I’ve got a great friend named Robby. He’s REALLY involved in researching what works and what doesn’t, especially when it comes to efficacy for the Great Commission. In fact, he wrote this past week to say, “In 34 years of researching what is bearing the most fruit that others can learn from, I’ve not seen anything like the fruitfulness and collaborative learning that is taking place around emerging movements in the U.S.” He added that the Mar/Apr Mission Frontiers would highlight these movements:
https://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/archive/4×4-movements
He believes so strongly in these movements, he offered to ship, for free, quantities of 60 or so to anyone who will make good use of them (donations welcome but not required)
http://themissionnetwork.org/mfoffer/
He told me he had worked for a couple decades in the USA without leading anyone to Christ. As a result, he has become convinced that working with the Holy Spirit to lead others to Christ is something anyone can and should learn and teach. He mentioned that, the night before, he had led two international students (one from Hong Kong and the other from Vietnam) into separate conversations about what they believe, and prayed for one to receive healing for an injury. Meanwhile his wife had just led two Japanese students to Christ, using a small (4″x6″ 32-page) booklet. View the PDF or order free copies here:
http://discoveryseries.org/discovery-series/how-can-i-share-my-faith-without-an-argument/
He noted that the case studies in MF “describe the additional elements necessary to turn conversions like this into a movement.”
Certainly, if more of us would pick up this personal burden in our own countries (regardless of where we’re from), more people would be coming to Christ AND more churches would be planted. May God help our church to grow and flourish. (Thanks Robby!)
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