Our Network Design: How Everything Fits Together

Note Well: This document gives a high-level overview of our entire approach to ministry—the unified framework through which every page, training, and resource on this site should be understood.

Introduction

Healthy ministry should not feel like a scattered list of good ideas. Jesus has given his church a clear mission, a Spirit-inspired vision of what that mission produces, and simple, repeatable practices that shaped the earliest churches and can start, strengthen, and multiply churches in any context. These are not modern innovations—they reflect the way of Jesus and his apostles, the apostolic approach that carried the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth.

This document brings the whole picture into focus. At the center is a clear vision of what we are aiming for. Around that vision stand our mission, core values and purposes, strategy (the Apostolic Cycle), and our approach (the Center + Five Movements). Encircling all of this is an ongoing pattern of coaching evangelists, disciple makers, and leaders—the relational engine that keeps the entire ecosystem moving and ensures that multiplication continues across generations, just as it did in the first-century churches.

This system is interdependent. If vision is unclear, activity drifts. If mission becomes vague, passion dissipates. If values weaken, priorities shift. If strategy is neglected, results stall. If our approach is not practiced, fruitfulness slows. And without coaching, the whole system eventually collapses—something the apostles themselves guarded against through constant strengthening, teaching, and sending.

Why this matters: when we see how the parts fit together, we gain clarity and courage. We stop chasing disconnected efforts and begin to live, lead, and coach in a way that aligns with the apostolic approach of Jesus and his apostles—an approach that consistently starts, strengthens, and multiplies churches across homes, cities, regions, and beyond.

For Reflection and Action

Where do you see these patterns operating well in your life or church—and where does one part need renewed attention?
If not this integrated approach, then what alternative could faithfully fulfill the apostolic vision and mission Jesus entrusted to us?

1. Vision at the Center: What We Long to See

Vision describes what it looks like when we faithfully carry out our mission. Our mission is to make disciples of all nations. Our vision is the Spirit-inspired picture of those disciples gathered, strengthened, and multiplied into churches at every level the New Testament describes—churches in homes, churches across a city, churches throughout a region, and the global body of Christ in heaven and on earth.

Our vision as a network is simple and expansive: To start, strengthen, and multiply churches at every level the New Testament describes.

This vision guards us from thinking too small (one gathering) or too vague (general spirituality without concrete communities). It calls us to picture households, neighborhoods, congregations, and whole regions filled with gospel-centered churches that live under the lordship of Jesus and join his mission together.

For Reflection and Action

How clearly can you picture what it would look like for households, neighborhoods, and regions to be filled with multiplying churches?
Which part of this multi-layered vision (home, city, region) do you sense God inviting you to pray into or pursue more intentionally?

2. Mission: What Jesus Sends Us to Do

Mission explains what Jesus has clearly told his church to do. Jesus commissioned his disciples to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19). By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are sent as his witnesses to:

Go into all the world, beginning where we are and moving outward.
Proclaim the gospel—the good news of Jesus’s death and resurrection.
Call people to repentance and faith for the forgiveness of sins.
Baptize new believers in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded.

Viewed together, this is the mission of the church. It is not a slogan but a concrete, Spirit-empowered task that shapes how we pray, plan, and live. Our entire ecosystem exists to help ordinary believers and churches carry out this mission in everyday life.

For Reflection and Action

Which part of the Great Commission comes most naturally to you—and which part do you tend to overlook?
What simple step could you take this week to engage in going, proclaiming, baptizing, or teaching obedience?

3. Core Values and Purposes: Why We Do It This Way

Core values and purposes describe what we cherish and what we are therefore committed to do.

We value Christlike character → Therefore, we are committed to character development.
We value those in need → Therefore, we are committed to service.
We value non-Christians → Therefore, we are committed to evangelism.
We value Christians → Therefore, we are committed to discipleship.
Above all, we value God himself → Therefore, we are committed to worship.

These values protect our priorities, guard us from drift, and shape the decisions that drive our mission and vision.

