{"id":1069,"date":"2018-08-22T08:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2018-08-22T08:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:31:28","slug":"how-do-you-measure-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/2018\/08\/22\/how-do-you-measure-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you measure progress?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In our Amdu literacy classes we make a big deal about short, nubby pencils. \u00a0They represent hard work and determination. \u00a0A nubby pencil earns a student a brand new replacement pencil so they can keep plowing ahead and making progress. \u00a0We do the same thing when a student fills up that last page in their notebook! \u00a0It takes more than a nubby pencil to earn a graduation certificate, though. \u00a0Our Ethnos360<\/a> training has provided us with a more rigorous rubric for that job.<\/p>\n

To earn a graduation certificate and move on to the post literacy class each student has to be able to read at least 55 words per minute and make no more than three mistakes during their reading test. \u00a0They must have completed all four primers, readers and home work books and a final written exam.<\/p>\n

A nubby pencil is a great sign of progress, but without these more detailed definitions for success we can’t be confident about our students progress. \u00a0Instead, with our rubric in place before we even begin teaching we know exactly where we are going and what it has to look like when we get there! \u00a0Literacy progress<\/a> and success is measurable and therefore gives us direction.<\/p>\n

The same principle is true in making disciples. \u00a0Our Ethnos360 training has provided us with a rubric for disciple making also. \u00a0It is the result of many years of cross cultural experience and a long hard look into the Word of God. \u00a0Just like with the Amdu Literacy Program, we know exactly where we are going with discipleship, and we know what it needs to look like when we get there.<\/p>\n

Our rubric for disciple making is called the Mature Church Model. \u00a0In short, the MCM is a detailed picture of maturity that has been drawn from the epistles of the New Testament; this is the objective. \u00a0Working back from this objective, specific goals like establishing literacy have been drafted up, laying out a clear map for missionaries to follow from day one. \u00a0Without these detailed definitions we can’t be sure of our disciples’ maturity! \u00a0Progress in the life of a disciple is measurable and therefore supplies us with direction.<\/p>\n

Lest you get the opinion that we are leaning purely on a “game plan” for success in Amdu, hear us when we say we are convinced that nothing can happen there without the Holy Spirit’s doing it. \u00a0From the very first day in Amdu we have felt ourselves being stretched beyond our means. \u00a0We see the gap between our own abilities and the objectives of the MCM and cry out to the Father to enable us on a regular basis. \u00a0He has never failed to supply all that we need.<\/p>\n

Some of the most exciting days of ministry in Amdu are ahead of us. \u00a0If you haven’t already subscribed to our Master List please do it so we can share in what God is doing together. \u00a0We need you on our team. \u00a0The future Amdu church needs you. \u00a0In the right column of this webpage is a subscription form. \u00a0It’s simple. \u00a0Just add your name and your email address and you’ll hear from us regularly!<\/p>\n

Thanks for partnering with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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