The Christian Mission

Mark Driscoll on the Emerging Church

2010-08-09T01:52:00.001-07:00

Laura E Machado missionary with Avant

2010-08-09T01:48:00.000-07:00

Avant Ministries: Church Planting for a Changing World

2010-08-09T01:46:00.000-07:00

Tim Keller discusses issues related to the Desiring God 2006 National Conference

2010-08-09T01:37:00.000-07:00

"missional vs. seeker churches"

Missional vs. Evangelistic

Characteristics of a Missional Church

"traditional conservative values"

Seeker vs. Missional - Interview with Mark Driscoll for Desiring God 2006 National Conference

2010-08-09T01:35:00.000-07:00

— Part One

— Part Two

Re-Imagine: A missional church

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What is Church Planting

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5 reasons why church planting should be a priority

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Urban Church Planting

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mark driscoll church planting A Good Soldier

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Jesus centered fellowships, Keep it simple, church

2010-08-09T01:09:00.001-07:00

CVM Tom and Jean Reed - Church Planting Movements

2010-08-09T01:06:00.001-07:00

CRM Empowering Leaders - How Do Churches Change?

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How Do Churches Change from CRM Leaders on Vimeo.

CRM Empowering Leaders - Messy Community

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Messy Community from CRM Leaders on Vimeo.

CRM Empowering Leaders - Missional Life

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Missional Life from CRM Leaders on Vimeo.

CRM Empowering Leaders - This One Thing

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CRM This One Thing from CRM Leaders on Vimeo.

Begin with the End in Mind, Kairos Church Planting - Strategy Lab, Day 1, #1

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Begin with the End in Mind, Kairos Church Planting - Strategy Lab, Day 1, #1 from Stanley Granberg on Vimeo.

Scott Lambert prepares church planters for a week of intense work with the challenge to begin with the end in mind. This la was held Nov. 3-7, 2009 at the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, TN. Church plant projects were prepared for Whitefish, MT; Phoenix, AZ; and Exeter, PA. A test project was prepared for Baton Rouge, LA. Cross-cultural works represented were for Sydney, Australia, Panama and Angola.

Church plant launch coahes were also trained.

Every Church Has A Life Cycle

2010-06-01T02:14:00.000-07:00

Mobilize Churches (1:04) from Converge Worldwide on Vimeo.

Mobilize churches by renewing leaders, churches and urgency. A Converge Worldwide core ministry.

Decade of Change is a church planting movement in the Philippines targeting the middle class

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Decade of Change from Converge Worldwide on Vimeo.

Decade of Change is a church planting movement in the Philippines targeting the middle class.

Perspectives Week 14 - Pioneer Church Planting

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Perspectives Week 14 from Flatirons Community Church on Vimeo.

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
Session 14: Pioneer Church Planting
Harry Larson, IDEAS

by Flatirons Community Church

cpm level 1 training introduction by Roy Moran

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cpm level 1 training introduction from Roy Moran on Vimeo.

David Watson describes what the viral networks applied to expansion of the gosepl.

Bible Learning Materials From Campus Church Network

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Below are types of participatory Bible learning methods that your campus church can use to facilitate growth and obedience to God's Word in your campus church meetings.

METHOD I
A few verses are read, and then the group answers three questions.

■What does it say?
■What does it mean?
■What difference does it make in my life?
You may wonder if there is any difference between questions one and two. But take the phrase from John 1 where it says, In the beginning was the Word. There is a huge amount of meaning in there that could get missed if the second question were not included. It is very simple and easy.

METHOD II
This is a modified Navigator s method. A couple of verses are read, and we look for things that correspond to three different symbols. The first is a question mark, which obviously symbolizes something a person does not understand. The second symbol is a candlestick and is used to represent something that sheds light, either on another passage of Scripture, or else something that is going on in a person's life. The third symbol is an arrow, and stands for where God is piercing a person s heart--they know that they have heard from God and need to do something about it. So a person might say, I have a candlestick on this verse. This describes a situation that happened to me at work last week...

METHOD III
The third method is called S.P.E.C.K.A. and it is an acronym used for a participative Bible Study as follows:

S = Sin (Is there anything God is displeased with here, is it present in us)

P = Promise (Is there a promise from God? Is there a praise in here that we can make a song out of this? Is there a prayer from God?

E = Example (Any positive or negative examples for us to follow here? What are the examples here and lets chew on them and see how we can practically apply them in our life.)

C = Commands (what are the commands in here? Many of the commands in the New Testament are followed by "one another" - love, pray, forgive, bear, this involves the community and body.)

K = Knowledge (What are some "truths" what are the implications Example: Ephesians 1 says, "we are seated at the right hand of God w/ Christ "right now." Now God will give different truths to different people with what knowledge is there for them to take home.)

A = Accountability (As a group how can we keep each other accountable to what we just read and learned? When we get together next week we start by saying "were we obedient to what we learned last week?)

METHOD IV
The fourth method we learned from Robert Fitts. In discussion Bible Study we simply read the Scripture, each taking turns reading a few verses, depending on how many people are present. While it is being read, everyone is invited to interrupt at any time and make a comment or ask a question.

If it seems that too much is being read, then the facilitator will stop the person reading and ask, Does anyone have a comment? It is unusual for more than a few verses to be read before a discussion develops.

The method used is not important. It is just a tool to accomplish the goal of a participatory Bible study. Here the Bible itself is the teacher, and everyone in the group is involved in both the teaching and learning process and the application of what is learned to daily life.

http://campuschurch.net/equip/equip.php?go=bible

Bob Roberts - CPM's and the World

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Bob Roberts - CPM's and the World from Glocalnetblog on Vimeo.

