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Church Planting Movement
Facilitator Dimension
HELPING CHURCHES MULTIPLY
International Centre for Excellence in Leadership
International Mission Board, SBC
CPM-2 CPM-3 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Copyright 2004
International Centre for Excellence in Leadership
International Mission Board, SBC
Rockville, VA
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Copyright1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
EXPLORE: Pathways to Missions was developed by Corella Ricketson,
Associate Director for Explore, ICEL. A graduate of Oklahoma
Baptist University, Corella also studied at University of Tulsa,
Southern Methodist University, SWBTS, and the Taipei Language
Institute, where she earned a diploma in Chinese studies. Corella
was appointed as an educational missionary to Republic of China
(Taiwan) in 1966. She taught at the Taiwan Baptist Theological
Seminary, served as principal at Bethany Christian School (a TCK
school), managed the Baptist Christian Literature Centers, and
worked as a translator/writer for the Chinese Philatelic Department
of the Post Offce. In 1984, Corella joined the staff of the IMBs
Missionary Learning Center, developing the MK program of
orientation and education. She was responsible for cross-cultural
resources, teaching, and coaching in all leadership development
programs until her retirement in December, 2003.
Susan Atkinson, ICEL Manager of Instructional Technology, created
the instructional design for the EXPLORE series. Susan holds the M. Ed.
degree from the University of Richmond and has studied Instruction-
al Technology at Virginia Tech.
CPM-2 CPM-3 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Church Planting Movement Facilitator
Dimension:
table of contents
Welcome to CPM Facilitator Dimension.......................................CPM-4
Self-Assessment.....................................................................CPM-6
Being a Discipler....................................................................CPM-10
Being a Church Planter............................................................CPM-16
Contextualizing the Gospel....................................................CPM-22
Understanding People Groups..................................................CPM-28
Facilitating Church Planting Movements.................................CPM-34
What Now?...........................................................................CPM-40
Telling My Story.....................................................................CPM-42
How to Use this Guide
Here is a summary of how to work through this booklet. For more details, see the Naviga-
tional Aids booklet.
1. Complete the Self-Assessment on pages CPM-6-7. This will help you diagnose your
current development as a Church Planting Movement Facilitator.
2. Interpret the Self-Assessment using pages CPM-8-9. You can celebrate your
strengths and identify the characteristics that need further development.
3. Choose the appropriate section that addresses your needs and work through the four
componentshead, heart, hands, habits. Use the chart to locate resources specific to
the listed characteristic. As you complete the sections, go back to the self-assessment
and measure your progress. When you finish one characteristic, move on to the next
one that needs attention.
4. Work at your own pace. You may want to join with one or more partners who are
or have been on the same journey so you can explore together, sharing insights and
experiences, encouragement and accountability.
5. Record your thoughts in a personal journal. You can find help with creating a
journal in Nav Aids, page NA-16 .
6. Share your thoughts with a spiritual mentorperhaps your pastor, teacher or
trusted friend. You can find more help for this in Nav Aids, page NA-18 .
CPM-4 Introduction CPM-5 CPM Facilitator Dimension
W
hat in the world is a Church Planting Movement Facilitator? This is a term
used to describe a person who, through a well-developed strategy, makes
preparations for a Church Planting Movement, or CPM.
A church planting movement is the rapid and exponential increase of
indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population
segment. (David Garrision, Church Planting Movements)
Some basic information about church planting movements:
Rapid is a key component. In a place or region where there is a church plant-
ing movement, new churches are being started very quickly.
Indigenous churches are being started by believers from within a given people
group or population segment.
Exponential increase is a measure of CPM. Churches in a people group or
population segment are not merely increasing by a few each year, but they
are multiplying exponentially as churches start new churches. Two become
four (2
2
), four become 16 (4
2
or 2
4
), 16 become 256 (16
2
or 2
8
) and so on.
A CPM is more likely to occur in a people group or population segment that
is unchurched. Areas where traditional churches exist are not as open to a CPM as
previously unchurched areas.
Bottom line: A church planting movement occurs when the
vision of churches planting churches spreads from the church
planter into the new churches themselves, so that by their very
nature they are winning the lost and reproducing themselves.
