Using the story of the North Platte Canteen, this podcast (click here) discusses Ken Cochrum’s Four Marks of a Movement:
- Connecting with the Lost
- Transforming Discipleship
- Multiplying Leadership
- Generating Resources
This is an experiment in podcasting and I’d really appreciate some feedback. Feel free to comment below or drop an email to onmovements@gmail.com. I’m planning on periodic podcasts dealing with Movements and Movement Building and I may be calling some of you to interview. If you have a high speed connection and can download Skype, I’d like to use Skype to record some interviews with some of you who are thinking and writing about movement building. Special Thanks to: Rev. Dick Foth Nebraska ETV Network: The Canteen Spirit-DVD The History of North Platte North Platte Canteen (website) 
“Once Upon a Town : The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen” (Bob Greene) Resources on Four Marks of a Movement 
Ken Cochrum’s Four Marks of a Movement Chip’s Thoughts on These Four Marks
2 responses to “Podcast: The Four Marks of a Movement”
This was a remarkable story of how we can be effective wherever we are for the cause of Christ. My husband is in China right now on business and this story moved me to think, “What can I do here?” Thank you for yourwork with the Podcast. I look forward to more.
I would agree with others that a movement in the sense that maybe Jesus modelled would have to include leaders training leaders. Not just a group of 10 or so who gather together to do religious things. I would base my idea and concept of movement on II tim 2 as well. I friend, Brad Fieldhouse says that movements don’t exist until they are 4 generations. If they are only 2-3 generations they are still tied into the planter/starter of that movement. Typically CCC ministries have called ourselves movements but we are still tied into the hard work and labor of our staff planting, carrying, holding, caring for the students in the leadership or ministry. If the staff leave the ministry collapses and doesn’t leave a mark on the next generation. I think the goal should be training trainers and get out of the way. Too often we’re worried about teaching all of Christianity and taking a ton of time to equip the future leaders. Teach the basics, train, coach but don’t build a dependant consuming ministry to keep people around. If the goal is to build a ministry that sustains itself over time then we’ll do what ever it takes to keep people around. If the goal is to plant movements that plant movements than all we care about is the leadership training of the next generation. As long as they multilply then we don’t care if every one is tied to the initial group. It changes our focus. Either a large group that will sustain itself over 10 years or a group that plants new groups. In the latter it would be okay for the initial group to die as long as it multiplied, we’re okay.
Just some thoughts