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Monday, September 22, 2008

Building a global church planting team

How do you build a team of church planting (CP) point persons from all around the world?

Especially when these point persons will be the among best church planting leaders, trainers and coaches in their part of the world. Well basically, I have chosen to pray a lot and ask God and our Mission's international leaders to recommend people. As I meet them and we get to know each other God will show us if we are to work together. Last week that is what happened in Minneapolis.

The first one I can announce is Kavid Kiamu from Monrovia, Liberia. He is already involved in ReachGlobal Africa a new Missionary movement of African leaders from several parts of the continent. They have a burden to send church planters to unreached pockets like certain pigmy tribes and Muslim urban populations to the north. The great thing is that David has already demonstrated a track record of church planting, multiplication, and Muslim missions from his local church in Monrovia.

As people they discipled for Christ moved away David worked with them to start new churches (10 or more). Then they took the next step and send a member to plants churches among Muslims in neighboring Sierra Leone. Two have been started there. The work is still young but we have a lot to learn from our Liberian brothers and I am excited to work with David. Here is a picture of him and his family.

His wife's name is Lucy. Two of the children they have in the picture are nephews they are caring for and one is an adopted child.

Dave and I want to build a good coaching relationship and have a plan. Please pray that God would bless our friendship and get us off to a great start. David is returning home after a couple weeks in the USA. Next time I will introduce our team member for Latin America. Please pray for God to send other key CP players of his choice from Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Serving with you to multiply kingdom communties

Gene Wilson