This is the
Church Planting
Movement
Facilitator
Dimension.
CPM-4 Introduction CPM-5 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Church Planting Movement Facilitators want to see church
planting movements in all the worlds people groups. As a
CPM Facilitator,
you start new outreach ministries.
you learn about a people group.
you disciple others.
you appropriately share the gospel with people from
other cultures.
Does this describe you?
This study guide points you to resources and activities that
will develop you as a CPM Facilitator in the following charac-
teristics:
Being a discipler
Being a church planter
Contextualizing the gospel
Understanding people groups
Facilitating church planting movements
For reminders on how to work through this material, refer to
page CPM-3 or the Navigational Aids booklet.
The field is the world...
Matthew 13: 38a
CPM-6 Self-Assessment CPM-7 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Mark with an X the answer that
best describes you.
Nearly
Always
Often
Some-
times
Rarely Never
Being a Discipler
1. My behavior, attitudes, and
values in daily life reflect
Christ.
A O S R N
2. After leading a person
to accept Christ I take
responsibility to see that he/
she is discipled.
A O S R N
3. I am actively involved in
discipling others.
A O S R N
Being a Church Planter
4. I participate in various forms
and styles of church worship.
A O S R N
5. I am eager to be a part of new
ministries to reach non-Chris-
tians.
A O S R N
6. I participate in leading new
believers to start churches.
A O S R N
Contextualizing the Gospel
7. I understand how people from
other cultures see my culture.
A O S R N
8. I am learning how to share the
gospel with people who have
worldviews and cultures differ-
ent from mine.
A O S R N
9. I have shared the gospel with
people from other countries
and cultures.
A O S R N
CPM Facilitator Dimension
Mark your answer with an X.
Nearly
Always
Often
Some-
times
Rarely Never
Understanding People Groups
10. I can explain how the concept
people group relates to a
church planting movement.
A O S R N
11. I advocate and pray for a
specific people group.
A O S R N
12. I have researched at least
one people group.
A O S R N
Facilitating Church Planting Movements
13. I can define and discuss the
term church planting move-
ment.
A O S R N
Self-Assessment
What now?
Go back to the chart and circle the responses that you marked
Sometimes, Rarely, or Never. Count the number of circles for each
characteristic and write your totals here.
Characteristic
total # of
S, R, N
responses
go to page...
Being a discipler CPM-10
Being a church planter CPM-16
Contextualizing the gospel CPM-22
Understanding people groups CPM-28
Facilitating church planting movements CPM-34
Characteristics with more circles are areas where you need
to develop more knowledge, commitment, or skill. Choose the
characteristics with which you need help and locate the sections on the
following pages. There are resources, activities, networking ideas, and
opportunities to dig deeper for each characteristic. Reassess yourself
when you complete your study.
Remember that no characteristic stands alone; each one relates to
and impacts many others in the mosaic of missionary life.
The man who plants
and the man who
waters have one purpose, and
each will be rewarded according
to his own labor. For we are
Gods fellow workers; you are
Gods field, Gods building.
1 Corinthians 3:8-9
CPM-10 Being a Discipler CPM-11 CPM Facilitator Dimension
A
s followers of Christ we have been commanded to make
disciples of others. That responsibility does not end at the
point when we have shared the Good News. Instead, we
have the on-going duty of teaching and discipling new believers
into steadfast and mature faith.
Relationships with other believers have extraordinary power
in life. In Matthew 18:20, Jesus said, Where two or three come
together in my name, there am I with them.
As we disciple and are discipled we find
encouragement.
In this relationship we are challenged to follow God more
faithfully, enabling us to walk as we should when we might other-
wise stray or wander.
Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations....
Matthew 28:19
Being a
Discipler
In this section the resources and activities will help you to
identify the characteristics of a disciple.
strengthen your desire to disciple others as a part of
personal evangelism.
develop your skill in discipling new believers.
He (Paul) took the disciples with him
and had discussions daily...This went
on for two years so that all the Jews
and Greeks who lived in the province of
Asia heard the word of the Lord.
Acts 19:9-10
Activities for development
Choose 1-2 activities that will help you develop in your areas of need
based on the self-assessment.
