David shares with us a number of counter intuitive or paradoxical statements his church planters have developed when it comes to seeing movement. These include: 

Go slow to go fast 

Focus on the few (or one) to win the many

Share only when and where people are ready to hear

A new / inexperienced insider is more effective than a highly trained, mature outsider

Start with creation not Christ

Its about discovery, not preaching or teaching

People learn best what they discover

Obedience is more important than knowledge

Let the lost facilitate the Discovery Bible Study

Disciple to conversion, not convert to make disciples

Prepare to spend a long time but anticipate miracle accelerations

Buildings kill church planting

Paid local leaders kill church planting

No personal evangelism so that the masses will hear

No mass evangelism so that the masses will hear

Expect the hardest places to yield the greatest results

David tells us the importance of moving on when people are not responding, remembering its not our job to convince people. He shares how Christ is the end, not the start story, highlighting how we don’t usually fall in love with a stranger. 

He describes how discovery is key since people can only own what they discover. David also speaks about how all four parts of the Great Commission are necessary for replication: 

Going

Making Disciples 

Baptising people in churches 

Teaching them to obey 

Finally, David finishes this episode by challenges us to stop sinning by missing the target. We need to be aiming for God to show up and show his glory even in the hardest of places. Its often here that we will yield the greatest results! 

Resource: 

Engage Africa - Paradigm Shifts