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The Rise and Fall of Movements: A Roadmap for Leaders

Steve Addison

 

A ministry is what you can do with the help of others.
A movement is what God can do when you let go of control and multiply disciples and churches.

Drawing on the life and ministry of Jesus, and with reflections on the patterns of past and present movements, Steve Addison provides a roadmap for leaders who want to multiply disciples and churches to the ends of the earth. Whether pioneering on the edge, riding a wave of expansion, or stuck in suffocating decline, The Rise and Fall of Movements addresses each phase in the movement lifecycle, helping leaders to identify which stage they are at and to realign themselves with God’s purposes.

At the core of The Rise and Fall of Movements is a call to movement pioneers to make a fresh return to their identity in Jesus and from there to lead out with the God-given strategies and methods that cause movements to not only birth but to grow and endure.

 

 

“Remarkable…discover what it takes to sustain movements and why they are so important for accomplishing the mission of Jesus.”

DAVE FERGUSON, author of Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders

“Steve Addison is a blast of fresh air.”
—RALPH MOORE, church multiplication catalyzer, Exponential

“Steve’s best yet—I underlined something on every page.”
—ANTHONY DELANEY, director, NewThing, Europe

“Many people talk about movements but Steve Addison is one of the few that understands them.”
—D. PAYNE, missiologist and author

“I’ve devoured each book that Addison writes, and this one was no exception.”
—PEYTON JONES, author, Reaching The Unreached: Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art

“A needed addition to the evolving literature on movement dynamics.”
—ALAN HIRSCH, award-winning author