C Read at least one resource from the list for this characteristic.
C Interview 3 people who have been discipled. You might need to
ask your pastor for help in finding these people. In your journal,
record what you learn. Be sure to find out what part of the process
was most helpful to them and what might have been changed to be
more useful. Are they now discipling someone else? Why or why
not?
C Interview someone who is a discipler. Consider talking with the
person who helped one of the disciples above. Record what you
discover in your journal, including the answers to these questions:
How and why did you get started discipling others?
What materials do you use?
What kind of meeting schedule do you follow?
What are some pitfalls to avoid?
How do you determine when the process is complete?
What benefits do you, as a discipler, gain from discipling?
C Using what you have learned in the activities above, disciple a
new believer. Consult with your pastor or mentor if you need help
finding someone with whom to work. Keep a record of your experi-
ence, noting the resources you use and the events of each meeting.
Review this record and mark the lessons you learn during the pro-
cess. What worked? What could/should you have done differently?
Discuss this experience with your mentor. Make plans to disciple
someone else using your new insights.
C Participate in or lead a Master Life or Experiencing God course.
You can find resources and information on these at LifeWay
(www.lifeway.com (( ).
Accountability for growth
Do all of this section. Discussing the activities with others is vital to
your progress.
O Write a question for your mentor here:

O Share with your mentor what you discovered in the activities you
completed.
Now that youve taken some steps to grow in your prac-
tices related to this characteristic, go back to page CPM-
6 and assess yourself again in the areas of Being a Dis-
cipler, using a different color to mark these responses.
Review the resources and activities as necessary and
then complete the task below.
Exploring Further for service
What will you take away from this experience? Using the guidelines
in the Nav Aids book (page NA-20), write 2-3 goals for your self-
development based on what you have learned about yourself and this
missionary characteristic. Since you are the who, begin with I...
will do What? When? How? its done when...
1
2
3
Resources for study
Check off each resource you use. As you read, use your journal to
note your reactions and discoveries. How does what you learn speak
to your life and your call?
Books
O Campolo, Tony, and William H. Willimon. The Survival Guide for
Christians on Campus: How to be students and disciples at the same time.
West Monroe: Howard Publishing, 2002. Breezy, informal, humor-
flled examination of the serious issues facing Christian students
on campus. Provides practical Bible-based answers without being
preachy.
O Eims, Leroy. Lost Art of Disciple Making. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1978. A contemporary classic that carefully examines the growth
process in the life of a Christian and considers what nurture and
guidance it takes to develop mature Christians.
O Foote, Ted V. Jr., and P. Alex Thornburg. Being Disciples of Jesus in a
Dot.Com World: A theological survival guide for youth, adults and other
confused Christians. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.
O Hernricksen, Walter. Disciples Are Made, Not Born. Colorado
Springs: David Cook, 2002 (first published in 1974). Now a classic,
this book presents a practical Biblical approach to training new
believers to be effective disciples. Easily used as a one-on-one or
group resource.
O Hull, Bill. New Century Disciple-making: Applying Jesus Ideas for the
Future. Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 1997 (reprint). Tracing the
training process through the four gospels, the author identifies and
outlines Christs methods of training disciples. Gives steps that will
cultivate consistent disciples who remain in Christ, are obedient,
and bear spiritual fruit.
O MacArthur, John. Twleve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His
Disciples for Greatness and What He Wants to Do with You. Nashville:
W Publishing Group, 2002. Easy but stimulating reading about the
lives of the disciples who became apostles. Strong emphasis on the
ordinary aspects of each, his faults, and the grace of God.
O OConnell, Timothy. Making Disciples: A Handbook of Christian
Moral Formation. New York: Crossroads/Herder & Herder, 1998.
Articulate and thoughtful presentation of how and what needs to
be nurtured and encouraged for the moral life of a new believer.
O Ogden, Greg. Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life
in Christ. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1998. A workbook
format designed to be used in groups of three.
Online Resource
O www.campusoutreach.org Click on Resources, then Resources
again, then on the Blue Book. This leads to a printable workbook
resource (36 pages PDF) that provides leader and participant activi-
ties to develop a short, comprehensive view of Christian life.
