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Living and Discipling in the Hindu World
…aid that they would pray for me and they continued to inquire about our family situation. Although I had not been particularly impressed about their arguments for Christianity, I was overwhelmed with their love and interest in me with my family crisis. I went back to India to help with…
Godly Disagreement in an Age of Slander
…aid about the all-important how disagreements should be handled. The Tappan brothers have something to say to us in 2011 about the way we engage each other with relation to the legitimacy of “Jesus movements.” One of the Tappans’ biggest reform issues was abolition. Yet they had very serious disagreements…
Possible Pitfalls of Jesus Movements
…Attachment to community customs and identity can lead to syncretism and/or conflict with community leaders. Believers in Jesus movements maintain their community identity and often continue to follow the same customs as their family. They are not like “secret believers,” who have told neither friends nor family of their faith.…
Syncretism
…aid, ‘Honor your father and your mother’” (Mark 7:8-10). Here in Thailand, one of the greatest detriments of Christianity is the negative effect it has on the extended family who are Buddhists. So I have chosen to continue to live within Buddhism even though I am a loving, devoted follower…
A Muslim Tribal Chief is Bringing Jesus to His People
…aid to go in the water, but I am?” To prove my bravery, I jumped in the water, too. Because I didn’t get too far away from the boat, I was fine. Then I decided to jump in a second time. This time I jumped farther. I quickly realized that…
All Things are Yours
…aid that rather than the apostles owning factions of the believers, the entire Body of Christ owned all of the apostles. In a typically Pauline flight to the highest elevations and deepest recesses of theological thought, Paul then jumped from the Corinthian ownership of the apostles to the stunning affirmation…
Jesus Living and Discipling Among the Lost
…aid to him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you”(Mark 5:19). We most likely would not have given Jesus’ advice but would have rather suggested the course of action that the healed man…
Translation Issues Relevant to Jesus Movements
…address differences of worldview by providing clarification of biblical concepts and background information, either parenthetically in the text or in accompanying articles or footnotes. When this kind of translation has been done as a collaborative effort between people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, the translation process and the resulting…
Jesus Movements
…addition to, not in place of, established Jewish traditions. There were a number of circumstances that led to the above dynamics changing, but this was the original model. Jewish believers in the first century faced the Roman occupation, the acceleration of Jewish exile, the increasing threat of assimilation of Jews…
Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist Followers of Jesus: How Should We Respond?
…ates this point. Each person who chooses to remain within the culture of his birth must be led by the Holy Spirit as he studies the Scriptures with others into choosing wisely which aspects of his culture contradict biblical teaching and must be left behind and which may be retained…
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…addresses six essential areas where confusion may hinder individual churches from effectively developing and engaging the “people of God in the Spirit of God with the Word of God for the glory of God in the world.” Mission Frontiers readers will celebrate the clear call in Chapter five (“Our Unmistakable…
10 Church Planting Movement FAQs
…aid, “If the body of Christ only knew what the body of Christ knows, the body of Christ would know all it needs to know to do the work of Christ in the world.” CPM Best Practicing is about the body of Christ learning from the body of Christ the…
Church Planting Movements: What Have We Learned?
…aid to take a chance on them. Sure, you will get “burned,” but you will also find some gems. More important than contextualization. Foreigners will remain foreign no matter how contextualized they become. Contextualization has an important role to play, but there are even more important things that you can…
Are There Church Planting Movements in North America?
…aid so, though he is always careful to mention that if there is one we are it. Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird in their book Viral Churches that says that there is not a movement in the US, but that if there is one that is closest it would be…
Messy Mangers, Misunderstandings and Movements
…await the good news of salvation. Some of the brightest lights in the body of Christ are serving across this dark span of the earth, and yet time and time again as these lights, burning in isolation, eventually flicker and die. Providing these frontier workers with new insights, encouraging stories…
An American Adaptation of Church Planting Movement Principles
…aid that he and his wife wanted to meet these personal needs of this young lady. They took a crib to her and took her shopping at Wal-Mart. Soon a healthy baby came, and this couple moved out of the house they were sharing with other people and into their own house, but had…
Someone Has to be First
…added) This is a remarkable record: four giants killed by the hand of David’s followers. Imagine the situation with the first one Ishbi-benob. The text says he was a descendant of “the giant” – most likely Goliath. David is in battle against one of Goliath’s sons. The giant has payback…
Assessing Church Planting Movements
…additional guests as needed according to their expertise and experience. Finally, we add logistical folks, such as translators and drivers, as needed. Pre-Assessment Meetings After team members agree to serve on the team, the team leader begins to prepare them for the assessment. First, the team leader distributes the “Church…
Just How Many Church Planting Movements Are There?
…additional CPMs exist today?” An attempt to provide a “ballpark answer” follows. Since 1845, IMB personnel on the field have completed an Annual Statistical Report (ASR). In any given year, team strategy leaders among people groups and population segments around the world submit more than 2,000 of these reports. Field…
Rapidly Multiplying Churches
…ated and among unreached peoples where the gospel has not yet taken hold? Are these Church Planting Movements an aberration within God’s sovereignty, like a storm that suddenly rolls through and is gone? Or is there something we can do to cooperate with God’s desire that all should come to…