How your little church can grow and reproduce
Keep on obeying the commandments of Jesus. God normally brings new believers into churches that obey his Messiah Jesus. Disciples are those who lovingly obey Jesus' commands. See Matthew 28:18-20 and Acts 2:37-47.
Ensure that all the church members participate freely. Where all the believers speak to each other about Jesus, unbelievers who visit the church will become convinced that they are sinners. See 1 Corinthians 14:3, 24-26.
Have the believers in every little church pray and ask God often to help them reproduce, start new little churches, and raise up new leaders in new churches. Teach them that it is normal for every living church to reproduce.
Let members invite friends and relatives to visit their little church, if they would feel comfortable doing so. If the regular members of the little church become too many, then let some of them start another little church along with those who wish to do so.
Recount the original Good News often and invite folk to repent and trust Jesus. It is by hearing the Good News that most folk come to repent and believe. See Luke 24:45-49 and Romans 10:14-15.
Pray together often for others to come to faith in Jesus. Where possible, let two or three believers walk together in your city, praying quietly for God to show his kindness to unbelievers. Let them be ready to tell the Good News to any who ask them.
Let others take turn leading the church gatherings. Pray and ask God to let others become good leaders. When they feel ready, let them start a new church with any of the believers who want to go with them.
Start new little churches in the homes of seekers and new believers. Help local folk take the lead and teach about Jesus to their own households and friends. Coach them in the background and let them draw in their own friends and family.  
Train all church members in how to start a church. When church members must move away for work, for school or for marriage, they should know how to start a new little church. Promise to mentor them, if you can.
Set up chains of leaders who train newer leaders. You cannot start new little churches any faster than you can train leaders. Mentor a few leaders and authorise each of them to mentor a few others, in turn. Keep these chains growing by starting many new little churches.
Help conventional churches to form their members into many little churches. Some big churches want to have many little churches, and their leaders may ask you to help them learn how to do so.
Hold training workshops for workers who want to start churches. Let them form temporary little churches amongst themselves, so that they can go out and do the same with other folk.

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