COMMUTER SERVICES
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Mark 4 – Kingdom Expansion
Commuter Communities help you live in community,
offer mentorship to help you grow in obedience to Christ,
and provide opportunities for you to serve.
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Commuter Communities are intentional support networks that seek
to build a community among commuter students who live, laugh, and
pray together.
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Commuter Communities support positive leadership development
and utilize leaders who will mentor commuters to grow in obedience
to Christ.
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Commuter Communities bring commuter students together to serve
their fellow students and the community.
For more information on how to start or get involved with a group,
email Commuter Services at Commuter@liberty.edu.
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Commuter Communities are committed to growing God’s kingdom
through person-to-person interaction. Leaders train others to be
sowers of spiritual seeds: presenting the Gospel, praying for spiritual
increase, and being committed to cultivating new laborers.
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Leaders set goals for growth, encouraging members to actively reach
out to the community rather than relying on the leader for the group’s
expansion.
• Once groups reach seven or eight members, Commuter
Communities leaders begin mentoring members who are ready to
become leaders of their own groups. Mentorship emphasizes
prayer, Bible study, and involvement in the local church.
• Finally, group leaders choose two members from their
group to help launch additional Commuter Communities.
METHODS:
COMMUNITY, MISSION, AND OBEDIENCE
COMMUNITY IN SERVANT LEADERSHIP: Commuter Communities leaders are taught to lead
by becoming servants. They are given opportunities to both serve and train others to serve, which
creates increased group participation and chances for conversations about the Gospel.
MISSIONAL LIVING THROUGH LUKE 10 JOURNEYS: In Luke 10, Jesus sent out His disciples in
teams of two to spread the Gospel. Commuter Communities pray to meet people, and then go out
to the community to witness to those whose hearts have been prepared to respond to the Gospel.
Often, these people will be invited back to Commuter Communities meetings.
MENTORSHIP IN OBEDIENCE FROM GLOBAL CHURCH PLANTING MOVEMENTS:
Our Commuter Communities mentorship theory is influenced by the work of missionaries Ying Kai,
Steve Smith, and Bruce Bennett. These men started church planting movements in Southeast Asia
and Africa by focusing on organic growth models, which emphasize obedience to Jesus Christ,
advancement of the Gospel, and discipleship of believers to become trainers of new converts.
These methods have resulted in over 4,000 new believers a day in Africa, and over 150,000 new
church plants in Southeast Asia since 2001!