What’s the story behind The Rise and Fall of Movements? You’ve written others, why this particular book? I’ve been studying movements for over thirty years. I soon noticed that dynamic...
After years of church-shrinking, Japan is becoming alert to church multiplication. After attending a couple of Exponential Conferences, my friends launched “Hero Makers Japan.” Two weeks...
A friend asked me why I “waste time” writing a church planting blog. Good question, I’m supposed to be retired but travel at least 13 weeks a year teaching disciplemaking and church multiplication...
Sadly, we know that the last four decades emphasis on church growth produced a net decline in church attendance in America—we need a change in strategy and a new scorecard for success. Some Very Good...
I’ve spent my adult life making disciples and multiplying churches. That has often been a lonely road to walk. For years the general attitude in churches was that we could win our culture to Christ...
Church planting is a daunting business. Only the faith-filled and faithful should apply for the job. For most it is a cross-cultural experience—unless they plant in their hometown where prophets...
Bumped into an interesting experience on a trip to Sydney, Australia that points toward the role of one generation supporting the next as we plant churches and take the gospel to the nations. Had a...
