Church Planting Movements (CPM’s)

Church Planting Movements (CPM’s) consist of churches reproducing churches within a people group (PG).

(just as people reproduce people, or better yet, as rabbits reproduce rabbits)

Multiplication is the New Math in church-planting! This is replacing addition and wins out any day! It’s not about how many people ‘go to your church’ or can be added to your congregation! It’s also not about division (starting ‘new churches’ with disenfranchised christians or by ’sheep stealing’). But it’s about the Great Commission- filling the whole earth with the knowledge of the Glory of God. Making disciples of ALL Nations!

Multiplication on a grand scale requires simplification using the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid)

Complex things Break Down

Simple Things are easier to Multiply

So, if it is not easily reproducible don’t do it! This requires ruthlessness. What is good can get in the way of what is best! Are our processes reproducible?

CPM’s are about reproducing disciples, leaders, churches and movements (in that order)

David L. Watson (who has helped initiate several CPM’s worldwide) defines a Church Planting Movement as:

• 100 churches
• Started within 2 years
• 3 generations deep (including daughter and grand-daughter churches)
• With indigenous trained leadership

This requires a form of church that is:

• Obedience-Orientated Discipleship Based
• Simple
• Viral
• Reproducible
• Indigenous

Our Vision (Mission Britain) is to Partner with those who are willing to die to multiply in order to see CPM’s initiated throughout all 12 Regions of Britain!

Anyone Interested?

~ by Peter Farmer on November 6, 2009.