Dr. Bekele Shanko shares lessons on partnership from his life in GCM’s new book Never Alone In Never Alone, Bekele Shanko begins with his childhood in the shadow of Ethiopia’s Hambaricho Mountain, where his entire community lived in abject material poverty and deep spiritual darkness. But God began to reveal himself vividly to Bekele’s father, and soon thereafter, the entire family …
When Albania went into lockdown mode in response to COVID-19, GCM staff members began to brainstorm how to adapt the Amazing Question digital strategy to respond to the coronavirus. This strategy involves posting questions on Facebook and inviting people to respond. The team decided to post Bible verses addressing fear, anxiety and times of pestilence. A young man whom we’ll …
Every month Dr. Bekele Shanko writes to one of our global leaders sharing valuable principles of church multiplication movements. Today, Bekele writes Ricky Magno, the GCM area director for Southeast Asia and shares seven thoughts on responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Though written to Ricky, the principles are applicable for us all in this time of crisis. Please feel free …
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty… You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.” Psalms 91:1, 5-6 Coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. We see panic, …
Malota trudged up the rugged dirt road, eager to meet the handful of believers at the top of the hill. The lanky Ethiopian church planter had recently taken Global Church Movement’s MC2 training, designed to help people plant churches that multiply, and he had begun to apply the training in the city of Arba Minch.
As we begin 2020, Bekele writes his first monthly letter to Apollos Jabbo, the GCM area director for West Africa, and he is discussing the concept of “scope,” or reaching everybody in an area. Though written to Apollos, the principles are applicable for anybody working in a given geographic region, such as a city, state, region, country or continent. Please …
Every month Dr. Bekele Shanko writes to one of our global leaders sharing valuable principles of church multiplication movements. This month he is joined by John Becker of the Global Alliance for Church Multiplication (GACX). Together, they are writing to Kejdis Bakalli, the GCM Area director in Central and Eastern Europe. Kejdis desires to accelerate church multiplication efforts by forming regional …
Families in Peru spend a lot of time talking about soccer, movies, or video games but very little time talking about the life of Christ. So in keeping with the GCM emphasis on “Bold Moves,” last December Alex Cotrina, GCM director in Peru, set out to change the culture. He and several colleagues asked 37 pastors to accept a challenge: spend …
April 1, 2019 This past year, GCM activities and results were reported from 148 countries and regions of the world. Since its establishment in 2010, GCM has reported a total of 126,780 new churches and missional communities around the world. Below we provide some highlights of the 2018 GCM reports, using the four aspects of Bold Moves that we have …
It is a bit of a Hollywood cliche when someone says “I was born ready.” But really, in the Kingdom of God, that is what we should say. Reborn into a new life, we are ready to immediately begin witnessing to others the amazing transformation God has done and lead others to Jesus.Ready to multiply ourselves is not just an …