Moving Toward Church Multiplication Movements: What Can Seminaries Do?

Seminaries can equip students with a passion for church planting and the Great Commission.

I've been focusing on how denominations might facilitate church planting—being a part of what might be (or become) a Church Multiplication Movement.

A denomination must hold to the value of multiplying churches for a multiplication movement to occur in-- rather than in spite of-- that denomination. Part of that is having seminaries be an effective partner. In the past, I've written about the importance of seminaries equipping students to live on mission.

Now to be fair, seminaries are not tasked exclusively-- or even primarily-- with the role of making church planting pastors and missionaries, but it is certainly part of how they can participate in the Great Commission. Furthermore, many are indeed doing these very things, so this is written more toward those who are not yet significantly involved. Keep reading