A Church Planting Movement
Humans love putting labels on what God is doing. That isn’t necessarily bad, it’s just sorta funny to see it happen sometimes. The big phrase these days is “house church” and “church planting movements”. Neither of these terms are in the Bible, but similar ideas like “the church that meets in your house” and “a gracious outpouring of God’s Spirit” are all over the book of Acts describing similar phenomenon.
Below is an exciting video describing the realities of our world today. While the vocabulary words, music, and narration are kinda corny, I think it introduces people to the ideas that I’m wrestling with in my prayers and studies in just about a straightforward way as possible. In many ways, this video describes the kind of work of God that I am praying regularly about for the people of Abilene and Chicago. What would happen if a sweeping spirit of renewal hit our land? Only God knows.
Will you partner with me in praying for this? — Father, I pray that you will heal our land and bring your Spirit to every person, giving them the joy they need to live a life that matters. I pray for an unleashing of a tidal wave of workers that are sent out into your harvest, and for myriad churches to be planted and countless lives transformed by the Good News!
I love that I will not have to take charge of all that mission work! I love that people across the globe - regular, run-o-the-mill CHILDREN OF GOD have the capacity to join Father in such amazing ways! My job will/is like a “missions coordinator” simply helping along what is already taking place naturally…setting up the tee so they can take the drive. I want so badly to see God take back what is rightfully his, and this seems to be a major way he is doing that in our day.
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Excellent video. How can I get it to show in classes and put on our web site.
Dr Don Fanning
Liberty University.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Dr. Fanning,
My apologies for not putting the info directly into my post. (D’oh!)
Head to http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/
Here you will find David Garrison’s book “Church Planting Movements” that I have read and recommend to anyone even remotely interested in what God is doing around the world, and how we might join him in what he’s up to. On this main page you’ll also find a free downloadable e-booklet that gives the gist of the book in only a few pages.
You’ll also find the movie at http://www.blip.tv/file/149518/ or you can order the DVD to play online through the CPM website shown above.
Don, tell me a bit about yourself and what you teach at LU!