Glossary of G12 Terms

Cell	A small group meeting to evangelize, teach, or mentor others.
Cell leader	One who has been trained in the School of Leaders and is ready to open a cell.
Closed cell	A cell composed of 12 leaders and not open to additional members.
Consolidate	To care for each convert until the character of Christ is formed in him.
Consolidator	A cell leader trained to consolidate converts.
Disciple	To train new converts through the School of Leaders in all aspects of cell leadership.
Excellerate	A software program that tracks every facet of the G12 vision.
Encounter	A three-day weekend retreat designed to deliver believers from the “baggage” of the past.
Generation	All the cells developed under one of the pastor’s “twelve.” (Note: TCC’s usage of this term is different: we refer to a generation as the cells led by the members of a particular cell. For example, Fr. Rob’s cell is the first generation, the cells opened by the members of that group become the second generation, etc.)
G12	An acronym designating the “principle of twelve,” or the “government of twelve.”
Homogeneous cells	Cells that have a common factor of gender, age, or interest.
Ladder of success	Fourfold track of the G12 vision: win, consolidate, disciple, and send.
Leader	The goal of the vision to have every believer become a person of influence.
Macro cell meeting	All the cells of a “twelve” generation meeting together.
Multiplication	The process by which a G12 church experiences exponential growth.
Net meeting	A meeting in which all the generations of a given homogeneous group meet in an evangelistic service.
Open cell	Any cell that grows evangelistically, while building the cell leader’s “twelve.”
PEP	Ministry process of consolidation: Pre-Encounter, Encounter, and Post-Encounter.
Post-Encounter	Ten weeks of one-hour teachings on basic Christian living.
Prayer of three	Cell leader and two members pray for 30 days for three souls each to be saved.
Pre-Encounter	Seven lessons for preparing a candidate to attend an Encounter.
Re-Encounter	An Encounter for new cell leaders held in the second term of the School of Leaders.
School of Leaders	The discipleship track of three 12-week terms for leadership training.
Send	To open a cell and then build a “twelve,” to send men out to build “twelve” churches.
“Timothy”	A cell member or leader who is being prepared to become a part of a leader’s “twelve.”
Win	The initial step of the ladder of success that evangelizes the lost in a community.

Note: This information is found in the booklet entitled “Transition In a Nutshell” by Jim Clark and published by Bethany World Prayer Center, Baker, Louisiana.