CPM-16 Being a Church Planter CPM-17 CPM Facilitator Dimension
I planted the seed;
Apollos watered it,
but God made it grow.
So neither he who plants
nor he who waters
is anything
but only God
who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
W
hat is church? A building? The people? Paul says in
Ephesians 1:22-23 that its the body of Christ. When you
were younger you may have been familiar with only
one church that you attended with your family or friends. When
you visited another church you probably noticed the differences,
and you may have felt strange or out of place.
An important task of the missionary is being
a church planter. You need to know what
church is, how it looks, and how to gather
people who have come to Jesus into healthy
congregations.
A church carries out five purposes:
worship
evangelistic and missionary outreach
education and discipleship
ministry
fellowship
As these purposes are fulfilled in different cultures, they
may be done in ways that do not look familiar to you.
In this section, the resources and activities will help you
examine the many forms which congregations take
in diverse cultural settings.
increase your desire to see new congregations form.
participate in the starting of new outreach
ministries.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the
Lord, whose confdence is in him. He will
be like a tree planted by the water that
sends out its roots by the stream. It does
not fear when heat comes; its leaves are
always green. It has no worries in a year
of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Being a
Church Planter
C Visit 3 Christian congregations who worship differently than your
home church in order to learn about various styles and forms of
corporate (group) worship. For each experience, reflect on the fol-
lowing in your journal:
Describe the congregation as to size, age range, denomination,
dress, ethnicity, and other defining aspects you notice.
Describe the order of worship. Compare it to your usual
practice. If different, was it effective or not? Why?
Describe the practices of worship (music/message/other
formats/etc.). Compare them with your usual habits. Were
they familiar? If not, did you understand the reasons why
they were done that way?
Describe the congregations worldview as reflected in the
service. Are they interested in missions? In evangelizing? In
service? In what?
Did you participate, or did you observe? Why?
Did you feel welcome? What made you comfortable? What
made you uncomfortable? Why?
What did you learn? How has your thinking changed as a
result of this experience?
When you return to your home church, consider it in light of
this assignment and answer the same questions. Has your
viewpoint changed?
C Become involved in a new ministry to reach non-Christians. Check
with your pastor or local association for ideas. Keep notes on what
you do and how you feel about the methods and the situations you
encounter. What have you learned?
C Complete a church planting training course. See www.namb.net
and click on Resources, then Church Planting Resources for in-
formation on training events. Or see www.icelonline.com/courses
for the self-study course Stimulating and Nurturing Church Planting
Movements.
C Intern as a church planter. Ask your pastor or associational director
of missions for guidance.
your progress.

completed.
Now that youve taken some steps to grow in your
practices related to this characteristic, go back to page
CPM-6 and assess yourself again in the areas of Being
a Church Planter, using a different color to mark these
responses. Review the resources and activities as neces-
sary and then complete the task below.
1
2
3
Resources for study
Online Resources
O North American Mission Board, SBC, home page: www.NAMB.net.
Click on Resources, then Church Planting. While youre there,
explore the site for other resources you can use.
O www.newchurches.com has 2 church planting manuals, a house
church manual, a lay church planting manual and other helpful
material you can download. This site is from Ed Stetzer, former
seminary professor who now heads NAMBs Nehemiah Project.
O www.churchplanter.com provides excerpts from current books and
articles about church planting. Partners with Multnomah.
O www.plantachurch.com provides many lists and links to resources.
Affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America.
Books and Articles
O Hesselgrave, David J. and Donald A. McGavran. Planting Churches
Cross Culturally: North America and Beyond. Grand Rapids: Baker
Book House, 2000. Revised and updated edition that discusses the
tools a church planter needsrelevancy, an anointed message, and
practicality in a changing world.
O Hiebert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses. Incarnational Minis-
try: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies.
Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1996. Emphasizing that effective
evangelism and church planting takes place according to how a
group interacts, the authors identify strategies for the four types of
communities.
O Patterson, George. The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches.
In Winter, Ralph, and Steve Hawthorne, ed. Perspectives on the World
Christian Movement, 4
th
Edition. Pasadena: William Carey Library.
pp. 595-605.
