Some church planting trainings I’ve done produced no lasting fruit. Some have produced fourth-generation disciples and churches.
What makes the difference?
Student CPx
Miraculous Birth. The SCPX Story
January 2008 “Oh my gosh! The baby is being born right now!” I held my wife’s hand as she lay on the hospital bed, in labor with our fourth child, Graham Anthem. It had been a difficult pregnancy, not so much physically, but spiritually. At 32 years old, a decent...
Why Did You Start Student CPX?
Recently, I was asked by a journalist, " What inspired you to start Student CPx and why did it begin at Haskell Indian Nations University?" Here was my response: "I was inspired to start Student CPx in 2008 for a few reasons. One, I find that the best people to...
Changing A Baptism Policy That Stinks
When Jesus’ disciples began to try to limit people from following Jesus’ example, He emphatically corrected them. This temptation has hindered the church for 2,000 years whenever it rears it’s ugly head.
If Jesus told his disciples not to stop others outside their group from casting out demons, representing His name, why should we try to hinder people from baptizing others, using His name?
It Felt Like a Warm Blanket
Knowing God is a Father who loves us and is proud of us as His children is a core value that has transformed my life. Our future "performance" can never add to or take away the Father's deeply passionate love for each one of us who have been adopted into His family...
Crazy Things Happen at a Student CPx
Crazy things happen at a Student CPx. People learn they are more powerful in Jesus than they ever knew. People encounter God in prayer. Sick people get healed. Hearts get healed. People are freed to dream with God…and go try. Demons get cast out. Lost people meet...
“I could kill you,” he said before I walked in…
His roommate had just threatened to kill him when I walked in. I was at Haskell Indian Nations University. I spend about five hours a week here, discipling student leaders who are growing simple churches that meet in various locations around campus. This year they’ve...
Paradigm Shifts & YWAM Simple Church Planting
I spent the last week in Kona, HI (hard, right?) training YWAM DTS missionaries with my friend Pam Arlund. We equipped around 300 students to make disciples and plant simple churches that can multiply among youth. We've seen this process begin on hundreds of...
Matches and Movements: What Kind of Revival Do We Want?
Josiah sits with a group of us on campus and hears how Jesus calls us to follow Him and be baptized. He confesses Jesus as Lord, we fill up the bathtub, and his friends baptize him. One day, we all take communion together with some fifty-cent, day-old Jimmy John’s...
Drugs. Jail. Jesus. Miracles
I sent this message out to the Student Church community at StudentChurch.org today. Are you trusting God for student-led movements for the gospel on your campus? Join the global online community for student churches and mobilizers! Bear was a freshman at Haskell...
“Silly Christians” and Seeds for the Gospel
“Silly Christians,” Joe says with a smirk…
An hour later, we see Joe again on campus. I’m filled with faith for this guy.
“Hey, man,” I say as I point my finger at him. “God’s got a great destiny for your life if you’ll stop running from him.”
He smirks at me and walks away. Yes, I feel powerful and mighty.
Twenty feet later, he suddenly stops in his tracks.
Jesus Sends Teams to Travel the Campuses of America
Since the beginning of history, God’s purposes for the earth have been spread through traveling teams. Today, Jesus is sending teams to travel the campuses of America!
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