God is advancing the multiplication of disciples through church planting movements around the world. However, CPMs are not happening everywhere. On a conference call last year with some of my OC colleagues around the globe, we identified common obstacles to movements.
Identifying the ingredients of an enduring leadership culture will enable churches to sustain significant growth through an expanding leadership base.
The rapid multiplication of disciples and churches is God’s work in this world! Yet this is not seen in North America in the same way that it is evidenced in other regions of the world.
Rapid church growth is happening around the world. The rapid multiplication of disciples and churches in one region of China in the mid-1990s reported an increase from three churches to over a hundred churches in three years.
From April 1993 to April 1996, growth among house churches [in one part of China] increased from three churches with less than 100 members to over one hundred churches with over 16,000 members (by the end of 1998 they had grown to over 55,000)
One of the greatest needs for church planters is more and better leaders. The reality is that you will never be able to recruit enough leaders. There must be a commitment to the continual and intentional development of leaders.
Existing growth trends revealed that most would remain beyond the reach of a local church unless the Body of Christ was mobilized for church planting.
Christians are part of a movement that was started by Jesus Christ! It has impacted the entire world! It’s spreading rapidly throughout the southern hemisphere. Movements exist to bring God glory!
Don’t start a church by launching worship services – start by launching service into your community!
There are lots of books available on Missional Living. Recently as I was looking at what search items led people to my blog, I was surprised to see: “best book on missional living.”
