Here’s a very, very interesting video of a talk by David Fitch about using missional orders as a church planting strategy.

“The way we used to plant churches (in the Christendom era) was as organization. An established church structure … paid somebody… with the distinctives of the denomination, the tags, the franchise…”. But that doesn’t work anymore. “I do not believe you can plant a church in less than three years in post-Christendom.”
I’m filing this under “if/when I plant another church”…

I really gotta read me some Fitch. I’ve got a couple of his books, and I’ve heard that _The Great Giveaway_ is fantastic.

3 responses to “★ Missional orders as ways to start new churches”

  1. john chandler Avatar

    Going to a conference with Fitch and Hirsch next month…this just adds to my interest and curiosity, because I don’t know much about Fitch.

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  2. Wayne Park Avatar

    hehe. 3 yrs is a while… but I can understand that 🙂

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  3. todd Avatar

    yes, great giveaway is a good book. met david last fall when i was home in chicago visiting famiy. he's a wicked smart dude. i'll be with John at the gathering, maybe you should just come with us.

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