Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age

by Stetzer, Ed

• ISBN13: 9780805427301
• ISBN10: 0805427309
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age is an instruction book for planting biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. It addresses the "how-to" and "why" issues of church planting by providing practical guidance through all the phases of a church plant with a missional look at existing and emerging cultures. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ed Stetzer, Ph.D. has planted churches in New York and Pennsylvania. He has trained church planters across the United States and on five continents. A former seminary professor, he currently directs the Nehemiah Project of the North American Mission Board, helping recruit and train church planters

Table of Contents

Foreword by Leopard Sweet	xiii
Preface	xv
Part 1 Basics of Church Planting	1	(70)
Chapter 1: Introduction	3	(10)
Chapter 2: Redeveloping a Missional Mind-set for North America	13	(19)
Chapter 3: The Biblical Basis of Church Planting	32	(17)
Chapter 4: Models of Church Plants and Church Planters	49	(22)
Part 2 Basics of New Church Life	71	(32)
Chapter 5: What Makes a Church Planter?	73	(10)
Chapter 6: Church Structure	83	(7)
Chapter 7: Planter-Pastor Leadership	90	(6)
Chapter 8: Involving Lay Leaders	96	(7)
Part 3 Understanding Cultures and Models	103	(72)
Chapter 9: The Builders and the Boomers	105	(5)
Chapter 10: Emerging Postmodern Generations	110	(20)
Chapter 11: Culturally Relevant Ministry in a Postmodern World	130	(6)
Chapter 12: Emerging Planting Models in a Postmodern World	136	(21)
Chapter 13: African-American and Ethnic Church Planting	157	(8)
Chapter 14: House Churches	165	(10)
Part 4 Church Planting Nuts and Bolts	175	(64)
Chapter 15: Choosing a Focus Group	177	(10)
Chapter 16: Evangelism in a Postmodern World	187	(16)
Chapter 17: Developing a Core Group	203	(8)
Chapter 18: Small Groups	211	(10)
Chapter 19: Finding and Handling Finances	221	(11)
Chapter 20: Choosing a Name and a Logo	232	(7)
Part 5 Starting Off Right	239	(76)
Chapter 21: Finding a Meeting Place	241	(11)
Chapter 22: Getting the Attention of the Media	252	(6)
Chapter 23: The Launch-Birth of a New Church	258	(8)
Chapter 24: Worship in the New Church	266	(9)
Chapter 25: Preaching in the New Church	275	(9)
Chapter 26: Assimilation in the New Church	284	(16)
Chapter 27: Growth in the New Church	300	(9)
Chapter 28: Children in the New Church	309	(6)
Part 6 Making it Official	315	(22)
Chapter 29: Congregational Formation	317	(3)
Chapter 30: Churches Planting Churches	320	(9)
Chapter 31: Breaking the Mold: Church Planting Movements	329	(8)
Endnotes	337	(24)
Index	361