status quo: the existing state of affairs. innovation: the act or process of introducing something new. When it comes to healthy growth and multiplication, leaders must keep these two definitions in mind. While it seems cool to say, “I’m against the status quo; I’m all for innovation,” such is not […]
The Global Remittances Guide, recently released by the Migration Policy Institute, is a fascinating resource. It is estimated that 216 million people (three percent of the world’s population) live outside of their countries of birth. This is roughly equivalent to the population of the fifth largest country in the world. […]
Peoples on the Move
The trustees of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention voted this morning to call David Platt to be the next president of the agency. While I am saddened that I am losing my pastor, I am delighted to hear of this news. They made the right decision. […]
David Platt, President, International Mission Board
This week I’m at the Multiply Louisiana conference in New Orleans. I promised everyone I would post the slides from my plenary session and breakouts. While some of the slides will not make sense outside of the conference context, I am making these available to you as well. In the […]
Presentations from Multiply Louisiana
Utica, New York. That’s not a city that has a cool ring to it. Tell people you are going to Utica and watch the look on their faces. Why would anyone want to make disciples and plant churches there? Two reasons: unreached people groups and least-reached area. The world is […]
Surprise! Go to Utica
Some people are anti-structures. They think it is cool to be against “the man,” but all for movement. However, there is no movement without structures. Structures are necessary for health and multiplication. It was true in the first century; it is true today. But, not all structures will do. Some […]
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