Discussing and Catalyzing Movements: An Invitation to Research, Sacrifice, and Commitment

As a global discussion and a significantly large phenomenon in the world today, church planting
movements (CPM) or disciple making movements (DMM) have attracted much attention and
enthusiasm in the missions community. They are widely accepted, and many different agencies
have adopted movemental approaches to ministry in the past two decades. However, there is also a minority view of detractors who disagree with the voluminous case studies and published
literature on movements. This article responds to some of those critics—represented here by the recently published No Shortcut to Success—by engaging that book’s important critiques but also what this article’s authors believe to be misinformation and ambiguous logic inherent in the book’s arguments. The authors hope that this approach will foster a helpful, constructive, and ongoing dialogue on movements missiology for the missions community.