Comments on: The LifeCycle of a Movement http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/07/27/the-lifecycle-of-a-movement.html Steve Addison's blog about movements for the renewal and expansion of the church. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: God’s troubadour: 7 Lessons from a movement founder » Steve Addison’s blog » World Changers http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/07/27/the-lifecycle-of-a-movement.html#comment-586 God’s troubadour: 7 Lessons from a movement founder » Steve Addison’s blog » World Changers Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:35:27 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=80#comment-586 [...] The Middle Ages is regarded as and age of faith. It was also a period of mounting crisis. Into this world came Francis of Assisi—rich playboy, soldier of fortune and one of the greatest movement founders of all time.I’ve just finished a study of Francis of Assisi as a movement founder. The article is available to download below. It’s the first in a series of case studies on Movements in the five stages of development—Birth, Growth, Plateau, Decline, Death. [...] [...] The Middle Ages is regarded as and age of faith. It was also a period of mounting crisis. Into this world came Francis of Assisi—rich playboy, soldier of fortune and one of the greatest movement founders of all time.I’ve just finished a study of Francis of Assisi as a movement founder. The article is available to download below. It’s the first in a series of case studies on Movements in the five stages of development—Birth, Growth, Plateau, Decline, Death. [...]

]]> By: » life cycles of congregations? » » Blog Archive » Signposts http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/07/27/the-lifecycle-of-a-movement.html#comment-218 » life cycles of congregations? » » Blog Archive » Signposts Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:09:46 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=80#comment-218 [...] Steve Addison comments on the life cycles of movements: “The Church is like a garden. New plants are sprouting. Others are growing and reproducing. Others are dying and decaying. Ultimately what matters is the health of the whole eco system rather than any one plant.” [...] [...] Steve Addison comments on the life cycles of movements: “The Church is like a garden. New plants are sprouting. Others are growing and reproducing. Others are dying and decaying. Ultimately what matters is the health of the whole eco system rather than any one plant.” [...]

]]> By: darren http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/07/27/the-lifecycle-of-a-movement.html#comment-116 darren Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:37:48 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=80#comment-116 i debated on asking this question on your recent post on how jesus would start a movement today. i wonder sometimes if jesus started a movement, or if jesus' followers started a movement. if jesus started it and we were to follow jesus' model of a movement it may not have these stages, it might look like this: 1. rebirth (his ministry started at baptism) 2. recruitment (he called disciples, he didnt plant a church and watch it grow) 3. confusion and learning (i dont think the disciples matured, but they were regularly confused and being taught, which in turn confused them more) 4. death (i doubt there was a decline in the same way as the movement model above, he died before he could be faced with decline... or growth for that matter) 5. ressurection (something new, yet the same comes out of the death) it's a weird model, one that dies during growth and ressurects after dying and doesnt seem to mature until after it's ressurection... i think thats why missiologists concentrate on paul's models instead of jesus' jesus' models wont last long term and they're too confusing... i debated on asking this question on your recent post on how jesus would start a movement today.

i wonder sometimes if jesus started a movement, or if jesus’ followers started a movement.

if jesus started it and we were to follow jesus’ model of a movement it may not have these stages, it might look like this:

1. rebirth (his ministry started at baptism)
2. recruitment (he called disciples, he didnt plant a church and watch it grow)
3. confusion and learning (i dont think the disciples matured, but they were regularly confused and being taught, which in turn confused them more)
4. death (i doubt there was a decline in the same way as the movement model above, he died before he could be faced with decline… or growth for that matter)
5. ressurection (something new, yet the same comes out of the death)

it’s a weird model, one that dies during growth and ressurects after dying and doesnt seem to mature until after it’s ressurection…

i think thats why missiologists concentrate on paul’s models instead of jesus’

jesus’ models wont last long term and they’re too confusing…

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