  Fertile once in 5 years One offspring per pregnancy 22 months gestation period Sexual maturity: at 15 to 18 years Family grows from 2 to three in three years. Fertile almost continuously Average of 7 offspring per pregnancy 1 month gestation period Sexual maturity: at about 4 months Family can reach 476 million in three years There was a time when wooden-bodied streetcars clanged their noisy way along US city streets, public schools began events with prayer, and … [Read more...]
We Started Small Groups And Churches, But They Didn’t Multiply. So Now What?
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Christian leaders often ask, “Why don’t our groups multiply?†To sustain multiplication, your church must deal in a quite different way with each of three types of people, just as New Testament churches did: seekers, seeders and feeders. On the cutting edge of church reproduction movements in pioneer fields, these three types can thrive simultaneously in the same group. In the West, however, ‘feeder’ congregations become so gluttonous that they swallow up the other two types. … [Read more...]
Home Churches And Large Churches Compared
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
TRAITS HOME CHURCH LARGE CHURCH Assumed lifestyle Communal Individual Care for the hurting Peers give correction and support Professionals apply therapy Church finances Sharing, meeting immediate needs Tithes and offering Communion Fellowship with God and the body Visual symbol in a church ceremony Corporate worship Informal, in homes Formal, in religious … [Read more...]
Jonah’s Journey To Nineveh, And A Similar, Modern Missionary
January 1, 2012 by 1 Comment
POY! SKIT GUIDELINES: In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ costumes … [Read more...]
Jesus Equipped Kingdom Workers
December 31, 2011 by 2 Comments
 Luke 10: 1-21 POY! SKIT GUIDELINES: In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words. Most POY! skits require no practice in advance. Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants. Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along. It is not necessary to employ … [Read more...]
Repel Satan’s Inevitable Counterattack
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Repel Satan's Inevitable Counterattack Yes, bruised brother in Christ, you will overcome the evil one. We empathize with you and pray for your relief. Be strong in the Lord, because your cross will be replaced with a crown, and your reward in Glory will be greater because of your endurance. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will resist the Old Dragon,; for we remain radically and totally committed tp You. Though Satan injure or slay us, we will not sheath our sword until Your Kingdom is established among … [Read more...]
Coordinate Training to Keep Multiplying Churches
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Coordinate Training to Keep Churches Multiplying Yes, new pastoral trainers, you are free to initiate and coordinate training chains, not simply to keep up with church proliferation but to impel it. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will keep sowing where the seed multiplies 30, 60 and 100 fold. We pledge not to let any church of our trainees become the final “dead end†link that terminates the chain reaction. Let coordinators oversee regional pastoral training and church multiplication. Authorize … [Read more...]
All Shepherds Mentor Leaders of New Flocks
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Shepherds Mentor Leaders of New Flocks Yes, new shepherds, you are free to mentor newer shepherds in your church's daughter churches or cells. We embrace our God-given duty to mentor you also, to keep extending the training through you. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will multiply leaders as You and Your apostles did, modeling pastoral skills while passing Your instructions on to them. Every shepherd trains new, apprentice leaders, as Jesus and His apostles did. Shepherds coach new shepherds … [Read more...]
Churches And Cells Serve Each Other
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Churches and Cells Serve Each Other as a Regional Body of Christ Yes, new shepherd, you and your flock are loved and appreciated as a part of the regional body of Christ. We serve you and you serve us. Yes, Lord, we will practice body life between our flocks as well as within them, in obedience to your command. Organize clusters of churches to work together as a regional Body of Christ. Let churches in an area serve each other and hold occasional, united, joyful … [Read more...]
Send Workers Afar To Neglected Fields
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Send Workers afar to Neglected Fields Yes, new worker with an apostles’ itchy feet, we will equip you and send you to take Christ’s salvation to a neglected people. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will heed your Great Commission to disciple all peoples, not just those that are nearby and convenient. Grant us grace to bond with a people of different culture. Heed Jesus’ Great Commission, to make disciples of all nations. To heed our Lord’s command, we must know what he meant by “nations†or … [Read more...]