- Stubborn Perseverance isn't just a manual, it's a record of the inner workings of a real church-planting movement that invites readers to join the exciting adventure of launching such movements.
- Many laborers, along with their prayer and support teams, labor without the vision and guidance to effectively pursue God for a movement.
- Stubborn Perseverance presents, in an enjoyable story format, a distillation of best practices from several different streams of movements, providing:
- a unique, inside look at how movements develop, and
- practical steps for seeking God with others for a movement in your own context.
- Based on actual events, Stubborn Perseverance walks readers step by step through the principles and practices by which many around the world are now collaborating with the Holy Spirit to launch movements.
- To apply this manual for maximum fruitfulness, find a mentor with movement experience and gather others to read and adapt Stubborn Perseverance to your own context.
- I've read Contagious Disciple-Making, Miraculous Movements, and Wind in the House of Islam. And I've trained in Any-3 and Camel Method (all great!). Stubborn Perseverance distills them into the manual I want for our team.
-K.D., field team leader in SE Asia - Other movement materials left me confused and overwhelmed. They sounded good in principle, but I had no idea how to proceed on my own or explain the concepts to others. Stubborn Perseverance solves all of that.
-Don Vincent, correctional officer pursuing a movement in a prison - Stubborn Perseverance is now my #1 training tool for church-planting movements! The story both explains and illustrates the essential steps of multiplying disciples to launch such a movement.
-John Becker, International Coordinator for Vision 5:9, Director of Ministries for AIM International - Stubborn Perseverance is a well-crafted story revealing the revolutionary principles of multiplicative disciple making. The story is inspiring and the questions following each chapter are a team training treasure trove. This is a book I will buy by the case!
-Roy Moran, Author of Spent Matches: Igniting the Signal Fire for the Spiritually Dissatisfied
- Greg Livingstone, founder of Frontiers
- George Patterson, Come Quickly Dawn
- Kevin Greeson, The Camel Method
- Steve Smith, T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution and the No Place Left saga: (Hastening and Rebirth)
- Steve Addison, Movements That Change the World, What Jesus Started, and Pioneering Movements
- Victor Choudhrie, Greet the Church in your House
- Phil Parshall, Bridges to Islam: A Christian Perspective on Folk Islam
- Ted Esler, president of Missio Nexus
- Kent Parks, president of Beyond
... and many more