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Websites Church Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Ed’s Picks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Building / Meeting Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Church Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Finances and Fund-Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Research and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Web Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Worship Service Aides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

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eçï íç rëÉ qÜáë dìáÇÉ This guide has been put together to help those of you who are involved or looking to be involved in church planting. There are numerous resources out there to help you. We hope we have done the work - scouring the internet, researching the publishers, and asking successful church planters what resources have been valuable to them - to put together a wide collection of resources. The guide has been split into four resource groups: books, websites, magazines and newsletters, and tools. The focus is church planting; however we felt it would be helpful to resource items in other categories, as well. So we included additional resources such as leadership resources, church financing resources, and church administration resources, to name a few. Hopefully this guide can help you sort through the resources to get the guidance and knowledge you can use.

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péÉÅá~ä qÜ~åâë We would like to extend a special thanks those who made this list of resources possible. Thank you to the knowledgable people who gave their recommendations and names to be used on our Picks Pages (Mark Driscoll, Ed Waken, and Dave Travis). Thank you to Ed Stetzer who also gave us a list of many church planting resources. Ed is the Director of Research and Missiologist at the North American Mission Board. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents. He has planted churches in New York and Pennsylvania. He holds two masters and two doctorates. His Ph.D. dissertation addressed the issue of what helps new churches grow. Stetzer served for three years as a seminary professor, teaching missions, church planting, and evangelism at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and has taught at 10 other seminaries. His book, Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, helps church planters to start and grow biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. The book has become a standard church planting textbook in many evangelical seminaries. He has coauthored (with Elmer Towns) Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church which helps churches to determine what parts of church life are biblically commanded.

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_ççâë `ÜìêÅÜ mä~åíáåÖ 30 Years That Changed the World by Michael Green Inter-Varsity Press; (April 2002) This book is an inspiring, thematic approach to the Book of Acts. Each theme is applied directly to modern church life and to the relationship between the church and today’s world. Themes opened up include church planting, evangelistic preaching, guidance, leadership and effective communication of the gospel in message and lifestyle. 44 Questions for Church Planters by Lyle E. Schaller Abingdon Press; (January 1997) Answers the question “Why start new churches?” and shows how to reverse the decline of new church development. Schaller offers tested advice based on more than thirty years of working with leaders responsible for developing new churches. A Biblical Church Planting Manual: From the Book of Acts by Marlin Mull Wipf & Stock Publishers; (May 2004) Big Dreams in Small Places By Tom Nebel ChurchSmart Resources; (2002) Most small communities are typically secure, progressive, wonderful, authentic, vibrant, healthy... and needy. They represent a huge mission field that is ripe for a relevant gospel witness. This book is written to inspire, encourage, and challenge anyone who has ever thought of planting a new church to consider the possibility of living that adventure in the context of a small town. May your heart begin to beat a little faster for such an adventure as you read these pages. The Cell-Driven Church: Realizing the Harvest by Billy Hornsby Winds of Fire; (August 2000) This book will provide you with an insider’s look at a very successful American cell church, Bethany World Prayer Center. The easy-to-read “how-to” format highlights the most important strategies to employ. It includes a do’s and don’ts list for cell churches. It also includes practical A-to-Z information from “why cells?” to actual operation of a cell meeting. The Church Comes Home: Building Community and Mission through Home Churches by Robert Banks, Julia Banks Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.; (January 1998) In our modern dislocated society, many are searching for a church experience that offers true Christian sharing, nurturing, and discipleship, in addition to teaching and worship. For many such people the answer is found in the home church: a small, committed group of often diverse people who meet together in homes to pray, eat, sing, study, and share their lives. The Church Comes Home is a handbook for those interested in home churches. It describes how home churches can be formed, how they should grow, and how networks of home churches can develop. It examines issues and offers practical suggestions for their resolution.

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Church Multiplication Guide by George Patterson, Richard Scoggins William Carey Library Pub; Revised edition (August 2003) This book is very practical in addressing the areas of church multiplication and reproduction from ten points of view in response to Jesus’ command. “As our teams apply the Biblical principles explained in these pages we see fruit: disciples are made, churches are born and multiply.” – Kevin Sutter, Church Planting Coach, Youth With A Mission The Church Planter’s Assessment Guide by Charles Ridley, Robert E. Logan ChurchSmart This assessment is a companion guide to Training for Selection Interviewing and Evaluating and Reporting. It will provide many tools to help you in the interview process. Church Planting: A Study of Westmoreland Nonconformity by Alan P. Sell Wipf & Stock Publishers; June 1998 www.alibris.com Church Planting for a Greater Harvest: A Comprehensive Guide by C. Peter Wagner Regal Books; (December 1990) Peter Wagner shares his knowledge and insight in this comprehensive guide on how to plant a church. It is an up-to-date textbook on church planting and a helpful summary of church growth principles in general. Church Planting from the Ground Up by Tom Jones College Press Publishing Company; (March 2004) Church Planting from the Ground Up is a visionary guide for the critical task of new church multiplication. Share in the wisdom of these field-tested veterans as you gain insight from their stories, practical ideas, and real-world experiences. Church Planting in the African American Community By Michael J. Cox, Joe Samuel Ratliff Judson Press; (2002) In this valuable resource for church planters, evangelists, community activists, urban planners, and others, Cox and Ratliff will take you on a journey of discovery that will lead you to develop a theology and strategy for church planting. Church Planting in the African-American Community offers practical, detailed, and invaluable advice for churches and their leaders – the kind of advice you won’t find anywhere else because no other guide explains how America’s grand black churches grew to such size and stature in the face of society’s ever-present challenges and roadblocks. Whether you are already involved in the process of sponsoring a new church plant or just considering a first step in the adventure, you will discover what it takes to overcome the odds facing church planters in the African-American community.

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Church Planting in the African-American Context by Hozell C. Francis, H. E. Francis Zondervan; (July 1999) One in every six churches in the United States is African-American. So, given the church’s central role in the black community, why is the number of unchurched African-Americans increasing? How can you plant a church that proclaims, with power and relevance, the unchanging Gospel to our changing African-American culture? Drawing from his wealth of experience, Hozell Francis gives you both the theory and practice for raising up a church in today’s black community. You’ll find out how to: shape a vision to guide your church; form plans to realize your vision; cultivate strong community ties; develop an effective core of leaders’ impact families with the Gospel; and transcend cultural dividing lines. Church Planting in the Book of Acts by Malcolm Webber Pioneer Books; (February 2002) Order at www.livingfaithbook.com Church Planting: Laying Foundations by Stuart Murray, J. Nelson Kraybill Herald Pr; (February 2001) Essentially, this book is a primer on issues of ecclesiology. Stuart notes that far too little attention has been paid by most church planters and people seeking to renew the church. He calls upon the church to take seriously how the shape of the church determines the message it will proclaim. Murray takes the reader through a comprehensive and sweeping survey of many ways in which church planting is done. Church Planting Manual: Planting House Churches in Networks – (online) by Richard Scroggins www.dickscoggins.com/books/networks.php Church Planting Movements booklet – (condensed version) by David Garrison International Mission Board (Southern Baptist) Bibles being bought as soon as they’re printed. Scores of people lining up to be baptized. Both speak of the hunger worldwide being satisfied by God’s Word. One-panel vignettes and Scripture breeze you through this quick-read booklet. http://resources.imb.org/index.cfm/fa/prod/ProdID/18.htm

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Church Planting Movements booklet – (in-depth version) by David Garrison International Mission Board (Southern Baptist) When believers within a people group or population segment plant churches that rapidly reproduce themselves, that’s a church-planting movement. Learn how such a movement begins, grows and faces challenges. http://resources.imb.org/index.cfm/fa/prod/ProdID/17.htm Church Planting: The Next Generation by Kevin W., Ph.D. Mannoia Light & Life Communications; 2nd edition (December 1994) Introduces systems for multiplying churches.

