latest from Spain
A few weeks back I mentioned catching up with a church planter in Spain where they had suddenly seen an explosion of new churches recently; here's the latest:

Since Nov. 1, 2005 we have seen at least 16 simple churches birthed (I don’t know what has happened yet in the last week). We have seen a lot of miracles, such as powerful healings etc. I have witnessed at least one miracle myself and have been present while five came to Christ. Interestingly, when we got to 16 churches it seemed that Jesus slowed down and almost stopped divine leading toward church planting. This seems to mean that he wants us to concentrate on discipleship at this point. Almost all the newcomers into the network have been by conversion, not transfer. Churches come into being all at once, not a convert at a time. The quality of discipleship going on with the new Christians is significantly different. They want to grow. They have never been laity, so they have not seen a passive type of Christianity. They assume from the beginning that God can work through them. That is one of the reasons why, once we get to this point, this can become a viral movement and not difficult, painful addition growth.

More Lord, we want more!

posted by alexander @ 1:10 PM    1 comments

1 Comments:

I am really encouraged by this post. So much of what we do in "big" church is met by passivity or apathy or indifference. Every now and then it is refreshing to find someone who actually wants to be a disciple and wants to grow! For the rest though it is very easy for the prevailing culture to quench the Spirit. This testimony reminds me to look at the ones who respond and not worry too much about those who don't.

By  Ross Garner, at 6:24 PM  

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