Episode 741
You’ve heard about “having a multiplication mindset” but what is it and why does it matter? Ed Stetzer talks with Brad Brisco about what it looks like to have a multiplication mindset.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- What a multiplication mindset is and why it matters
- Four principles for cultivating a multiplication mindset
- How multiplication is about more than planting churches
- What it means to apprentice each other in multiplication
- The importance of stories and scorecards
Helpful Resources:
- Download the new edition of Rethink
- Missional Essentials small group study guide
- The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run
- Next Door as It Is in Heaven
- Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways
- Woodward and White, The Church as Movement
- Alan Hirsch, The Permanent Revolution
- Website: 5Q Central
- Neil Cole, Primal Fire
- Peyton Jones, Church Zero
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Sharable Quotes (#NewChurches):
We need to understand and remember that we’re a sent, missionary people. A multiplication mindset has to start with God’s redemptive purposes being central. — Brad Brisco
If the first thing you stand up and say is, “Hey, we’ve got to plant another church, but you haven’t multiplied a disciple or a group or a ministry, it’s jarring to people. We have to get to the place where we’re thinking multiplication consistently. — Ed Stetzer
It’s not just about multiplying churches. In fact, it needs to start by multiplying disciples, leaders and groups. Church leaders need to be thinking about multiplying ourselves in mission or ministry. — Brad Brisco
If the norm is not to live on mission, when I multiply the way people think about mission, that’s multiplication as well. — Ed Stetzer
Paul says in Ephesians 4 that if all five of the gifts are not being exercised, the church will not reach maturity. In fact, he actually says the church will not experience the fullness of Christ. — Brad Brisco
I can live sent and not multiply. I can think of myself as a missionary in my context, showing and sharing the love of Jesus, and still not multiply. — Ed Stetzer
In creating a multiplication culture, we need to think about stories and scorecards. What stories are we celebrating? What are we measuring? How are we defining success? — Brad Brisco
Published April 20, 2023