Planting and Growing Urban Churches : From Dream to Reality

by Conn, Harvie M., ed.

• ISBN13: 9780801021091
• ISBN10: 080102109X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Planting and Growing Urban Churches traces the challenging but rewarding process of church planting in the city from initial stages to establishment-from dream to reality.

Author Biography

Harvie M. Conn is professor of missions at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, where he has served since 1972. He was a missionary in Korea from 1960 to 1972. His numerous books and articles include The American City and the Evangelical Church and Eternal Word and Changing Worlds: Theology, Missions, and Anthropology in Trialogue; he continues to edit Urban Mission.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
Harvie M. Conn
Contributors	13	(4)
Introduction	17	(8)
Roger S. Greenway
Part 1 Research: Searching for the Right Questions	25	(44)
Introduction to Part 1	25	(10)
Harvie M. Conn
1. Learning from Urban Church Research	35	(11)
C. Kirk Hadaway
2. Using Research Strategically in Urban Ministry	46	(7)
James R. Engel
3. Caleb Project Research Expeditions	53	(14)
John Holzmann
Resources for Doing Research	67	(2)
Part 2 Strategy Planning: Searching for the Right Answers	69	(56)
Introduction to Part 2	69	(10)
Harvie M. Conn
4. The Challenge of World Evangelization to Mission Strategy	79	(15)
Ray Bakke
5. Addressing Felt Needs of Urban Dwellers	94	(17)
Craig W. Ellison
6. How to Create an Urban Strategy	111	(12)
Ralph N. Neighbour Jr.
Resources for Doing Strategy Planning	123	(2)
Part 3 Targeting: Linking Church to Urban Community	125	(68)
Introduction to Part 3	125	(10)
Harvie M. Conn
7. From Homogeneity to Congruence: A Church-Community Model	135	(15)
David Britt
8. Sorry! The Frontier Moved	150	(14)
Viv Grigg
9. Networking: Hope for the Church in the City	164	(18)
Robert C. Linthicum
10. Rural Roots and Urban Evangelism	182	(9)
Rebecca Long
Resources for Linking Church to City	191	(2)
Part 4 Samples: Linking Strategy to Model	193	(68)
Introduction to Part 4	193	(10)
Harvie M. Conn
11. Church Planting Strategies for World-Class Cities	203	(8)
James E. Westgate
12. Megachurches for Christian Minorities: Hope of Bangkok	211	(11)
Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
13. Reproducing House Churches: An Autobiographical Pilgrimage	222	(9)
Dick Scoggins
14. His Word to His World: First Baptist Church, Flushing, New York	231	(4)
William Travis
15. Between Resurrection and Reconciliation: The Story of New Song Community Church	235	(9)
Mark R. Gornik
16. Harambee Christian Family Center	244	(7)
Benjamin P. Pierce
17. Encounter with God: The Guayaquil Model	251	(8)
Fred Smith
Resources for Sampling	259	(2)
Index of Subjects	261	(7)
Index of Names	268	(2)
Index of Biblical References	270