Evangelism, Discipleship & Church Growth
Project for Evangelism
This is a plan by the Evangelism department for the period 2016-2025. The focus is on spreading the Gospel and strengthening the identity of the Free Methodist Church in Burundi.
We will focus on preaching salvation by faith in Jesus Christ.
Regular Sunday services will be limited to 2 hours, with some exceptions.
Reorganize catechism classes and make them mandatory.
Integrate literacy and numeracy into catechism classes and encourage church members to participate.
The church will develop new educational materials, implement the program, and monitor its effectiveness.
Project for Discipleship
The Burundi Free Methodist Church is implementing a discipleship program from 2016 to 2025. This program aims to help new converts grow their faith and become more Christ-like. The church plans to achieve this by:
Organizing discipleship programs in all local churches
Regular Sunday services will be limited to 2 hours, with some exceptions.
Reorganize catechism classes and make them mandatory.
Integrate literacy and numeracy into catechism classes and encourage church members to participate.
The church will develop new educational materials, implement the program, and monitor its effectiveness.
Project for Home Cells Program
The Burundi Free Methodist Church is launching a home cell program from 2016 to 2025. This program aims to create small group Bible studies in communities around each local church. To achieve this, The BFMC will:
Organize these cell groups
Train leaders for the groups
Develop a curriculum for the groups to follow
Create relevant materials for the program.
Implement the program.
Track how well the program is working and make adjustments as needed.
Project for Literacy and Numeracy Program
The Burundi Free Methodist Church is offering a literacy and numeracy program from 2016 to 2025. This program aims to teach church members basic reading, writing, and math skills. The program will be available at all local churches and designed to:
Improve biblical knowledge for spiritual growth
Equip members for Christin living
Provide skills for conflict prevention and management
Support entrepreneurship ventures
The Burundi Free Methodist Church will develop relevant materials for the program, run it in local churches, and monitor its effectiveness.
Project for Church Planting and Church Growth
The Burundi Free Methodist Church conducted a Church Growth program from 2016 to 2025. The program aimed to establish strong churches by:
Identifying strategic locations for new churches
Training lay leaders to staff the new churches
Raising funds to support the new churches
Developing a plan for planting new churches
Implement the program.
Monitoring and evaluating the program's effectiveness
