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Read more about the article The Defend and Confirm Podcast Interviews Radius President Brooks Buser
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The Defend and Confirm Podcast Interviews Radius President Brooks Buser

Brooks Buser is the president of Radius International and a vocal critic of CPM and DMM. In this episode of the Defend and Confirm Podcast, co-hosts Sean DeMars and Russell Berger ask Brooks the following questions (paraphrased): Brooks, tell us a little about who you are and what you do.What does training missionaries at Radius look like?Have…

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January 20, 2022
Read more about the article “What Should We Think about Rapid Church Multiplication?” by Zane Pratt
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“What Should We Think about Rapid Church Multiplication?” by Zane Pratt

In this article, Zane Pratt, vice president for global training for the IMB, addresses rapidity in church planting movements. His three key points are: (1) rapid multiplication is biblically possible, (2) rapid multiplication is not normative, and (3) rapid multiplication is something we should desire. Pratt cautions against sacrificing discipleship, the content of the gospel, and the…

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September 26, 2017
Read more about the article Andy Johnson Interviews Two Asian Church Leaders
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Andy Johnson Interviews Two Asian Church Leaders

Andy Johnson is an associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. He interviews two Asian church leaders from Central and East Asia. This conversation is posted on the 9Marks website. Beginning at the 19:08 minute mark, the conversation focuses on the topic of church planting movements, namely the issues of rapidity and reporting numbers.…

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December 22, 2016
Read more about the article “Contrasting Missiological Positions in Regard to Matthew 28:20” by John Michael Morris
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“Contrasting Missiological Positions in Regard to Matthew 28:20” by John Michael Morris

John Michael Morris is (or was) a professor of missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS). In this article from SBTS's Southwestern Journal of Theology, he contrasts two conflicting approaches to discipleship that are both based on different interpretations of Matthew 28:20, namely the phrase "teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you." CPM proponents…

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November 1, 2014
Read more about the article “Reaching and Teaching” by David Sills
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“Reaching and Teaching” by David Sills

David Sills critiques church planting movements in Chapter 7 of his book Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience. He addresses issues of pragmatism and rapidity, but one of his main points is that movements and revivals are acts of God and no one can force them into existence. He ends the section with, "[T]he…

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April 1, 2010
Read more about the article “Is Church Planting Movement Methodology Viable?” by Hoyt Lovelace
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“Is Church Planting Movement Methodology Viable?” by Hoyt Lovelace

In this article, Hoyt Lovelace (PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) critically examines several controversies over church planting movement (CPM) methodology. These controversies include: a rapidity requirementbiblical controversies:strategic problemsevangelistic problemsecclesiological problemsmissiological problemsa universal solution I'd say that this is one of the top articles critiquing Garrison-defined church planting movements. Perhaps the cheapest and easiest way to read this…

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March 21, 2007