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Church-Planting Voices By Michael Noel Christian Publications; (1998) This book contains more than 20 chapters written by church planters covering such subjects as “Why Plant Churches?,” “Use Me to Heal My City, Lord,” “Attention Shoppers,” and “To Go Where No Church Has Gone Before.” Church Without Walls: A Global Examination of the Cell Church by Michael Green Send the Light; (July 2002) The decline of the traditional church in the West has met with the emergence of new ways of being the people of God. One of these is the phenomenal growth of cell churches – small groups of committed Christians meeting in homes and spawning new cells with enthusiasm. While the cell church movement is still small in most Western countries, it is likely to become a major player in the church of the future. In countries like China, Singapore and Malaysia it is the most popular vehicle for their extraordinary explosion of Christianity. Church Without Walls: A Global Examination of the Cell Church brings together a number of scholars and church leaders from across the world to examine and critique the natures, values and growth of the cell church movement. Churches That Multiply: A Bible Study on Church Planting by Elmer L. Towns, Douglas Porter Beacon Hill Press; (January 2003) This Bible study takes a look at how the early church spread the gospel and compares their approach to today’s methods for church growth. You’ll learn from their experiences and use what works best for you, as you form a step-by-step strategy to meet the individual needs of your new church. Cities: Missions’ New Frontier by Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma Baker Book House; 2nd edition (May 2000) Peppered with practical, experiential illustrations, this book draws its biblical inspiration from the model of the Antiochan church in the Book of Acts. It provides foundations for the practice of urban mission and emphasizes the vital importance of this field of ministry. City Reaching: On the Road to Community Transformation by Jack Dennison Gabriel Resources; (October 1999) The author presents a compelling and strategic process for mobilizing the Church to reach the urban centers of America and beyond. He presents the theology, principles and processes of establishing a whole Church, whole Gospel, and whole city effort targeting the goal of transforming communities. Community of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church by Steve Sjogren, Rob Lewin Gospel Light; (2003) If you want to plant a church, you need to dream big. If you want your seedling church to survive – and ultimately bloom and blossom – you really need this book! Written by church planters who have “been there, done that,” this book is a practical, real-world guide to successful church planting – credible, informative, inspirational, supportive, and most of all, 100 percent problem-solving oriented. All of the book’s lessons are short, pithy and to the point, so you can use them to pre-plan your goals, or refer to them every time the unexpected pops up (which is more often than not).

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Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New Testament Models of Church Planting by David W. Shenk, Ervin R. Stutzman Herald Pr; (July 1988) This book is a modern book with 2,000-year-old roots. The authors constantly look back to the New Testament for models of church planting. Then they look forward and wrestle with the timeless challenge of applying the basic scriptural principles and insights to a modern people. Cultivating a Life for God by Neil Cole ChurchSmart Resources and CMA Resources The church of Jesus Christ in North America is at war, and from all external appearances seems to be losing! Whereas once we were senders of missionaries in the world, we are now a mission field in desperate need of the gospel. Somehow we have managed to lose sight of the prime directive given to us by Jesus himself: to “go and make disciples of all nations.” There is hope. We can still fulfill the great commission in this generation, but we will need to get back the power that spread the gospel across the globe in the first century. Cultivating a Life for God takes an in-depth look at a tool called Life Transformation Groups and explains how this tool can release the awesome power of multiplication in your church. Dancing With Dinosaurs: Ministry in a Hostile and Hurting World by William Easum Abingdon Press; (1993) If the church doesn’t modernize the way it ministers to today’s world, warns Easum, it will disappear like the dinosaur! Arguing that many long-standing ministry methods “no longer work,” Easum challenges us to change the way we present the gospel – so contemporary society understands it. Learn how to plant a culturally relevant congregation that makes a difference! Desiring Renewal by Aubrey Malphurs Baker Book House; 2nd edition (July 1998) Aubrey Malphurs fervently believes that the church will awaken and thrive in the 21st Century – but in nothing like its 20th century form. This book emphasizes the importance of a ministry’s core values, mission, and strategy. Sixteen accompanying worksheets are included and new chapter-end checklists aid in review. The creative handbook shows church planters how to focus on the essential ingredients for success. The Dynamic Daughter Church Planting Handbook by Paul Becker, Mark Williams Dynamic Church Planting International Practical, proven, and challenging—everything you need to know to plant a daughter church. www.dcpi.org/handbooks_only.html

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Expanding God’s Kingdom through Church Planting by Fred Herron Writer’s Showcase Press; (February 2003) Using a biblical, strategic plan, this book presents a dynamic, effective plan for planting churches. It presents God’s heart for kingdom expansion planting local churches. Herron discusses characteristics and methods of successful church planters. He thoroughly diagrams how a potential church planter can survey a community with the intent of developing a heart for the community, how to plan strategically, and how to pray strategically. Also included are keys to effective church planting, strategic planning, gathering the core group, reaching the lost, structuring for disciple-making, and developing leaders. Common pitfalls are also discussed. Expanding God’s Kingdom through Church Planting is a book to be read, re-read and shared. Herron writes, “This book was written to provide a high-quality guidebook for church planters, churches that plant churches, schools that teach church planting, and denominational or post-denomination leaders.” Friends: The Key to Reaching Generation X by Ralph Moore, Steven Lawson Regal Books; Rev edition (June 2001) The future of the Church depends on how successfully we reach the highly influential Generation X. But new programs alone aren’t going to do the job. Instead, we must focus on building relationships with our young people. Ralph Moore challenges the Baby Boomers to do just that – and he provides the tools we need to do so. He addresses such issues as how Gen X sees the world; how to develop a small-group ministry that appeals to Gen X; how to plant a Gen X church; how to transition a Boomer church to a Gen X church; and what the Bible says about Generation X. Getting a Church Started by Elmer L. Towns Church Growth Institute; (March 1998) Starting a church is an exciting, but never easy task. The miracle of birth is just as evident in church planting as when a child is born. The world is not hospitable to soul-winning. Most new churches begin with inadequate facilities and limited resources. It almost seems that if they are too financially prosperous, their vitality is not equal to the task. Like pioneering families, the greatest victories are won only against the most threatening foes. Not in Print. Online at www.newchurches.com/resources/Getting_a_Church_Started_student_manual[ETowns.pdf Getting Started: A Practical Guide to House Church Planting by Felicity Dale Karis Publishing, Inc.; (February 2003) This practical guide will help you change the way you view church and church planting. This manual is packed with information, biblical content, case studies and insights. Most of all it contains a challenge that anyone can be involved in advancing the Kingdom of God by starting a simple church in their home. The text flows as you’d expect from a normal book. But supporting it are a host of extra quotes from others involved in church life.

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The Global House Church Movement by Dr. Rad Zdero William Carey Library Pub; (April 2004) Today there is a major church shift happening all around the world. The Lord is raising up the global house church movement. Do you want to reach your friends and your nation with an approach to church life and church planting that is biblical and effective? This book includes chapters on biblical principles, historical insights, practical tips, and strategic directions. 9

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Great Commission Church Planting Strategy by Michael R. Estep Beacon Hill Press The book underscores the dynamic of the timeless strategy of Christ and His apostles, employs concepts of the best church growth authorities, and gives examples of how new works succeed. www.beaconhill.com Helping You Build Cell Churches by Brian Sauder, Larry Kreider House To House Publications This manual contains the tools you need... it is a biblical blueprint for cell ministry including reaching out, spiritual parenting, mistakes to avoid, leadership training, church government, and much more! Join the churches around the world that are adopting the house to house design of the early church and finding it effective in building today. High Impact Church Planting: You Can Lead a Harvest Directed Ministry by Dr. John Jackson Visionquest Ministries; (March 2002) High Impact Church Planting provides a new paradigm for planting large churches. It is a great resource for a new church planter, an existing church pastor, or leader seeking new ideas for effective ministry.

