Methodology of Multiplication

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Course Description:

God’s plan for spiritual multiplication is presented. This study reveals how a single Christian can be responsible for the multiplication of thousands of trained and motivated believers. Church growth principles are emphasized.

Course Objectives:

  • Reproduce spiritually through application of Biblical multiplication methods.
  • Summarize multiplication principles taught in New Testament parables.
  • Explain how a believer can multiply spiritually to raise up hundreds of new believers.
  • Make your home a center for spiritual multiplication.
  • Summarize principles for internal multiplication within the Church.
  • Summarize principles for expansion multiplication of the Church.
  • Summarize principles for extension multiplication of the Church.
  • Summarize principles for bridging multiplication of the Church.
  • Move converts beyond decision to discipleship.
  • Identify factors that hinder spiritual multiplication.

Course Requirements:

  • Complete the Study Guide reading for each lesson.
  • Complete the Self-Test questions for each lesson. You do not need to send us your answers. Please remember that as students preparing for ministry, your calling is not just about gaining knowledge—it’s about developing the character that reflects Christ in all aspects of life. One of the simplest yet most powerful ways to walk in integrity is by honestly and faithfully answering every self-test question in your coursework.
  • As you complete each chapter you need to go to the Activity Feed and post a comment about something that interested or impacted you as you worked through the lesson. Your comment needs to be well thought out and consist of at least fifty (50) words. Ensure that you start your comment with the course name and lesson number. You also need to post comments on two other students’ recent course comments.
  • Complete the Lesson Assignments. Your answers are reviewed so please write well thought out answers..
  • After you have completed all of the Lessons, you will need to complete the Final Examination, the Final Paper and the Final Assignment.

Click on the link below for the Methodology of Multiplication Study Guide:

Methodology of Multiplication Course Guide

All of the ideas and principles conveyed by the instructor in this course are not necessarily held by the Online Bible Institute Network.

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Course Content

Lesson 1
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Identify the first and last commandments of Jesus to His followers. Define "multiplication." Explain what is meant by spiritual multiplication. Define "method." Define "methodologies." Explain what is meant by spiritual "multiplication methodologies." Summarize principles of natural fishing which are applicable to spiritual fishing. KEY VERSE: And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. (Mark 1:17)

  • Chapter 1

Lesson 2
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Summarize basic principles of multiplication. Identify various types of spiritual growth. List references which show that concern with multiplication is Scriptural. Identify factors which reveal a wrong emphasis on numeric growth. KEY VERSE: For who hath despised the day of small things? (Zechariah 4:10)

Lesson 3
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define the word "parable.@ Explain why Jesus used parables. Identify principles of multiplication in parables taught by Jesus. KEY VERSE: And with many such parables spake He the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it. (Mark 4:33)

Lesson 4
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define the word "witness." Define the term "laity." Define the term "clergy." Explain what is meant by the "calling" of the laity. Explain God's plan of multiplication for the spread of the Gospel. Name two New Testament men used as examples of this multiplication process. Explain how to get started in spiritual multiplication. Begin to multiply spiritually. KEY VERSE: And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. (II Timothy 2:2)

Lesson 5
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Identify the true Church. Explain how the Church started. List illustrations used in the Bible to describe the Church. Identify Scriptural purposes of the Church. Identify four types of Church growth. Summarize the ministries of the Holy Spirit in relation to church growth. KEY VERSE: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)

Lesson 6
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Explain what is meant by "internal" church growth. Define "spiritual growth." Identify the evidences of spiritual growth. Explain the ministry of the Holy Spirit in relation to internal Church growth. Identify growth conditions in the natural world that parallel those in the spiritual world. KEY VERSE: And... holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. (Colossians 1:19)

Lesson 7
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Explain what is meant by expansion growth. Summarize expansion growth of the first church in Jerusalem. Summarize New Testament methods of church expansion. KEY VERSE: And the Word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly... (Acts 6:7)

Lesson 8
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define " extension growth." Explain what is meant by "church planting." Summarize the extension growth of the New Testament church. Explain how churches multiply through extension growth. Identify four ways a new church might be started. Identify three types of extension churches. List Biblical priorities for selecting areas in which to start new churches. Explain the message which results in new churches. KEY VERSE: And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. (Acts 16:5)

Lesson 9
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Explain what is meant by "bridging growth" of the church. Provide a Bible reference explaining God's plan for "bridging growth" of the church. Identify the key New Testament leader in "bridging growth." Summarize methods Paul used in extending the Gospel to other cultures. KEY VERSE: ...To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)

Lesson 10
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define "convert." Define "disciple." Summarize three important aspects of the call to discipleship. Identify nine discipleship principles revealed in the study of Jesus and His disciples. List nine characteristics of a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Explain the true test of discipleship. KEY VERSE: Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)

Lesson 11
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Define "stunted" growth. Identify factors that hinder spiritual growth and multiplication. Provide Biblical remedies to correct such problems. KEY VERSES: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, not standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psalms 1:1-3)

Lesson 12
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to: Write the Key Verse from memory. Identify the methods Paul used to teach believers in Ephesus. Describe the training center at Ephesus. Explain the purpose of an extension training center. Summarize instructions for starting an extension training center. Start an extension training center. KEY VERSE: But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus Christ, both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 19:9-10)

Final Exam, Final Paper, Final Assignment

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