I was talking to a group of church leaders about what Oscar Muriu has taught me about growing leaders for a church planting movement. One of them challenged me with, “How do we know this works in Australia?” He’s right. There are some things that don’t translate across cultures. Or even within cultures. That’s why [...]
Category Archives: 4. Rapid mobilization
Oscar’s sons and daughters
7 July, 2008 – 5:05 PM
One reason for Oscar Muriu’s success in growing leaders for a church planting movement is that he didn’t know what he was doing. He was young enough not to know it couldn’t be done and smart enough to copy from the best. This what he told me. . . All I do is I copy. [...]
More on how Oscar Muriu grows leaders
5 July, 2008 – 4:37 PM
How challenging does an internship it need to be? They need to have enough responsibility on their shoulders that they are having sleepless nights. That they are on their knees pleading with the Lord to give them wisdom and strength. Because if they don’t have that then they are not challenged… Somebody once told me [...]
How many interns do you have?
4 July, 2008 – 1:22 PM
While Albert barbecued the goat, I chatted to David Githugu about his experience as an intern and church planter with Nairobi Chapel under Oscar Muriu’s leadership. David first came into contact with Nairobi Chapel as a university student. In 2002 he left a lucrative legal career and took a big paycut to become a pastor. [...]
How growing leaders became a reality
3 July, 2008 – 3:48 PM
Here’s a photo I took of a just a handful of the church planters, pastors and interns who have been trained by Oscar and Beatrice Muriu. Many church leaders say they want to grow leaders. Few actually do. I asked Oscar Muriu how he turns good intentions into reality. This is his reply. . . [...]
How Oscar grows leaders
1 July, 2008 – 2:38 PM
The next installment on how Oscar Muriu grows leaders for a church planting movement. How did it all begin? In 1989 Nairobi Chapel was a dwindling, discouraged group of whites praying that God would show them what to do. They sought new leadership to help them reach the African students around them. I was finishing [...]
MiniChurch and Making Leaders
16 December, 2007 – 3:21 PM
Ralph Moore believes in “simple church” – it has to be simple and it has to reproduce. 1. MiniChurch At the heart of Hope Chapel’s strategy of reproducing disciples, leaders and churches is the “MiniChurch”. Ralph intentionally name his small groups MiniChurches and their leaders “undershepherds”. The MiniChurch is the primary place of pastoral care [...]
Coaching Leaders: Basics to Advanced
8 May, 2007 – 2:21 PM
A key characteristic of a dynamic movement is the capacity to rapidly mobilize workers. But you can’t sustain rapid mobilization without adequate support systems. That means you have to build a coaching movement as you multiply leaders in the field. If you need advanced coach training, Keith Webb is running one of the best courses [...]
Comical call to the priesthood
1 May, 2007 – 7:49 AM
The Age reports that, the Roman Catholic Church is launching a comic strip this week to attract teenagers into the priesthood. It is using the art form in an advertising campaign to combat the dramatic decline in applicants for ordination. The church hopes its comic, with pictures of nuns and monks playing pool and surfing [...]
The leadership pipeline
20 April, 2007 – 6:12 AM
In Raising Up Church Planters, Glenn Smith, examines a number of effective models for growing pioneering leaders. One is based on the GE model of a leadership pipeline. The leadership pipeline model provides a system for always having the leaders you need. The model entails a series of passages that come with very specific values, [...]
