start new groups as often as possible with 3 leaders (upreach, inreach, outreach) and 1 church board mentor. Establish a clear discipleship network.
Upreach Leader – “How can I help each person in my group keep a living connection with Jesus?”
Inreach Leader – “How can I help each person in my group feel at home, especially new members, guests and those drifting away?”
Outreach Leader – “How can I help each person in my group learn to let their light shine for Jesus 24/7, and how can I lead our group in a local and global mission?
| 60 Minute Meetings | Share… |
| 10m Inreach | Divine Appointments
Answered Prayers Thanksgiving for Milestones & Victories |
| 40m Upreach | Prayer
Bible Insights |
| 10m Outreach | Witnessing & Local Mission Stories
Global Mission Stories & Ideas |
| Discipleship Network
(see Exodus 18) |
Leaders of… |
| Pastors | 1,000s |
| Elders | 100s, 50s |
| Ministry & Group Leaders | 10s |
Challenge #4 – Baptisms
Ideas: Schedule Fill the Baptistry Sabbaths by faith (Suggested – 4th Sabbath of month) at least quarterly
| Harvest Cycles (2 per year)
(January-June & July-December) |
Focus on… |
| Sow | Pray, Mobilize |
| Grow | Groups, Bible Studies, Community Engagement |
| Reap | Call for Decisions/Action |
| Keep | More Groups, #ReliveActs Challenge |
| Repeat |
Challenge #5 – Global Mission Teams
Ideas: Pray for the people of specific countries, cities and regions to learn of Jesus, His Word and His final movement; Send a team of 3+ on a cross cultural mission team for a week, Sponsor a Volunteer Missionary for a year, Adopt a sister church in another part of the world, Challenge each group in the church to adopt a global mission project.
| Special Sabbath School Project | Least Reached Regions |
| 2021-2022 | Egypt-Sudan Field |
| 2022-2023 | |
| 2023-2024 |
Challenge #6 – Church Planting Mission Group
Ideas: Identify unentered communities/cities in your area (most public high schools serve about 10,000 population), take a prayer drive through the community and meet people, find a need in the community and fill it, start a weekly group in the community, make a 9-12 month timeline for launching a new church planting mission group in the new community, every two years pray that the Lord will help your district send 10% of the members as missionaries to start new work and gatherings in unentered communities, pray that within 2 years the group can become a church.
Send 10% of Church members as Missionaries to start Gatherings that grow into a Church that will send 10% …
