Table of Contents
Acknowledgements—Tom Jones
Forewords—Thom Rainer and Ed Stetzer
Why Plant Churches—Tom Jones
A Church Planter…Who Me? The Call to Plant—Marcus Bigelow
“Do It Again, God! Do It Again!”—Gene Appel
Urban Church Planting: The Call to the City—Rick Grover
Simple Churches—Greg Hubbard
The Third Option: Multi-Site—Dave Ferguson
Starting or Re-Starting the Church-Call It What You Will—Mont Mitchell
Postmodern Issues—Laura Buffington, John Emmert, Erin McDade, Chris Smith
It Takes a Movement—Marcus Bigelow
The True Value of Partnership—Greg Marksberry
-Partnership worksheet—Can be found at College Press website
The New Church Management Team—Paul Williams
-Potential Staff Questionnaire—Can be found at College Press website
Creating a Church Planting Team—Tom Jones
Church Planter Assessment—R. Paige Mathews
Faith and Family—Dave Smith
“Show Me the Money!” Financing a New Church—Tom Jones
Coaching: Getting Beyond New Church Mediocrity—John Wasem
-Coaching Log—Can be found at College Press website
-Coaching Test—Can be found at College Press website
The Hard Work of Contextualization—Phil Claycomb
-Focus Group Questions—Can be found at College Press website
-Practical Steps—Can be found at College Press website
Thinking Strategically—Brian Jones
Planning and Administration—Todd Wilson
-church planting checklist—Can be found at College Press website
Marketing—Brett Andrews and Tim Stephens
Church in a Barn: Facilities—Troy McMahon
Outreach Evangelism and Church Planting—Bob Harrington
Strategies for Creating a Dynamic Children’s Ministry—Debbie Jones and Lisa Jones
Preaching in the New Church—Paul Williams
Worship—Brent Foulke and Mark Wilkinson
Reproducing Biblical Community—Jon Ferguson
Developing the Leadership Culture—Glen Schneiders
Growing Pains: Managing Conflict in Church Planting—Tom Jones and Mike Decker
When You Hit the Church Planting Wall—Tom and Nona Lohr
Phase 2 of Church Planting—Charlie McMahan
Conclusion—Tom Jones
Church Planting Bibliography—Tom Jones and John Wasem