God's mission needs movement leaders.Jesus pioneered something completely new in human history—a dynamic missionary movement intent on reaching the world. His mission is as clear and as relevant today as in the days of the early church: to make disciples everywhere, baptizing them and teaching them to obey everything Jesus has commanded. But the potential of the church remains untapped. What does it take to lead movements that successfully carry out this mission?In Pioneering Movements, Steve Addison identifies what it takes to follow Jesus' example. Building on his previous books Movements That Change the World and What Jesus Started, he reveals the apostolic qualities and behaviors of biblical, historical, and contemporary pioneers who can guide church and ministry leaders today.This is a book for those who are called to embrace the mission-driven work that Jesus and his disciples began—making disciples of all nations, in all places.



Steve Addison (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) has a calling to fuel movements that multiply disciples and churches—everywhere. He and his wife Michelle lead MOVE, an Australia-based mission agency dedicated to making disciples and multiplyingchurches around the world. Steve began his research into Christian movements in the late 1980s while serving as a church planter in Melbourne, Australia, and he is the author of Movements That Change the World: Five Keys to Spreading the Gospel and What Jesus Started: Joining the Movement, Changing the World.



Foreword by Dave Ferguson

Introduction

1. Movement Pioneers Lead from the Inside Out

2. Jesus, Our Apostle and Pioneer

3. Peter, First Among the Apostles

Pioneer Profile: Hudson Taylor and the Second Era of Protestant Missions

4. Structuring for Movements

5. No Place Left in South Asia

Pioneer Profile: William Taylor, Troublemaker and Bishop

6. Five Levels of Movement Leadership

Pioneer Profile: Victor Landero, Columbian Apostle

7. No Place Left in America

8. From Church to Movement

9. No Place Left in the House of Islam

10. What Would It Take to Stop You?

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Discovery Bible Study and Three-Thirds Discipleship

Notes

Bibliography