» 4. Rapid mobilization

How challenging does an internship it need to be?

They need to have enough responsibility on their shoulders that they are having sleepless nights. That they are on their knees pleading with the Lord to give them wisdom and strength. Because if they don’t have that then they are not challenged…

Somebody once told me one [...]

While Albert barbecued the goat, I chatted to David Githugu about his experience as an intern and church planter with Nairobi Chapel under Oscar Muriu’s leadership.

David first came into contact with Nairobi Chapel as a university student. In 2002 he left a lucrative legal career and took a big paycut to become a pastor. In [...]

Here’s a photo I took of a just a handful of the church planters, pastors and interns who have been trained by Oscar and Beatrice Muriu.

Many church leaders say they want to grow leaders. Few actually do. I asked Oscar Muriu how he turns good intentions into reality. This is his reply. . .

We came [...]

The next installment on how Oscar Muriu grows leaders for a church planting movement.

How did it all begin?

In 1989 Nairobi Chapel was a dwindling, discouraged group of whites praying that God would show them what to do. They sought new leadership to help them reach the African students around them.

I was finishing my studies [...]

Ralph Moore believes in “simple church”—it has to be simple and it has to reproduce.

1. MiniChurch

At the heart of Hope Chapel’s strategy of reproducing disciples, leaders and churches is the “MiniChurch”. Ralph intentionally name his small groups MiniChurches and their leaders “undershepherds”. The MiniChurch is the primary place of pastoral care and disciple-making.

MiniChurches meet weekly [...]

A key characteristic of a dynamic movement is the capacity to rapidly mobilize workers.

But you can’t sustain rapid mobilization without adequate support systems. That means you have to build a coaching movement as you multiply leaders in the field.

If you need advanced coach training, Keith Webb is running one of the best courses available in [...]

The Age reports that, the Roman Catholic Church is launching a comic strip this week to attract teenagers into the priesthood.

It is using the art form in an advertising campaign to combat the dramatic decline in applicants for ordination. The church hopes its comic, with pictures of nuns and monks playing pool and surfing the [...]

In Raising Up Church Planters, Glenn Smith, examines a number of effective models for growing pioneering leaders. One is based on the GE model of a leadership pipeline.

The leadership pipeline model provides a system for always having the leaders you need. The model entails a series of passages that come with very specific values, compulsory [...]

I’m blown away by the quality and potency of the research papers that Leadership Network are cranking out with persistent regularity. Did I also mention how well they are presented and the zero dollar price tag?

The latest offering is “Models for Raising Up Church Planters” by Glenn Smith, a veteran church planter and church multiplication [...]

It took $US250 million to lure David Beckham to sign with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He is already being touted as the saviour of US soccer. I wonder.

Christian ministries have a David Beckham saviour mentality to leadership development and selection. Hire a superstar and our success is assured. I wonder.

I prefer AC Milan’s approach to [...]