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The Multiplier's Mindset: Thinking Differently About Discipleship
God Wants to Unleash Us into Fruitful Disciple-making Beyond Our Wildest Dreams. What if passionate Jesus followers began to multiply rapidly until thousands of lives and families were transformed? What if, instead of hard work with little fruit, God began to do “exceeding abundantly beyond all you could ask or imagine?” Imagine those you’ve invested in sharing Jesus freely, making their own disciples, and then training them until they too can disciples others. Cynthia is an experienced cross-cultural minister with three decades of experience in global leadership, church planting, and catalyzing disciple-making movements. After a process of change, she and her colleagues launched nineteen multiplying movements in Africa and Asia leading to tens of thousands of transformed lives. In The Multiplier’s Mindset, Cynthia demonstrates how shifting mindsets about discipleship dramatically alter the outcome of disciple-making efforts. This book will help
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250 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2023
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September 16, 2023
There are some basic words I think of when reading Anderson's book: Faith, Hope, and Vision.
Anderson writes out of many years of experience. Things tried, things failed, new things tried, and on and on. She has a mentality of never giving up. The Gospel IS good news and lives CAN be changed. Churches can be planted. Work in missions CAN be different.
Her work possesses FAITH. She is convinced the power of the Gospel and we are capable of so much more in mission as the Church.
This book calls us to HOPE that things can indeed be different. It will often make us uncomfortable, but this book comes out of years of learning and practice. Just hold on!
Anderson has VISION. Lots of it. She casts vision that is possible. It takes a lot of re-training and re-working in the lives of many established Western believers. We have to get away from our consumer mindset and "attraction" base models of how church is done in our context. It IS possible.
There are major shifts going on in the work of missions. There are some things that still need radical shifts and changes. Anderson is committed to seeing simplicity restored to the HOW of mission and with that see churches planted and movements born where once again, just as in the New Testament, we aren't asking, "How big is your church?" or "Who is the big preacher you like?"
This is a work to engage, think through, be mad at, and then just see if what she is proposing might not be true, or at least have some things to work on.
Anderson writes out of many years of experience. Things tried, things failed, new things tried, and on and on. She has a mentality of never giving up. The Gospel IS good news and lives CAN be changed. Churches can be planted. Work in missions CAN be different.
Her work possesses FAITH. She is convinced the power of the Gospel and we are capable of so much more in mission as the Church.
This book calls us to HOPE that things can indeed be different. It will often make us uncomfortable, but this book comes out of years of learning and practice. Just hold on!
Anderson has VISION. Lots of it. She casts vision that is possible. It takes a lot of re-training and re-working in the lives of many established Western believers. We have to get away from our consumer mindset and "attraction" base models of how church is done in our context. It IS possible.
There are major shifts going on in the work of missions. There are some things that still need radical shifts and changes. Anderson is committed to seeing simplicity restored to the HOW of mission and with that see churches planted and movements born where once again, just as in the New Testament, we aren't asking, "How big is your church?" or "Who is the big preacher you like?"
This is a work to engage, think through, be mad at, and then just see if what she is proposing might not be true, or at least have some things to work on.
September 17, 2023
Faith and Sight
This is an uncustomarily short review on my part. Let's begin with my biggest criticism of the book. I could not work out what it was about, until I had a copy before me. Its "definition" out there is terrible! Yet as one sees, now that I know what it is, I have given it five stars.
Cynthia Anderson, many years ago, was a fellow-student with me at the prestigious Fuller Theological Seminary, where we studied leadership together. We studied many books on Christian leadership in particular. This one is different to the pack, and it is one of the best.
There is in the church, universally, the problem of naysayers: no can do. They walk by sight, not by faith. Faith and sight—one finds this a continual conflict. This book cultivates faith. It gives reasons for faith, carefully and methodically.
Ministry surely can't be done without faith. God is active here; he may be seen there. What a wonderful book to appear on the Christian leadership "market". This is one that deserves to become stock material in seminaries and churches.
