B6 — Phase It, Protect It, Defend It

Module B6 · theme: seasons + guard · Arc B close

Look back first. Is the discipleship cohort open? Who’s on your bench? Celebrate named people, not vague intentions.

Phase it — the rollout, in years, not weeks:

• Phase 0 — leaders go first.
• Phase 1 — pilot one class.
• Phase 2 — expand through the willing.
• Phase 3 — fluency becomes the norm.

A class forced into discovery by decree reverts the moment the leader looks away. Pace it.

Protect it.

Keep the reproducibility filter on every proposal: can the newest disciple do this?

Guard the young work from professionalization. Celebrate messy obedience publicly, coach privately, and run interference for the pilot.

Defend it — the both/and. Two goals, held together: knowledge (the pulpit, the maturing track) and faith (the retrofit). We re-weight; we don’t abolish teaching. Leaders who hear “you’re abolishing teaching” shut down; leaders who hear “we’re adding the missing half, and reproducing your best teachers” lean in.

A case: an elder says, “You’re getting rid of Bible teaching.” Answer with the both/and — story-first, gentle, no arguing.

Time the integration: new believers enter the established church as change agents, not pew-warmers — from faith and desire, never anti-church negativity. Attendance is fruit, not the door.

I used to defend my model by arguing instead of telling stories. The turn: story-first, gentle, no arguing.

Practice — the capstone: write your church’s full phased plan — names and dates — and rehearse the both/and defense aloud. This is the artifact you leave with.

Your “I will”: deliver the phased plan to my leadership, by [date].

Close: “Make me bold, make me humble.” This hands into the final session — Multiply.