Bob Roberts gives a talk on the reality of Church Planting Movements in the west.

CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session 6 (Neil Cole) Life Transformation Groups

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CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session 6 (Neil Cole) Life Transformation Groups

CCN's Online Blueprint Training Series: Session III - 5P's to Multiplying Campus Churches

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CCN's Online Blueprint Training Series: Session III - 5P's to Multiplying Campus Churches

CCN Online Blueprint Training Series: Session 7 - How to Do Simple Church

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CCN Online Blueprint Training Series: Session 7 - How to Do Simple Church

CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session I - What Is Church?

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CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session I - What Is Church?

CCN Online Blueprint Training Series: Session 4 - How to Start a Seeker Study

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CCN Online Blueprint Training Series- Session 4

CMN Promo video "Why Plant" by Church Multiplication Network

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CMN Promo video "Why Plant" from Church Multiplication on Vimeo.

Written and voiced by Nathan Williams
5D Mark II footage shot by Randy Bacon, randybacon.com
XH A1 footage shot by Nathan Williams
Music by Justin Woods, Monarch Recording, monarchrecording.com
Edit and Motion Graphics by James Gerhold, Mediavelocity.com

CPM Awareness

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By David Watson

Elephant Churches, Rabbit Churches, and Critical Elements

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David Watson talks more about critical elements

CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session II - What Is A Church Planting Movement?

2010-06-01T00:11:00.000-07:00

CCN Online Blueprint Training: Session II - What Is A Church Planting Movement?

Introduction to Saturation Church Planting and Church Planting Movements #cprt

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Murray Moerman provides an overview of Saturation Church Planting and Church Planting Movements while asking a critical question, "What's next?"

Missional Church - Going Out

2010-05-31T23:55:00.000-07:00

A simple visual display of what we are trying to accomplish in the city of Austin, TX. You can go to www.northvillagechurch.com for more details.

The Missional Church - Simple

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A 2-minute explanation by Jeff Maguire (and friends) of what a "missional church" is. Thanks to common craft for the inspiration, Brian Hurst for the art, and blimp pilot Cole Beshore for special effects.

Church Planting Movements - Pioneers

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Church Planting Movement Video - Like A Mighty Wave

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Internation Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptists

Watch David Garrison's "Church Planting Movements Video" which describes exciting gospel-explosions that are happening around the world despite obstacles, persecution, and poverty. Find out more about how these spontanious movements happen.

A Global Church Planting Movement - In Cities

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From the Redeemer Church Planting Center (Based in New York City) http://www.redeemer.com/

The Christian Mission

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Our mission is to fulfill The Great Commandment and the Great Commission

Matthew 22:37-40 NIV
37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[a] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20 NIV

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¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Church Planting Movements – How to Avoid Them!

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Perhaps even more important than what believers do in Church Planting Movements is what they do not do. Garrison lists the following as obstacles, practices that will impede the startup of a CPM or eventually destroy a CPM in progress:

• Place non-biblical requirements (land, building, paid staff, legal documents, minimum number of believers, etc.) on new churches.

• Make new churches abandon their local language, culture, dress, music, art forms, and the like to conform to outside standards.

• Encourage new believers to start imitating the worldliness, immorality, and bad behavior of other so-called Christians in their community.

• Use models of churches (expensive buildings and labor-intensive programs) that require outside resources, staffing, and funding to maintain.

• Use lots of outside funding and keep new believers and churches dependent on it.

• Put extra-biblical requirements on leaders like theological school or extensive training programs before they can do ministry.

• Make sure everything happens in sequential order. Never consider, for example, that the discipleship process may actually start before conversion to Christ.

• Plant sterile churches. Do not expect reproduction to take place and somehow convey it is unusual for believers and churches to want to multiply.

• Make sure you have a pre-fabricated strategy for church planting in place in order to avoid flexibility and dependence of the Spirit’s leading.

Church Planting Movements – Ten Universal Elements

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Garrision found ten components common to all of the Church Planting Movements he studied:

1. Prayer – there was an urgency, passion, and vitality to believers’ prayers.

2. Abundant gospel sowing – believers use all possible means, including mass media, to get the message of Jesus to as many as possible, so the entire area is gospel saturated.

3. Intentional church planting – Christian leaders, realizing that church planting is the most effective means of discipleship, devise a strategy from the outset where starting new churches is the single-minded focus. Everything not contributing to this focus is discarded.

4. Scriptural authority – the Bible is translated in the heart language of the people and believers unhesitatingly see it -- not other books, aids, or teachers -- as the authority in their daily lives.

5. Local leadership – local leaders and not outside ministers or missionaries give direction to the movement and take responsibility for it.

6. Lay leadership – believers realize that if they are to reach their own culture for Christ then they personally need to take initiative and not wait for professional clergy to do it.

7. Cell or house churches – small, easily led and reproducible churches meeting in homes or storefronts predominate in a CPM.

8. Churches planting churches – Christians believe that reproduction is natural and they do not need outside resources to obey Christ’s command to make disciples.

9. Rapid reproduction – believers have a sense of urgency to reach their lost neighbors and avoid everything non-essential to planting churches.

10. Healthy churches – each church caries out the following five purposes: worship, evangelism, discipleship, ministry to others, and fellowship.

CPM - Church Planting Movement

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A Church Planting Movement (CPM) is a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment.

Rapid – new churches start much quicker than traditionally.
Multiplicative – the number of churches grow at an exponential rate by multiplication, not addition.
Indigenous – they start from within the culture or population segment and don’t depend on outside resources to multiply.
Churches planting Churches – ordinary church members, not professional clergy, accept responsibility for starting new churches.