J.D. Payne serves as a professor of Christian Ministry at Samford University. Prior to this, he was the pastor for church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, AL. Before that, he served with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and as an Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also directed the Center for North American Missions and Church Planting.
From its beginning in 2011, prayer has been the foundation of GACX’s vision to plant one healthy, multiplying church for every one thousand people around the world.
While staying at a hotel during a recent out-of-town trip, my wife and I met a couple who were serving on a church staff in a town where we had some longtime friends.
With fervor, we must continue helping disciples see that the purpose of Sunday is Monday.
For many disciples, the workplace is one of their greatest spheres of connection and influence. Yet many believers don’t see that their job can be an act of worship — and an opportunity to engage others with the gospel.
Regardless of the size of your movement, there are 9 questions that must be effectively addressed to maintain health, growth, and momentum.
It’s challenging to work quickly and collaboratively to serve spiritual seekers around you.
How did Jesus turn a bunch of failed and broken disciples into a world-changing missionary force?
Effective coaching is vital to the success of discipleship/church multiplication movements. Improving your ability to mentor, challenge and encourage others can increase the spiritual fruitfulness of a movement and help it grow larger.
Twenty-seven Christian leaders in Panama came together after the Global Forum in September 2020 to form a national expression of GACX in their country.
Partnerships, networks, or other form cooperation always have real people and real ministries involved.
GACX recently reached a significant milestone when the alliance’s list of global member organizations officially passed the 100-member mark.
Rick Franklin and Menchit Wong are currently partnering together on a team developing an exciting new program for the Lausanne Movement and YLGen. This and many decades of other experiences give them good insights into the challenges, benefits, and processes of working together.
During this webinar, you will learn about the character qualities, fruitful practices, and tools that define and foster effectiveness in being a non-residential movement catalyst.
People under the age of 18 represent over one-quarter of the world’s current population. Understanding global trends among today’s young people helps us discover how to reach them, disciple them as followers of Jesus, and then release them into His mission.
When COVID-19 closed schools in early 2020, Elias Apetogo, Africa leader for The Prayer Covenant, shifted plans to mobilize 750,000 people through radio and local churches to pray for the Go2020 global outreach.