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A Necessary But Not Sufficient Condition
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Sometimes people become angry with us at the USCWM. Perhaps angry is too strong; at the very least, they disagree with us vigorously. Usually disagreement is fine, but occasionally I find these...
Launching House Church Movements
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This chapter suggests four strategic steps that may help house church trends in various countries become rapidly growing people movements.
Starting New House Churches
It has been recognized...
How to Kill a Church- Planting Movement
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Caught up in the enthusiasm of churches that seemed to be multiplying spontaneously among his beloved people group, a missionary exclaimed, “It’s amazing! We couldn’t stop it if we had to!” If only...
Frequently Asked Questions
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As we discuss Church Planting Movements with missionaries from around the world, a number of questions frequently recur.
1. What about volunteers?
The key to effective use of volunteers in...
Case Studies of CPMs - The Khmer of Cambodia
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The Setting
The 20th century has seen more than its share of wars, dictators and genocide, but few surpass the tragic modern history of Cambodia. Buffeted by the Vietnam conflict for more than...
Case Studies of CPMs - A Latin American People Group
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International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries are currently engaged in a number of Church Planting Movements (CPM) and near-Church Planting Movements around the world. While each of these...
Church Planting Movements Glossary
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Cell churches: small church bodies of believers, generally 10-30 per unit, meeting in homes or storefronts, fulfilling the five purposes of a church and linked to one another in some type of...
A CPM Vision For The World
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God has shown us that He is indeed doing something in our days among the peoples of the earth--something so amazing we would not have believed it had we not seen it with our own eyes (see Hab....
Tips For Fine-tuning a CPM
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Alongside the models of Church Planting Move ments we have examined, many others could be described as near misses. A number of these show many of the characteristics we've come to identify with...
Nine Obstacles to CPMs
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Church Planting Movements are acts of God, but it's amazing how much mankind is capable of interfering with them. As with most of God's works among us, He allows us to actively cooperate with Him...