Archive for year: 2010
25 Leadership Principlesfor Every Believer”To aspire to leadership is an honorable ambition.”1 Timothy 3:1
A few weeks back I posted a video of my thoughts on church planting and making cookies. From my perspective, it seems that church planters are often too focused on designing the cookie jars, rather than making really good cookies. If you haven’t already, you should watch the video and read the post: Cookie Jars and Church Planters
Phil Graf lives in Lisbon, Portugal with his wife and kids. They are actively involved in planting a church. But not only that – Phil is fueling a movement of church plants in Europe with Christian Associates.
This morning I had the opportunity to be a trainer as part of the Church Planter Network School (CPNS) – a training for church planting missionaries/strategists, CP network leaders, directors of missions, pastors of reproducing churches, missions pastors, or anyone who wants to develop their own church planting strategies and systems.
The darkness is fading. The world is here. The Lord is moving. The question is not “How do we reach people for Christ?” …it’s “How do we reach nations for Christ?” That is how we change the world.
My friend Phil Graf explains how Christian Associates is starting churches in the nations of Europe. The pressure to start gathering people and “doing church” has not advanced the kingdom of God. He suggests that church planting missionaries need to Embed + Initiate + Gather + Church – and do it well.
It was an awkward moment. As I heard the words come out of her mouth, I wanted to walk away or just crawl into a hole and hide.
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