1. Growth in the early church was described as multiplying - Ac 6:7; 9:31; 12:24

2. Contrast 'spiritual multiplication' with 'spiritual addition'

a. Spiritual addition - involves leading people to Christ, but that is all

b. Spiritual multiplication - involves leading people to Christ, then developing them until they are leading others to Christ

1. 'Spiritual multiplication' involves four stages:

a. Evangelizing - teaching others the gospel of Christ - Mt 28:19

b. Follow-up - teaching them to observe all that Christ commanded - Mt 28:20

c. Reproducing - when they in turn begin to teach others - cf. 2Ti 2:2

d. Multiplying - what finally occurs when those taught in turn follow-up and make disciples who then teach others -

• Without 'follow-up', spiritual multiplication does not happen!