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Now that you have a mentor you will meet together and develop an Action Plan (Form 4). An Action Plan is simply a formalized approach to how you will utilize the various discipleship resources that are at your disposal. Your mentor plays a crucial role in helping you craft a spiritual growth plan that takes into account your strengths, weaknesses and giftedness as derived from the Assessment Summary. As a resource, your mentor will want to refer to the Mentor Guidelines (form 6). Although the Action Plan is to be largely dictated by the results of the Assessment Summary, there are a number of foundational issues that every mentor needs to address right from the start. These foundational issues are listed here, and your mentor is encouraged to work with you to implement them into your Action Plan. It is at this stage that you will have to learn about the various discipleship resources that are available at Uptown Church, which we call "training modules." Training Modules are simply areas in which various types of spiritual growth takes place. If you notice in Chart 1, these Training Modules include the Sunday Service, Sunday School, Life Groups, Strategic Training, Discipleship Resource Center, and Personal Disciplines. Consult Appendix III, Discipleship Training Modules for a full and detailed overview of all these different opportunities at Uptown church and the Leader-ship that runs them. Once you have learned about the details of the various Training Modules available, the Action Plan lays out the specific ways in which you will utilize the modules. For example, if Joe Uptown learns from his Assessment Summary that he is lacking in an understanding and application of evangelism in his life, then, together with his mentor, they may decide he needs to (a) take a Sunday School class on evangelism, (b) read a book that outlines the method and message of evangelism, (c) meet with someone in the church that has wisdom in this area, (d) practice evangelism alongside another who is gifted in this area, and (e) pray that God would change his heart and give him renewed motivation. Joe and his mentor would also discuss a timeframe for when such activities should be accomplished. Of course, keep in mind that this example covers only one area of need that may exist in Joe's life, so that actual Action Plan likely will be more detailed than this.
Special Note Although all members of Uptown will utilize the standard Action Plan (Form 4), those members in specialized situations also will follow other training "tracks" within the Discipleship Training process such as, (a) Church Planters Track, (b) Leadership Track, and (c) Prospective Missionary Track. Those in these tracks, in addition to filling out Form 4, also will need to use the specialized Action Plans that are available in Appendix II (Form 4.1-Church Planting Track, Form 4.2-Leadership Track, Form 4.3-Prospective Missionary Track). Each of these "tracks" will outline the specific training requirements for those involved in these areas.
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