Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

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c. Flat, better than average church programs and affiliation without “the spark provided by a commitment to a true revolution in thinking, behavior, and experience,” p. 14.

8. They pursue an intimate relationship with God which Jesus Christ promised we could have through him, p. 15.

9. To the Revolutionary, life is “black-and-white,” whether university scholars and the media ridicule their view or not, p. 15. 10. Revolutionaries are biblical Christians, who “invariably turn to God’s Word – the Bible – for their guidance,” and therefore will experience abuse like Jesus did, and “perhaps the most significant battle” in the current culture wars will be waged by the Revolutionaries, p. 16-17.

II. The Church Defined as Rapid Multiplication of Indigenous Churches Planting Churches, Garrison, pp. 11-29.

Eph. 2.19-22 (ESV) – So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. No other avenue so quickly and effectively multiplies the glory of God in the hearts of so many people. No other means has drawn so many new believers into ongoing communities of faith where they can continue to grow in Christlikeness. This is why Church planting Movements are so very important. ~ Church Planting Movements . p. 29. A. Church Planting Movements research as “reverse engineering”: “It seeks to understand these movements by beginning at the end, with an actual Church Planting Movement. Then it reverse engineers the movement, dismantling its component parts, analyzing how it was constructed and how it works. Done properly, reverse engineering can reveal volumes about the Creator’s designs, desires, and methods of operation,” p. 11.