Church Planting Movements - Garrison

In the book Garrison identifies ten common elements found in every CPM taking place around the world.

1-Extraordinary Prayer (we are talking about a lot of serious praying going on)

2-Abundant Evangelism (the idea of sow abundantly=reap abundantly; sow sparsely=reap sparsely)

3-Intentional Church Planting (not just evangelism, but planting new churches with the new converts, not trying to get them into existing churches)

4-Authority of God's Word (not only in doctrine, but in church practice)

5-Local Leadership (locals "call the shots" not so much the foreign missionaries)

6-Lay Leadership (not seminary trained professional pastors, but everyday lay people in leadership positions)

7-House Churches (no church buildings, instead many small home-based churches averaging 10-20 per house)

8-Churches Planting Churches (the idea of multiplying new groups rather than adding numbers to existing groups)

9-Rapid Reproduction (they multiply very quickly and in short time)

10-Healthy Churches (rapid reproduction in no way means lower quality, deficent teaching, or unhealthy church life)

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Servant Evangelism - Impressions

This testimony comes from Servant Church in Lynnwood, Washington... They do a quarterly serve event at a local Women's Shelter and provide tangible help in between. The church came together to buy them a new vacuum cleaner. Here's what one of the servants heard from two women about their impression of Servant Church.



"(The women at the shelter) mentioned that they really enjoyed the events we have done there. What an awesome thing to have Servant Church be associated with good gifts and positive interaction! I also talked to one of the residents and she said that she liked us because while we aren't shy about saying we are part of a church we also don't push our beliefs. Our actions are making a big impression on the people there."