G12 system was first imported from Colombia five years ago. It was shaped by Rev. Cesar Castellanos in the early 1990s, after a trip he took to South Korea (where Christians account for more than a fourth of the population). In Seoul, Mr. Castellanos met David Yonggi Cho, creator of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest worshippers in the world, now with more than eight hundred thousand members, meeting in a number of satellite locations. In the late 1960s, the growing number of his followers had forced Mr. Yonggi to reorganize his church. He divided it into geographical zones called cells, where attendants were encouraged to invite other friends, even non-Christians, to join cell meetings. These cells would then divide once they had reached a certain level of membership.
The G12 System is one of the foundational factors that have resulted in the exponential growth of the church. This process is very easy to do. A Pastor will just imitate Jesus Christ by choosing 12 people to be His disciples and taught them the way of the Lord. Each of those 12 disciples found 12 disciples and each of those disciples found 12 disciples and each of those 12 disciples and on and on until everyone was in a group.
The number twelve is the number of government in the Bible. Jesus set up His kingdom and government on the earth by using the same principle that God had used to establish Israel in the Old Testament. Just as Israel had 12 tribes, Jesus had 12 disciples. Using this model, Jesus intended to show us a pattern of how to disciple not only our local communities, but also the nations of the world.
The G12 system has several strict standards. In order to be part of the vision, you are expected to be devoted, attend your cell group once a week, go to retreats, go out to evangelize, go the Sunday morning service and also attend special meetings with your leader's leader. Each week is enclosed by these church things to do, as your social activities are contained within your cell group. Your week will be used up with these meetings to attend as they make you a more serious disciple
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