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Duckling on Momma’s back
A golden egg (a church plant) is like this duckling that grows into a Canadian goose (mother church) that lays more golden eggs. Reproducing mother churches is God’s strategy for filling Toronto with healthy churches.
read moreKingdom Outpost Started in Toronto
Kingdom Outpost Started in Toronto I am excited to announce that we have started a “Church Planting Church” in Mississauga, Ontario, a city of 700,000 right in the middle of the huge Great Toronto Area (GTA). We pray that this plant will spark an evangelistically effective church planting movement. We are praying that this first “Kingdom Outpost” will with be the prototype for future ones that will reproduce out of it and spread across the landscape of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This past Sunday 16 people...
read morePlant Like Jesus Seminar Oceanside March 8
Plant Like Jesus March 8, 9am-3 Generation Church 1106 Whaley St. Oceanside CA 92054 A few highlights: Surprising Insights From The Gospels On How Jesus Planted His Church Biblical Secrets Behind Saddleback’s Small Groups Increasing From 500 Groups To 5000 Groups In Less Then 10 Years. Powerful, Yet Neglected Expressions Of The Church Discovering, Developing And Deploying More Church Planters (Apostles) The Fill Toronto Strategy. We invite you to send crews of men to fish for men in order to build the foundations for hundreds of...
read moreWhy Are We Moving To Toronto to Plant Churches?
Why Are We Moving To Toronto to Plant Churches? 1. Diane and I believe it is the call of God on our lives. After much prayer, we both sense it is the right direction, and counsel has strongly affirmed it. 2. The NEED is great. God’s heart breaks over the overwhelming lostness of this densely populated region of 12 million. We estimate that only 1-2% of the people in the Toronto to Montreal corridor are involved in an evangelical church. Mission experts would classify this as an unreached people group, and it is right here in...
read moreInnovations In Church Planting
INNOVATIONS IN CHURCH PLANTING CHURCH PLANTER APPRENTICESHIPS, 1982-2011 John and Diane Worcester have been apprenticing church planters as they planted churches. Typically an apprentice lived with or near the Worcester’s and were trained through relational, on the job training. Two examples: Ron Johnson, apprenticed in San Francisco during the Bay Marin plant and since then has planted a reproducing church in Denver which is now over 1000, and Ron is currently planting again in Denver. Bob Johnson (not related to Ron)...
read moreChurch Planting Is Like Death….But Brings Life
Church Planting Is Like Death Yet this death but brings life-giving fruitfulness. This is not a surprise to followers of Christ. Jesus said: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me;” John 12:25-26a What is death? It is form of separation. When a church is planted, there is almost always...
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