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A '''Church Planting Movement''' is "unprecedented world-wide growth" {{cn|date=October 2011}} through rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting more churches within a people group or geographic area that spread rapidly through a people group or population segment. <ref>Hunt, Josh. ''Church Planting Movements (Read: The Amazing Power of Doubling Groups)'' </ref> It is an evangelical Christian approach where a church will sponsor formation of multiple spinoff churches that will themselves very quickly {{cn|date=October 2011}} reproduce new churches, generally with common teachings and doctrine. It is different from traditional missions or church planting efforts in that the new churches are generally started by a lay leader from the sponsoring church and not the outside missionary. A key characteristic of an authentic church planting movement is the rapidity with which a new congregation itself starts another similar church. {{cn|date=October 2011}}<ref>What Are Church Planting Movements? </ref><ref>http://www.onemag.org/church_planting2.htm</ref><ref>Southern Baptist International Mission Board. ''What Is A Church Planting Movement?''</ref> A '''Church Planting Movement''' is "unprecedented world-wide growth" through rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting more churches within a people group or geographic area that spread rapidly through a people group or population segment. <ref>Hunt, Josh. ''Church Planting Movements (Read: The Amazing Power of Doubling Groups)'' </ref> It is an evangelical Christian approach where a church will sponsor formation of multiple spinoff churches that will themselves very quickly reproduce new churches, generally with common teachings and doctrine. It is different from traditional missions or church planting efforts in that the new churches are generally started by a lay leader from the sponsoring church and not the outside missionary. A key characteristic of an authentic church planting movement is the rapidity with which a new congregation itself starts another similar church. <ref>What Are Church Planting Movements? </ref><ref>http://www.onemag.org/church_planting2.htm</ref><ref>Southern Baptist International Mission Board. ''What Is A Church Planting Movement?''</ref>


==History== ==History==
The modern Church Planting Movement can trace its roots to the mid-nineteenth century when Henry Venn and Rufus Anderson developed the three-self formula of an indigenous missions policy. "They believed that young churches should be self-propagating, self-supporting, and self-governing from their inception." <ref>Church Planting Movements </ref> This was important as revolutions such as in China and Cuba expelled Western missionaries and churches had to rely on local pastors. However, the rapid {{cn|date=October 2011}} growth of a CPM seems not to have taken hold until it began in a number of closed countries in the late 1990s.<ref>Southern Baptist International Mission Board. ''CPMs Up Close: A Region in China'' </ref> The movement has also occurred in Cuba, India and Africa.<ref>Slide Presentation: Look What God is Doing </ref> The modern Church Planting Movement can trace its roots to the mid-nineteenth century when Henry Venn and Rufus Anderson developed the three-self formula of an indigenous missions policy. "They believed that young churches should be self-propagating, self-supporting, and self-governing from their inception." <ref>Church Planting Movements </ref> This was important as revolutions such as in China and Cuba expelled Western missionaries and churches had to rely on local pastors. However, the rapid growth of a CPM seems not to have taken hold until it began in a number of closed countries in the late 1990s.<ref>Southern Baptist International Mission Board. ''CPMs Up Close: A Region in China'' </ref> The movement has also occurred in Cuba, India and Africa.<ref>Slide Presentation: Look What God is Doing </ref>


==Essentials== ==Essentials==
There are three key characteristics of a Church Planting Movement: it reproduces rapidly, multiplying churches, and that the churches are indigenous. {{cn|date=October 2011}} There are three key characteristics of a Church Planting Movement: it reproduces rapidly, multiplying churches, and that the churches are indigenous. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref>
<li> Within a very short time, newly planted churches are already starting new churches that follow the same pattern of rapid reproduction. Though the rate varies from place to place, Church Planting Movements always outstrip the population growth rate {{cn|date=October 2011}} as they race toward reaching the entire people group {{cn|date=October 2011}}. Where with other methods of church planting it may take five years to plant a church, with CPM multiple generations of churches may be planted within five months. {{cn|date=October 2011}} <li> Within a very short time, newly planted churches are already starting new churches that follow the same pattern of rapid reproduction. Though the rate varies from place to place, Church Planting Movements always outstrip the population growth rate as they race toward reaching the entire people group. Where with other methods of church planting it may take five years to plant a church, with CPM multiple generations of churches may be planted within five months. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref>
<li>"Church Planting Movements do not simply add new churches. Instead, they multiply."<ref>The Big Picture </ref> Most churches in the middle of a Movement will start as many churches as they can, with a goal of filling the area with new churches. <li>"Church Planting Movements do not simply add new churches. Instead, they multiply."<ref>The Big Picture </ref> Most churches in the middle of a Movement will start as many churches as they can, with a goal of filling the area with new churches. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref>
<li> Church Planting Movements are indigenous. It may start with the training from a non-native missionary or church member, but will very quickly form new congregations that are all within a single ethnic people group. Leaders are self-identified by their willingness to do what the trainer asks them, and then are given additional instruction on how to reproduce new churches. {{cn|date=October 2011}} <li> Church Planting Movements are indigenous. It may start with the training from a non-native missionary or church member, but will very quickly form new congregations that are all within a single ethnic people group. Leaders are self-identified by their willingness to do what the trainer asks them, and then are given additional instruction on how to reproduce new churches. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref>
<li> Church Planting Movements train leaders. <ref>Anatomy of a Church Planting Movement quote: The movement does not need a board; it needs a group of leaders of leaders to form an "apostolic team." This is the team that becomes the leaders of leaders. Instead of the movement depending on the passion of a leader of leaders, a core group of passionate vision casters of the movement's DNA are scattered about so that every plant is visited annually. This is the primary way to deal with the loss of the movement's founder.</ref> <li> Church Planting Movements train leaders. <ref>Anatomy of a Church Planting Movement quote: The movement does not need a board; it needs a group of leaders of leaders to form an "apostolic team." This is the team that becomes the leaders of leaders. Instead of the movement depending on the passion of a leader of leaders, a core group of passionate vision casters of the movement's DNA are scattered about so that every plant is visited annually. This is the primary way to deal with the loss of the movement's founder.</ref>
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Not every large evangelistic event is a Church Planting Movement. CPMs are well-document representations of rapid growth, {cn}} using rigorous {{cn|date=October 2011}} study methods consisting of preparation, training, assessment, site evaluation and debriefing. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref> Not every large evangelistic event is a Church Planting Movement. CPMs are well-document representations of rapid growth, using rigorous study methods consisting of preparation, training, assessment, site evaluation and debriefing. <ref> Haney, Jim. ''Assessing Church Planting Movements'' </ref>


