Aug 3, 2026 · 49 min · 7 segments
In this episode of the Church Planter Podcast, Peyton Jones and Pete Mitchell talk about the shift from the multiplication movement to what Peyton calls the mobilization movement. After opening with…
Peyton JonesHost
Pete MitchellHost
Well, the, the multiplication movement is really kind of, um, it's, it's dying a little bit.
Like people aren't really interested in, um, even church planning like, like they were 10 years ago, like back in those days.
Um, it's now becoming rather than a bunch of like young people going, "Oh, I just wanna reach my community", I'm not saying that doesn't still happen, but it's, it's been industrialized.
It's been turned into our denomination better get multiplying or we're gonna die.
Like who does that? And they learn, and then they come back, and they're a bunch of guys working for I think it was like InterVarsity or whatever it was.
It was d- because think about it, right? Like most denominations, the, you give 10% to the organization the denomination came from.
So the denomination's like, "Dude, if we plant 200 churches," right? "And they're giving 10% of their income while these other churches are dying, we're, then the organization's gonna keep running." And I can remember kind of seeing behind the curtain a little bit years ago and realizing, 'cause for me, like I never planted with the denomination.
Well, the, the multiplication movement is really kind of, um, it's, it's dying a little bit.
Like people aren't really interested in, um, even church planning like, like they were 10 years ago, like back in those days.
Um, it's now becoming rather than a bunch of like young people going, "Oh, I just wanna reach my community", I'm not saying that doesn't still happen, but it's, it's been industrialized.
It's been turned into our denomination better get multiplying or we're gonna die.
Like who does that? And they learn, and then they come back, and they're a bunch of guys working for I think it was like InterVarsity or whatever it was.
It was d- because think about it, right? Like most denominations, the, you give 10% to the organization the denomination came from.
So the denomination's like, "Dude, if we plant 200 churches," right? "And they're giving 10% of their income while these other churches are dying, we're, then the organization's gonna keep running." And I can remember kind of seeing behind the curtain a little bit years ago and realizing, 'cause for me, like I never planted with the denomination.
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