What is egalitarianism? Egalitarianism and complementarianism are terms that refer to two different views on the role of women in the church. Egalitarianism, meaning “equal,” is the view that men and women have equal roles and that women can serve in any capacity a man can, or vice versa. Complementarianism, meaning “complementary,” is the view that men…
In this article, Kenneth Hayward and Matt Rhodes compile a list of resources on the proclamational model and planting healthy churches. Many of them are critical CPM/DMM resources. In the authors' own words: "We wanted one document listing key resources for proclamational missionaries needing to find tools on planting healthy churches in a missionary context" (para. 1).…
In this article, Alex Kocman, Director of Advancement and Communications for ABWE, critiques obedience-based discipleship (OBD). In it, Kocman affirms the importance of obedience but takes issue with OBD because it conflates law with the gospel, separates discipleship from conversion, and means that the unconverted may still be obedient disciples—among other issues. Read it here.
Robert Kelbe critiques disciple-making movements from the perspective of a Reformed Presbyterian. He does so using the outline of the seven elements of disciple-making movements as found in David and Paul Watson's book Contagious Disciple Making (2014, Thomas Nelson). Kelbe concludes: "As Reformed Presbyterians, we might rather have to sacrifice explosive growth on the altar of Biblical…
Alex Kocman, Director of Communications and Media for ABWE and co-host of The Missions Podcast, addresses the person of peace methodology in this article from January 2021. He says that the biblical context of Luke 10 and parallel passages have a redemptive-historical context and are not meant to be prescriptive contemporary missions methodology texts. Kocman also argues…
Mack Stiles is the pastor of a church in Iraq. In this short article on the Desiring God site, Stiles begins with the positives about CPM and then mentions six weaknesses. They include: sloppy definitions of churchvulnerability to error and heresytemptations to pragmatismlack of clarity (on definitions of church and conversion)ethnically homogeneous congregationsover-contextualization Read it here.
A. Matthews (DMin, Asbury) raises questions about the CPM/DMM methodology of finding persons of peace. Matthews discusses definitions of persons of peace, addresses prescriptive/descriptive hermeneutical issues, and argues that Luke 10 and Matthew 10 and finding persons of peace are not missionary methods we should be employing. He suggests the alternative of looking for "fertile soil," which…
Chad Vegas' A Brief Guide to DMM has been one of the most popular critiques of DMM. Propempo International called it the "best critique of DMM to date." Vegas is the pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Bakersfield, CA and the chairman of the board of Radius International. His DMM critique was originally posted on the Radius…
Steve Jennings is the pastor of Immanuel Church of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. In this article posted on the 9marks website, Jennings addresses the "madness" of looking for the "perfect formula for explosive, exponential kingdom growth" (para. 2, conclusion para. 1). He mentions the "person of peace" approach, Four Fields, T4T, and discovery Bible studies…
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…
