Organic Ministry

Setting Movement DNA

The secret of success in this work lies in beginning at the very beginning. It is the training of the first converts which sets the type for the future. If the first converts are taught to depend upon the missionary, if all work, evangelistic, educational, social is concentrated in his hands, the infant community learns…

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Redeeming the Language of the Church

Defining our Terms The Keystone Project philosophy promotes a major shift in the way the Church engages the lost, calling for the multiplication of Spirit-led followers of Jesus Christ who live radical kingdom lives to reach the unreached. This paradigm shift requires the development of a pattern of thinking and behavior which is, in many respects, the opposite of…

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Slavery is Not the Best Training for Liberty

Slavery is not the best training for liberty. It is only by exercise that powers grow. To do things for people does not train them to do them for themselves…. The work of the missionary is education in this sense: it is the use of means to reveal to his converts a spiritual power which…

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Western Enculturation and the Modern Church

This form of organization is natural to men with our character and experience: it is not in any sense a universal mode of expression. The erection of buildings, the management of property and the creation of an army of professional preachers is to us at this moment of the world’s history the natural and obvious…

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The World Doesn't Need Missions Organizations

To insist, then, that our missionary organization is essential for the continuity of that work which we do in foreign lands, and to ascribe the continuity of that work to the organization, is to ascribe to our work a particular character as being in itself lifeless. If the continuity of that work which we do…

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Movements and Church Structures

Movements do not normally occur through large frameworks such as big budgets, big plans, big teams, or big organizations. Movemental Christianity does not seem to emerge from big-box programming. With large events and complex programming, it is a nearly impossible feat to accomplish. Movements occur through small units that are readily reproducible. Those who want…

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7 Reasons Why The Keystone Project is Hard to Find!

“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.” (Proverbs 27:2) Some people have found it difficult to “find” the Keystone Project, even when they do a web search. I am often asked why we don’t promote ourselves more aggressively. There are several reasons for this, each consistent…

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