Getting Started Suggestions for Medium-sized Churches

• Register your church and receive the Acts 1:8 Challenge information packet
• Read and understand the Acts 1:8 Challenge Leadership Guide (download PDF) and familiarize yourself with resources at www.ActsOne8.com
• Preach an Acts 1:8 series and lead a Bible/EKG study and prayer emphasis
• Enlist support of the deacon body or other influencers in your church
• Administer the “MIssionsMAP” MapChurch.com missional assessment
• Educate your church about mission opportunities at home and abroad
• Identify and establish an Acts 1:8 team of leaders and determine funding
• Plan a Jerusalem and Judea short-term mission project with Acts 1:8 partners
• Plan/conduct an annual Acts 1:8 Challenge event, invite missionary speakers