Transcript Becoming a Church Planting Movement - Mission 200

Missional Movements Start at the Cellular Level
Movements To
 If we don’t reproduce
disciples, we'll never
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reproduce leaders.
Leaders
 If we don’t reproduce
Disciples
leaders, we’ll never
reproduce churches.
 If we don’t reproduce
churches, we’ll never
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see a movement.
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In Paul's Life…
Acts 9:17-18 Then Ananias went to the
house and entered it. Placing his hands on
Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord-Jesus, who appeared to you on the road
as you were coming here--has sent me so
that you may see again and be filled with
the Holy Spirit." {18} Immediately,
something like scales fell from Saul's eyes,
and he could see again. He got up and
was baptized,
In Paul's Life…
Acts 11:25-26 Then Barnabas went to
Tarsus to look for Saul, {26} and when he
found him, he brought him to Antioch. So
for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met
with the church and taught great numbers
of people.
In Paul's Life…
Acts 13:1-4 In the church at Antioch there were
prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon
called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who
had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch)
and Saul. {2} While they were worshiping the
Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart
for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I
have called them." {3} So after they had fasted
and prayed, they placed their hands on them
and sent them off. {4} The two of them, sent on
their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to
Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
In Paul's Life…
Acts 14:21-23 They preached the good news in
that city and won a large number of disciples.
Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and
Antioch, {22} strengthening the disciples and
encouraging them to remain true to the faith.
"We must go through many hardships to enter
the kingdom of God," they said. {23} Paul and
Barnabas appointed elders for them in each
church and, with prayer and fasting, committed
them to the Lord, in whom they had put their
trust.
In Paul's Life…
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Silas
Timothy
Priscilla and Aquila
Titus
Lydia
Tychicus
Epaphras
Many others…
Leadership Reproduction?
The 2 - 2 - 2 Principle
2 Timothy 2:2 And the things you have
heard me say in the presence of many
witnesses entrust to reliable men who
will also be qualified to teach others.
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Timothy
Reliable Men
Others
A church multiplication movement
What Church Multiplication is NOT…
 Church planting without
multigenerational reproduction.
 Gathering and assimilating Christians
from other churches to form new ones.
 A centralized leadership development
institution that sends out many church
planters.
If a church multiplication
movement is to occur…
The Church must be…
 Self-perpetuating: healthy, enduring and will
continue to live without needing any outside
props or infusion of resources.
 Self-propagating: reproduces and will
naturally start self-perpetuating groups that
will in turn do the same.
Formation of Networks: A Chain vs A Hub
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• If a church multiplication
movement is to occur…
Existing Churches
will be vitally involved