Let New Disciples Pass on Key Truths to Friends Yes, new follower of Messiah, you can tell your loved ones about Him at once. Tell them what He has done for you and for them. We will help you start. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will show apprentices workers how to tell friends what You’ve done for them. Grant us Your Holy Spirit’s power to witnesses for our risen Lord. Go with new believers and show them how to tell their friends and family about Jesus and about what He has done for them and … [Read more...]

Experience the Risen Christ’s Presence and Power Yes, dear seeker, Jesus your Savior is here beside you! Let God’s Spirit open your eyes of faith to receive Him into your heart. Yes, Lord, we sense your joyful Presence. Help us lift you up for all to see. Free us from powerless teaching that leads to hearing without doing, learning without communing with You. Let seekers sense Jesus’ presence in meetings. Let everyone experience Christ’ presence and not merely learn truths about … [Read more...]

Choose Training Materials that Fita Spreading Movement Yes, beloved apprentice, you can begin now to shepherd new believers. We’ll help you learn just what you need for instant action. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will free up new shepherds from paralyzing abstraction as we train them in the way You and Your apostles did. Help us choose materials that fit the urgent needs of new churches, of new leaders and of new mentors. Equip new leaders in the way Jesus and His apostles did, training them … [Read more...]

Bond with Local Folk and their Culture; Learn their Language whenever possible Yes, dear folk to whom our Lord has sent to serve you, we’re here to join with you in your suffering and in your joy. Yes, Lord, we see the field you’ve made ripen for us to reap. Lead us to your persons of peace. And, since we’re to few, please thrust forth more workers. Find “persons of peace” who can introduce you to those in their social network. Like Cornelius, Zacheus and Lydia, these local … [Read more...]

Gather a Temporary, Apostolic Task Group Yes, fellow workers, we’re free to aim for a highly effective task force, liberated from shackles of inertia and fear of newness. Yes, Lord, we step out together to follow your model. Help us provide the nuclei of new task groups that multiply exponentially, as your Twelve did. Form a band of spiritual 'midwives' who enable churches or cell groups to multiply. Seek out committed “apostles.” God gives apostles (sent ones in Greek) to … [Read more...]

Let old Churches and Agencies Add a Second, Non-traditional Track Yes, new workers, you are free to do all that Jesus and His apostles commanded. Our King of Kings has all authority in heaven and earth, so you need not question whether you should obey him. Simply do it. You must not even vote on it, because to give higher authority to “majority rule” than to God is rebellious disobedience. Yes, Lord, we boldly release workers to add a new track to multiply churches or cells among receptive … [Read more...]

Bind Your Agreement to Multiply Yes, new believer, you can start a church in your home, as many did after Pentecost. We will coach you as the apostles coached new leaders then, to make your task as easy as possible. Yes, Lord Jesus, we will gather in your name so that you are present as you said, and that you bind our agreement in heaven. We pledge to you and to each other to accept nothing less than a movement born of the Holy Spirit’s power. Help us discern the “good soil” that … [Read more...]

Verify the Kind of Church or Cell that Will Multiply Among those God Has Given you to Serve Yes, new worker, you are free to start a church or cell group without money or restrictive educational requirements. Just do what Jesus and His apostles said to do, in the way they did it. Yes, Lord, we will worship as you modeled, and speak to one another to strengthen, exhort and console, as Paul instructed. Envision the kind of church body that can easily multiply by God’s power among the people … [Read more...]