Welcome to Impact, a multi-session resource designed to ignite a disciple-making movement (DMM) among students. Here’s what makes Impact special:
Simple Strategy: Impact follows four key steps: prayer, finding a person of peace, teaching Student Discovery Study, and coaching for multiplication.
Ambitious Goal: Inspired by God's desire for everyone to experience salvation, as stated in 1 Timothy 2:3, Impact aims to ensure that every student on every campus is personally invited to discover God.
Student-Led: Impact is built on a student-to-student model, allowing the movement to thrive without the need for adult leaders on campus. Instead, adult leaders provide crucial off-campus training and coaching.
Obedience-Based Disciple Making: Impact emphasizes action and application, following a "go and do" model rather than just a "come and learn" approach.
Multiplication Mindset: From the start, the vision is to create first-generation groups that multiply into second, third, and even fourth generations.
Decentralized Growth: Instead of gathering people into one large group, Impact fosters growth through the expansion of multiple small groups.
Simple Strategy: Impact follows four key steps: prayer, finding a person of peace, teaching Student Discovery Study, and coaching for multiplication.
Ambitious Goal: Inspired by God's desire for everyone to experience salvation, as stated in 1 Timothy 2:3, Impact aims to ensure that every student on every campus is personally invited to discover God.
Student-Led: Impact is built on a student-to-student model, allowing the movement to thrive without the need for adult leaders on campus. Instead, adult leaders provide crucial off-campus training and coaching.
Obedience-Based Disciple Making: Impact emphasizes action and application, following a "go and do" model rather than just a "come and learn" approach.
Multiplication Mindset: From the start, the vision is to create first-generation groups that multiply into second, third, and even fourth generations.
Decentralized Growth: Instead of gathering people into one large group, Impact fosters growth through the expansion of multiple small groups.
SESSION 1: PRAY
Introduction: (5 minutes) The purpose of this session is to introduve the DMM prayer and establish the importance of prayer in disciple-making movements (DMM).
Task: (10 minutes) Read Student Pray.
Activity: (45 minutes) Spend dedicated time praying together as a group with a focus on disciple-making. Follow these steps:
- Pray with Thanksgiving: Start by thanking God for the impact disciple-making has had on your life. Reflect on those who discipled you and those you are discipling. Praise God for the relationships that have brought you closer to Him.
- Pray the DMM Prayer: Ask God to use you to start a disciple making movement (DMM). Note: we will cover these elements in depth in future sessions.
Ask God to increase your devotion to disciple-making prayer. Hold hands as if praying.
Ask God to guide you to a person of peace; someone who wants to know more about Jesus. Hold hand above brow as if looking for someone.
Ask God to help you teach them a simple resource called a Discovery Bible Study (DBS). Hold hands like a book.
Ask God to use you to coach them by guiding and encouraging them to multiply. Hold hands touching ear and mouth as if giving signals like a baseball coach.
- Pray with Scripture: Choose any passage from Acts to fuel your prayers for disciple-making. Let the stories of the early church inspire you to pray. When you finish praying over one passage, select another. Continue this until your time of prayer concludes.
Debrief (30 minutes) Watch Impact of Student Teams (3:53). Discuss your thoughts about the group prayer time.
Action Step: Interested students should gather on Monday at a specific time and location on campus (e.g., lunch, flag pole). Divide into teams of two and walk around praying quietly for (not with) others. Individually: Students should pray for (not with) classmates, friends, etc., throughout the day on Monday.
SESSION 2. FIND A PERSON OF PEACE (FARM)
Review and Introduction: (15 minutes) Briefly share your experiences praying on campus in teams and individually on Monday. This session aims to show how to identify a Person of Peace (POP). A POP is someone open to conversation, receptive to spiritual questions, listens to your testimony, and is eager to share with others. Identifying POPs is crucial for starting disciple-making movements (DMM). This session focus on the situational approach to finding POPs.
Task: (15 minutes) Read the Student FARM Conversation.
Activity: (45 minutes) Practice the Student FARM Conversation as a Group.
One person begins by asking another the Family question: "Tell me about your family."
After the response, that person then asks an Academic question: "What classes do you like and dislike the most?
Following that, ask a Recreation question: "What sports or hobbies interest you?"
Next, move to the Message portion of the conversation:
Explore Their Story: One person says to another, "It's been fun to get to know you on a personal level. I like to get to know people on a spiritual level; does Jesus play a role in your life? If so, how?"
Share Your Story: One person shares their 15-second testimony: "There was a time in my life when I was _________ and ___________. Then I met Jesus, put my trust in Him, and made Him number one in my life. Now I am _________ and ___________. Do you have a story like this?"
Invite Them into God's Story: One person states, "I've been learning a lot from the Bible recently. Would you like to discover more about what it says about God?"
Debrief: (15 minutes) Watch Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone. (1:04) Evaluate the FARM conversation as a tool.
Action Steps: Keep praying on Mondays on campus. Have as much of a FARM conversation as you can, on Tuesday with someone at school.