O Stetzer, Ed. Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age. Nashville:
Broadman & Holman, 2003. The director of the Nehemiah project
(NAMB) lays out a case for and then describes the practice of
church planting, looking at cultures and how to reach them
through the tools within the cultures themselves.
O Towns, Elmer I., Douglas Parter, and Barbara K. Ciconte. Churches
That Multiply: A Bible Study on Church Planting. Kansas City: Beacon
Hill Press, 2003. Identifies the methods and strategies found in the
Bible regarding starting churches.
CPM-22 Contextualizing the Gospel CPM-23 CPM Facilitator Dimension
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he gospel must be shared in such a way that the person who
hears it can make sense of the message and understand its
relevance to his or her own life. You must be able to share
the truth of the gospel, not in the terms of your own culture and
worldview, but in the cultural setting of the person with whom
you are sharing.
Our model for contextualizing the gospel is Jesus. In order
to relate effectively, Jesus not only became a man, but he became
a part of the Jewish culture in dress, occupation, appearance, and
behavior. He understood and identified with those He touched.
To make His message clear, relevant, and understood, He took on
the various aspects of the culture of the people to whom He was
sent.
In order to become part of another culture, you
must first understand your own culture and
worldview.
Neither worldview nor culture is closely defined or examined
by ordinary people. We simply act, re-act, and participate in our
social setting according to rules and procedures that are both
written and unwritten.
The worldview of a particular culture defines the values,
beliefs, and behaviors of that culture.
Although we have been socialized by American culture, we
are, more importantly, Christians. Our worldview should be more
a Biblical worldview than an American worldview.
See to it that no one takes you captive
through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition and the
basic principles of this world rather than
on Christ.
Colossians 2:8
But the one who received the
seed that fell on good soil is the
man who hears the word and
understands it. He produces a
crop, yielding a hundred, sixty
or thirty times what was sown.
Matthew 13:23
In this section the resources and activities will help to
provide more information and growth opportunities for
understanding your own culture and worldview.
multiply your knowledge of how to express the gospel in
terms that speak to another culture and worldview.
provide opportunities to share the gospel with people of
other cultures.
Contextualizing
the Gospel
C Increase your awareness of everyday cultural clashes. Clashing
worldviews and cultures are often major themes in movies, plays,
books, and television programs. Learn to identify these conflicts.
Choose 3 different examples from different genres and reflect on
these issues in your journal:
What cultures or worldviews are involved?
What is the conflict about? What causes it?
How do the characters resolve the issues? Or do they? Why?
How often do the characters change or modify their
worldviews to solve the conflict? How do you feel about that?
C Keep a list of culture clashes you observe for at least a month. Re-
flect on the causes and outcomes.
C Identify at least 3 cultural biases that you practice. Find opportuni-
ties to step outside your comfort zone. For example, you probably
avoid at least one kind of music (maybe jazz, classical, opera, coun-
try, or urban), so give it a try. Go to a different kind of restaurant
and sample some food you have never eaten. Try something new.
C Watch/listen to news reports from other countries, like the U.K. or
Canada. Notice the cultural differences and biases.
Develop a friendship with someone from another country/culture.
Actively learn about his/her culture through sharing meals, learn-
ing about customs, participating in holiday celebrations, and the
like. Your pastor or association may be able to help you locate
someone.
C Take language lessons from a person who speaks another language
as his/her first language.
Write your testimony using the helps on pages CPM-42-45. Share it
with an international friend.
Participate in a Perspectives class. (www.perspectives.org Participate in a Perspectives class. ( Participate in a Perspectives class. ( ).
1 Take a trip to another country and stay with a local host. Keep
notes in your journal, reflecting on the cultural differences and
what makes you comfortable or uncomfortable. What have you
learned about yourself?
your progress.

completed.
6 and assess yourself again in the areas of Contextual-
izing the Gospel, using a different color to mark these
1
2
3
Resources for study
Articles
O Slack, James B. Why Identify a Peoples Worldview?
www.chronologicalbiblestorying.com/research_contents.htm
O Thompson, LaNette W. The American Worldview: How it
impacts our ministry. www.newwway.org/strategy_network/
worldview.htm
In Winter, Ralph, and Steven Hawthorne, ed. Perspectives on the World
Christian Movement, A Reader. 3
rd
Edition. Pasadena: William Carey
Library, 1999.
