What do we mean when we say “multiplication”?
We want to see disciples of Christ multiplied in our region.
This may come in various forms, but the primary method for multiplication is church planting: the forming of new expressions of gospel-proclaiming local churches in parts of our geography that do not have an active, healthy, local church in their community. The Church Planting Initiative (CPI) is an active collaborative effort in WNY working toward this outcome.
In addition to church planting, we believe multiplication can occur through church revitalization: seeing local churches that are, for whatever reason, lacking leadership and connection to the greater body of Christ to be re-envisioned and re-born to engage fully in saturating our region with the gospel.
We also believe that the forming of faith-based initiatives and ministry efforts in our region is another form of multiplication – where we see Christ’s people engaging in Kingdom work in whatever way God has called them to serve their communities. This can be seen in the gathering of Christ’s people through entrepreneurial efforts and other non-traditional ways of creating faith-based community. We also see this in the domains of health care, education, business, housing, disaster relief, and other areas of social services. These efforts are considered with other Kingdom projects through the Project Lab.