There is a growing "gospel gap" across North America and around the world. More people than ever do not have the opportunity to make an informed decision about Jesus or even know personally a follower of Christ. While we're grateful for every spiritually interested seeker who begins their exploration by visiting a local church, much more often it is in the everyday places of life that they come into contact with those who winsomely and fully follow Christ. There has never been a significant movement of God without the significant engagement of lay people. When laypeople partner with pastors, the potential for Kingdom advancement intensifies. This leads to disciples making disciples (discipling disciples), people being empowered in faith, and equipped to grow so that God's Spirit fills every part of them and ripples out into the lives around them. The authors of Marketplace Multipliers believe the marketplace, where believers and those yet to believe cross paths every day, provides an intersection for a multiplication movement.Best-selling author Kay Kotan, Wayne Schmidt and Carrie Whitcher seek to be one example of "clergy and laity" partnering together in order to fulfill the Great Commission to "Go and make disciples. This book is part of The Greatest Expedition series, aimed at providing assistant to congregations who want to do more than "stay in place," but to move out into the world. What Readers are Saying About Marketplace Multipliers No longstanding revival in Christian history has occurred without the influence of the laity. Marketplace Multipliers is a perfect tool to help resource this generation’s laity for reaching the world for Christ. If you want your life to be a part of something greater than yourself, I highly recommend this valuable resource. Ken NashPastor Cornerstone Church, Grand Rapids MI There’s never been a more important time than today for lay and clergy to work together so their collective full-redemptive potential can be realized. Marketplace Multipliers gives us the practical tools we need to make that partnership of lay and clergy as effective as possible. Read it. Apply it. Let’s change the world together! Chris Conrad District Superintendent, Great Lakes Region of The Wesleyan Church The trajectory and experiences of my life thus far have been a product of countless decisions by others to invest in me. This book with its inspiring stories and practical pointers equips us to call out the best in each other as we steward our influence in the marketplace. Estherlita Griffiths Estherlita Griffiths and Associates, Calgary AB
Authors
Kay Kotan is the founder of You Unlimited (coaching, consulting and training company) and Impressions Unlimited (mystery worshiper company). She is also the creator of The Greatest Expedition – a collaboration of more than twenty thought leaders providing resources and insights for a congregational journey to develop new MAPS (ministry action plans) to reach new people in your community. Kay has also launched Multipliers’ Movement – a gathering of kingdom multipliers for sharing, equipping, and encouraging. She is a CoachU and Advanced CoachU Graduate, an accredited coach (PCC: Professional Certified Coach) with the ICF, International Coaching Federation, a Certified Path 1 Coach, and once served on the faculty at Coaching4Clergy. As a passionate lay person, she has a banking background and has been a business owner for more than 25 years. Kotan has served as a church developer for conferences and worked with churches, pastors, conferences, and judicatory leaders across the country for more than a decade. She is most proud to be the wife of Bob for 29 years and the mother of their adult son, Cameron.
Dr. Wayne Schmidt has been General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church since June 2016. He is the author of a number of books, and has been a contributing editor for Leadership Journal. He was a cofounding, and later senior, pastor of Kentwood Community Church in Grand Rapids, from 1979-2009. He was chief administration officer of Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University from 2010-16. In both positions he emphasized multiethnic ministry and his time was marked by growth. He received his BA from Marion College (now Indiana Wesleyan), his MA from Calvin, and his DMin from Trinity Evangelical.
