Hey friends, here is why I believe this:
1) RIGHT NOW around the world there are several places where they are seeing thousands and in some places millions of people coming to faith in Christ (here is one article to get a glimpse of that:http://simplychurch.com/what-in-the-world-is-god-up-to/). [I will speak on the American church towards the end]
2) These are REPRODUCING movements. What I mean by this is that when someone comes to faith in Christ, these individuals are immediately trained in how to share their faith and disciple others (among other things), and they are going out and doing so [they are trained and held in loving accountability to do so] and then when they lead someone to faith in Christ they do the same thing so it is constantly reproducing.
3) These movements are expanding RAPIDLY and in areas traditionally thought to be "hard to reach places". What was traditionally thought to take a long time to see happen is happening similarly to what you see in the BOOK OF ACTS.
4) I believe at the core of it it is a RETURN TO THE WORD OF GOD for how we do discipleship, evangelism, and churches. The ingredients for reaching the world have been there all along, but now people around the world are rediscovering those biblical principles.
5) I am meeting people who are from CITIES AROUND AMERICA who have the vision for reaching their entire cities with the Gospel of Christ, and they have biblical strategies they are aggressively pursuing (with the love and grace of Christ!!). For example people who are going street by street, house by house, looking for People of Peace (Luke 9 & 10), sharing the gospel, seeing people come to faith in Christ, discipling them and training them to do the same.
6) There are individuals and groups IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY / STATE in the world who have the VISION and STRATEGIES for reaching their cities / states (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer…).
7) There is INCREASED HOSTILITY towards Christians and traditional Christian theology and morals. While many might think this is a bad thing (and in some ways it is), I believe discomfort challenges and urges us to PUSH MORE INTO CHRIST and HIS WORD and separates those who are superficially following Christ (because they won't want to follow him if they are being persecuted) and those who are genuinely following Jesus. Christianity rarely thrives where there is comfort, luxury, and ease.
These are a few of the main reasons I believe this. Again, I believe we are just at the beginning stages of this movement. But I believe 15-20 years the spiritual landscape and churches will look a lot different.
Thoughts? Questions? Do you want to join God in the movement!?
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