Following principles culled from the missionary methods of Apostle Paul and paralleled by the Early Church, the programme is a field-tested and proven missions model highly relevant to the increasingly urbanised world of the 21st Century.
The most formative faith practices engage the mind, the heart, and the body. Faith development is often organized in age-level groups, but can also be effective through intergenerational ministries. On these pages, you will find Faith Formation opportunities for both.
Children are deeply spiritual. Just as children grow during those early years physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally, they are also growing spiritually. They are learning about important concepts to a healthy faith such as love, trust, acceptance, and forgiveness.
The primary task of youth ministry is to love youth where they are, to encourage them in developing their relationship with God, to provide them with opportunities to nurture and grow, and to challenge them to respond to God’s call to serve in their communities.
Raised on the internet and video games, young adults are used to creating their own learning and social environments. They don’t take a class on the internet…they just sit down and start tinkering with it often with other church members. It can be the same with faith
As we seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, churches need to be attentive to where people are in their life and faith journey. Even within generations, individuals can be at different stages of life and dealing with very different challenges and issues.
AJC deploys the best in biblical processes and technology frameworks to help metamorphose our Lord and Saviour's vision into actionable work. As an active organisation in evangelism, we proactively work with insights into leading and emerging methods to meet the growing needs of gospel outreach.
"Encounter with God" is a proven model for developing sustainable, multiplying and locally-resourced church planting movements in the urban context. In cities throughout the nation, AJC Churches are raising the credibility of the evangelical church in society and re-calibrating expectations of what can be accomplished by churches in cities and townships. The model is effective in meeting the challenge of the modern urban world.
Many strategies and programs have been attempted throughout India each with varying levels of success. While many programs contain methods that can be incorporated into the Encounter Model, Encounter is unique in that it provides a comprehensive framework of principles that guide the implementation of contextualized strategies, programs and methods.
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