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Expanding the mission of Jesus isn't a short-term sprint--it's a marathon. If you don't lead with health, you won't last.So how do healthy leaders start and grow movements? They multiply.Multiplication isn't about burning out in a flurry of activity. It's about leading in a way that is sustainable, healthy, and lasts for the next 10, 20, or even 50 years.There is an unstoppable force inside you, a movement waiting to be unleashed. Multiplier is your roadmap for playing the long game of Kingdom impact, ensuring you don't just start strong but finish well.In this book, you’ll discover how to:Make disciple-makersBuild healthy spiritual communitiesMobilize leaders in the coming generationsLaunch churches and organizations with strong foundationsMonitor your relational, physical, mental, and spiritual health to strength over the long haulIf you're ready to lead in a way that doesn't just grow your ministry, but sparks sustainable movements for decades to come, Multiplier is your guide.Don't just lead. Multiply.

Expanding the mission of Jesus isn't a short-term sprint--it's a marathon. If you don't lead with health, you won't last.So how do healthy leaders start and grow movements? They multiply.Multiplication isn't about burning out in a flurry of activity. It's about leading in a way that is sustainable, healthy, and lasts for the next 10, 20, or even 50 years.There is an unstoppable force inside you, a movement waiting to be unleashed. Multiplier is your roadmap for playing the long game of Kingdom impact, ensuring you don't just start strong but finish well.In this book, you’ll discover how to:Make disciple-makersBuild healthy spiritual communitiesMobilize leaders in the coming generationsLaunch churches and organizations with strong foundationsMonitor your relational, physical, mental, and spiritual health to strength over the long haulIf you're ready to lead in a way that doesn't just grow your ministry, but sparks sustainable movements for decades to come, Multiplier is your guide.Don't just lead. Multiply.

Expanding the mission of Jesus isn't a short-term sprint--it's a marathon. If you don't lead with health, you won't last.So how do healthy leaders start and grow movements? They multiply.Multiplication isn't about burning out in a flurry of activity. It's about leading in a way that is sustainable, healthy, and lasts for the next 10, 20, or even 50 years.There is an unstoppable force inside you, a movement waiting to be unleashed. Multiplier is your roadmap for playing the long game of Kingdom impact, ensuring you don't just start strong but finish well.In this book, you'll discover how to:Make disciple-makersBuild healthy spiritual communitiesMobilize leaders in the coming generationsLaunch churches and organizations with strong foundationsMonitor your relational, physical, mental, and spiritual health to strength over the long haulIf you're ready to lead in a way that doesn't just grow your ministry, but sparks sustainable movements for decades to come, Multiplier is your guide.Don't just lead. Multiply.

Community Christian Church embraced the Big Idea and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many “little ideas” that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don’t insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus’ mission. Why? Because people’s heads are swimming with too many little ideas, far more than they can ever apply.The Big Idea can help you creatively present one laser-focused theme each week to be discussed in families and small groups. The Big Idea shows how to engage in a process of creative collaboration that brings people together and maximizes missional impact. The Big Idea can energize a church staff and bring alignment and focus to many diverse church ministries. This book shows how the Big Idea has helped Community Christian Church better accomplish the Jesus mission and reach thousands of people in nine locations and launch a church planting network with partner churches across the country.This book is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

Community Christian Church embraced the Big Idea and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many “little ideas” that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don’t insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus’ mission. Why? Because people’s heads are swimming with too many little ideas, far more than they can ever apply.The Big Idea can help you creatively present one laser-focused theme each week to be discussed in families and small groups. The Big Idea shows how to engage in a process of creative collaboration that brings people together and maximizes missional impact. The Big Idea can energize a church staff and bring alignment and focus to many diverse church ministries. This book shows how the Big Idea has helped Community Christian Church better accomplish the Jesus mission and reach thousands of people in nine locations and launch a church planting network with partner churches across the country.This book is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