==Methods== ==Methods==

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A Church Planting Movement is "unprecedented world-wide growth" through rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting more churches within a people group or geographic area that spread rapidly through a people group or population segment. It is an evangelical Christian approach where a church will sponsor formation of multiple spinoff churches that will themselves very quickly reproduce new churches, generally with common teachings and doctrine. It is different from traditional missions or church planting efforts in that the new churches are generally started by a lay leader from the sponsoring church and not the outside missionary. A key characteristic of an authentic church planting movement is the rapidity with which a new congregation itself starts another similar church.

History

The modern Church Planting Movement can trace its roots to the mid-nineteenth century when Henry Venn and Rufus Anderson developed the three-self formula of an indigenous missions policy. "They believed that young churches should be self-propagating, self-supporting, and self-governing from their inception." This was important as revolutions such as in China and Cuba expelled Western missionaries and churches had to rely on local pastors. However, the rapid growth of a CPM seems not to have taken hold until it began in a number of closed countries in the late 1990s. The movement has also occurred in Cuba, India and Africa.

Essentials

There are three key characteristics of a Church Planting Movement: it reproduces rapidly, multiplying churches, and that the churches are indigenous.

  • Within a very short time, newly planted churches are already starting new churches that follow the same pattern of rapid reproduction. Though the rate varies from place to place, Church Planting Movements always outstrip the population growth rate as they race toward reaching the entire people group. Where with other methods of church planting it may take five years to plant a church, with CPM multiple generations of churches may be planted within five months.
  • "Church Planting Movements do not simply add new churches. Instead, they multiply." Most churches in the middle of a Movement will start as many churches as they can, with a goal of filling the area with new churches.
  • Church Planting Movements are indigenous. It may start with the training from a non-native missionary or church member, but will very quickly form new congregations that are all within a single ethnic people group. Leaders are self-identified by their willingness to do what the trainer asks them, and then are given additional instruction on how to reproduce new churches.
  • Church Planting Movements train leaders.

    • Not every large evangelistic event is a Church Planting Movement. CPMs are well-document representations of rapid growth, using rigorous study methods consisting of preparation, training, assessment, site evaluation and debriefing.

    Methods

    There is not a solitary method used to spark a Church Planting Movement. The Training for Trainers (T4T) method has been successful in China, while the Camel method has been used in the Muslim world. It differs from the Insider Movement in that leaders do not seek to act like indigenous persons, but simply train locals who train others within their (or closely related) people group.

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  • Church Planting Movements website
  • Garrison, David. Church Planing Movements
  • Movements that Change the World
  • Smith and Ying. T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution
  • Kooistra, Paul 'Toward a Definition of Church-Planting Movements'
  • Fanning, Don. Church Planting Movements
  • Mission-shaped church: church planting and fresh expressions of church in a changing context
  • Stetzer, Ed. Planting missional churches
  • RD Winter, Ralph D. Finishing the Task: The Unreached Peoples Challenge
  • Sinclair, Daniel. A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams
  • Sutter, K. Keys to Church Planting Movements

    References

    1. Hunt, Josh. Church Planting Movements (Read: The Amazing Power of Doubling Groups)
    2. What Are Church Planting Movements?
    3. http://www.onemag.org/church_planting2.htm
    4. Southern Baptist International Mission Board. What Is A Church Planting Movement?
    5. Church Planting Movements
    6. Southern Baptist International Mission Board. CPMs Up Close: A Region in China
    7. Slide Presentation: Look What God is Doing
    8. Haney, Jim. Assessing Church Planting Movements
    9. Haney, Jim. Assessing Church Planting Movements
    10. The Big Picture
    11. Haney, Jim. Assessing Church Planting Movements
    12. Haney, Jim. Assessing Church Planting Movements
    13. Anatomy of a Church Planting Movement quote: The movement does not need a board; it needs a group of leaders of leaders to form an "apostolic team." This is the team that becomes the leaders of leaders. Instead of the movement depending on the passion of a leader of leaders, a core group of passionate vision casters of the movement's DNA are scattered about so that every plant is visited annually. This is the primary way to deal with the loss of the movement's founder.
    14. Haney, Jim. Assessing Church Planting Movements
    15. Smith, Steve and Kai, Ying. "T4T: A Discipleship ReRevolution" (Monument, CO: WIGTake Resources, 2011) p36
    16. Allen, Bob. Seminary president apologizes for calling IMB head a liar
    17. Garrison, David Church Planting Movements vs Insider Movements: Missiological Realities vs Mythiological Speculations in Procedings of the ISFM 2004 Meeting: Insider Movements
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