Description of a Movement

If you were to ask a number of experienced Christian workers to describe what they have seen in spiritual movement they would say that in a movement.... 

• We see unusual motivation and initiative on behalf of the participants.
• New people are always being enlisted into it.
• There is a clear sense of purpose and most can articulate it.
• People love to "tell the stories" of the movement.
• New leaders continue to germinate from within.
• Core values are strongly embraced and there is "transferability" of those values to new members.
• There is a warm affection for one another, a genuine respect, and the "we" feeling runs high.

  Multiplication Defines a Movement  

A movement includes three elements:

• Connecting lost people to Jesus
• Life-changing discipleship
• Multiplying leaders

A movement is set apart from mere ministry by the last two items.  If the gospel is being shared and if those who come to Christ are beginning to follow Him, then you have "ministry"-and that is wonderful. But it is when you have a growing number of men and women reproducing their faith through others in a multiplying fashion that the ministry has developed into a "movement"-and that is even more wonderful.