“Church Planting Movements”, according to New Generations International, are characterized by these essential elements. I adapted them for our audience on the college campus. To build movements everywhere, we must at specific locations:
1. Mobilize persistent prayer on a large scale.
2. Eliminate the inherent barriers caused by cultural mismatches inherent in our dominant or sending culture (i.e. cross-cultural ministry is necessary).
3. Establish “simple” groups based on the fundamental biblical requirements (i.e. DNA–Divine Truth, Nurturing Relationships, Apostolic Mission/Service).
4. Gain increasing access to restricted or resistant areas through compassionate service. Always enter as a servant, never as a master.
5. Find and disciple the “Persons of Peace” (Mt.10, Luke 10) as the key to establishing an “insiders” movement. Focus only on the few who can be leaders now, so many will hear later.
6. Begin to effectively lay a biblical foundation for understanding God, salvation, and the Christian life using the cultures’ dominant learning styles
7. “Disciple people into conversion” through progressive family-based evangelism and personal discovery from God’s Word.
8. Provide heart-language Scripture resources in all sorts of formats.
9. Train new believers to discover God’s truth through personal study of His Word and to obey immediately. Don’t teach the Bible. Teach every new Christ-follower to discover God’s truth and obey what they learn.
10. Emphasize “obedience-based discipleship” as a lifestyle for every believer
11. Have only indigenous leaders to launch and lead new movements. A novice insider will produce more fruit than the highly trained.
12. Train new leaders to regularly plant new churches/movements as a normal part of being a church/movement. Spend a long time preparing to multiply rapidly.
Source: steveaddison.net
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