SESSION 3. FIND A PERSON OF PEACE (PRAYER WALK)
Review and Introduction (15 minutes) Briefly share your experiences with praying on Monday on campus, and having a FARM conversation on Tuesdays. This session will continue to teach you how to identify a Person of Peace (POP). This session will focus on the intentional approach.
Task (15 minutes) Read Student Prayer Walk.
Activity (45 minutes)
Practice the prayer walk interaction by having two people read the following to another person in the group. Answers questions and pray.
"Hi, my name is __________ and this is ___________. We are followers of Jesus and are going around encouraging people by praying for them. May we pray for you? If so, what do you need prayer for most right now?" [Explore pain points]. Pray for them.
One person then states, "Another way we like to encourage people is by sharing the difference Jesus has made in our life. There was a time in my life when I was ___________________ and ______________. Then I met Jesus, put my trust in Him and made him number one in my life. Now I am ________________and _________________. Do you have a story like this?"
Another person then invites them by saying, "Would you like to know more about God?" This is the point where you schedule a time to teach them Student DBS as soon as possible.
Debrief (15 minutes) Watch Student Testimonies (1:25) and evaluate the FARM conversation as a tool.
Action Steps: Keep praying on Mondays. Aim to have a FARM conversation with someone this Tuesday at school. Additionally, on Tuesday, gather interested students at a specific time and location on campus. Form teams of two (one male and one female if possible) and engage people by following this script:
- Introduction: Tell them who you are and what you're doing.
- Inform: Tell them you'd like to pray for them.
- Prayer Request: ask for a prayer request to explore their pain points.
- Prayer: Pray for them.
- Share Testimony: Share your 15-second testimony.
- Invite: Invite them to know more about God. Exchange contact information and arrange to meet as soon as possible with those who want to know more so you can teach them about the Student DBS.
SESSION 4. TEACH DBS (Part 1)
Review and Introduction: (15 minutes) Share experiences about praying, having a FARM conversation, and Prayer Walking. The purpose of this session (and the one to follow) is to introduce Student DBS (Discovery Bible Study).
Task: (15 minutes) Read Student DBS and review DBS Story Sets.
Activity: (45 minutes) Conduct the short version of DBS using Story #1 from the DBS Story Sets.
Debrief: (15 minutes) Watch Discovery Bible Study (3:00). Evaluate the Student DBS and address any questions.
Action Steps: Continue praying, conducting all or part of a FARM conversation, and participating in Prayer Walking. Do Student DBS with any interested students Wednesday-Friday. Complete your "I will" statements.
SESSION 5. TEACH DBS (Part 2)
Review and Introduction: (15 minutes) Share experiences about praying the Open Prayers, having a FARM conversation, and participating in Prayer Walking. The purpose of this session is to deepen your understanding of Discovery Bible Study (DBS).
Task: (15 minutes) Read Student DBS Leader Notes. If necessary, review Student DBS by reading the bold print only.
Activity: (45 minutes) Do the short version of Student DBS using Story #2 from DBS Story Sets.
Debrief: (15 minutes) Watch: Ben's Testimony (0:52). Evaluate Student DBS and address any questions.
Action Steps: Continue to pray, have a FARM conversation and Prayer Walk, and disciple Wednesday thru Friday, and complete your "I will" statements.
SESSION 6. TEACH ONE THING STUDY
Review and Introduction: (15 minutes) Share experiences about praying, having a FARM conversation, participating in Prayer Walking, and how your "I will" statements went. The purpose of this session is to introduce the One Thing Study (OTS), a simple yet powerful devotional tool.
Task: (15 minutes) Read the One Thing Study.
Activity: (45 minutes) Practice the One Thing Study. As a group, choose a passage of Scripture and read it aloud together. Read the passage again silently. Take a few minutes to identify your "One Thing"—a word, phrase, or sentence that speaks to your heart and that you believe God wants you to respond to. Share your "One Thing" with the group, explaining why it resonated with you. After everyone has shared, pray for each other. One person summarizes their "One Thing," and someone else prays for them. That person then summarizes their "One Thing," and another person prays. Go in a circle around the group. Repeat until everyone has shared and been prayed for.
Debrief (15 minutes) The Bible is Alive (2:09). Evaluate the One Thing Study and address any questions.
Action Steps: Do a few One Thing Studies each day this week during your devotional time. Continue to pray, have a FARM conversation, participate in Prayer Walking, teach Student DBS and complete your "I will" statements.
SESSION 7. COACH TO MULTIPLICATION
Review and Introduction: (15 minutes) Share your experiences with One Thing Studies, praying, having a FARM conversation, participating in Prayer Walking, and how your "I will" statements went. The purpose of this session is to introduce the importance of coaching, encouraging you to both coach others and be coached by others.
Task: (15 minutes) Read Student Coaching.
Activity: (30 minutes) Make this the first coaching session. Take turns asking and answering the different coaching questions.
Debrief: (30 minutes) Watch How Sharing the Gospel Saved a Life. (4:39) Reflect on the coaching experience and discuss what worked well and what could be improved.
Action Steps: Attend the next coaching meeting. Note; if not already in place, set up regular coaching meetings for students who are making disciples.