A church with a ministry mindset finds it hard to see beyond its own achievements; a church with a movement mindset is not impressed with the numbers in the auditorium, but with generations of new disciples, new workers, new churches.

Has your church started other churches, or did history stop with you?

Teaching the Word is not enough. Disciples must learn to obey it.

Jesus gave his followers a universal Mission — make disciples of all peoples. This is the core missionary task.

The fruit of God’s intervention in the life and mission of the early church was conflict; important matters that went to the heart of the gospel were at stake.

The valley of dry bones teaches us there is no life without the Word of God, no breath without the Spirit of God, and no direction without the Mission of God.

Liberal and progressive Christianity are not just a failure of the intellect; they are a moral and spiritual failure.

Christian progressives talk about reaching those unreached by traditional churches, but I see no evidence of that happening.

Jesus’ strategy had four recurring aspects: Pioneering Leaders, Contagious Relationships, Rapid Mobilization, and Adaptive Methods. Multiplying movements typically display these patterns.