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House Church and Mission: The Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity by Roger Gehring Hendrickson Publishers; (May 2004) House Church and Mission offers scholars the first comprehensive summary of evidence concerning home churches in the New Testament and supplies pastors and lay leaders with a well-crafted discussion of the nature of “church” that explores the practical implications of house churches for outreach. Houses that Change the World by Wolfgang Simson Authentic Media; (March 2001) Millions of Christians around the world are becoming aware of an imminent reformation of global proportions within the Church. God is changing this revered institution and is making a new collective awareness of an age-old revelation, a corporate spiritual echo that reflects God’s desire for the Church. This book brings to light what God is saying to Christians everywhere. In a world where the Church is being ignored, it is time to bring the Church to the people, and not the people to the Church. Whether it is what we know as “Church” from the last five years or last five hundred years, no one has truly been able to break free from the structures of the past. Many may see this book as radical, many may see it as a reforming of old ideals, but all who read it will be challenged in their Churching and have their priorities refocused in a life-changing way. Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies by Paul G. Hiebert, Eloise Hiebert Meneses Baker Book House; (May 1996) The main focus of Incarnational Ministry is that how people behave and think is largely determined by the social structure in which they live. Evangelism and church planting strategies, if they are to succeed, must take that group interaction into account. The authors study four types of societies with differences that affect receptivity to evangelism and church planting.

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Liquid Church by Pete Ward Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.; (December 2002) This book makes an important contribution to the debates concerning post modernity and mission and post modernity and the church. It is ideal for those interested in church planting and church growth and offers much-needed information on the subject. The Ministry Playbook: Strategic Planning for Effective Churches by Henry Klopp Baker Books; (December 2002) Create a game plan that will keep your church focused and effective. Henry Klopp has spent fourteen years training church leaders to incorporate strategic planning into their ministry endeavors. In The Ministry Playbook he offers methods and tools that even novice planners can easily embrace. You’ll find insight into the challenges of leading a church in a largely unchurched culture, biblical examples of strategic planning, and how to overcome the barriers of apathy, resistance to change, and declining financial resources that face any ministry seeking to have a greater voice.

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Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? by Roland Allen Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; (June 1962) This classic study of Paul’s missionary work focuses not on the apostle’s doctrine or character but on the method by which he accomplished his task. Throughout, Allen compares Paul’s methods to modern missionary methods; he concludes by suggesting some ways the apostolic method might be usefully employed today. Multiplying Churches: Reaching Today’s Communities Through Church Planting by Stephen Timmis, Tim Chester, Tim Thornborough Christian Focus; (March 2003) Are you really being salt and light in your community if people commute to church? Can a church be planted? How do we reach our generation? Incisive chapters on the theology of church planting, the principles for multiplying effective gospel centered churches, and a fascinating look at the history of church planting help us to see the possibilities. The New Dyanamic Church Planting Handbook by Paul Becker, Jim Carpenter, Mark Williams Dynamic Church Planting International A complete workbook for church planting leaders everywhere. www.dcpi.org/dynamic_cp_handbook.html Passing the Baton: Church Planting That Empowers by Tom Steffen Center for Organization & Ministry; Revised edition (December 1997) When should a church planter release leadership of local churches to the nationals? Leave the work totally in their hands? If a missionary is to look for a practical guide book to develop, oversee, and phase out a church plant, there is no more practical resource for the field worker available today. The significance of this work is highlighting the phase out process and role changes a planter goes through.

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Paul’s Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting by Robert J. Banks Hendrickson Publishers; Revised edition (November 1994) Robert Banks’ widely read Paul’s Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Cultural Setting is once again available to lay people, pastors and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, updated and expanded the bibliography, and added an index. This new edition retains, however, all the freshness and vitality of the original. Pioneer Church Planting: A Rookie Team Leader’s Handbook by Trent Rowland, Vivian Rowland Caleb Project; (2001) Getting started as a church planter? Want to gain more insight into your existing church planting efforts? Trent and Vivian Rowland are seven years into leading a church planting team in Asia. In this handbook they articulate their experiences to help guide and inspire teams. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality by Harvie M. Conn Baker Academic; (July 1997) In Planting and Growing Urban Churches, Harvie M. Conn traces the challenging but rewarding process of church planting in the city, organizing his essays around research, strategic planning, targeting, and giving examples of successful urban efforts. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: North America and Beyond by David J. Hesselgrave, Donald Anderson McGavran Baker Book House; 2nd edition (April 2000) Ministry training often emphasizes expanding on the work of existing ministries to the neglect of addressing the difficulties of planting new churches in North America and across the world. This volume provides a practical, thorough, biblical, and inspirational corrective. This second edition draws on more recent literature, offers refined arguments, and highlights Paul’s ministry pattern. In addition, many charts, graphs, and forms bolster Hesselgrave’s skillful description of effective cross-cultural church planting. Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, Third Edition by Aubrey Malphurs Baker Publishing (2004) Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century is not about how many people you can get through the church doors on Sunday morning, but about planting and growing spiritually healthy churches that are equipped to reach today’s unchurched generation. With vision, purpose, and practical advice, Aubrey Malphurs carefully leads you through the six stages of a new church, including funding, creating a strong servant leadership, and establishing values. The church planters workbook will help you implement the book’s contents into your own unique ministry situation, showing you how to develop a focus group, recruit a leadership team, and implement small groups. This third edition of a popular and practical hands-on guide will inspire, encourage, and equip ministry leaders.

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Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age by Ed Stetzer Broadman & Holman Publishers; (June 2003) On a per capita basis, new churches win more people to Christ than established churches.... “So, if we know that new churches reach more people, and if we value reaching the unchurched, we must agree with C. Peter Wagner that, ‘The single most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven is planting new churches.’ Church planting is gaining new attention because it is a biblical method that works.” The Ripple Church Multiply Your Ministry by Parenting New Churches by Phil Stevenson Wesleyan Publishing House; (2004) Make waves that will impact your church and community! This book is written from real-life experience and provides inspiration and practical steps for your congregation to become actively involved in church parenting by communicating the motivation, theory, and practice of planting new churches. www.christianbook.com The Shepherd Plan: God’s Plan for Church Multiplication and Growth by David N. Bubar First Century Publishing; (March 2005) The plan helps your church using Biblical principles. It teaches you to make leaders out of those in your church and shows you how to recruit new souls for Christ. This plan is tried and tested and it is guaranteed to bring you the success you have dreamed of. So You Want to Start a House Church? by Frank Viola Present Testimony Ministry (September 2003) Combining both insight and foresight, So You Want to Start a House Church? calls for a drastic paradigm shift in today’s practice of the church, church planting, and the preparation for spiritual service. Amid the plethora of books on “church planting” and “apostles” that crowd book shelves today, this penetrating work is unique, challenging, and at the same time practical. In addition, it combines two rare elements: spiritual depth and New Testament scholarship. Whether you are a pastor, missionary, house church leader, church planter, scholar, or someone that desires to be part of a first-century expression of church life, this book is for you. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church: And the Causes That Kinder It by Roland Allen Wipf & Stock Publishers; (May 1997) Starting a New Church: How to Plant a High-Impact Church by Dale Galloway, Warren Bird Beacon Hill Press; (2003) You can lead your core group through this notebook to help them catch a vision and teach them to contribute to the project in significant ways. This easy-to-use notebook is divided into a leader’s guide and reproducible student workbook. The pages of the student workbook are included on CD so you can print them directly from your computer. In addition, this kit includes a DVD designed to stimulate study and discussion. Each of the 15 chapters is enhanced by a 3-5 minute video clip, usually featuring an actual church planter whose story is told in the chapter.

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Starting a New Church: The Church Planter’s Guide to Success by Ralph Moore Regal Books; (November 2002) Ralph Moore writes from over 20 years of successful church multiplication. This is not a book of theory. Its valuable insights come from wisdom forged in the crucible of real experience. If you are a church planter, a parent church pastor, or a denominational supervisor of church planters, this book is a must read! Thank God for New Churches: Church Planting Source of New Life by James H. Lehman Brethren Pr; (July 1984) That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism by Ed Silvoso Regal Books; (February 1994) Ed Silvoso is a man with a heart for God and a burden for prayer. This book is extremely valuable for those working to help win their cities for Christ.

