This article is not intended to be a continuation of the centuries-long debate over Cessationism versus Continuationism. Quickly, Cessationism supports the theological concept that the leadership gifts provided to the Apostles ended with the Apostolic Age. Continuationism supports the moving of the leadership gifts of the Apostles past the Apostolic Age. Further, the Continuationists fall …
Sin doesn’t keep us from God – It’s refusing to repent from our sins. King David sinned, but also repented – a man after God’s own heart. Often, when we talk to people we focus on our sin and Christ’s payment for our sin. But unless there is repentance, there is no salvation. Jesus said, …
Over the past 40 years or so I have been in numerous conferences, some of which I led, that were focused on defining the church. Regardless or whether or not I led the conference, I always left the conference with a sense of getting less than what I wanted or being totally frustrated. I have …
Level 1.5 Training September 27th (noon)-October 2nd (noon), 2015 A Need for Further Training: · Have you ever wondered how you could gain further traction in helping to start a rapidly multiplying discipleship movement? · Have you begun the process of implementation of DMM/CPM but feel you need to be further sharpened as a DMM …
In recent months I have spoken to some of the ministry leaders that intersect my ministry. One of the topics I asked them about is their annual and/or long-term planning cycles. I have been a bit shocked by the number of agency leaders who claim not to see any value in long-term planning or, for …
The Person of Peace is the one God has prepared to receive the Gospel for the first time into a community. Our understanding of the Person of Peace changes the way we plant churches. It radically increases the number of churches planted. We have seen church planting teams go from planting a few churches per …