Behind every CPM are intentional methods and strategies gleaned from scripture. These strategies fall into 5 primary categories: Entry, Gospel, Discipleship, Church Formation, and Leadership Development. How these strategies interact and work together to further Church Planting is The Big Picture.
INTENTIONALITY, GOD’S GLORY, AND THE CHURCH If you have not read Part I or II yet, it is recommended you do so prior to reading this article. Click here to go to Part I of this series or here to go to Part II of this series. While there has been some positive correction in
GLORIFYING GOD THROUGH CHURCH PLANTING If you have not read Part I yet, it is recommended you do so prior to reading this article.Click here to go to Part I of this series. Now that we have a little better understanding of the glory of God, let’s begin to tie it back to the church
This article has an accompanying PowerPoint that you can access here. Few words are more overused, misused and abused than “strategy.” Who would dare submit a budget or funding proposal without the word ‘strategic’ liberally sprinkled throughout? But what does strategy really mean? How can we know if we are truly strategic? Lakota wisdom says,
A Church Planting Movement is a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment. There’s a lot more we could add, but this captures the essence. Rather than prescribing what could or should happen, this definition describes what is happening in Church Planting Movements. Throughout this website we
Our tendency as church planters is typically to jump in, get to work, and make it happen. While this hardworking attitude is commendable, using tools developed by others to plant churches without having a solid grasp of why, when, and how the tool should be used is like chasing after fads. This can leave a
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
In Habakkuk 1:5, God said to his people: “Look to the nations, watch and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your day that you would not believe even if you were told.” More than 2,000 years ago, God was already instructing us to look to the nations – the peoples
I just returned last month from a very special meeting in Singapore. Assembled in a high-rise office building in the heart of Singapore’s ultra-modern financial district were 30-plus trainers, missionaries, and Church Planting Movement catalysts from all around the world. Participants arrived from Canada, South Africa, China, India, America, Switzerland, Thailand, Indonesia, Peru, New Zealand,