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Who is Mark? Mark Driscoll is founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle (www.marshillchurch.org). He also founded the Paradox Theater and the Acts 29 Network which has planted scores of churches in eight nations. He holds a degree in communications from Washington State University and is completing a Masters in Exegetical Theology at Western Seminary. He speaks extensively around the country, has lectured at a number of seminaries, and has had wide media exposure ranging from NPR’s “All Things Considered” to the 700 Club, and from Leadership Journal to Mother Jones magazine. 15

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`ÜìêÅÜ ^Çãáåáëíê~íáçå Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras HarperBusiness; 1st edition (August 2002) What makes a visionary company? This book compares what the authors have identified as “visionary” companies with selected companies in the same industry. The visionary companies had a number of common characteristics, and not all of the visionary companies were founded by visionary leaders. This is an intriguing book that occasionally provides rare and interesting glimpses into the inner workings and philosophical foundations of successful businesses. Business Management in the Local Church by David R. Pollack Moody Publishers; Revised edition (February 1996) In this practical, information-packed guidebook, recognized church management expert David Pollock takes you all the way from biblical blueprints to the nuts and bolts of wise applications. Church Administration and Finance Manual: Resources for Leading the Local Church by Otto Crumroy, Jr., Stan Kukawka, Frank Witman Morehouse Group; (September 1998) As a pastor, you probably feel equipped to handle worship, preaching, and pastoral care. But when it comes to budgets, fire safety, and church management, do you find yourself at a loss? Relax! This field-tested, comprehensive manual takes the mystery out of everything from employee records to financial planning and building insurance. Church Administration: Creating Efficiency for Effective Ministry by Robert H. Welch Broadman & Holman Publishers; (January 2005) Your “business” is ministry and your talents are teaching and preaching – but you cannot avoid the administrative tasks required to run your church or religious nonprofit organization. Train your leadership and motivate your staff with this practical guide. Chapters discuss documentation; personnel, financial, and physical resources; risk management; and more. Church Administration Handbook by Bruce P. Powers Broadman & Holman Publishers; Rev&Updtd edition (January 1997) This newly revised and updated edition offers even more practical administrative guidelines, organizational hints, advice on personnel matters and much more.

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Church Administration in the Black Perspective Revised Edition by Floyd Massey, Samuel Berry McKinney Judson Press; Revised edition (June 2003) Not only does this revised edition feature updated language, but it also includes fresh information in such areas as budgeting and the use of modern technology. The authors supply detailed information on creating a church budget and discuss the role websites, computer technology, and cable access television can play in helping churches to carry out their mission. The book includes guidelines for effectively organizing church boards and committees, as well as details pertaining to overall church structure. The authors’ perspectives are well grounded in the experience of the African American Christian community, as the text explores how the African heritage and slave experience have molded black church traditions. The Church Personnel Library Church Staffing.com has assembled nearly 90 online articles and resources for you to help with your church staff search. Find all kinds of help in over twenty different categories, including: Attitudes/ Morale & Unity, Background Checks, Bi-Vocational Ministry, Children’s Pastors, Compensation, Employee Handbook, Executive Pastors, Evaluations, Healthy Staff, Hiring Decisions, – Interim Pastors, Interviews, Job Descriptions, Staff Leadership, Senior Pastors, Recruiting New Staff, Termination, Turnover of Staff, – Transition, Worship Leaders, and Youth Pastors. http://churchstaffresources.spreadtheword.com/store/STWViewItem.asp?ISBN=RM3515UHG7 The Confident Leader: Getting a Good Start as a Christian Minister by Arlo Grenz Broadman & Holman Pub; (May 1994) The Confident Leader is a practical, helpful and enjoyable book. It could serve as a textbook on church administration but it reads like a novel. The book is ideal for a novice Christian Education Director but is a good refresher for any administrator. Grenz examines planning, goal setting, decision-making, team building, motivation, conflict management, time management, delegation and communication. The information is basic, practical and applicable. The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn’t Work – and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber HarperBusiness; (May 1999) To become an E-Myth (entrepreneurial myth) manager, it’s essential to know what you want, to discover your “Primary Aim.” The E-Myth manager should have an entrepreneurial mind-set, be committed to making choices, and must exercise full accountability. Some managers, he maintains, are on autopilot. He sets forth seven steps to establish a conscious organization in which people can find meaning and success. Feeding & Leading: Practical Handbook on Administration in Churches and Christian Organizations by Kenneth Gangel Baker Book House; (2000) Every church and Christian organization has a leadership and administrative team. But how well is that team functioning? Feeding and Leading, now available in paperback, addresses this key component to effective ministry. Kenneth Gangel begins with the foundations of the administrative process and then focuses on the vocational Christian leader-pastor, president, principal, mission executive-targeting such issues as spiritual leadership, style, organization of work, goal setting, and long-range planning.

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Instant Church Office: A Pastor’s Resource of Forms and Letters by Stan Toler Beacon Hill Press; (November 2001) Reduce those piles of paper, ease your office workload, and take charge of your out-of-control schedule! This administration gold mine ensures you’re never at a loss for words. Includes form letters for all occasions; printable forms such as work requests, permission slips, and wedding applications; certificates of dedication, membership, and baptism; and much more! Ministry Nuts and Bolts: What They Don’t Teach Pastors in Seminary by Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Publications; (January 1998) A careful analysis of the primary areas of struggle for pastors reveals that pastoral training programs have neglected four foundational ministry concepts – values, mission, vision, and strategy. Pastors and congregations often fail to agree upon a set of core values that provide unity. A lack of direction indicates a corresponding lack of mission. Aubrey Malphurs examines the four vital concepts and demonstrates how to implement them in local church ministry.

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`ÜìêÅÜ dêçïíÜ The Antioch Effect: 8 Characteristics of Highly Effective Churches by Ken Hemphill Broadman & Holman Publishers; (May 1994) In this landmark book, Ken Hemphill sidesteps a generation of outreach seminars and market-driven formulas to rediscover the true source of all sustained church growth: a spiritual commitment to God. By identifying eight characteristics of growing, healthy congregations, he makes specific recommendations for evaluating and shoring up the spiritual foundations of your congregation, building its spiritual life on the unique needs and capabilities of your church. The Bonsai Theory of Church Growth by Ken Hemphill Broadman & Holman Publishers; (April 1991) Not all churches are meant to be large ones, but by removing barriers to growth, any church can grow to its natural God-given size. Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap by Thom S. Rainer Zondervan; (2005) This is the story of thirteen churches and the leaders who moved them from stagnancy to growth and from mediocrity to greatness. Drawing on one of the most comprehensive studies ever on the church, this book reveals the process of becoming a “breakout” church and the factors that lead to this spiritual metamorphosis. Eighty percent of the approximately 400,000 churches in the United States are either declining or at a plateau. Is there hope for the American church? Breakout Churches offers a resounding “yes!” and offers specific examples and principles to help you and your church become more effective. Church Growth by Design by Roe Messner Empire Group Inc.; (September 2003) The information contained in this book is essential for every person involved in church growth and the expansion of God’s Kingdom. It includes hundreds of time saving, cost-efficient helps on topics from building codes, contracts, sound systems, music, recreational facilities, parking, lighting, landscaping and other essentials. Church Growth Through Groups: Strategies for Varying Levels of Christian Community by John W. Ellas Center for Church Growth; (January 1990) You will discover in this book a proven model of ministry that can help your church grow. Special attention is given to presenting effective growth strategies for middle-size and small groups. A wealth of church growth insights are made understandable and usable. Clear Choices for Churches: Trends Among Growing and Declining Churches of Christ by John W. Ellas Center for Church Growth; (January 1994) Here is a book that can help congregations establish years of research with growing and declining churches. Each chapter offers clear and helpful insights into what the typical well-established congregation is doing that promotes growth or contributes to decline.