A tried-and-true classic in dynamic ministry growth, church building, and discipleship momentum. From professional church-planters Dave and Jon Ferguson comes the anchor book in the Exponential Series—envisioning new and practical methods of building churches, communities, and organizations on the cornerstone of Christ.Many of today's Christians consider the missional challenge of Jesus—feed the hungry, comfort the lonely, bring people to God's Word—as inspirational but not something achievable. Or they've heard the challenge of Jesus and are frustrated with how little they've done. Jesus gave his followers this mission because he wants them to hear it, be inspired, and then actually do it. And it is possible.Exponential lays out a concise and effective reproducing strategy, giving practical steps and case studies as you follow the growth of a church movement through four mains stages:The initial navigation of ministry image, set-up, and gradual growth.The gathering of a community around a cause and the conversations that take place at this point.The reproduction of communities into multisite growth and wider impact.The infrastructure and networking of large missional movements and how to stay focused on the bedrock of the Gospel.Weaved throughout this book is the amazing story of Community Christian Church, which was started by five friends who used these reproducing strategies to grow one of the most influential churches in the U.S. and develop a network of reproducing churches.Exponential is designed to help Christian leaders, groups, teams, churches, and networks experience rapid and spiritually healthy growth.

In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:activate the gifts of those around youhelp others take ownership of their missiondevelop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progressWith rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders--from established churches to new church plants.Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership impact; but, in doing so, you will also help shift today's church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication.Chicago pastor and church planter Dave Ferguson and award-winning writer Warren Bird make a compelling case that God's power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others to further advance the Kingdom of God.By becoming a hero maker and investing in others, you can join a movement of influencers that are impacting thousands of people around the world.Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker.

In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.

Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:

activate the gifts of those around youhelp others take ownership of their missiondevelop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progress

With rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders--from established churches to new church plants.

Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership impact; but, in doing so, you will also help shift today''s church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication.

Chicago pastor and church planter Dave Ferguson and award-winning writer Warren Bird make a compelling case that God''s power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others to further advance the Kingdom of God.

By becoming a hero maker and investing in others, you can join a movement of influencers that are impacting thousands of people around the world.

Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker.

A tried-and-true classic in dynamic ministry growth, church building, and discipleship momentum.

From professional church-planters Dave and Jon Ferguson comes the anchor book in the Exponential Series—envisioning new and practical methods of building churches, communities, and organizations on the cornerstone of Christ.

Many of today''s Christians consider the missional challenge of Jesus—feed the hungry, comfort the lonely, bring people to God''s Word—as inspirational but not something achievable. Or they''ve heard the challenge of Jesus and are frustrated with how little they''ve done. Jesus gave his followers this mission because he wants them to hear it, be inspired, and then actually do it. And it is possible.

Exponential lays out a concise and effective reproducing strategy, giving practical steps and case studies as you follow the growth of a church movement through four mains stages:

The initial navigation of ministry image, set-up, and gradual growth.The gathering of a community around a cause and the conversations that take place at this point.The reproduction of communities into multisite growth and wider impact.The infrastructure and networking of large missional movements and how to stay focused on the bedrock of the Gospel.

Weaved throughout this book is the amazing story of Community Christian Church, which was started by five friends who used these reproducing strategies to grow one of the most influential churches in the U.S. and develop a network of reproducing churches.

Exponential is designed to help Christian leaders, groups, teams, churches, and networks experience rapid and spiritually healthy growth.

Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker.In Hero Maker you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provides strategies for how you can activate gifts, help others take ownership, and develop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progress.Besides rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders and from established churches to new church plants. A practical tool accompanies each of the five practices, with several illustrations for how to use it.Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership, but in doing so you will also help shift today's church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication. Authors Dave Ferguson (a Chicago pastor and church planter) and Warren Bird (an award-winning writer) make a compelling case that God's power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others, who in turn do likewise.Become that rare breed of leader who brings change into our world by sacrificially investing in others who become the heroes. By becoming a hero maker, you will join a movement of influencers that are impacting hundreds, thousands and perhaps millions of people around the world.

Let's face it. Church isn't working. We hear sermons about the abundant life Jesus promised, but how many of us are actually living it? How many of our churches are thriving? How many people in our congregations are experiencing God's blessings? Maybe it's time to call it quits.Quit church? Well, not exactly.Drawing from his experience coaching hundreds of churches toward true growth, Chris Sonksen calls on us to quit our casual, cultural commitment to church as we know it. No more half-hearted attempts to win the favor of God and other people by doing the right thing. No more doing things out of a sense of duty. Instead, Sonksen reveals the spiritual habits that release the blessings of God, both on each individual and on the church. He explains why we struggle to put these practices into action and gives practical solutions to move us forward into health, growth, and maturity.

