Here is another interesting article from Ed Stetzer via The Exchange, a special section featured on Christianity Today. He speaks to a need for new church plants to quickly reproduce, themselves planting new churches.
Churches need to be planted and then quickly need to plant other churches. And, yes, they can grow to be elephants, but they need to start with a stronger focus on reproduction, early and often.”
Check out the full article at the link below, and add your thoughts in the comments; should we seek to plant elephants that grow slow and large or rabbits, much smaller but quickly reproducing?
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About the author
Steve Sjogren
Steve Sjogren is widely regarded as the father of servant evangelism — the idea that small acts of kindness, done consistently and without strings attached, can change a church, a community, and eventually the world. He is the founding pastor of Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, which he and his wife Janie launched with a group of five people — eventually growing to over 7,000 weekly attenders across seven weekend services.
His first book, Conspiracy of Kindness, has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into several languages. Today he writes, speaks, and mentors church planters around the world.
