LK10

A COMMUNITY
OF
SEVEN PRACTICES PRACTICE
Jesus taught that “everyone who is fully trained
will be like his teacher” (LK. 6:40). And, this is
our desire – to be like Jesus. In His life, we see
certain repeating patterns or rhythms or
practices. Those who are members of the LK10
Community are practitioners of those patterns.
By being in community, we can share what we
are learning on this common journey.

Dallas Willard helps understand the importance

of spiritual practices: “My central claim is that
we can become like Christ by doing one thing –
by following him in the overall style of life he
chose for himself. If we have faith in Christ, we
must believe that he knew how to live. We can,
through faith and grace, become like Christ by
practicing the types of activities he engaged in,
by arranging our whole lives around the
activities he himself practiced in order to remain
constantly at home in the fellowship of his
Father.” The Spirit of the Disciplines:
Understanding How God Changes Lives, p. ix.
LK10 is oriented around seven practices. The
first three apply to every follower of Jesus. We
center our own lives on them and we train our
disciples in them. The last four practices relate
specifically to planting churches. As apostolic
church planters, we center our ministries on
them and train other church planters in them.
(Note: We don’t intend to imply that these are
the only practices or spiritual disciplines for
either followers of Jesus or church planters.
These are just the ones we feel led to focus on
in this community. We encourage everyone to
engage other practices as directed by Jesus.)
Next Steps
1. Read more on the www.LK10.com site.
Get more detailed information on the “7
Practices,” connect with other members of
LK10 and join the ongoing conversation in the
discussion in the forum.
2. Check out all of the available LK10
resources at www.LK10Resources.com - a
kind of “Best of LK10” website. This is a new
website (as of August 2009) so check back
regularly for more resources as we will add
more on a regular basis. All over the world, God is targeting men and
women and calling them into an
3. Email us. We are glad to try and answer any unexpected and revolutionary adventure. He
further questions you may have about
is calling them to join Him in the expansion of
whether or not this Community is for you.
Email us at info@LK10.com His Kingdom through the birthing of a
multitude of small vibrant families of Jesus
(simple churches) throughout every region and
WWW.LK10.COM people group. LK10 is a voluntary community
WWW.LK10RESOURCES.COM that is by and for these church planters.
 WHAT IS LK10?
1. We are a community of church planters.
Jesus calls some to join Him in the
wonderful process of birthing spiritual
families (called simple churches, house
churches, organic churches, etc.). These
church planters are called and gifted to
plant multiple churches. They are
identified in the Bible as “sent
ones” (apostles). In a sense, we are a
community of obstetricians and
pediatricians.
2. We are a community of practice. We
are a community of practitioners. Quoting
Margaret Wheatley: “We humans learn
best when in relationship with others who
share a common practice…Communities of
practice demonstrate that it is natural for
people to seek out those who have
knowledge and experience that they need.
As people find each other and exchange
ideas, good relationships develop and a
community forms.”
family of Jesus) within close reach of every
person in every region and people group.
5. We call the Community – “LK10”.
Consider the progression of Jesus’
ministry. In stage one, He trained twelve to
live life like He did: that is, He taught them
His practices (LK. 6:40). Then, He sent
them to help birth small households of faith
(simple churches) like He did. They
returned and reported what they had done
(LK. 9:10). In stage two, He added
seventy two more and, no doubt, trained
them in the same way and sent them out.
When they returned, they reported what
they had done (LK. 10:17). In Luke 10 we
have the clearest description of the
practices that Jesus followed Himself and
then taught to his apostles for planting
churches. All of this occurred in what we
might call a “community of practice”. By
calling our community “LK10”, we are
saying that we want to follow these same
practices.

3. We are a starfish community. Spider

A Community of Practice
“People learn best in
community, when they are
engaged with one another,
when everyone is both student
and teacher, expert and
apprentice, in a rich exchange
of experiences and learnings.”
from Supporting Pioneering Leaders by
Margaret Wheatley
organizations are highly centralized with
hierarchal leadership and many clear cut
rules. Starfish organizations are
significantly decentralized with little
hierarchy and great flexibility. It is values
(DNA) that attracts people to a starfish
organization. Those same values are the
glue that holds it together. Our values are
reflected in our seven practices.
4. We are an outgrowth of DAWN
Ministries. Many of the articles on the
site were written while we were part of
DAWN Ministries. (DAWN stands for
Discipling A Whole Nation.) While no
longer connected organizationally, we
continue to be connected relationally with
the larger DAWN Family. We affirm the
DAWN Vision which is - a church (a vibrant