A ONE MORE INITIATIVE
Your whole church.
One mission. One More.
One More is a whole-church initiative that inspires, equips, and mobilizes your entire congregation to reach the people in their everyday lives who don't know Jesus. Not as a program. As a way of life.
WHAT IS THIS?
One More is a OneChurch initiative built to bring deep, personal ownership of the Great Commission and lasting alignment to your whole church. Over eight to ten months, it shapes the heart, mind, and strength of every person engaged in it through preaching, worship, reading, equipping workshops, and group experiences.
In Matthew 28, Jesus gave the Great Commission not just to churches as organizations, but to individuals. It's the personal call of every follower, still today. One More is designed to help each person in your congregation hear that call and live it out.
It will be challenging. It may even be disruptive. But the outcome is a church where reaching those who don't yet know Jesus becomes the normal Christian life, not the exception.
What changes in your church.
Every believer hears the call personally.
The Great Commission stops being something the church does and becomes something each person owns.
The One stops being an idea.
Your people start praying for, looking for, and reaching specific people who don't yet know Jesus.
Sunday attenders become everyday followers.
Faith moves out of the building and into Monday morning conversations, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
Great Commission living becomes normal.
Not a program, not a season, but a permanent shift in how your church understands what it means to follow Jesus.
HOW IT WORKS
An eight to ten-month journey.
From your leaders to your church.
One More isn't a six-week teaching series with a workbook. It's a guided rollout that engages your leadership, your key teams, and your whole congregation in sequence, supported by an IC coach, facilitator, and equipper every step of the way.
YOUR LEADERSHIP
Leadership Alignment
- Advance Preparation (~30 days)
- Onsite #1: Kickoff Workshop + Equipping #1 (2 days)
- Onsite #2: VIP Team Coordination + Action Plan (1 day)
YOUR KEY LEADERS
Leader Engagement
- Pastor / Staff / Elder Equipping (optional)
- Lay Leadership Vision & Commitment Night
- One More Equipping #2
YOUR CONGREGATION
Congregational Activation
- Teaching Series (6 weeks)
- One-Aware Panel
- One More Equipping #3 (established permanently)
YOUR FUTURE
Lasting Culture
- Onsite #3: Next Steps Workshop (1–2 days)
- Celebration and long-term plans for training and culture change
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Every tool to align your church.
IC Support Through The Whole Journey
Dedicated IC Coach for the kickoff and weekly sessions. Plus a dedicated administrative contact and access to the IC community.
Implementation Guide
Plus the One-Aware Panel How-To Guide
Teaching Series
Sermon outlines, manuscripts, and study questions
Small Group Study
Study guide for sharing life, stories, and Jesus
One More Book
By Bart Rendel and Doug Parks with Vince Antonucci
SEE IT IN ACTION
Real churches. Real One-Aware Panels.
Two churches that have run the One-Aware Panel as part of their One More journey. Watch how unbelievers in their own communities answered questions about church, faith, and what would actually reach them.
When Jesus gave the Great Commission in Matthew 28, He gave it to individuals. Not to churches as organizations. To people like you and every follower of Jesus in your church.
Bart Rendel
INSIDE THE INITIATIVE
Your teams. Our team.
One Mission.
One More is a partnership. Your church forms eight teams to lead the initiative from the inside. Intentional Churches walks alongside you with coaching, equipping, and facilitation at every key moment.
Your Initiative Leadership Teams
Administration Team
Owns schedules, logistics, and coordination across the initiative.
Prayer Team
Mobilizes prayer cover for every phase of the journey.
Equipping Team
Stewards the three equipping experiences for each audience.
Groups & Ministries Team
Aligns existing groups and ministries around the initiative.
Worship Team
Weaves One-awareness into weekend worship and the teaching series.
One-Aware Panel Team
Plans, recruits, and produces the One-Aware Panel weekend.
Next Generation Team
Adapts the experience for kids, students, and families.
Communications Team
Tells the story across your church, week by week.
Intentional Churches' Commitment
Dedicated Administrative Contact
A single point of contact for scheduling, logistics, and questions.
IC Coach
Leads the Kickoff and joins your team for weekly coaching sessions throughout.
One More Equipper
Delivers Equipping #1 to anchor the initiative in your leadership team.
IC Facilitator
Facilitates the Kickoff Workshop and the Onsite #3 Next Steps Workshop.
When You Launch Matters
The teaching series typically lands two to three quarters after your Kickoff Workshop.
ONE MORE person reached.
ONE MORE life changed.
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One More is designed to be led by a team of leaders across your church, not just staff. Team members typically commit two to four hours per week on average, with more during peak months around the teaching series and congregational equipping. Your senior pastor and executive leadership are involved at key milestones but the initiative is structured to distribute the work across your team.
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The One More Equipping Sessions teach your congregation how to identify their One and how to share life, stories, and the good news about Jesus with them. The equipping is customizable, interactive, and designed to be permanently established in your church after the initiative ends. Your church's own equipping team is trained to deliver it on an ongoing basis as your congregation grows.
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One More works best for churches where the senior leadership is genuinely committed to seeing the congregation personally own the Great Commission, and where there is capacity to form and lead an initiative team over 8 to 10 months. It is not a light engagement, and timing matters. The best way to find out if this is your season is a straightforward conversation with our team.
FAQs
One More is part of a bigger picture.
One More activates your congregation. But lasting Great Commission alignment moves through every layer of your church. OneTeam aligns your leadership team. OneBoard aligns your governing board. Together all three produce a church that is radically and lastingly aligned to the mission of Jesus.
Alignment for your elders and governing board.
Alignment for your leadership team.