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What Actually Starts Movements
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- On the Road to No Place Left
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- Jun 23, 2025
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- 3060
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Summary
When I have conversations with Emanuel Prinz, I feel like I’m sitting down with the equivalent of Jim Collins in the business world. Instead of being satisfied with anecdotal stories, he and a research team have dug into hundreds of Gospel-movements worldwide to see what is actually happening and how we can emulate it. Emanuel Prinz helps ministries grow to movements. Find out more: www.catalyticleadership.info . Find the book we talked about today, "What Actually Starts Movements," on Amazon . Check out his blog & podcast at emanuelprinz.substack.com/about Contact Emanuel directly: http://www.catalyticleadership.info/contact . Here are some of our discussion points, with time markers if you want to skip ahead. Deep Prayer: How much do movement catalysts actually pray? (15:12) Assertiveness vs Agreeableness (20:45) Influencing others’ beliefs (24:38) How Gospel receptivity affects movements: If the soil is hard, will we ever see a movement? (31:26) Busy-ness: One of the biggest movement blockers (33:46) What about non-catalysts? (39:07) How much time, on average, did it take for a catalyst to see a movement? (43:38) Radical learning (44:39) A final non-challenge (48:22) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pheaney.substack.com