It is a nice thing when I read something and actually KNOW the author. Cynthia Anderson and her husband Todd have been good friends of ours for a long time. Their ministry has been great to support and when we are together we continue to be sharpened by these friends.

Her new book, The Multiplier’s Mindset is out and here is my brief review:

The Multiplier’s Mindset: Thinking Differently About Discipleship by Cynthia A. Anderson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


There are some basic words I think of when reading Anderson’s book: Faith, Hope, and Vision.

Anderson writes out of many years of experience. Things tried, things failed, new things tried, and on and on. She has a mentality of never giving up. The Gospel IS good news and lives CAN be changed. Churches can be planted. Work in missions CAN be different.

Her work possesses FAITH. She is convinced the power of the Gospel and we are capable of so much more in mission as the Church.

This book calls us to HOPE that things can indeed be different. It will often make us uncomfortable, but this book comes out of years of learning and practice. Just hold on!

Anderson has VISION. Lots of it. She casts vision that is possible. It takes a lot of re-training and re-working in the lives of many established Western believers. We have to get away from our consumer mindset and “attraction” base models of how church is done in our context. It IS possible.

There are major shifts going on in the work of missions. There are some things that still need radical shifts and changes. Anderson is committed to seeing simplicity restored to the HOW of mission and with that see churches planted and movements born where once again, just as in the New Testament, we aren’t asking, “How big is your church?” or “Who is the big preacher you like?”

This is a work to engage, think through, be mad at, and then just see if what she is proposing might not be true, or at least have some things to work on.




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