An overview of recent developments in church planting. Detailed, practical, well-researched book describes the varied and exciting "fresh expressions" of church being created. Includes questions and challenges to help local churches engage with the issues.
Starting Reproducing Congregations
5. Melvin Hodges , A Guide to Church Planting ( Chicago : Moody Press , 1973 ) , p . 58 . 6. Paul Benjamin , The Growing Congregation ( Lincoln , Illinois : Lincoln Christian College Press , 1972 ) , p . 32 . 7. Ibid . , pp . 66 , 67 .
While in Australia he attended the Christian Outreach Center of Clark Taylor where he heard the following story : In 1974 Taylor started to build a church from scratch . By 1988 , that church had grown to a membership of 4,400 meeting ...
Radical Church Planting
Richard Scoggins founded and coordinated the Fellowship of Church Planters in Rhode Island for many years and now works as a coach for church planting teams working among Muslims , in addition to continuing to plant churches in England ...
The book combines their evocative stories with insights from research on commercial and social entrepreneurship to explain how these religion entrepreneurs come to believe their organizational goals must be accomplished, that they are ...
It's important to explain to them the purpose of the “ seeker's service " and invite them to the service for believers . The nurture service . This is a service specifically designed for believers . This meeting is critical for the ...
Color Your World with Natural Church Development: Experiencing All that God Has Designed You to Be
What Leaders Are Saying about Church Planting from the Ground Up “ This book is an encyclopedia of church planting . I am strongly encouraging our staff to require this book of every church planting student . ” Thom Rainer , from the ...
The LTG empowers the common Christian to do the uncommon work of reproductive discipling." (page 63) "In my years of ministry, I have not found any method that produces such powerful results in fulfilling the Great Commission.