Four-Stage Development Model
By: Glenn Burris Jr., president of The Foursquare Church
At the beginning of this year, each senior pastor received a copy of Disciples of All Nations. We strongly affirm the 1997 cabinet decision to embrace this missiological framework as historical evidence of how God has worked in The Foursquare Church around the world and how He used this method to take the gospel from Jerusalem to the rest of the world.
John Amstutz has helped us realize the strategic work of the Holy Spirit in building the church! The Four-Stage Model helps us understand specifically what is needed to bring spiritual progression in a church or a nation that is committed to the expansion of the gospel.
The U.S. Foursquare Church was the first of many to experience the progression of evangelism, discipleship, church planting and global expansion to continue a pattern that is infinitely reproducible. Twenty-one nations within our tribe now have come full cycle. May the Lord continue to unfold the revelation of His purposes and plan as we seek to take the gospel to the entire world.
Learn More
Download: 2011 Four-Stage Cabinet Script (DOCX, 559 KB)
Download: 2011 Four-Stage PowerPoint Presentation (PPT, 4.5 MB)
Download: 2011 Four-Stage Handout (PDF, 2.9 MB)
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