Cole, founder and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates (CMA) and author of Cultivating a life for God (ChurchSmart Resources), explains the construction of a new alternative with the Organic Church–a movement to a simpler kind of church. But he believes it’s more than just a preference, arguing that it’s an attempt at a purer expression of the church as Jesus meant it.

The Organic Church takes seriously Jesus’ strategy for church planting and multiplication from Matthew 10 and Luke 10. In other words, WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) as a church planter? Cole believes the method Jesus used in those two chapters 2,000 years ago should be used today. Instead of putting on a big event and expecting everyone to come, the Organic Church goes to where lost people are (homes, coffee shops, etc.), lives among them, and plants the church on their turf.

Sounds interesting in principle. It also sounds a lot like the Emergent dialog and some things Barna may have said in his recent book Revolution.

Rich.
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I purchased the Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens book this morning and look foward to reading what it has to say. Have you had a chance to read this ??

John