Winning the World

54 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

b. Immediately, those who were suitable for leadership were given responsibility to lead the public meetings of the believers .

c. A church planter would stay behind and mentor and lead these emerging leaders, grounding them in doctrines and practices to ensure the health of house churches .

7. “At the core of the Yanyin movement was a house church model that combined lay leadership development, mutual accountability, biblical authority and rapid reproducibility,” p. 61.

8. The POUCH model employed by the Strategy Coordinator

a. P – Participative Bible study and worship

b. O – Obedience as the mark of success for every believer and church

c. U – Unpaid and multiple leaders in each church

d. C – Cell groups of 10-20 believers meeting in . . .

e. H – Homes or storefronts as the venue for church and body life

9. Churches reproduced when they reached a predetermined size, met a least twice a week, some even every day, with leadership development built into the very structure of the church life , p. 62.