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Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the 21st Century: Empowering Your Church to Build Community Through Shared Interests by Ted Haggard Thomas Nelson; (May 2002) Ted Haggard presents a successful and tested model for a small group ministry that can be implemented by a church of any size. By enabling members to embrace and capitalize on their own unique abilities, the diverse groups create an environment where people meet mentors that can disciple and guide them. This need and interest based approach redefines the model for powerful church growth. Dying for Change by Leith Anderson Bethany House; (September 1998) A recent survey of America’s Protestant churches estimates that 85% have plateaued or are declining in membership. The rapid and complex changes transforming Western society have left many churches and ministry organizations teetering between ineffectiveness and extinction. They must learn to meet the challenges of the present and upcoming generation quickly. Leith Anderson has successfully guided his own church through a process of extraordinary growth and change. Out of his experience, research, and presentations has come the material for this book. Dying for Change is not intended to be a simple formula for success. Change is extremely difficult but absolutely necessary. Effective Church Growth Strategies by Gene A. Getz, Joseph Wall W Publishing Group; (February 2000) Effective Church Growth Strategies outlines the biblical foundations necessary for raising healthy churches. Dr. Joseph Wall and Dr. Gene Getz examine the three stages of church growth—the logical stage, the practical stage, and the progressive stage—while showing the benefits and potential pitfalls of each of these stages. The authors’ study of Scripture, history, and our culture will spark a new vision for today’s church leaders. Effective Evangelistic Churches: Successful Churches Reveal What Works, and What Doesn't by Thom Rainer Broadman & Holman Publishers; (August 1996) Entrepreneurial Faith: Launching Bold Initiatives to Expand God's Kingdom by Walt Kallestad, KirbyJon Caldwell, Paul Sorensen WaterBrook Press; (July 2004) Caldwell and Kallestad want church leaders to transcend “status-quo ministry.” Each is pastor of an innovative church; Caldwell’s largely African-American congregation, Windsor Village United Methodist Church, has made its Houston neighborhood a hub of economic development, and Kallestad’s largely white Community Church of Joy has pioneered outreach to the “unchurched” in suburban Phoenix. The idea of entrepreneurship is often associated with money-fixated “wheeler-dealers,” but they argue that its true meaning lies in finding opportunities and taking risks for the sake of a vision that others haven’t yet seen. Caldwell and Kallestad sprinkle in stories of their own successes and setbacks as they parse the definition of entrepreneurial faith. At a time when many churches are seeking to make a difference in their communities, Caldwell and Kallestad provide a model of how to dream big and do the hard work to make those dreams come true.

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Evaluating The Church Growth Movement: 5 Views (Counterpoints:Church Life) by Gary McIntosh, Paul Engle Zondervan Publishing Company (September 2004) Although the church growth movement has made a significant impact on evangelicals over the past half century, it has created controversy and division. This careful five-view analysis helps evangelicals understand the strengths and weaknesses and arrive at their own conclusions on issues that affect the future direction of the church. Finding Them, Keeping Them: Effective Strategies for Evangelism and Assimilation in the Local Church by Glen Martin, Gary L. McIntosh Broadman & Holman Publishers; (December 1991) Gary McIntosh and Glen Martin have distilled the complex formulae of church growth and retention theory into concepts that are comprehensible to non-experts with a view toward recruiting the church at large in the work of evangelism and discipling. From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church by Harry L., III Reeder, David Swavely P & R Publishing; (June 2004) Whether your church is healthy or struggling, the biblical principles in this book point the way to greater spiritual vitality. A pastor, seminary teacher, and conference speaker, Harry Reeder has long specialized in church revitalization. He deftly alerts us to potential problems in our churches, helps us to recognize our weaknesses and opportunities, and guides us in applying biblically based strategies for rekindling the flames of Godly growth. Growth by Accident, Death by Planning: How Not to Kill a Growing Congregation by Bob Whitesel Abingdon Press; (May 2004) A congregation that had been growing in numbers and spiritual vitality reaches a plateau, and then begins to decline. What has happened? Whitesel explains where churches go wrong planning for growth and how they can correct themselves by looking at three related phenomena: the factors that cause initial growth; the erroneous decisions that lead to getting stuck on the plateau; and corrective steps they can take to regain growth and vitality. Healing Spiritual Amnesia: Remembering What It Means to Be the Church by Paul Nixon, Tony Campolo Abingdon Press; (July 2004) There are no end to clichés and easy assumptions about congregational health and vitality. It’s much easier to start a new church than turn around an old one; nondenominational churches are growing, while denominational churches are dying; small-membership churches are concerned only with survival; suburban churches care only about endless programming and “spiritual entertainment”; downtown churches are doomed to decay. Whatever kernel of truth such analyses might contain, they miss the actual point. Churches stagnate, decline, and die for a number of reasons, but principally because they have forgotten who they are. They have forgotten their mission to reach out to those who do not know God in Christ. They have forgotten that we worship, not to feel comfortable and safe, but to come into the presence of a God who leads us out into the world. Paul Nixon calls this failure of memory “spiritual amnesia.” Congregations have forgotten what previous generations of Christians have learned time and again: that the church’s great challenge is to make the gospel available in compelling ways to those who need to hear it. In a series of sweeping insights into congregational life and contemporary culture, Nixon maps a course that will help churches remember who they are and for whom they exist.

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How to Break Growth Barriers: Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth by Carl F. George, Warren Bird, Ted Engstrom Baker Book House; (January 1993) Growth comes when effective leadership and delegation skills are working hand-in-hand. The authors pinpoint vision and “ranching” as the key issues in breaking most small-church growth barriers. How to Start a New Service: Your Church Can Reach New People by Charles Arn, Leith Anderson Baker Book House; (August 1997) No matter how many services your church has, adding a new style service will help you reach new people. This book answers all the questions you will have. Included are helpful worksheets to guide the process and evaluate results of your planning. In Search of the Unchurched (Once and Future Church Series) by Alan C. Klaas Alban Inst; (May 1996) What’s working and not working in your congregation? You’ll explore the factors that inspired and motivated changes to reverse decline as other congregations wrestled with the same issues you’re facing: ministry to current members, ministry to the unchurched, worship, changing neighborhoods, and more. Invading Secular Space: Strategies for Tomorrow’s Church by Martin Robinson, Dwight Smith, Mike Hill Kregel Publications; (November 2004) It is depressingly common to read in the press of the declining church in the West. Martin Robinson and Dwight Smith question whether many in the church really know how to change that reality. Bringing to bear many combined years experience of mission, they unpack the reasons behind the decline of the western church, the erosion of “Christendom” in the West, and embrace the challenge to reverse that decline. Packed with statistics and peppered with suggestions upon moving congregations to a fresh mission focus, this book is aimed mainly at church leaders. The Kingdom-Focused Church: A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church by Gene Mims Broadman & Holman Publishers; (May 2003) You will never find the full meaning of your church or the pathway to a healthy, successful church in methods, conferences, or overhead transparencies. You will only find the full understanding of your church’s life and mission in the heart of God and His will for you. Success doesn’t come from copying someone else’s ideas or methods, but from knowing the biblical model of a church and understanding how to conform your church-regardless of size, location, resources, history, or any other variable-to that biblical pattern. This book will give you everything you need to achieve your church’s full potential-and relief from the smorgasbord approach that does more harm than good by distracting you from the unique focus, nature, and mission of the church God has saved for you alone. Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches by Christian A. Schwarz ChurchSmart Resources; 3rd edition (September 1996) Schwarz does an extensive scientific study on what makes churches grow. The research shows 8 quality characteristics of a healthy, growing church. There is a corresponding survey to take to get full use out of the research and help you identify what your strengths and weaknesses are in your church. If you don’t think scientific research can be effective at measuring intangible things like spirituality, or spiritual gifts then this book is not for you. 22