As the church and as a country, we've often neglected and avoided addressing the impact and ongoing reality of racism. We've been more focused on order than justice, more concerned with social media posturing than solidarity, more committed to judgment than repentance. But God's people are called to more. We need to lead the way to true racial healing, solidarity, and justice. Through enlightening history and eye-opening personal stories, Living Undivided will equip and empower you with the biblical, transformative tools you need to move from just hoping and wishing for racial justice to actionable change that makes a difference in your life and the lives of churches, neighborhoods, and cities.

BLESS is a simple, biblical, and relational set of 5 practices that everyone—young and old—can use every day to reach their neighbors, show them love, and change their world! From the beginning of the Bible, God’s has spoken of blessing. Throughout the gospels, Jesus blessed others through his life and leadership. This book will break down the Bless principles, and help Christians engage in a relational form of evangelism. Readers will learn the five practices of BLESS:Begin (with prayer) to discover your personal missionListen to othersEat with others and build the relationshipServe othersTell you Story. By establishing a relationship, and investing in others, opportunities will arise to share your story of God’s influence upon your life.

In dem vorliegenden Band ermutigen Dave und Jon Ferguson zu einer vertrauensvollen Nachfolge, die bereit ist, Gott alles zuzutrauen und mit seiner Kraft zu rechnen. Dabei zeigen sie einen einfachen und konkreten Weg auf, wie unser Umfeld mit dem Evangelium erreicht werden kann. Einfach, aber dennoch sehr herausfordernd! Und seit über 25 Jahren bewährt - in aller Welt!Eingeflochten in ihre Einsichten ist die erstaunliche Geschichte der Community Christian Church, die von fünf Freunden gegründet wurde und sich nicht nur zu einer der einflussreichsten Kirchen in den USA entwickelt hat, sondern auch zu einem internationalen Netzwerk der Ermutigung und der Inspiration.Anhand der Entwicklung von Community werden verschiedene "Reproduktionsprinzipien" verdeutlicht, die auch in unserem Kulturkreis umsetzbar sind. Jesus gab seinen Anhängern einen klaren Auftrag, weil er möchte, dass alle Menschen das Evangelium hören. Um diesen Auftrag geht es in EXPONENTIAL.Stimmen zum Buch:Es gibt nur ein einziges Buch, das ich allen Mitgliedern unserer Gemeindeleitung gegeben habe: EXPONENTIAL von Dave und Jon Ferguson. Die Informationen in ihrem Buch sind apostolisch, strategisch und sehr gut durchdacht. Die Umsetzung könnte Großartiges auslösen. (Friedhelm Holthuis, leitender Pastor der CGW, internationaler Sprecher, Mitglied des BFP-Vorstandes)Dave und Jon Fergusons Buch EXPONENTIAL ist ein "must read" für jeden Leiter in Deutschland. Deren Gedanken sind tiefsinnig, praxisnah, einfach zu begreifen und eine gewaltige Herausforderung in der Umsetzung. (Dr. Dietrich Schindler, Berater für Gemeindegründung in Europa)EXPONENTIAL wird junge Leiter extrem inspirieren und gleichzeitig langjährige Praktiker zu einem Denken und Handeln in neuen Kategorien herausfordern. Genau das braucht Deutschland. (Artur Siegert, Gründer und leitender Pastor der Kirche für Oberberg)

Um den Auftrag Jesu voranzubringen, ist die Förderung und das Coaching von Leitern der Ortsgemeinde ein entscheidender Schlüssel. Dies geschieht durch Menschen, die sich als Coaches in andere investieren und sie für ihre Aufgaben zurüsten. Leiter – und vor allem zukünftige Leiter – brauchen die Begleitung und praktische Anleitung durch einen erfahrenen Coach.Dieses Coaching-Handbuch stellt die Umsetzung aus dem Buch "EXPONENTIAL - Ermutigung für eine Kirche, die wird, was sie ist" vor und gibt Anregungen und Tipps für den Alltag.