The Ministry Multiplication Cycle
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
After harmonizing the four Gospels into one unified story, the author examines the ministry of Jesus to see what we can learn today for our own churches and ministries. As the story unfolds, one finds Jesus implementing four strategic ministry tactics, in this order: -Outsiders becoming new believers through evangelism -New believers becoming committed disciples through establishing -Committed disciples becoming effective workers through equipping -Effective workers becoming world Christians through missions mobilization Together these four tactics form the "ministry multiplication cycle." To determine whether this strategy is truly a biblical strategy or not, an in-depth look is then taken into the book of Acts. There we find the apostles, the men whom Jesus trained, implementing these same four tactics in the exact same order, with the exact same results--powerful growth through multiplication. The question remains whether the ministry multiplication cycle can be replicated today in our own culture. The answer is a resounding "yes," when we learn to think in terms of principles and not just practices. This book is a product of over thirty years of clarifying these principles in the classroom and implementing them around the world, the latter resulting in over two thousand churches being planted among unreached people groups.
Endorsements (35)
“Several books have been published on the topic of multiplication over the past few years. It is trendy to write about this topic. You may even be feeling multiplication-fatigue. However, before writing off this matter and moving on: Stop! Read this book! In a unique way, Jones takes readers on a journey to understand biblical principles and consider contextualized practices related to multiplication strategy. The ministry multiplication cycle advocated here is simple, solid, and highly reproducible among the peoples of this world. As a mission leader, Jones develops this material from a quarter-of-a-century of experience in forty countries and among seventy unreached people groups. He knows what he is talking about! We would be wise to listen and learn!”
“As a church planter and ministry leader in Azerbaijan we had the desire to extend the kingdom of God by planting sustainable churches, but we did not really know what to do. This book answered our questions. We learned how to evangelize in our own cultural context, how to establish new believers, how to equip church leaders, and how to send people to multiply new church plants. We applied every step in this book and we have seen the results with almost 150 new churches planted.”
“I met Bill for the first time many years ago in a gathering of ministers from Central Asia and the Middle East. I was very impressed by his knowledge of Jesus’ way of raising the Twelve to be world-changers. When I heard that he was writing this book, I celebrated. I had been waiting for it. Bill addresses an issue that we as pastors, leaders, missionaries, and teachers of the word have been searching and praying to discover: the secret of Jesus’ success. If you are desiring to find out how Jesus trained his disciples, this book is exactly for you.”
“I am very grateful to Dr. Bill Jones because of his books and teaching, which have enabled us to plant 1,280 churches among unreached people groups in India. Because of The Ministry Multiplication Cycle we are planting multiplying churches in north India and beyond.”
“The teachings from this book, The Ministry Multiplication Cycle, gave our leaders a vision for multiplying new churches among Muslims in every city and village in our country. Now our vision has grown to multiply new churches throughout Central Asia.”
“Bill Jones is the real deal. I’ve watched him be fruitful and multiply evangelistically for decades. He has consistently won people to Christ personally, started and grown evangelistic growth ministries, and equipped evangelistic growth church planters globally. This book gives you practical insights into valuable scriptural principles for fulfilling the Great Commission. It will help you prioritize our primary earthly task: making disciples of the unsaved.”
“Vintage Bill Jones. Birthed out of the crucible of ministry and biblical studies, Bill offers Gospels-based principles practiced in Acts that work globally when adapted culturally. There’s nothing like learning from a self-reflective veteran with a servant’s heart. A great read on church multiplication!”
“Bill Jones is one of my heroes of the faith—because he embraces the Great Commission and has lived it faithfully for years. This book is deeply biblical and has been field-tested in many countries and contexts around the world. Church planting is the macro-vision that is fleshed out through the micro-strategy of making disciples. Bill links these two concepts together beautifully for the reader and practitioner. I wish I had read this book before planting twenty years ago!”
“Dr. Bill Jones introduced me to the ministry multiplication cycle as a student under his leadership many years ago. My takeaway was, and still is, that we are here on the earth for the purpose of multiplying the good news of Jesus around the world. Some fifteen years later, the staff and church planting team of Barefoot Church is still learning from that same message. The ministry multiplication cycle gives us traction as a church family and is our church-wide growth process. If you are seeking to make a difference with your life, I recommend adopting this biblical strategy for multiplication.”
“Dr. Bill Jones is one of the great leaders of twenty-first-century missions and church planting. He has started and led an organization that practically planted many churches. Only heaven will reveal the impact of Dr. Bill Jones’ life on the kingdom. As colleague and friend, I wholeheartedly endorse this book and his heart for unreached peoples.”
“Bill Jones has written an excellent, highly practical, and pragmatic workbook about leading a movement of multiplication. The principles he articulates are applicable to both individuals and churches, forming the basis of a church multiplication movement. I strongly recommend this book not only to church planters, missionaries, and church leaders who wish to develop a multiplication tactical plan, but also to faculty colleagues who teach practical theology to include this book in courses on spiritual formation and discipleship, church planting and multiplication, and Jesus’ approach to ministry.”
“Bill Jones possesses an uncanny capacity to confront and confound our tragically self-centered and benign understanding of the Bible’s message and methodological assumptions. In The Ministry Multiplication Cycle, Jones sets out systematically to deconstruct much of conventional understanding and help the reader to see patterns that most of us simply miss. He demonstrates from incisive scriptural analysis and then illustrates from church history how ministry multiplication is clearly the pattern our Lord modeled and his followers have replicated from the time of the church’s birth to the present moment. If you read this book, you will not escape the challenge to get with the master’s ministry multiplication program.”
“It is my great privilege to call Dr. Bill Jones both colleague and friend. As a gifted biblicist with literally decades of preparation in study and practice and the leader of an iconic higher education institution synonymous with the modern missions movement, Bill hones in on the realities and biblical moorings of the why and how that drive the very purpose of missions. The Ministry Multiplication Cycle will encourage your heart and challenge your steps as it weaves deep biblical insights with everyday pragmatism.”
“Dr. Bill Jones is uniquely gifted as an educator, communicator, and missionary. I have known Bill for several years and this book is the epitome of his commitment to the Great Commission. This distinctive blend paves the way for a biblical missions model that is forward-thinking and especially relevant in today’s turbulent times. This book is a must-read for all Christians wanting to maximize their impact for Christ.”
“If the body of Christ is going to fulfill the mandate given to us by the Father and exert massive influence in this unchurched society, it must be intentional in its efforts to multiply itself. Now, more than ever before, it is imperative for the ministries of evangelism and discipleship to push forward by expanding the biblical pathway that will challenge and enrich the kingdom of God. Dr. Bill Jones has provided an epistle that will unleash the plus sign of eternity into our world and communities that will give the twenty-first-century church a practical path for kingdom multiplication.”
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