For Reflection and Action

Which value—character, service, evangelism, discipleship, or worship—needs intentional strengthening right now in your home or church community?
How could you take one concrete step this week to embody one of these commitments more faithfully?

4. Strategy: The Apostolic Cycle

Strategy explains how we pursue the mission and vision in a repeatable, transferable way. The apostles did not work randomly. Built on core commitments like devotion to the Word and prayer, they pursued three central goals for advancing Jesus’s mission:

Reach non-Christians with the gospel.
Strengthen Christians in community.
Develop leaders to start and strengthen churches.

These goals form the apostolic cycle. Each goal is carried out through essential activities expressible in any culture. As the cycle repeats—reaching, strengthening, developing leaders—churches are started, strengthened, and multiplied across generations.

For Reflection and Action

Where in the apostolic cycle do you currently see momentum—and where do you sense a need for renewed focus?
Which non-Christian, Christian, or emerging leader could you invest in this month to participate actively in the cycle?

5. Our Approach: The Center + Five Movements

Our approach describes how ordinary believers live this out in everyday life. At the center is deep communion with God through the Word, prayer, and fasting. This is how we listen to God, align with his will, and receive strength and boldness.

From that center flow five interconnected movements:

Serve – meet practical needs with tangible love.
Seek – look for receptive people whom God has prepared.
Invite – invite others to explore the message of Jesus in Scripture.
Gather – form simple, participatory gatherings where believers grow together.
Coach – walk personally with others so they grow in character, obedience, and mission.

These movements are not programs but relational rhythms—how ordinary believers participate in the apostolic cycle in daily life. When all five are active and rooted in the Word, prayer, and fasting, ordinary believers often experience extraordinary fruitfulness.

For Reflection and Action

Which of the five movements feels most natural to you—and which one do you tend to skip or neglect?
What is one simple step you could take this week to strengthen your practice of the movement you most overlook?

6. Coaching: The Circle Around the Whole Framework

Coaching is the recurring dynamic that keeps the entire ecosystem alive and multiplying. Around the whole framework—vision, mission, values, strategy, approach—is a circle of coaching relationships focused on three priorities:

Coaching Evangelists: Helping believers deepen their walk with God, recognize open doors, and clearly share the gospel with non-Christians.
Coaching Disciple Makers: Walking with Christians as they help new believers obey Jesus through Scripture, prayer, obedience, and fellowship.
Coaching Leaders: Equipping men to shepherd communities, lead simple gatherings, and start, strengthen, and multiply churches across generations.

Ministry coaching is both relational and structured. Coaches meet regularly with coachees to ask questions, listen, encourage, and pray. Over time, every believer is encouraged to receive coaching and then to coach others. This ongoing circle is how evangelists, disciple makers, and leaders are formed and multiplied.

For Reflection and Action

Who is currently coaching you—and whom could you intentionally begin coaching?
Which of the three coaching priorities (evangelists, disciple makers, leaders) most needs strengthening in your ministry context?

Conclusion

This integrated framework is the “whole picture” of our ministry ecosystem:

Vision at the center—starting, strengthening, and multiplying churches at every New Testament level.
Mission clearly defined—making disciples of all nations through going, proclaiming, baptizing, and teaching obedience.
Core values and purposes that protect our priorities and shape our commitments.
Strategy in the apostolic cycle—reaching unbelievers, strengthening believers, developing leaders.
Our approach—serve, seek, invite, gather, coach—rooted in the Word, prayer, and fasting.
Coaching evangelists, disciple makers, and leaders—circling everything with ongoing support and multiplication.

As you explore this website, keep this framework in view. Every page, training, and resource fits somewhere in this picture. This is the system we embrace because it is the clearest, simplest, most biblical way to implement the apostolic vision and mission in everyday life.

May God use ordinary believers—through this ecosystem—to make disciples, and to start, strengthen, and multiply churches in homes, cities, regions, and nations until Jesus returns.