The following article is from the Reformed Church in America.

We are witnessing the birth of two huge movements–church planting centers in churches and multi-site congregations. I’d like to focus on church planting centers.

Over the past decade, a number of churches have initiated the beginnings of what could become one of the most significant movements in church history since the Reformation. I have run into multiple churches that have established church planting centers and have staffed those centers with a full time person in charge of raising up church planters who will develop their own church planting center. The goal of these churches is not just planting churches; their goal is planting churches that will develop their own church planting center. Some of these churches plant dozens of churches each year and are the grandparents of hundreds of congregations. One congregation I attend occasionally has a goal of planting 100 churches over the next 10 years and, at the end of the decade, bringing together over 100,000 people for a great celebration.

It has been a long time in Protestantism since we have seen the number of church plants that we are seeing today. I read somewhere recently that over the past decade, 13 of these church-planting churches account for more church plants than all other churches combined. Whether that is fact or fiction, the fact that the story is circulating tells us that something is afoot, and perhaps more of us should pay attention.

History has not been overly kind to most movements. Just reflect on what has happened to the civil rights movement after the death of Martin Luther King. It lost most of its momentum. Movements need a strong, charismatic leader. When the leader dies, most movements wane. For these movements to have the lasting impact, it is imperative that they avoid going the way of most movements. So here are my thoughts of what might happen and what should happen. Click here to read more.

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