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Some call them house churches. Some call them organic churches. Some
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| Wednesday, 09 July 2008 | |
 Dear Nicolay,Greetings, dear brother! I hope your family is well. Greet your wife, Anna, and children for me. Nicolay, I should probably define what I mean by “a church planting movement”. Neil Cole who was with us in Kiev in November of 2006 describes a church planting movement as follows: “A rapid and multiplying increase of indigenous churches planting churches…” It is not:
Evidence of a movement:
I hope this helps a little. I am convinced that a church planting movement is possible if we align ourselves to the ways of the Holy Spirit. One example which shows we do not have a movement is a most recent plan which encouraged 24 existing churches to plant one (1) church. God help us! Blessings, Rich Correll Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts) |
