The Ministry Multiplication Cycle

by Bill Jones, Ken Katayama (Foreword)

After harmonizing the four Gospels into one unified story, the author examines the ministry of Jesus to see what we can learn today for our own churches and ministries. As the story unfolds, one finds Jesus implementing four strategic ministry tactics, in this -Outsiders becoming new believers through evangelism -New believers becoming committed disciples through establishing -Committed disciples becoming effective workers through equipping -Effective workers becoming world Christians through missions mobilization Together these four tactics form the "ministry multiplication cycle." To determine whether this strategy is truly a biblical strategy or not, an in-depth look is then taken into the book of Acts. There we find the apostles, the men whom Jesus trained, implementing these same four tactics in the exact same order, with the exact same results--powerful growth through multiplication. The question remains whether the ministry multiplication cycle can be replicated today in our own culture. The answer is a resounding "yes," when we learn to think in terms of principles and not just practices. This book is a product of over thirty years of clarifying these principles in the classroom and implementing them around the world, the latter resulting in over two thousand churches being planted among unreached people groups.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2020

About the author

Bill Jones serves as the sixth president of Columbia International University (CIU). Known as one of the foremost missionary training centers in the world, CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. To date, CIU has participated in the preparation of thousands of men and women for ministry with over 17,000 alumni ministering in over 150 countries around the world.

Bill also serves as chair of the International Leadership Team of Crossover Communications International (Crossover), a mission agency in Columbia, South Carolina, which he co-founded in 1987. With sending bases in Australia, Brazil, Moldova, New Zealand, as well as the USA, Crossover actively works in twenty countries to multiply church planters to plant multiplying churches among the unreached people groups of the world.

A passionate communicator, Bill has spoken to thousands of people around the world. He has also authored several books, most recently, Putting Together the Puzzle of the Old Testament and Putting Together the Puzzle of the New Testament.

Bill graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Institute of Technology and holds earned doctorates from both Columbia Biblical seminary and Gordon-Conwell seminary. Married to Debby Jones, speaker and coauthor of Lady in Waiting, they have four grown children.