Month: April 2014

As I head off to Africa this week, one of the messages on my heart is simply intimacy:  intimacy with God as the heart and soul of all that we are and all that we do.  Organic expressions of church come out of a truly life-giving, organically connected heart with Jesus.  It is always Jesus…

Mission Frontiers has some excellent articles, this month, on reproducing disciples in the context of the U.S.  It is exciting to see these principles implemented in Western contexts that have had such an impact throughout the rest of the world. Curtis Sergeant shares an article entitled Growing U.S. Movements to the Lost and the Unreached:…

Following is a guest post by Felicity Dale, author of the new book "The Black Swan Effect."  Whether we are talking about reproducing churches in our own region or engaging in missions throughout the world, it is vital that women are championed and take their place at the forefront of God's Kingdom work.  Felicity has been doing this…

Luke 10 provides the clearest steps for initiating new churches and, even, starting new movements. Here are some key comments from this passage: 1. Go where Jesus sends you.  Jesus sent the disciples out, instructed them where to go, and told them he would be following up in those places personally.  This pre-supposes that we have…