O Brewster, Thomas and Elizabeth. The Difference Bonding
Makes, pp. 444-448.
O Hiebert, Paul. Cultural Differences and the Communication of
the Gospel, pp. 373-383.
O Kraft, Charles H. Culture, Worldview and Contextualization,
pp. 384-391.
Books
O Burnett, David. Clash of Worlds: A Christians Handbook of Cultures,
World Religions, and Evangelism. Nashville: Thomas P. Nelson, 1992.
An excellent outline of why the Biblical worldview provides the
most credible account of the universe and humanitys place in it, as
well as easy-to-comprehend discussions of the major worldviews.
O Calver, Clive, and Rose Dowsett, ed. The Great Commission. Toronto:
Monarch Books, 2003. Part history, part strategy, the book traces the
problems and challenges of bringing a relevant gospel to the lost
world.
O MacArthur, John, et al. Think Biblically: Recovering a Christian
Worldview. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2003. A careful look at what
is Biblical and what is cultural.
O Phillips, W. Gary, and William E. Brown. Making Sense of Your
World: A Biblical Worldview. Salem: Sheffield Publishing, 1996.
Easy reading to discover what is cultural and what is part of
the Christian worldview. Spiced with numerous examples and
anecdotes.
O Saint, Steve, et al. The Great Omission: Fulfilling Christs Commission
Completely. Salem: YWAM, 2001. Businessman, missionary, pilot,
builder, speaker, and writer, Steve Saint outlines how ordinary
people are being used by God to share the gospel. Dramatic stories
of how people of limited means, technology, and education are
putting the gospel into terms that are acceptable and embraced in
their cultures.
CPM-28 Understanding People Groups CPM-29 CPM Facilitator Dimension
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his promise first made to Abraham emphasizes Gods plan
that all people shall know Him.
Our challenge as Christians is to discover strategic ways to
fulfill the Great Commission that is Gods plan for all the peoples
on earth to be blessed.
The peoples on earth that God desires to bless
are living as people groups.
A people group is a significantly large grouping of indi-
viduals who perceive themselves to have common affinity for
one another because of their shared language, religion, ethnicity,
residence, occupation, class or caste, situation, etc. For evangelis-
tic purposes it is the largest group within which the gospel can
spread as a church planting movement without encountering bar-
riers to understanding or acceptance (Lausanne Strategy Working
Group).
Since it is within people groups that church planting move-
ments begin, todays missionary must understand the concept of
people groups.
...all peoples on earth will be blessed.
Acts 3:25
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations...
Matthew 28:19
And this gospel of the Kingdom will
be preached in the whole world as a
testimony to all nations....
Matthew 24:14
The resources and activities in this section will help to
increase your knowledge and understanding of the
concept people group. people group people group
direct you to become actively engaged in prayer
and concern for a specific people group.
introduce research tools for learning about people
groups.
Understanding
People Groups
C Choose a people group and become a prayer advocate for them. See
helps at www.imb.org , click on Praying, then People Groups. Note
your prayers and other information in your prayer journal.
C Contact a people team and join their prayer network. You can find a
team by checking at www.peopleteams.org/
C Research a specific people group, finding out how they live and
work, how they typically believe, and how you can advocate for
them in prayer and in action. See www.chronologicalbiblestorying
.com/research_contents.htm for Researching People Groups in a
Library by Deb Sanders.
C Develop a prayer relationship with a field team working among the
people group you have chosen. Pray according to their requests,
noting your prayers and the answers in your prayer journal. Share
these blessings with your mentor or Bible study group.
Develop a relationship with someone from the people group you
have chosen to study. Ask your pastor or association to help you
locate an international living in your area and get to know him or
her, or have the people team put you in contact with someone they
know with whom you can correspond. Reflect on your relation-
ship in your journal. Does this relationship help you to pray more
effectively?
C Involve your church or Bible study group in praying for a specific
people group. There are resources for this endeavor at the IMB
website. Keep a group prayer journal.
Increase your research skills, learning more about the information
available about people groups and worldview, by becoming famil-
iar with at least 5 of the resources listed at www.peopleteams.org/
toolbox.htm or www.imb.org/globalresearch/research_links.htm.
