Church planting takes many people and different strategies to establish a worshiping community among people who have not heard the Gospel. We have seen that by planting reproducing churches and training strong national leadership a church-planting movement is the natural fruit. This means developing within a local church the passion, vision, and resources to reach out beyond their location into their community and even the world.

Church planting requires generalists, such as preachers and evangelists, as well as specialists. CMF missionaries can be seen working with a church under a tree in the Turkana desert or in a school building in the Midlands of England. Or, church planters can be found working alongside nationals in a Mexico City suburb or an Agni village in Ivory Coast. Marketplace countries offer opportunities for planting churches through the use of cell groups or house churches.

And in the United States, missions opportunities are right next door. People of diverse cultures arrive in America at a rate of one and half million each year, and these folks are not just moving to the largest cities. The streets of America overflow with opportunities to communicate Christ cross-culturally. In seeing the needs of these diverse cultures, CMF continues to develop strategy for appropriate cross-cultural outreach and church planting among these diverse cultures. Our ministries across America among immigrant Hispanics are providing models for duplication.

Because CMF’s mission is to transform lives and communities through the power of the gospel, that underscores the need for disciplers and Bible teachers. Currently, CMF has training centers in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Chile, Ivory Coast -- each needing teachers and those who will personally disciple students. Cell churches in marketplace countries need shepherding to strengthen them for times of persecution. In the near future, Great Britain, Thailand, Mexico, and the US Hispanics ministry will need more workers who can concentrate on teaching leaders and encouraging church-planting movements in those locations that will have national and global impact.

For more information, contact CMF International 317.578.2700