Mission Frontiers has some excellent articles, this month, on reproducing disciples in the context of the U.S. It is exciting to see these principles implemented in Western contexts that have had such an impact throughout the rest of the world.
Curtis Sergeant shares an article entitled Growing U.S. Movements to the Lost and the Unreached:
As of December, 2013 we have multiple streams to the 5th generation or beyond and well over a dozen more to the 4th generation. All told there are about 200 downstream churches in the USA and 162 overseas, including several among previously unengaged people groups.
Read more here.
Fred and Melissa Campbell authored an article called, No Longer “Business as Usual:”
In April of 2013, after mapping the greater Austin area into regions, we sent out our first 40 teams of two to search for potential houses of peace in 12 areas. They found 400!
We formed more than 60 new groups within 60 days of this first search, and additional searches in August and November identified 150 more potential houses of peace. As of December 2013 we had more than 100 groups. Most are reproducing disciples, and one is reproducing churches!
Read more here.
These types of movements will continue to grow as the church is discovering it can take the shape of mission and gather in simple, reproducible ways. The Holy Spirit is surely at work!
The entire issue is a great read!