Create your own list of these resources that speak to your needs,
including your personal evaluation of the materials and how you
might be able to use them. Revisit any of particular interest to you.
your progress.

completed.
tices related to this characteristic, go back to page CPM-7
and assess yourself again in the areas of Understand-
ing People Groups, using a different color to mark these
1
2
3
Resources for study
Printed Resources
O Impact Eternity. A five-week study to capture Gods heart and pur- Impact Eternity Impact Eternity
pose for people groups around the world. This study provides the
biblical foundation and the first steps in the process of adopting an
unreached people group. Available from the IMB Contact Center.
O Holding the Rope leads you to develop a deeper relationship with a
people group. Moving beyond adoption, this seminar helps you
and your church become even more involved in praying for and
working among your adopted people by building an effective
advocacy network. Available from the IMB Contact Center. You
can download free PDFs of this study at http://resources.imb.org/
index.cfm/fa/prod/ProdId/1062.
Online Resources
O The IMB website (http://imb.org) is quite robust, with many differ-
ent sections. Explore the homepage to get an idea of what is avail-
able, and then look at these specific sections:
u http://imb.org/globalresearch/ This section of the IMB web-
site is full of useful information. Take the time to explore these
pages, for example:
Click on What is a People Group? to access an overview
of what comprises a people group and helps on how to
research one.
Click on the Research Links button and you will go to a
page of links to resources for people groups and topics of
interest to missionaries.
u http://imb.org/WE/peoplegroups/ This section of the IMB site
lets you choose a people group, read their profile, and find ways
to advocate and pray for them. Take the time to look around
here, too.
u http://imb.org/CompassionNet/PeopleGroups.asp You can
find prayer needs for people groups at this part of the site. You
also reach this part by clicking on the Praying tab, and then on
People Groups.
u http://imb.org/CPM/ David Garrisions booklet Church Planting
Movements is posted on the IMB site. You can also order it from
the IMB Contact Center.
O Winter, Ralph D. and Bruce A. Koch. Finishing the Task: The
Unreached Peoples Challenge. www.uscwm.org/mobilization_
division/resources/web_articles_11-20-01/Finishing_the_task.pdf
Also published in Mission Frontiers, June 2000. Mission Frontiers Mission Frontiers
CPM-34 Facilitating Church Planting Movements CPM-35 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Y
ou have committed to sharing the gospel with the world.
That is a huge task for any one person.
Jesus did not expect one person or even a handful of people
to accomplish this task. He instructed His followers to make
disciples.
Disciples gather into congregations that canand should
rapidly reproduce themselves.
Todays missionary is challenged to facilitate
local congregations to reach an entire nation
of people by rapidly reproducing themselves
church planting movements!
...For the earth will be full of the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:9b
The resources and activities in this section will help to
clarify the term church planting movement.
increase your understanding of church planting
movements.
encourage your desire to be involved in church
planting movements.
Facilitating
Church Planting
Movements
Look at the nations and watch
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
Habakkuk 1:5
C Complete the ICEL course Stimulating and Nurturing Church Planting
Movements. www.icelonline.com/courses
your progress.

completed.
7 and assess yourself again in the area of Facilitating
Church Planting Movements, using a different color to
mark these responses. Review the resources and activi-
ties as necessary and then complete the task below.
in the Nav Aids section, write 2-3 goals for your self-development
based on what you have learned about yourself and this missionary
characteristic. Since you are the who, begin with I...
1
2
3
Resources for study
Books
O Allen, Roland. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes
Which Hinder It. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 1997. Re-issue of a clas-
sic book first written 70 years ago. The author presents ideas for
church planting movements in an overseas setting. Language and
context reflect Allens mission identification and experiences.
O Garrison, David. Church Planting Movements. Richmond: IMB,
2000. 60 page booklet that defines and explains church planting
movements. Helpful case studies provide examples of the history,
methods, successes and challenges of seeing a church planting
movement grow. Available from the IMB Contact Center.
