Guest Post by David Broodryk

You can get David’s post directly from DavidBroodryk.org Movements are not a technique by David Broodryk Published: Sunday, 26 March 2017 19:37 About 20 years ago, I became involved in the cell church movement. Churches around the world were discovering that Sunday services were not great for making disciples. Initially, there was massive resistance to … Read more Guest Post by David Broodryk

Are there HERETICS in the pews of Evangelical Churches?

Often when someone encounters Disciple-making Movement strategy, they get concerned about non-believers reading the Bible, learn to obey and share what they are learning.  The question goes like this, “How do you avoid heresy?”  The presumption is, there must be a “trained” human there to manage the content to avoid ‘misinterpreting’ the Bible. I heard … Read more Are there HERETICS in the pews of Evangelical Churches?

CPM/DMM, a method John Wesley could endorse?

(CPM refers to David Garrison’s use of the term in  his book Church Planting Movements and provides this definition “a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment.” David Watson, a practitioner of CPM adds to definiton by suggesting four generations deep and 100 churches/Biblically functioning communities … Read more CPM/DMM, a method John Wesley could endorse?

On Mission-Virtual Conference-FREE!

OnMission On April 6th, 2016 at 12pm ET – Missio Nexus will launch their first, inaugural OnMission virtual conference. This first conference will feature speakers in 10 minute spot-talks focused on issues the local church faces. Topics Partnership The Nations in our Neighborhoods Best Practices What I Wish They Knew… Speakers John Becker– Vision 5:9 Bob … Read more On Mission-Virtual Conference-FREE!

Disciple KC Conference on completing the Great Commission in KC

Join the discussion around completing the Great Commission in Kansas City Jesus commanded us to make disciples of “ALL” people groups. In response to this command Disciple KC pursues a strategy to accomplish Jesus’ last command in Kansas City. Strategically envisioning all the sectors of Kansas City; geographic, ethnological, demographic, vocational, age, income, affinity, Disciple … Read more Disciple KC Conference on completing the Great Commission in KC

Lighting a fire to escape a fire-Now that is Counter-intuitive!

Moving from my traditional way of doing Christianity, disciple-ship took a radical change in my thinking.  Disciple Making Movement strategy is counter-intuitive to the core.  If these changes don’t reach my core then I am guilty of doing as Jesus warned, “putting new wine in old wineskins.” The transition to a new way of thinking … Read more Lighting a fire to escape a fire-Now that is Counter-intuitive!

Why we should pay attention to the AK-47?

In 1947 if you were given a decision to invest resources in a project that would shape the world, would you choose RDS-1  a bomb equal to 20 kilotons of TNT designed by Igor V. Kurchatov, lead physicist, of the Soviet nuclear weapons program OR a new light weight automatic weapon (AK-47 Automat Kalashnikov) designed by Mikhail Tomofeyevich Kalashnikov … Read more Why we should pay attention to the AK-47?

Christians may have gotten it wrong!

I received this from my friend and mentor Harry Brown of Cityteam.  Full disclosure, I guess would require me to cite that I am a board member of Cityteam to which I owe a debt of gratitude  to Harry, Pat, Dave, David, Hermie and others in helping me get to the understanding I have today … Read more Christians may have gotten it wrong!

It is a simple message, isn’t it?

What began as a simple message of obedience may have been complicated by well intentioned but misguided devotees. Without institutions to educate, denominations to ordain and book companies to publish, the followers of Jesus managed to rapidly multiply from a handful to millions 300 years later.  In fact Acts 19:10 suggest that 15 million people … Read more It is a simple message, isn’t it?

Why “Network” Marketers Succeed?

If you’ve been alive for the last 40 years you’ve been approached by someone who considers themselves a “network” marketer.  To be honest we used to call them “Multi-level Marketers” or MLM for short but that became a negative bombshell so now we call them “network” marketers. Every decade seems to populated with new and … Read more Why “Network” Marketers Succeed?

Wait, Law Enforcement Establishment Are Reversing Their Advice

Law enforcement waited 35 minutes before breaching the Bataclan Theater last month in Paris.  Anderson Cooper on a recent 60 minutes quoted a law enforcement official saying that this response is based on an old American model that has been abandoned. Columbine was a gruesome teacher.  Police waited 45 minutes before breaching the building.  While … Read more Wait, Law Enforcement Establishment Are Reversing Their Advice

Have we been going in the wrong direction?

Bee Wilson in her latest book, First Bite, points  to ways that work and don’t work when you are trying to change someone’s diet.  Frightening discovery—- Despite the large amounts of money spent by governments, vegetable consumption is going down. The more people get advised to eat vegetables the less it seems they eat them. … Read more Have we been going in the wrong direction?

13 Of The Most Pressing Questions About Refugees Answered With Charts

Click here to go to the post. or step thru them question by question. Here are the 13 questions we will attempt to answer: 1. How many refugees come to the US every year? 2. How does the number of refugees compare to other types of immigrants? 3. Where do refugees come from? 4. How many refugees … Read more 13 Of The Most Pressing Questions About Refugees Answered With Charts

In need of a favor!

Most of us don’t consider ourselves salesman, in fact, the average person has a stomach turning reaction to selling or being sold. Yet in To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink argues that the majority of the American workforce is in the “selling business.” Each day we have to “move” people. They have something we want-time, … Read more In need of a favor!

Summer Internship for Global Impact

Summer Internship with a Global Focus  Shoal Creek Community Church is re-starting its summer internship program which it ran for 11 years. Download flyer SCSummerinternship Raising a generation for the nations In partnership with Frontiers and other sending agencies, Shoal Creek has opened the application process for twelve summer interns focusing on reaching unreached populations … Read more Summer Internship for Global Impact

Who said you weren’t ADEQUATE?

A chance to hear from God exactly what he thinks about you! Click To Tweet Below is worksheet that deserves a good 30 mins to and hour to complete. It is a chance to hear from God exactly what he thinks about YOU! Take some time to hear what God thinks. AdequateWorksheet Start on the page … Read more Who said you weren’t ADEQUATE?

Who told the ordinary follower of Christ they weren’t qualified?

Dove asked a person to describe themselves to a forensic artist and then other people describe them to the same artist and then they are shown the two drawings side by side. (3 min) This reminds me that Jesus ordained, commission, sent out (you choose your favorite!) the disciples in Matthew 28.  Some of whom … Read more Who told the ordinary follower of Christ they weren’t qualified?

Top Ten Mindset Shifts For A Disciple Making Movement To Emerge

To move from modern Christian Ministry thinking to Apostolic Movement thinking we have to have a mindset shift that feels rather seismic in nature.  Here are a few that I am exploring. 1. From Trusting the Qualified to Releasing the Willing The first and maybe most important is our view of the common man or … Read more Top Ten Mindset Shifts For A Disciple Making Movement To Emerge