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Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever Crossway Books; (October 2004) You may have read books on this topic before - but not like this one. This new expanded edition of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church is not an instruction manual for church growth. It is a pastor’s recommendation of how to assess the health of your church using nine crucial qualities that are neglected by many of today’s churches. Whether you’re a church leader or an involved member of your congregation, you can help cultivate these elements in your church, bringing it new life and health for God’s glory. One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Bringing Out the Best in Any Size Church by Gary L. McIntosh Revell Co; (July 1999) In a world that’s changing so fast, we need a little help in making sure the church stays on course. Gary McIntosh's new book One Size Doesn’t Fit All is helpful to the small or large church trying to grow. This easy-to-read parable will help us bring out the best in our churches, no matter what their size. (Ken Blanchard) Planting A Garden: Growing The Church Beyond Traditional Models by Linda Schiphorst McCoy Abingdon Press; (May 2005) The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal Jossey-Bass; (September 2003) In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and more effective way. McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replacing “church growth” with a wider vision of kingdom growth; developing disciples instead of church members; fostering the rise of a new apostolic leadership; focusing on spiritual formation rather than church programs; and shift from prediction and planning to preparation for the challenges in an uncertain world. McNeal contends that by changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their plans, they can frame the core issues and approach the future with new eyes, new purpose, and new ideas. The Purpose-Driven® Church by Rick Warren Nelson Books; (November 1995) The thesis of The Purpose Driven Church is that when churches think first about their health, growth is sure to follow. “If your church is healthy,” writes Rick Warren, “growth will occur naturally. Healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church.” These five purposes are to “Love the Lord with all your heart,” “Love your neighbor as yourself,” “Go and make disciples,” “[Baptize] them,” and “[Teach] them to obey.” And those purposes can only be accomplished, argues Warren, when church leaders stop thinking about church-building programs and shift their focus to a “people-building process” involving fellowship, discipleship, worship, and evangelism.

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Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time by Greg Ogden InterVarsity Press; (May 2003) Many church leaders yearning for church growth look to the latest evangelistic strategies or seekertargeted worship services. But lack of growth might not be due to lack of concern for new people - it may be because we are not effectively discipling the people we already have. Too often churches have no coherent plan for discipleship, and leaders feel they lack the resources to help people become fully devoted followers of Christ. Greg Ogden addresses the need for discipleship in the local church and recovers Jesus’ method of accomplishing life change by investing in just a few people at a time. Ogden sets forth his vision for transforming both the individual disciple and discipleship itself, showing how discipleship can become a self-replicating process with ongoing impact from generation to generation. An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind by Erwin Raphael McManus Group Publishing Inc; (June 2001) An Unstoppable Force will excite and inspire readers about being part of the Church that God had in mind! A “force” created to change the world. A church that is engaged with its community, daring to cut itself free from atrophied practices and programs to flourish in creative and compelling worship. A church that risks reaching out to our jaded culture with “outside the box” expressions of faith and love. When God Builds a Church: 10 Principles for Growing a Dynamic Church by Bob Russell, Rusty Russell Howard Publishing; (July 2000) Can the church truly be the “city on a hill that cannot be hidden” that Jesus talked about in the Sermon on the Mount? Can it grow large enough to attract throngs of seekers and yet be loving enough to care for each individual that comes? Bob Russell, pastor of the Southeastern Christian Church – one of the largest and fastest growing churches in America - says that it most certainly can. But it can only be done when we are submissive to God’s will and allow Him to build that church. In the pages of this far-sighted, uncompromising book, Bob Russell and his son Rusty share the ten principles upon which this remarkable church was founded.

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`ÜìêÅÜ jçÇÉäë The Cell Church by Larry Stockstill Gospel Light Publications; (June 1998) In The Cell Church, Larry Stockstill explains why the traditional structure of evangelizing, assimilating, and discipling leaders will never be fast enough or efficient enough to facilitate the revival that God has promised. He explains how the cell model, a simple tool in the hand of the Lord, can strengthen churches and prepare members for the rush of new believers. Church Without Walls; Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries by Jim Petersen Navpress Publishing Group; (December 1991) In Church Without Walls, Jim Petersen offers an exciting definition of the church that pushes beyond the too-small boundaries we’ve inherited from the past. A vivid and inspiring call to every believer, it explores: church forms, forgotten New Testament practices, the important difference of distinguishing between church tradition and biblical absolutes, and what we need to know about today's society in order to make the gospel accessible and transforming. ChurchNext; Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry by Eddie Gibbs Intervarsity Press; (March 2000) Change is now. Competition from nontraditional and Eastern religions joins with the pressures of both modernism and postmodernism to squeeze Christianity. While new church models have sprung up to meet these challenges, they each have strengths and limitations. Eddie Gibbs, a well-known church strategist and practitioner, candidly analyzes these models while proposing nine areas in which the church will need to transform to be biblically true to its message and its mission to the world. The Connecting Church by Randy Frazee, Dallas Willard Zondervan; (April 2001) This book follows the story of Frazee’s congregation, Pantego Bible Church, in its efforts to “take [the small group movement] to the next level.” Frazee’s proposal belies megachurch stereotypes by taking a countercultural stand against the individualism and consumerism. Drawing on biblical models as well as sociological research and urban planning principles, Frazee makes a case that the mobility and privacy of suburbia fosters a spirit of fragmentation and isolation that is unworkable as a basis for authentic community. Frazee recommends “consolidating relationships,” opting out of multiple activities in favor of “a circle of relationships that produces a sense of genuine belonging.” The Emerging Church by Dan Kimball, Rick Warren, Brian D. McLaren Zondervan; (March 2003) Around 25 years ago, the evangelical church underwent a shift with the arrival of seeker-style churches. Now there are rumblings around the country that the generations of teens, twenties, and thirties have changing perceptions and preferences. The Emerging Church addresses this change and provides practical ideas on how churches can adjust and be more effective to reach emerging generations. Dan Kimball explains the postmodern shifts and what practical implications that has for worship, preaching, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership. He provides an encouraging cross-generational bridge between a new breed of young church leaders and those who have been in ministry for some time. 25

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The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero, Warren Bird Zondervan; (March 2003) Something is desperately wrong with most churches today. Many sincere followers of Christ who are passionate for God and his work are unaware of the crucial link between emotional health and spiritual maturity. They are stuck at a level of immaturity that current models of discipleship have not addressed. Discipleship that really transforms a church must integrate emotional health with spiritual maturity. The Emotionally Healthy Church offers a strategy for discipleship that does this and actually changes lives. Making Cell Groups Work: Navigating the Transformation to a Cell-Based Church by M. Scott Boren, Don Tillman Cell Group Resources; (November 2002) Making Cell Groups Work breaks down the transition process into eight manageable parts. If your church is just beginning its transition, this process will help you focus on building cells on a sure foundation. If you are in the midst of developing cell groups, it highlights where to focus your energy. No matter where you are with your church, this book will help you identify your current stage of cell development and articulate a plan to address that stage. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America by Darrell L. Guder, Lois Barrett Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; (February 1998) What would a theology of the church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists. The New Worship: Straight Talk on Music and the Church by Barry Wayne Liesch, Donald P. Hustad Baker Book House; Expanded edition (May 2001) The New Worship, expanded edition, is a practical book that gives workable suggestions for worship; presents contemporary trends; gives advice for handling conflict over music; answers hard questions; and offers stimulating ideas for services. It helps pastors, worship leaders, and musicians navigate changes, resolve conflicts, and use a blend of both traditional and nontraditional music in praise formats. No Perfect People Allowed: Creating A Come As You Are Culture in the Church by John Burke Zondervan Publishing Company; (June 2005) One Church, Many Congregations: The Key Church Strategy by J. V. Thomas, J. Timothy Ahlen Abingdon Press; (July 1999) Ahlen and Thomas decided to explore what might be done to help churches overcome obstacles and truly minister to their communities. The answer they found has come to be known as the Key Church Strategy. At the heart of this strategy is the belief that a church can be comprised of many congregations, meeting separately yet ministering together. It recognizes the cultural differences evident within North American society and presents the Christian message in a way that respects and communicates to the indigenous concerns of different cultural groups.

