Movements start with a small group of deeply passionate and deeply dedicated people who believe. Tony Sheng has just sent me this take on Movements from a social marketing perspective. Some great insights. Don’t forget to add the power of the Gospel and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Can denominations get the job done?
25 September, 2009 – 6:32 AM
David Watson pulls no punches in explaining Why Denominations Cannot Complete the Great Commission. So if the end in mind is the Great Commission how should we do church? Before you answer, read and re-read Luke-Acts as one story in two parts. Then answer these two questions: How did Jesus make disciples who planted the [...]
Bob-isms
25 September, 2009 – 5:47 AM
I’ve been hanging out with Bob Roberts at the Crossway conference this week. That’s Bob on the right tickling a church planter. That man is out of control. Here’s just a few of his quotable quotes.On the key to success Every big thing has always started from simple obedience. God puts something on my heart. [...]
Disciples or Crowds?
22 September, 2009 – 7:22 PM
So do rapidly expanding church planting movements grow disciples or just gather crowds? Let’s take a look at what happened in Rwanda. Here’s the email traffic with David Watson. . . Hi David I noticed on your blog that you’ve been to Rwanda. I’ve had some thoughtful mission leaders question the effectiveness of church planting [...]
What about Rwanda?
21 September, 2009 – 6:43 PM
A couple of years ago I got into a discussion with some missions about the limitations of church planting movements as a mission strategy. Their concern was the quality and maturity of the believers in regions such as Africa and especially in a place like Rwanda. In 1994, Rwanda Hutu extremists massacred hundreds of thousands [...]
Back to the future
20 September, 2009 – 9:33 PM
The great Christian revolutions come not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when somebody takes radically something that was always there.
Back to the frontline
18 September, 2009 – 6:36 AM
Tim Scheuer is one of the few leaders applying the principles of church planting movements in the West. Here’s an interview I did with Tim on how he made the transition back to the frontline.
Dave Lawton: Church planting movements
17 September, 2009 – 7:28 AM
Dave Lawton (right) has been on a journey in three stages. He has seen a church planting movement in India and Nepal. He has helped spark a church planting movement out of Crossway, one of Australia’s largest suburban churches. Now he is making disciples and multiplying “simple churches” in some of the most needy regions [...]
4 more things Tim taught me
15 September, 2009 – 11:59 AM
A few more lessons from my teacher Tim. . . 4. Radically orthodox Tim has no problem with the truth and relevance of the gospel. He has certainty when it comes to his message but flexibility when it comes to his methods. He knows the difference between what is given and what is up for [...]
What Tim taught me
14 September, 2009 – 12:02 PM
Over the last six months I’ve witnessed the transformation of a leader. Tim Scheuer heads up Church Army Australia, a ministry of evangelism alongside the Anglican Church. He has done an outstanding job as its national Director. In March this year I brought “Barney” out to Australia to talk about his experience of fueling a [...]
