Reproducing Grace: Starting a Free Grace Movement in Your Region

By Joe Filer

This book as a manual for disciple-making, that leads to a church plant movement

The purpose of this book is to see Free Grace churches planted that multiply into regional Free Grace Movements.  Freedom Church Movement, the ministry publishing this book, is an underground, grass roots, discipleship network centered around God's Grace and Freedom in Jesus. We are a New Testament Free Grace church movement whose goal is to start a "Reproducing Grace Movement" in every state in the U.S.  Just as a strawberry plant grows and spreads "runners" which then root and grow new plants, we aim to plant free grace churches that grow and plant other free grace churches.

We strive to encourage, train, and coach for regional impact, which ultimately leads to national impact. Our vision is to see grace-centered movements started in every state in the nation that reproducing grace exponentially.

This book is written with that vision and purpose in mind.  The main focus of the book is sharing the Gospel of Grace: gathering believers together to disciple them through the teaching of God's Word; recognizing their gifts; helping them learn how to use them; recognizing leaders and training them to make disciples. This book follows the ten stages that Paul used in the book of Acts. It's organic and definitely not a "one-size-fits-all" approach. Paul's ten stages are broken down in this book and walk you through planting in your region, and asks questions to get the planter to think about their culture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joe Filer
• Release date: Dec 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393560746

Book preview

STAGE ONE:

Cultivating a Heart for a Free Grace Movement

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Whether you are a pastor, elder, member of a church, or church planter, you are reading this because you want to see a Free Grace Movement in your region.  But is your church or mother church of the same mindset?  Do both the leaders and the members share the vision?  Is your church committed to the vision?  If not, you can help bring them to a commitment.  

How?  By cultivating a heart for a Free Grace Movement in your church.  You do this by being able to clearly and concisely share how a Free Grace Movement is a priority to a Free Grace church.  Then you find practical ways to impart vision.  In this chapter, we will discover Biblical, time-tested ways to do just that!

To begin with, you need to ask a few critical questions.  Does my church understand the significance of church planting?  Do the leaders and members realize the urgency?  Do they know the role of the church in starting such a