Where did we get the idea that the best way to train a church planter was to take them out of their situation and put them in a classroom for a few years? … If we have to build colleges to train the pastors we pay to plant churches, we’ll never see a multiplication movement that reaches the 80 million people of Central Asia.
Tag Archives: Movements
Learning from the east. Making it work in the west.
29 January, 2010 – 7:28 PM
Wherever I go, westerners tell me, “It won’t happen here.”
Despite the impact of church planting movements in the developing world, they are a rarity in the western world.
In the first of two interviews I talk to Jeff Sundell about ten years experience in fueling church planting movements in Nepal.
In the second interview I talk to [...]
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 first church in [...]
Back to the frontline
17 September, 2009 – 5:36 PM
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.
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 grabs. He [...]
7 ways to lose
9 September, 2009 – 11:14 AM
Without multiplication we lose. Any strategy based merely on the health, growth and addition of individual disciples and churches will never catch up to a multiplying world population. The numbers just don’t add up.
Without a global perspective we lose. I’m confused. Why is the modern/postmodern church in the West so unaware of what God is [...]
Movements and organizational control
28 July, 2009 – 6:01 AM
Some good questions from a mate ministering in Eastern Europe on movements.
To Steve
Had a question about your book. You talked p88 onwards about Methodist/Baptist growth. You mention on p 91 that the Methodists were centrally controlled but the Baptists were autonomous. You then say that both actually planted self governing congregations because the methodist pastors [...]
Tribes
20 May, 2009 – 7:52 PM
Heretics are where movements come from.
Seth Godin
I’m enjoying my free audio copy of Seth Godin’s Tribes. He understand movements.
Here are a few gems that got my attention.
Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out front of their tribes, who create movements.
There’s a difference between telling people what to [...]
Movements that change the world
18 May, 2009 – 11:29 PM
We’re only a few weeks away from the launch of my book: Movements that change the world.
Here are some early reviews. . .
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A thoroughly readable description of the dynamics of missionary movements, as well as how to initiate, maintain, and extend them.
ALAN HIRSCH
Forge and Shapevine
Author of The Forgotten Ways
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Steve has done his homework and has [...]
The epistle of Silas
27 April, 2009 – 7:21 PM
An emailed prayer update arrived today from a worker under cover in a restricted field. We’ll call him “Silas”. He has avoided overtly Christian terms for security reasons.
CPM = Church planting movement and pr = pray. You should be able to work out the rest.
How you can pray
I’ve shared the gospel with a family who [...]
