Time Magazine reports: A religious revolution is transforming Indonesia. Part of the spiritual blossoming entails Muslims embracing a more conservative form of faith, mirroring global trends that have meant a proliferation of headscarves and beards in modern Islamic capitals. More surprising, though, is the boom in Christianity — officially Indonesia’s second largest faith and a [...]
Tag Archives: Church planting movements
Movements Study Guide 1.2
7 May, 2010 – 5:45 AM
Already we’ve had some excellent suggestions for enhancements to the study guide. Here is version 1.2.3
Movements Study Guide
6 May, 2010 – 5:45 AM
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 [...]
Looking for trouble?
3 May, 2010 – 10:54 AM
Glenn Townend asks a good follow up question to my post on the link between church planting movements, suffering and persecution: HI Steve Thought provoking! So we need suffering to see a movement happen in Western Australia? What kind do you think we should expect? Glenn Here’s my response: Hi Glenn I think the best [...]
The trouble with missionary movements
22 April, 2010 – 10:23 PM
I had sought out someone with a lot of experience in church planting movements who could help me make sense of what I was learning. There’s one line I will never forget—”We’ve never seen a church planting movement without persecution.”
Five parts of a CPM plan
18 April, 2010 – 4:33 PM
I picked up this model of the five stages of a church planting movement when I was in Singapore. Not a guaranteed formula for success. Just what best practice looks like. 1. Entry: Reproducing bridges How do we start talking to people about the gospel? Whom do we talk to (persons of peace, houses of [...]
What is Jesus doing?
26 March, 2010 – 6:14 AM
I recently caught up with a the leader of a parachurch ministry committed to making disciples. They’ve reoriented all their training around the ministry of Jesus. It’s good material. I asked him, “What about Acts?” He wasn’t interested. The way he saw it, the gospels show us Jesus as a kingdom movement leader—Acts just gave [...]
Best practice
24 March, 2010 – 11:19 AM
I’ve just had the opportunity of a lifetime. Four days in Singapore with a room full of church planting movement practitioners from around the world. They do what I write about. Some of the case studies included thousands of new churches and hundreds of thousands of new disciples. Others were much smaller. The common factor [...]
The movement continuum
19 March, 2010 – 7:52 PM
There’s a lot of talk about movements, but how do we know when the movement dynamic has kicked in? One indicator to look for is the multiplication of disciples, workers, groups and churches. Here’s the continuum of progress towards a church planting movement (CPM). 1. Unsure: No clear plan for moving toward a CPM. 2. [...]
Beginning with the end in mind
18 March, 2010 – 3:01 PM
I’m in Singapore for a consultation on church planting movements. Doing a lot of listening because the participants are practitioners. One of the greats in the room is David Watson. Here’s his handy definition of a church planting movement: A Church Planting Movement is an indigenously led gospel planting and obedience-based discipleship process that has [...]
