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Multiplying Movements through Organic Growth
…It appears that perhaps 85% of new Church Planting Movements have been started by an existing movement. In our Asian context, our first six or seven movements started in four related ethnic groups and have grown to 90 strong movements in 35 ethnic groups, plus growing movement engagements in 34…
Toward the Edges
…Movements is the most frequently referenced topic in Mission Frontiers. In this edition of Mission Frontiers we take up the reality that in more and more contexts, new movements to Jesus are birthed by other movements, not always by new teams from further afield being sent to start from scratch.…
Jesus’ Holistic Paradigm: The Key to Reaching the Final Ethne
…Jesus’ Paradigm “Friend, your sins are forgiven… get up, and pick up your stretcher, and go home.”1 Jesus consistently intertwined life-changing teaching, piercing stories and convicting questions alongside definitive healing, powerful deliverance and a love that cut through the dark physical realities of our world. He would, in one breath,…
Who is Defining the Priorities of Our Church’s Mission Efforts?
…The following article challenges pastors and missions leaders to break free from good mission endeavors to seek out God’s mission endeavors. It challenges us to question who is defining the priorities of our church’s mission efforts.1 If we seek to reach the world according to our own priorities then…
Giving
…WHAT CHRISTIANS EARN: Annual Income of all Church Members: $53 trillion.1 (Annual income of evangelical Christians is approximately $6.72 trillion.) WHAT PEOPLE GIVE: Given to any Christian causes: $896 billion.1 That's also how much we spend in America on Christmas. Given to Missions: $52 billion That's only 5.78% of the…
A Witnessed Life: Being Seen and Cared for as a Single Overseas Worker
…When I returned to the U.S. for my first furlough after more than two years on the field, one of the biggest treasures I experienced within my sending church was having a witness to my life. A retired couple from my church came to visit me abroad, and they spent…
The Phenomenon of Church Multiplication in the Book of Acts
…A Vision of Church Multiplication Movements Why aren’t we seeing more disciples made and more churches starting? Part of the problem is that our standards of what church is have become far too high and our standards of what it means to be a disciple have become far too low.…
Catalyzing Movements in Urban Areas
…A 24:14 panel discussion with Victor John, David Broodryk and Curtis Sergeant Moderator: Urban areas have been perceived as harder to penetrate than rural areas. I’ll start by asking Victor: “What are you seeing in South Asia, related to movements in urban areas?” Victor: The Bhojpuri work was basically…
Response to Urbanization and Measuring the Remaining Task
…Justin has put his finger on what I believe is the number one problem related to current people group thinking. For decades numerous voices have cast doubt on whether the people group paradigm can adequately describe human grouping in urban contexts. As centers of amalgamation, assimilation and integration of ethnicities,…
How Possible Is It to Multiply Rapidly and Still Make Healthy Disciples?
…Is it possible to be both deeply committed to healthy, deeply transformational discipleship, and also to the rapid multiplication of disciples? Opponents of the trend in missions toward DMMs (Disciple Making Movements) and CPMs (Church Planting Movements) often express concern about the rapid growth. Are they truly being grounded in…
Rich Soil for Spiritual Innovation
…Imagine the scene: we’re at the final interview for an Executive Director role of a 100-year-old ministry. The Board has just offered the position to us, but the Board Chair shared a caveat, “Do not say yes to this position unless you are 100% sure you’ve heard from God that…
“Insider” Movements: Should We Still Be Talking About Them? Yes and No
…I am fond of saying that we are in the midst of a “movement movement.” It seems everyone in the world of missions is talking about movements. Books and articles abound, and conferences, training, and reports of movements proliferate. Thankfully this is because there are movements to talk about! This…
“Insider” Movements: Where Does This End Up?
…It has become more and more common in my experience for people who have questions and concerns to arrive at a point where they can see a space for insider movements, and for individuals or small groups of believers to remain “inside” as a stage of their journey, with the…
All Things Are Yours
…In a classic text on cross-cultural ministry Paul stated his policy of becoming all things to all people so that by all means he might save some (1 Cor. 9:22). This is sometimes treated as a specialist approach for experts in cross-cultural encounter, but the Bible presents it as a…
Tribute to Lee Purgason 1956-2020
…A short while ago, after a months' long battle with cancer, good friend and fellow staff member, Lee Purgason left his earthly body. He joined the staff of the USCWM (now Frontier Ventures) in 1980. We recently honored him on his 40th anniversary. Recruited in the exhibit hall at Urbana…
Disturbing the Delicate Inner Workings of Indigenous Movements
…Have you ever had the chance to see inside an ultra-mechanical watch that has hundreds of intricate parts that work together to create the movement? No doubt each and every mechanism and piece plays an important role that only the clockmaker himself understands. But if the clock is opened by…
Tokyo 2010 Unreached Peoples Intercession Task Force: Ten Years Later
…Ten years have passed since the Unreached Peoples Intercession Task Force paper was released in Tokyo, outlining the state of prayer for Unreached People Groups around the world, and proposing strategies to accelerate progress in reaching, discipling and seeing transformation among these. The task force not only worked but prayed.…
John Wesley’s Plan for Multiplication
…Growth phase—John Wesley and the Methodist movement No one would have predicted that John Wesley would be among the great founders and builders of a multiplying movement. Wesley, the founder of Methodism, went to America hoping to convert the Indians. But he returned to England despairing of his own salvation,…
Toward the Edges
…In this edition of Mission Frontiers we include a look at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 event, and we are looking at the history of movements. I want to say a few words about each here. Tokyo 2020 In 2010, a number of events celebrated and reflected upon the 1910 Edinburgh…
The Story of Movements and the Spread of the Gospel
…Luke begins the book of Acts by telling us that what Jesus began to do and teach, he now continues to do through his disciples empowered by the Holy Spirit. Luke’s story of the early church is the story of the dynamic Word of the gospel that grows, spreads, and…