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One New People: Models for Developing a Multiethnic Church by Manuel Ortiz Intervarsity Press; (September 1996) In One New People Ortiz persuades us of the benefits in fellowship and outreach that we can experience by crossing racial, ethnic and cultural lines. He urges readers not just to put aside their differences but to celebrate them and to embrace them – to use them in a way that draws them closer to each other and closer to God. The Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the “Ideal” Church by Steve Sjogren Group Publishing Inc; (July 2002) Today’s church culture of overdoing excellence has led to a highly competitive attitude among churches and church leaders like no time in recent history. The churches that are being presented as the super successful ones are virtually impossible to gain any encouragement from because they are so distinctive. This book offers encouragement to the vast majority of churches in this country that are under 200 people in weekend attendance and are, therefore, just trying to keep on keeping on. Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium by Donald E. Miller University of California Press; (October 1999) Miller analyzes what he calls “new paradigm churches.” He bases his well-researched work on three churches: Calvary Chapel, Vineyard Christian Fellowship, and Hope Chapel. Unlike more mainline evangelical churches that they resemble, these groups appeal primarily to young, middle-class families. Offering a unique blend of contemporary culture and life-transforming spirituality, they are growing rapidly as mainline churches decline. These groups are contemporary and casual in style, have very little doctrine or hierarchy, and seem to make great use of lay members in many aspects of ministry. Miller sees these churches as embodying a new Protestant Reformation, with the common people reclaiming religion from the elite clergy, and he makes an interesting case for his assertion. Searching for Seekers: Ministry With a New Generation of the Unchurched by Mary J. Scifres Abingdon Press; (November 1998) If we are to reach the “Seekers” or the new generation of the unchurched, we must understand who they are. There are many different types. Containing sample services for different kinds of “Seeker-friendly” worship services, this book will provide church leaders with a thoughtful, yet practical introduction to who Seekers are and how the church might best minister to them. Shaped By God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches by Milfred Minatrea Jossey-Bass; (July 2004) Discover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea – a missiologist, urban strategist and practitioner in ministery – presents the best practices for re-energizing Christian spirituality in a congregational setting. He provides readers with the tools for assessing their congregation’s position on the continuum between maintenance and mission, and for determining the actions that will move them toward becoming a missional community. He also outlines key strategies that successful churches have used to become relevant in a postmodern society without losing what is distinctly Christian in their spiritual practices.

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The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church by Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch Hendrickson Publishers; (November 2003) Christendom is dying and needs to be removed from its life-support system. Starting with this frank assessment of the current church, Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch present an alternative model for ministry in today’s postmodern world. Instead of mourning the demise of the Western church as the center of society, the authors explain how the church can be reborn through incarnational mission, messianic spirituality, and apostolic structure. Church leaders who heed the authors’ call will see death turned into new life through the creation of a vital, missional church. The Source for Effective Church Service Planning by Scott Dyer, Nancy Beach Zondervan; Rev Update edition (June 2003) A comprehensive listing of service-tested programming material designed to supplement a church’s creative process of service planning. Treasure in Clay Jars: New Ways to Understand Your Church by George B. Thompson, James W. Fowler Pilgrim Press; (December 2003) Thompson believes the continuing decline in membership of mainline denomination and the increasing number of multicultural and multiracial churches call for a new way of thinking. He asserts, “Ministers must begin to see their ministry differently in order to do their ministry differently.” Treasure in Clay Jars is designed to provide persons in training for ministry with a paradigm-shifting framework to interpret and work efficiently with the complete dynamics of local faith communities. Thompson uses relevant conceptual and theoretical tools from fields such as economics and cultural anthropology. He argues that although the social sciences are the more adequate resource available to interpret the human elements of local churches, they have been neglected as a resource, while psychology has been favored and listed. A study guide is also included for church leaders who would like to engage their congregations in that paradigm of ministry. Treasure in Clay Jars: Patterns in Missional Faithfulness (The Gospel and Our Culture Series) by Lois Barrett Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; (April 2004) A follow-up to Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, this book describes and analyzes the missional character of nine diverse congregations in North America. The initial book by the Gospel and Our Culture Series (GOCS) outlined twelve characteristics of a missional church, but critics questioned whether such missional churches actually existed. In response, the GOCS organized a team of eight researchers from different academic disciplines to identify and visit congregations that met the criteria. This team started a search for congregations which practiced eight patterns of a missional congregation: missional vocation, Biblical formation and discipleship, taking risks as a contrast community, practices that demonstrate God’s intent for the world, worship as public witness, dependence on the Holy Spirit, pointing toward the Reign of God, and missional authority.

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Worship at the Next Level: Insight from Contemporary Voices by Tim A. Dearborn, Scott Coil Baker Books; (May 2004) A revolution is underway as church leaders across North America adopt and adapt contemporary worship styles into church life. However, these individuals often lack the theological, cultural, and leadership training necessary to fully guide the body of Christ into meaningful worship encounters with God. One-stop learning is now available in this collection of resources from some of the leaders in Christian worship. The chapters offer an interdisciplinary approach for worship leaders, pastors, musicians, and all those involved in worship planning. The experiences and diversity of worship reflected here cross denominational, cultural, and generational barriers, making this volume an essential tool for anyone interested in worship. Worship Evangelism by Sally Morgenthaler Zondervan; (January 1999) This is a how-to guide for churches who want to put worship to its biblically intended ends and it includes a study guide. It is a practical manual that details a culturally relevant, biblical alternative to both evangelistic and seeker sensitive worship models. It is a groundbreaking work for worship musicians and pastors.

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`ÜìêÅÜ pí~ÑÑ Church Staff Handbook: How to Build an Effective Ministry Team by Harold J. Westing Kregel Publications; Revised and Updated edition (August 1997) This book provides a blueprint for developing a spiritually strong and effective team for ministry in the local church. The Heart of the Artist by Rory Noland Zondervan; (May 1999) A book for Ministry Teams? The Heart of the Artist is like no other book you’ve read. This frank, knowledgeable book deals head-on with issues every person in an arts ministry faces. With passion and conviction that come from personal experience, Rory Noland, music director for Willow Creek Community Church, addresses topics such as: Servanthood Versus Stardom, The Artist in Community, Excellence Versus Perfectionism, Jealousy and Envy, and The Spiritual Disciplines of the Artist. Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders (a Leadership Network Publication) by George Cladis Jossey-Bass; (April 1999) In Leading the Team-Based Church, George Cladis issues a clarion call for ministry teams to embrace a fresh leadership model that is not based on hierarchy, but on a process of collaboration that mirrors the relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He reminds us that today’s cultural environment – where authority has basis in trust, innovation reaps rewards, and spirituality takes root in life and work – has matured past the need for the hierarchy of traditional church leadership where the pastor had the final say. Through downto-earth stories from his own experience and those of clergy in both mainline and evangelical churches, Cladis offers an exciting alternative to the traditional forms of church leadership, enabling pastors, congregational leaders, and staff to breathe new life into their ministries and unleash the full potential of the entire ministry team. Selecting Effective Pastoral Staff: How to Find the Right Fit for Your Church by Wil M. Spaite, Jim L. Bond Beacon Hill Press; (March 2004) Your congregation has an opening for a youth pastor, and five candidates have applied for the job. How do you choose the right one? Carefully guiding you through the selection process, Spaite shows you how to locate and contact prospects, evaluate candidates through references, conduct an interview, work with your church board, and more. Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century by Gary L. McIntosh Baker Book House; (March 2000) Current data show that half of all churches have some form of multiple staff, and many others are considering the addition of professional staff in the future. Gary L. McIntosh has written a comprehensive manual for the twenty-first-century church, focusing on how, why, who, and when to add staff in a way that encourages growth.