O Garrison, David. Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a
Lost World. Midlothian: WIGTake Resources, 2004. Explains church
planting movements with examples from the missionarys experi-
ence. Garrison serves as IMBs Regional Leader for South Asia and
is recognized around the world as a pioneer in the understanding
of Church Planting Movements. Order from www.churchplanting
movements.com in paperback or e-book formats.
O Timmis, Stephen, Tim Chester, and Tim Thornborough. Multiplying
Churches: Reaching Todays Communities Through Church Planting.
Geanies House, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2003.
Multiple authors share ways to plant relevant churches in todays
society.
O Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1995. Audio and e-book editions also available. Written by the
pastor of the fastest-growing Baptist church in the U.S., this book
focuses on reaching the lost through people building relationships
rather than creating programs and structure within a congregation.
CPM-40 What Now? CPM-41 CPM Facilitator Dimension
What now?
All along this path weve asked you to go back and reassess
yourself as you have studied and grown in your areas of need. Now its
time to review your progress so you can see how far youve come.
At the end of each characteristic you set goals for development. Go
back to those pages and read what you wrote. For each goal, respond to
the following in your journal:
Is it done?
If yes, describe your experience and how it has made an
impact on your life.
If no, what has hindered your progress? What will you do to
move toward completion?
Next, how well do these statements describe you now?
I start new outreach ministries.
I can research a people group.
I disciple others.
I appropriately share the gospel with people from other
cultures.
Take the time to meet with your mentor once again to talk about
this whole experience and how it affects your call to missionary service.
CPM-40 What Now? CPM-41 CPM Facilitator Dimension
If you decide to continue, go back to the Self-Assessments and
choose another area that needs attention. The suggested next character-
istic for study is Mobilizer, which you should have received as part of the
package.
If you have completed all the recommended study, please see page
NA-26 in the Navigational Aids book for some next steps you might take.
If you need further materials, please request them from the IMB
Contact Centerwww.resources.imb.org Contact Center Contact Center . Were praying for you!
What Now?
CPM-42 Telling My Story CPM-43 CPM Facilitator Dimension
Telling My Story
Part AIdentifying the Testimony Themes of My Life
Which areas have been important in your journey to today?
Worries/Anxiety......................................................Inner Peace
Guilt/Shame...............................................Forgiveness and Release
Anger/Temper.................................................Patience and love
Emptiness/Lack of purpose...........................................Purpose in life
Grief.............................................................Comfort and Joy
Stress/Burnout.................................................Power for living
Low Self-esteem............................................Significance to God
Poor Health....................................................Strength to go on
Disappointment....................................Trust in His good plans
Insecurity............................................Confidence and security
Regrets.................................................A second chance at life
Discontent/Always busy.......................................Contentment and peace
Fears..............................................................Faith to face my fears
Loneliness..............................................Hes always with me
Addictions/Habits...........................................Power to change
Self-centeredness....................................Love for other people
Despair/Depression........................................Hope and a future
Cheap thrills.................................................Real, lasting happiness
Boredom with my life.............................Adventure with God
Fear of death................................................Assurance of heaven
Something was missing.............................Sense of fulfillment
Bitterness and Resentment.................Freedom from my past
Pain of rejection.................................Gods unconditional love
Marriage Problems..............................Changes in my marriage
Financial Problems.............................Changes in my finances
Business Problems..............................Changes in my business
The most predominant theme in my life is
Part BWriting My Testimony
1. What my life was like before I met Christ.
With what circumstances of your life would an unbeliever identify? With what attitudes? What was
most important to you? What substitute for God did you use to find meaning in your life? (sports/fit-
ness, success at work, marriage, sex, making money, spending money, drugs/alcohol, having fun,
entertainment, popularity, hobbies, anything else.)
2. How I realized I needed Christ.
What significant steps led up to your accepting Jesus? What needs, hurts, or problems made you
dissatisfied with the way you were living without God? (Choose a theme.) How did God get your
attention? What motivated you?
3. How I committed my life to Christ.
What specifically did you do to step across the line? Where did it happen? What did you say in your
prayer? Be specific.
4. The difference it has made in my life.
What benefits have you experienced or felt? What problems have been resolved? How has Jesus
helped you change for the better? How has it helped your relationships? Give a current example.
Be specific about your walk with Jesus.
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