So I’ve spoken privately with those who have firsthand experience and discovered that there is an unprecedented number of disciple-making movements among Muslims around the world. Both movements have broken through to multiple generations of new disciples and new churches.įor security reasons, there is not a lot of detailed information available on pioneering movements among Muslims. I’ve intentionally chosen one case study from the developing world and one from the Western world. In two extended case studies (South Asia and the United States), I show what it takes for a movement to get to multiple generations of disciples and churches. I examine a few of the many case studies of movement pioneers in history and around the world today. He was chosen by God as the bridge between the Jewish and Gentile missions of the early church. Peter was a natural leader among Jesus’ disciples and the founding leader of the Christian movement following Pentecost. I explore the example of Simon Peter, a neglected figure in Protestantism due to the prominence of Paul. We’ll never understand pioneering movements unless God shapes us from the inside out. We all have to learn that mission is not just an academic pursuit or a theoretical discussion of ministry models, it’s about who we are and what we do. Before Jesus was a movement leader he was an obedient Son. STEVE: In What Jesus Started I examined Jesus as the founder of a missionary movement who equipped the Twelve, the early church, and Paul as movement pioneers. It’s what he trained his disciples to do. Not movements in a general sense, but movements that make disciples and multiply churches. STEVE: Pioneering Movements is a book about leadership, specifically movement leadership. When I asked for their opinion, they said, “We have never seen a church planting movement without apostolic leadership.” I felt I should add a crucial sixth characteristic-pioneering or apostolic leadership. My trip to China had left me wondering whether my five characteristics should really be six. Bill Smith and Steve Smith said I had done a good job. I shared with them what I had learned about the five characteristics of dynamic movements-white-hot faith, commitment to a cause, contagious relationships, rapid mobilization and adaptive methods. I was a student of movements they knew movements from the inside. They trained and coached leaders across Asia who were multiplying disciples and churches. There I met with two men, both named Smith. STEVE: Ten years ago I had just come out of China and was passing through Singapore.
DAVID: Why did you write Pioneering Movements?
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