The Baptist Press recently posted an article about David Barrett, a tremendous missions researcher and advocate for unreached people groups (UPGs) who died recently on August 4, 2011. His work has been instrumental in the development of the modern missions paradigm. Read the full article at http://www.bpnews.net/BPNews.asp?ID=35901.
If you have never read the The Four Fields of Kingdom Growth by Nathan and Kari Shank, you are missing out on a tool that the Lord has been using to effectively develop healthy multiplying churches. Many of the Kingdom growth principles found in this short manual have found their way into a number of church planting tools
As early as September of 2000, formal reports reached International Mission Board, SBC leadership from at least three sources affirming that a significant number of Muslims were embracing Christianity in various parts of Jedidistan (pseudonym for a Muslim country in Asia). The reports included news of the movement crossing the border into the countryside of
In February 2009 a meeting was held of several urban church planting practitioners from nine urban centers ranging in population from three million to twenty-five million. The selection criterion for these cities was that more than one hundred churches had been planted to at least the third generation. The goal was to learn how these
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Throughout South Asia, some form of CPM training is being conducted virtually every week. In 2008, CPM trainers, BDB Moses and Neil Mims put together a resource book of case studies, lessons learned, biblical resources, etc. for use in CPM trainings across the subcontinent. They titled their work, Best Practices Institute Manual. Now, for the
In Jesus’ masterplan for the Kingdom found in Mark 4:26-29, we see Jesus lay out five sub-plans or parts that will be present in any Kingdom building or CPM strategy: 1) Entry, 2) Gospel proclamation, 3) Discipleship, 4) Church Formation, and 5) Long-term Leadership Development and Multiplication (For a more detailed discussion of the
“He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Mark 10:13, NIV). As we develop and implement plans to take the gospel to every sector of our people or community, we dare not forget the children. Joey A.,
An Indian national strategy coordinator sitting in an Acts 29 Strategy Coordinator training workshop heard the words of II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” This message pierced his heart and he set out to apply the principles he learned in Acts 29 to see
For more than 200 years Baptist church planting in this Indian state averaged one new church a year, but now the yearly total would be equal to an average of planting one new church a day. Missionary work in this state dates back to the time of William Cary. This Church Planting Movement is occurring
