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Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches. This classic article by George Patterson has freed missionaries and church
planters from paralyzing traditions to see churches multiply in the normal way as God intends them to do. Multiply

Workshop Outline. Do interactive training to multiply churches or cells--modify the outline to fit your needs. It includes
a good number of instructive role-plays to get all  trainees to take part. It also enable some trainees to help with the
teaching. Instructor mentors ‘shepherding elders’ of a temporary training church and they lead training activities.
A powerful tool to prepare workers to reproduce churches or cells rapidly in pioneer fields. Workshop Outline.

Keep your church body healthy and balanced. Balance divergent aspects of vital ministries


State control of churches, ruinous effect, including in democracies. Control

Sophisticated_Dependency--relying on dollar destroys church health

Experience the Dynamic Presence of Christ in Gatherings of Believers

Demonstrations and Role-plays to Train Church Planters, Mentors and Leaders

A Rapidly Expanding Church Planting Movement. Instructive insights from the leader of a current, explosive
movement in India. Rodrick Gilbert

Factors that Hinder Sustaining Church Planting Movements, and their Remedies. Sustain a CPM.

Steps to Multiply House Churches or Cells. Dr. Victor Chouderie (whose efforts have been blessed by God to
multiply thousands of churches in India). Church Planting Steps.

New Testament Evangelism Methods. Benevits of working as tiny teams. Currah & Patterson. Going two by Two.

Church Planter's Checklist. Like pilots before takeoff, church planters use a checklist of vital activities, briefly
reminding them what to do. Darren Steckman and George Patterson. Church Planter's Checklist.

Case study, church reproduction. This document introduced in modern times integratiing theological training with
evangelism and church planting. George Patterson.
PDF file (with pictures and graphs): Spontaneous Reproduction of Churches, pdf
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Text only: Spontaneous Reproduction of Churches, htm

Church Ministries Required by the New Testament. A church planter's job is done when all vital ministries are
being practiced by a new flock. This one-page chart of essential ministries provides a progress checklist or 'menu'
for starting churches and training new shepherds and small group leaders. George Patterson. Vital Ministries

Develop the Five-fold Ministries of Ephesians 4:11-12.  Helps, including a skit, to introduce and explain these
most basic church ministries. Galen Currah & George Patterson. Five-fold Ministries

Believers use God-given spiritual gifts in different ministries. Help believers to discern their gifts, comparing
themselves to Bible characters that demonstrate them. Spiritual Gifts―Biblical Models

Renew Sleepy Churches. Deal with Rusty Organizational Structures
Also: Nine Freedoms that Churches Should Enjoy to Reproduce Normally

Can we Take Church Multiplication too Far? Multiplication

Regional Coordinators--Needed for New Church Work. Coordinators―their role in pioneer fields

Applications of Biblical Mentoring. Develop and strengthen flocks, families and organization with Christian
coaching.  Applications of Christian Mentoring

Purposeful Mentoring. Instruction aimed at results. Assertive Mentoring

Church Planter's Trouble-Shooting Chart' Common snags and solutions, in starting churches or cells.|
Trouble-Shooting Chart for Church Planters

The Regional Body of Christ is also 'Church'. Church clusters

Rapid Church Multiplication by Staying Small. Multiply 'Rabbit' Churches

Church Planting Myths. Paralyzing Evangelical traditions exposed. Myths

Children, what to do with them during worship in churches and cells. Children Take Part in Worship

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  • Plant churches or cell groups that multliply, for a dynamic movemen
  • Discover how New Testament models give  better results than sophisicated church growth strategies
  • Pass on to daugher churches and cells healthy, reproducible DNA
Trouble-shooting, Inter-church Cooperation & Small Groups
  • Trouble-shooting for shepherds and church planters: INFORMATION
  • Develop edifying interaction within small groups or cells by obeying the New Testament "one another" commands. View or download: "One Anothers"
  • Develop edifying interaction between churches in your area: INFORMATION
  • Tools to develop interactive small group church body life: INFORMATION
  • Vital truthes in Bible Stories. Jesus' Stories compare growth in His kingdom to that of plants. INFORMATION
NEW: Simple steps to start simple churches: view or download: Simple Churches.