This is an uncustomarily short review on my part. Let's begin with my biggest criticism of the book. I could not work out what it was about, until I had a copy before me. Its "definition" out there is terrible! Yet as one sees, now that I know what it is, I have given it five stars.
Cynthia Anderson, many years ago, was a fellow-student with me at the prestigious Fuller Theological Seminary, where we studied leadership together. We studied many books on Christian leadership in particular. This one is different to the pack, and it is one of the best.
There is in the church, universally, the problem of naysayers: no can do. They walk by sight, not by faith. Faith and sight—one finds this a continual conflict. This book cultivates faith. It gives reasons for faith, carefully and methodically.
Ministry surely can't be done without faith. God is active here; he may be seen there. What a wonderful book to appear on the Christian leadership "market". This is one that deserves to become stock material in seminaries and churches.
January 3, 2024
Very practical book! It's obvious this was written by someone who has been there and done it.
This book was a huge blessing to read and still is as I have been referring back to it regularly. The book is very practical, not theory. It is obvious it was written from the author's actual experiences. She does an excellent job of sharing how the biggest obstacles to overcome are those in our own mind and how we think about God and others.
This book is one that should be on the bookshelf of anyone who considers themself serious about making disciples! I find myself sharing thoughts from it often to those I'm leading.
This book was a huge blessing to read and still is as I have been referring back to it regularly. The book is very practical, not theory. It is obvious it was written from the author's actual experiences. She does an excellent job of sharing how the biggest obstacles to overcome are those in our own mind and how we think about God and others.
This book is one that should be on the bookshelf of anyone who considers themself serious about making disciples! I find myself sharing thoughts from it often to those I'm leading.
December 13, 2024
Amazing
I highly recommend this book for those who want to bring the kingdom of God here and now... multiply disciples of Jesus is the only way of seeing transformation in society. the book brings a lot of practical steps for changing our mindset and aim reproducing and multiplication!
I highly recommend this book for those who want to bring the kingdom of God here and now... multiply disciples of Jesus is the only way of seeing transformation in society. the book brings a lot of practical steps for changing our mindset and aim reproducing and multiplication!
December 13, 2023
I can’t recommend this book enough. Talk about moving from milk to solid food. It’s what all believers need to read as it really challenges our mindset on what our goal should be. Highly recommend, but be prepared to be challenged…in a good way!
January 3, 2024
Very informative and practical as well as loaded with real-life examples from her experience.
May 22, 2024
Very good book. Very practical and easy to understand.
June 11, 2024
Very informative
I am a women’s ministry pastor and this book encouraged me to get out and minister to those outside our church and to disciple women in our church so that they are more willing and encouraged to mentor or disciple others.
I would recommend this book to any leader in the church as a resource for disciple making.
I am a women’s ministry pastor and this book encouraged me to get out and minister to those outside our church and to disciple women in our church so that they are more willing and encouraged to mentor or disciple others.
I would recommend this book to any leader in the church as a resource for disciple making.
November 25, 2023
Ever struggled with making disciples or experienced frustration when you tried to fulfill the Great Commission? This book will show you how to recognize and overcome the mindsets that block our fruitfulness and impact.
YWAM leader and trainer Cynthia Anderson leans into Scripture, tells stories, and raises questions related to what we believe about God, ourselves (specifically how God can use us) and how to make disciples who make disciples.
I love this book. It’s written for church-planting, disciple-making missionaries pursuing movements, but much of it has broader application. It’s a quick read but worth working through slowly.
YWAM leader and trainer Cynthia Anderson leans into Scripture, tells stories, and raises questions related to what we believe about God, ourselves (specifically how God can use us) and how to make disciples who make disciples.
I love this book. It’s written for church-planting, disciple-making missionaries pursuing movements, but much of it has broader application. It’s a quick read but worth working through slowly.
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