Multiplication Initiative
Growing the church by seeing churches, leaders and disciples multiply and reproduce through their pursuit of Christ.
We desire to see God multiply what he is building.
God blessed them & said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” A command repeated to Adam & Eve, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and now the Church. “Some seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop – a hundred, sixty and thirty times what was sown.” The Parable of Sower provides us with promise as we plant the gospel we will see a multiplied harvest. Multiplication should be at the forefront of the church’s thoughts, design and activity.
Disciples multiplying disciples.
Leaders multiplying leaders.
Churches multiplying churches.
This will require a transformative mindset shift from a focus on adding to the attendance of our gatherings to equipping, empowering and releasing the multipliers among us.
Strengthening Our Multiplication Reflex
Why do people lose reflexes? There are many contributing factors: a combination of age-related changes in the brain cause slowed signals from the brain to the body. Limited movement, injury and disease can limit flexibility. The same is true in the Body of Christ. Some factors have led to EMCC’s loss of our multiplication reflex.
Now, in 2025, it’s time for us to work our multiplication muscles again. In the past, our pastors and churches prayed, dreamed, and collaborated to start new churches. Many of our churches were birthed from our multiplication reflex. Our model of starting a service and attracting people has shifted to multiplying disciples, investing in leaders and forming disciple-making groups, communities, and churches. Over the past decade, we can count the number of new churches on one hand. We have grown wonderfully, from adding to the attendance of our gatherings to equipping, empowering and releasing the multipliers among us.
The drivers of multiplication are ordinary people.
Multiplication Minded
A few years from now we will see the path we took that strengthened our reflex toward multiplication. We will be able to count:
More disciples as disciples who multiply disciples,
More leaders, as leaders who multiply leaders,
And more dreams, plans and beginnings of new churches.
As scripture leads us in our understanding that a mindset shifts doesn’t happen through information; it happens through transformation. (Romans 12:2)
We are investing in projects and leadership that seek to multiply and stimulate a renewed culture of multiplication by:
Learning about multiplication training from multiplication organizations and our global partners
Exploring ways to huddle and resource by learning from current member churches and their success stories.
Developing strategies around leader multiplication by working with leaders who are seeing the Lord’s success through projects and initiatives.
Apply for our Multiplication Fund Grant
If you are sensing God’s leading to start something new, the Multiplication Fund is here to help you take the next faithful step toward the multiplication of disciples, leaders, and churches.
Applications are reviewed throughout the year and formally adjudicated at least three times annually.
Grants may be awarded up to $10,000 per calendar year, with first-time applicants given priority.
Recipients may reapply 12 months after the original application deadline, with any subsequent grants capped at $5,000.
Who can apply?
EMCC Member Churches
Active EMCC congregations desiring to start new work in a new community, daughtering a congregation, or supporting the launch of an immigrant congregation can apply.
EMCC Credential Holders
Active EMCC credential holders who are starting or launching a new ministry work can apply. A spouse who is actively engaged in the startup may be included in the application.
All applications must clearly reflect EMCC’s vision to multiply disciples, leaders, and churches, with startup initiatives rooted in our disciple-making DNA and practice. Applicants must demonstrate a genuine financial need and submit a completed application with all required supporting documentation.
Heinz Janzen is our EMCC Multiplication Initiative Coordinator .
He is positioned to assist EMCC churches in multiplying churches that reflect contextual expressions.
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