From Megachurch to Multiplication: A Church's Journey Toward Movement - Softcover

Galanos, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 173286960X ISBN 13: 9781732869608

Publisher: Experience Life Church, 2018

Synopsis

What would cause Experience Life Church, frequently named one of the fastest-growing churches in the country, to completely change directions? Why would they risk an attendance drop and a decrease in giving to pursue a vision that has seldom been attempted in the American church? The leaders of Experience Life knew this journey would be risky and calculated the costs before ever beginning. They believed that following Jesus and aiming to reach millions was worth any cost. Be careful with this book! It might inspire you to risk everything you have to follow Jesus. You've been warned.

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About the Author

Chris Galanos is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Experience Life Church in Lubbock, Texas. Outreach Magazine named Chris the Youngest Megachurch Pastor in America several years in a row and named Experience Life one of the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in the country 5 different times. Chris lives in Lubbock with his wife, Emilie, and daughters, McKinley and Charis.

Review

It took a unique vision for Chris Galanos to launch a non-traditional, cell church strategy after completing his seminary degree. But it took much more courage for him to ask 12 people to engage a vision of a church reaching 10,000 in 10 years. But when that happened in less than 9 years, the Holy Spirit invited Chris to engage a truly paradigm busting vision. For this task, most conventions of traditional ministry would have to be jettisoned in order to see 1,000,000 lost people become obedient disciples of Jesus. And after a season of preparation for that goal, the day came when Chris and his ministry team asked thousands of people to consider being trained and coached to depart the church to make disciples and plant simple replicating churches. This book is a very candid and winsome telling of Chris's and his team's journey toward that vision, and how insights from Kingdom Movements around the world have shaped the process. This book is easy to read, but not for the faint of heart. It will elevate your vision, animate your prayers, and invite you to find what "exceedingly, beyond what you can think or imagine" means for you. --Jerry Trousdale (Author of Miraculous Movements and Co-Author of The Kingdom Unleashed)

I have known Chris since 1998. His mother served on the board of Asian Partners International, the mission agency I founded; and his father met with me and others every Tuesday morning for several years to pray for Asian Partners and their ministries. It has been fun to watch Chris as he started his church and it grew beyond all expectations. I have had several opportunities to visit with Chris over the past ten years, and one thing sticks out: Chris wants to be on the front line of wherever God is at work. Chris's new book is the story of "What's next?" for an incredibly successful megachurch pastor when the megachurch he founded was not capable of reaching all peoples in all nations. His book tells of the struggles within his core staff, as well as with his church members, as he continues to explore where the front line of God's work is for Chris and his team. The book is an easy read and will challenge anyone who reads it to ask the question, "What's it going to take to fulfill the Great Commission in our generation?" --David Watson (Co-Author of Contagious Disciple Making: Leading others on a Journey of Discovery)

If there has ever been a time for a voice in America to beckon believers to multiply the church and complete the Great Commission, the time is now and Pastor Chris is one of those dear voices. I know Pastor Chris to unashamedly proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and prepare new believers to stand together with the persecuted church. --Brother Yun (The Heavenly Man - Chinese Underground Church Leader)

Edition details

• Publisher: Experience Life Church
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 173286960X
• ISBN 13: 9781732869608
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336