I caught up with Barney via skype recently and talked to him about the qualities required to spark church planting movements. He gave me four that he looks for: 1. Head: Knowing 2. Heart: Being 3. Hands: Doing 4. House: Relating In this podcast he introduces the first one—Head: Knowing. You can download the mp3 [...]
Category Archives: Resources
Following Jesus, changing the world
What do church planting movements look like? Ordinary people doing extraordinary things by the grace of God. Floyd McClung shas a new book out. Haven’t read it yet, but it’s on the list. “Follow: A Simple and Profound Call to Live Like Jesus” (Floyd McClung)
Sharing Isa
It was around 4am. The second night in Malaysia and I was wide awake. I wandered down to the hotel lobby to see if I could pick up an internet connection and bumped into another insomniac—Abdul from Saudi Arabia. Malaysia is a great place to meet muslims. It’s a muslim state, and thousands of muslims [...]
Where to begin with church planting movements
Michelle and I have just returned from a visit to Malaysia. After a five day road trip we met up with CRM workers from around the globe. A growing band of them are keen to fuel church planting movements. For their benefit and yours, here’s a list of resources that will get you started in [...]
God’s Plan For Church Planting
Tim Bunn has written a comprehensive resource and study guide on church planting in Acts and the Epistles. The free digital workbook is well designed and can be written in. You can buy the hard copy on Amazon.
Movements Study Guide 1.2
Already we’ve had some excellent suggestions for enhancements to the study guide. Here is version 1.2.3
Best website on best practice
Just in. David Garrison and friends have set up an outstanding website on church planting movements. These guys know church planting movements from the inside out. Spread the word.
Movements Study Guide
The Movements Study Guide is ready for download. Each study follows the main themes of Movements that Change the World. The focus of the lessons will not be on the content of the book but how the principles in the book are revealed in the ministry of Jesus and the early church. We’ve pitched these [...]
The fall from greatness
I’ve come to see institutional decline like a staged disease: harder to detect but easier to cure in the early stages, easier to detect but harder to cure in the later stages. An institution can look strong on the outside but already be sick on the inside, dangerously on the cusp of a precipitous fall. [...]
Guía para Iniciar el Mentoreo de Líderes
The Spanish version of my ebook on Coaching Leaders is now available. … Mentoreo de Lideres What this space for news of the Spanish version of Movements that Change the World.
