Honduras Church Planting Movement: The Launch
For Several weeks, since we started this blog, I have been giving a lot of "Big Picture" background on Church Planting Movements and how World Missions and Evangelism has gotten involved. Also, I have spent time on Big Goals in terms of finishing the task worldwide.
Now, I want to focus on our specific project: a pilot C.P.M. project in Honduras, Central America. W.M.E.'s strategy coordinator is Randy Travis, a veteran missionary. Along with his wife, Linda, son, Keith, and daughter-in-law, Juanita, he is overseeing this project. This project has a goal of planting one hundred churches that will multiply into thousands and goes by the initials H.C.P.M.. The pictures and videos on this blog are from this project.
Today, August 1, 2008, it has been twenty-four months since the inception of the H.C.P.M. project. Here is a timeline of what has been done to launch this project.
September 2006: David Parish and Randy Travis take intensive training in C.P.M. principles from David Watson in Dallas. The H.C.P.M. concept is born.
October 2006: Randy does research on C.P.M. principles.
November-December 2006: Randy Travis, Keith Travis and Richard Crowder make exploratory trip to Honduras to assess the need and geographical place for H.C.P.M. project.
January 2007: Randy develops initial strategic plan and presents it to David Parish. It is presented to the Board of Directors and the project is approved. Initial launch is projected for the middle of 2007.
March 2007: The decision is made to send Randy and his family to lay the foundation of the project while funding for project is developed.
April 2007: W.M.E. hosts C.P.M. training for missionaries. David Watson trains several missionaries and examines H.C.P.M. strategic plan and gives recommendations which are very helpful.
June 2007: Randy, Linda, Keith and Juanita Travis move to Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. Residence is established and they begin developing training curriculum and preparing the base.
November-December 2007: Randy, Linda and Keith travel to the United States for the World Missions and Evangelism Conference. While in the U.S. a water well drill is obtained for access ministry. This, along with clothes and other supplies, are shipped to Honduras by missionary Darrel Dakin. The final strategic plan (budget and timeline) are decided.
January-April 2008: The Travis family travels back to Honduras. The base is prepared and the Church Planting team is chosen after extensive interviews and prayer.
April 29, 2008: Church Planting Team arrives at the base.
May-June 2008: Intensive training of church planters. They are taught to ride motorcycles for access into mountain villages. All C.P.M. principles are taught and the team prepares spiritually with much prayer. David Parish visits the team near the end of June and training is finished.
June 25-July 2008: Team does survey trips to plan outreach and then takes a week-long break to visit families. The teams reassemble and deploy the week of July 21. The first inductive Bible studies in potential church planting locations begin on July 31. Twenty-two contacts for potential church planting have been made.
Now it is August, the 24th month since conception of the H.C.P.M. project. Keep checking this blog for the story of how this project develops and please cover this project in prayer.
Now, I want to focus on our specific project: a pilot C.P.M. project in Honduras, Central America. W.M.E.'s strategy coordinator is Randy Travis, a veteran missionary. Along with his wife, Linda, son, Keith, and daughter-in-law, Juanita, he is overseeing this project. This project has a goal of planting one hundred churches that will multiply into thousands and goes by the initials H.C.P.M.. The pictures and videos on this blog are from this project.
Today, August 1, 2008, it has been twenty-four months since the inception of the H.C.P.M. project. Here is a timeline of what has been done to launch this project.
September 2006: David Parish and Randy Travis take intensive training in C.P.M. principles from David Watson in Dallas. The H.C.P.M. concept is born.
October 2006: Randy does research on C.P.M. principles.
November-December 2006: Randy Travis, Keith Travis and Richard Crowder make exploratory trip to Honduras to assess the need and geographical place for H.C.P.M. project.
January 2007: Randy develops initial strategic plan and presents it to David Parish. It is presented to the Board of Directors and the project is approved. Initial launch is projected for the middle of 2007.
March 2007: The decision is made to send Randy and his family to lay the foundation of the project while funding for project is developed.
April 2007: W.M.E. hosts C.P.M. training for missionaries. David Watson trains several missionaries and examines H.C.P.M. strategic plan and gives recommendations which are very helpful.
June 2007: Randy, Linda, Keith and Juanita Travis move to Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. Residence is established and they begin developing training curriculum and preparing the base.
November-December 2007: Randy, Linda and Keith travel to the United States for the World Missions and Evangelism Conference. While in the U.S. a water well drill is obtained for access ministry. This, along with clothes and other supplies, are shipped to Honduras by missionary Darrel Dakin. The final strategic plan (budget and timeline) are decided.
January-April 2008: The Travis family travels back to Honduras. The base is prepared and the Church Planting team is chosen after extensive interviews and prayer.
April 29, 2008: Church Planting Team arrives at the base.
May-June 2008: Intensive training of church planters. They are taught to ride motorcycles for access into mountain villages. All C.P.M. principles are taught and the team prepares spiritually with much prayer. David Parish visits the team near the end of June and training is finished.
June 25-July 2008: Team does survey trips to plan outreach and then takes a week-long break to visit families. The teams reassemble and deploy the week of July 21. The first inductive Bible studies in potential church planting locations begin on July 31. Twenty-two contacts for potential church planting have been made.
Now it is August, the 24th month since conception of the H.C.P.M. project. Keep checking this blog for the story of how this project develops and please cover this project in prayer.
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