A Church Planting Movement ... The light of Jesus shining bright!
What exactly is a Church Planting Movement (CPM)? According to
David Garrison, a Church Planting Movement (CPM) is a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment. That's the simple explanation.
This definition describes what is happening in India(m) state (name of state withheld for security reasons). The movement began in November, 2011 with 41 new churches being started by outsiders working alongside a network of insiders (we call this group of insiders a "coalition") of praying, fasting, humble, fervent pastors and leaders determined to reach the 1500 villages in their district of 3.5 million people for Jesus Christ.
Five (5) years later (December 31, 2016), God has empowered and favored those pastors, leaders, and 41 churches to multiply to 54,769 churches (
you are reading correctly - over 54 thousand) with over 1 million professions of faith, 100's of thousands of baptisms ... in 8,201 villages!
There are many components of the church planting movement in India(m). Perhaps the most vital and important need of this movement today is leadership training for the "big leaders" of this CPM. Pastors
Matt Scott and
Paul Lawler have answered the call to go to India in late August to conduct a 3-day conference for this exponentially, expanding number of leaders generated by this CPM.
Prayer and conflict has revealed to Pastor G and other India(m) leaders that the urgent training need at this time is to see leaders equipped to "stand firm" in the raging and contested battlefields - what we refer to as spiritual warfare. Daily these courageous men and women battle the forces of evil, its banner most often carried by militant and fundamental Hindi. This has precipitated fear and anxiety among many of these pastors, leaders, and newly formed coalitions.
Please prayerfully consider sending Pastors Paul Lawler and Matt Scott into the front lines of this movement of God. They are standing ready, the cross of Jesus ever before them. Please help in providing funds to send them to India while also providing the funding necessary for travel, meals and lodging for our leaders in India.
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