Making Friends
Mobilizing Disciples
Multiplying Churches
I know what it feels like to plant in a difficult place.
My wife and I parachuted into a California beach town as "straight people" soon surrounded by hippies in the growing Jesus Revolution.
Just 12 friends showed up on the first day. But that dozen has morphed into 2,600+ churches by making disciples who ma
One friend leads the largest church in Hawaii and has multiplied another with 5,000 people in Manila.
Another multiplied hundreds in the Philippines and more than 2,000 congregations in Africa.
Some are large. Most are small.
I'm proud of both! But the more significant results are in multiplying.
Small can feel insignificant, but it isn't.
Jesus gathered one by one. He trained in small numbers. The most critical numbers in your world are 3, 12 and 120.
The biggest question you must ask is, "Who are my three closest disciples, and am I motivating them for ministry outside our church?"
You can get free copies of my books at Exponential .org and in my RM Library.
There is a YouTube channel for miscellaneous stuff.
For 27 years my Bible teachings went on the radio in Honolulu. You can access them at RSS.com.
I post to Instagram but not Facebook - my updates come via Mission Hope.
We spent years multiplying churches before a friend pointed out that mobilization isn’t just part of our mission—it’s the heart of it.
While many churches focus on mobilizing volunteers, we’ve always believed the church’s purpose is to equip its members for ministry in the world around them.
Our gatherings exist to prepare and empower people—from the front door to the ends of the earth.
Most won’t travel far, but all should be equipped to minister in their neighborhoods and workplaces. If we do that well, volunteers will be a natural byproduct, not the goal. And some will, indeed, reach the ends of the earth.
Two things, actually:
First, I'm old (and experienced). I began as a youth pastor at age 19. Our kids planted a church in Mexico from California when I was 23. Ruby and I planted the first Hope Chapel in 1971 and did it again in Kaneohe, Hawaii, in 1983. Handed off to the next generation and planted in a movie theater at age 66 in 2013. Then "retired" to help others in 2018.
Second, Ruby and I live off of Social Security and IRAs, so we don't need money that. Thus, we can offer almost everything on this site for free. We built it for you.
I cut back on live coaching to be a better husband in retirement. My travels are only to work with Exponential (two trips per year), New Breed, and OCNWTR Churches take me to events within driving distance of San Diego. Ruby and I are still busy in Japan and Hawaii.
While writing our will, I felt compelled to ask Peyton Jones who should control my books. When I called, he seemed surprised, as he had been praying about suggesting that New Breed might host my stuff.
It was a game-changer, as much of my workload and costs disappeared. Exponential is still my primary ministry home, while the New Breed partnership expands the ministry's scope.
The bonus is that New Breed offers even more great material than you find here.
There was a time when the entire congregation could fit into a Volkswagen.
You may ask, "How did you multiply so effectively?"
The answer is that we made disciples who made disciples. Three of the pictured disciples planted churches.
The Great Commission is an idea with wheels. The concept of one leader growiwng fruit on other people's trees is at its heart.
Likewise Hope Chapel churches are an idea.
Learn more at hopechapelchurches.com.
Alongside the U.S. efforts, we've reached a fair part of the world through church multiplication (on every continent).
I spent much time training other people's startup networks in developing nations (photo: Kathmandu, Nepal).
You can learn more about this at missionhopeonline.org.
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