A simple goal: a church in every village of India in one generation. Makes a lot of sense if you want to reach what will become the world’s most populous nation. Quick calculation: one million churches required among India’s 4,693 people groups. Paul Gupta is not discouraged the by the enormity of the task. It [...]
Category Archives: 4. Rapid mobilization
Mixed emotions
21 November, 2006 – 2:04 PM
I got inspired and I got angry when I read this story about Korasa Paul, a Koya from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The story begins with Paul’s miracle conversion from what is described as “a debauched life” that nearly ruined his liver. Everywhere his pastor went, he went, learning what he could and [...]
The wrong wall?
20 November, 2006 – 2:49 PM
If you’re responsible for educating and training church leaders you may not want to read this quote. It will ruin your week. The same goes for any theological students out there. Especially if you’re in Australia or New Zealand facing end of year exams. It’s a comment from Sherwood Lingenfelter about the amazing story of [...]
10 reasons why we don’t have enough church planters*
9 November, 2006 – 6:29 AM
For as long as I’ve been in this game the critical issue has always been, “We don’t have enough church planters.” Here’s ten reasons why I think that is so. 1. We don’t ask It’s his harvest field. It’s his mission. If you don’t ask you don’t receive. Keep banging on that door until your [...]
Training Leaders for a Church Planting Movement
31 October, 2006 – 5:58 PM
Here’s a book that looks promising. From the blurb, This is the insightful story of Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI), an institution founded in Chennai, India, to teach pastors and to foster church planting, which over time had lost its vision. This fascinating story of dismantling and re-building of the HBI program to return to its [...]
Get the right people on board
9 October, 2006 – 9:25 AM
A great story via Tim Elmore: One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. “We’d like a room, please,” the husband [...]
13 ways to squash a leader
25 August, 2006 – 6:25 AM
Tips from Sam Metcalf to anyone out there who wants to keep a young. passionate, pioneering leader “under control”. 1. Force them to go to school 2. Give them too much money 3. Tell them all the reasons why something can’t be done. 4. Swamp them with paperwork and administration. 5. Give them people to [...]
Anyone for TEE?
22 August, 2006 – 6:44 AM
This report from Kristen Hiller via Guy Muse in Ecuador: Sunlight pours through the glass ceiling of the Fundacion Clemencia, flooding the great room where a small cluster of elderly residents clap their hands and sing: “Santo, santo, santo!” or “Holy, holy, holy!” Had Jose and Adriana Salazar not taken in these abandoned elderly in [...]
Participation pathway
2 August, 2006 – 6:29 AM
Study the AFL Participation Pathway and ask: Why can’t church be like this? Movements grow leaders. Leadership
What Des taught me
31 July, 2006 – 9:42 AM
I’m still stunned after my conversation with Des, punch-drunk by the simplicity of what he does. Why do we make it so complicated? What is wrong with doing what Jesus did? Here’s seven simple lessons Des taught me: If you’re in ministry and you’re not growing leaders, you’re not doing your job. If you grow [...]