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aÉãçÖê~éÜáÅë Discovering Your City: Bringing Light to the Task of Community Transformation by Bob Waymire, Carl Townsend Light International; (March 2000) Discover how to understand your city and why current conditions exist. Learn how to plan and be involved in an effective body-wide city-reaching initiative. Gain insights on how you can be involved in researching and analyzing your city. Discover how to use strategic information for mobilizing the Body of Christ in effective community transformation. And much more. Find a Niche and Scratch It: Marketing Your Congregation by Robert L. Perry Alban Institute; (March 2003) Jesus was uniquely adept in the art of “reading” people. He fit his approach to the precise needs and interests of the person with whom he was dealing, and he spoke the cultural language of that individual. In this book, Robert Perry takes what Jesus and others have done intuitively - niche marketing - and provides a framework for applying those principles in everyday practice. The Gallup Guide: Reality Check for 21st Century Churches by D. Michael Lindsay, George Gallup Jr. Gallup Organization (June 2002) What would draw the people of your surrounding community into your church? Want to know about the kind of fund-raising that would work best for your church? How does your church compare to others around the nation? With a number of sample surveys and clear, easy-to-understand instructions on how to conduct quality research, you have all the tools you need to find these answers and more for your church! The Hispanic Challenge; Opportunities Confronting the Church by Manuel Ortiz Intervarsity Press; (January 1994) “The Sleeping Giant” is the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S. - the Hispanic community. Hispanics, especially Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Mexicans, are changing society and the church. Manuel Ortiz knows first-hand what it is like to be a Hispanic in the U.S. As a sociologist, he recognizes the exciting potential for the future of the church - if leadership development is undertaken. Ortiz first explores the unique needs and concerns of Hispanics in the U.S. Then he turns to key missiological issues, including Protestant-Catholic relationships, justice, racial reconciliation, and ecclesiastical structures. Finally, the book focuses on leadership training and education, with a particular emphasis on developing second-generation leadership. Studying Congregations: A New Handbook by Nancy Tatom Ammerman, Jackson Carroll, Carl Dudley, William McKinney Abingdon Press; (September 1998) This is a revised and updated edition of Handbook for Congregational Studies – the leading textbook in the field. Using a comprehensive systems approach, this volume helps you analyze the ministries, stories, and processes at work in congregations. Examine the sociological, anthropological, and demographic aspects of church bodies, and be better equipped for church planning and cultivating leadership skills.

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cáå~åÅÉë ~åÇ cìåÇJo~áëáåÖ Basic Accounting for Churches: A Turn Key Manual by Jack A. Henry Broadman & Holman Publishers; (June 1994) Money management is the art and science of developing and carrying out a spending plan. The author has written a true “everything-you-need-to-know” guide to sound and healthy money management, from the most basic accounting principles to sample forms and ledgers, computer tips, filing systems, and more. It’s a book that proves church finances don’t have to be tedious, complicated, and confusing. Basic Budgeting for Churches by Jack A. Henry Broadman & Holman Publishers; (June 1995) This church financial management expert explains all of the basics of building a solid church budgeting system. Includes sample forms. The Complete Church Guide to Saving Money and Buying Smart by Marshall Shelley, Phyllis Ten Elshoff Broadman & Holman Publishers; (May 1998) This book by the experts from Your Church magazine answers your questions on the practical aspects of running a church – from stained glass to speaker systems. It helps you determine what you need, what it will cost, and where to get it. A Concise Guide to Getting Grants for Nonprofit Organizations by Mark Guyer Nova Science Pub Inc; (July 2002) Mark Guyer draws upon his more than fifteen years of professional experience as a grant writer to author this book. This brief, information-packed survey of the do’s and don’ts of writing effective grant requests also includes useful internet sites for grant seekers, explores other fund-raising options, and a great deal more. A Concise Guide to Getting Grants for Nonprofit Organizations is a straightforward, practical, “user friendly”, how-to resource which is especially recommended to anyone charged with the responsibility of obtaining governmental or private sector grants in support of their nonprofit organization or group. The Dynamics of Church Finance: Ministry Dynamics for a New Century by James D. Berkley Baker Books; (October 2000) Continuing the six-part Ministry Dynamics series is this concise yet practical guide to issues surrounding church stewardship. Planning and budgeting, collecting and recording, spending, and giving of church moneys are discussed in this clear and well-organized book for those in pastoral and support positions. Whether a young pastor seeks guidance on budgeting and finance or a seasoned servant needs a quick review of church financial responsibilities, The Dynamics of Church Finance provides detailed and up-todate information to build confidence and sound financial practice.

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Effective Church Finances: Fund-Raising and Budgeting for Church Leaders by Kennon L. Callahan Jossey-Bass; (July 1997) With depth and insight uncharacteristic of books in this field, Effective Church Finances offers church leaders a comprehensive guide to setting and achieving financial goals through well-planned budgeting and fund-raising. Complete with charts and questionnaires, this book shares practical suggestions, insights, and wisdom that have been tested and proven during the author’s many years of consulting in thousands of churches. Funding Your Ministry: Whether You’re Gifted or Not by Scott Morton Dawson Media; (July 1999) Using a fun, comprehensive approach, Funding Your Ministry: Whether You’re Gifted or Not addresses the obstacles faced by anyone in ministry who raises personal support. Ideal for missionaries, pastors, Christian organizations, and other fund-raisers, Funding Your Ministry will help answer your questions and put you on the biblical path for recruiting and maintaining donor support. Fund-Raising Fundamentals: A Guide to Annual Giving for Professionals and Volunteers by James M. Greenfield Wiley; 2nd edition (March 2002) A practical and valuable resource for fundraising professionals, trustees, philanthropists, and nonprofit executives who aspire to raise substantial monies for worthy causes. Provides proven methods and techniques for running a successful annual giving campaign. Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising As a Ministry by Thomas H. Jeavons, Rebekah Burch Basinger Jossey-Bass; (March 2000) For fundraisers who are also Christian, the most vital mission is to grow the giver’s heart. Here for the first time is a truly spiritual way of looking at fund-raising as an opportunity to nurture current and prospective donors and facilitate their growth in faith. While the traditional focus of the fund-raising process tends to be utilitarian before it is humane or spiritual, the empowering new model proposed here – fund-raising as ministry – puts the humane and the spiritual first. It rests on the idea that relationships with donors should be built upon a desire to encourage their generosity and spiritual growth. This unusual and highly effective approach is rooted in the Gospel vision. Mastering Church Finances by Richard L. Bergstrom, Gary Fenton, Wayne A. Pohl Word Publishing; (August 1992) Mastering Church Finances explores how you can keep money from getting in the way and use finances instead to further the kingdom. They discuss such matters as how to keep the finance committee ministryminded, how and when to delegate financial affairs, how to handle designated gifts, how to deal with financial mismanagement, and how to determine staff salaries. People Raising: A Practical Guide to Raising Support by William P. Dillon Moody Publishers; (August 1993) For missionaries that are responsible for raising their own support, this book is a must. Regardless if you are new to mission work and new to support raising or a veteran missionary with a continuing need to raise support, this book has definite and practical guidelines and tips that anyone will understand. The text not only brings the Biblical basis for raising support and deputation to light, but also illustrates how to train yourself. 33

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Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fund-raising by Cheryl A. Clarke Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (November 2001) Oftentimes people charged with the task of writing grant proposals have little or no training in the process, and many actually feel intimidated by the act of writing. In this book, consultant and trainer Cheryl A. Clarke helps fundraisers overcome these hurdles by presenting an organic approach to proposal writing. Grantseekers who have used this unique process discover that telling the organization’s story in narrative form (complete with settings, characters, antagonists, and resolutions), can help them connect with grantmakers and ultimately have greater success with funders. Successful Church Fund-Raising: Capital Campaigns You Can Do Yourself by John R. Bisagno Broadman & Holman Publishers; (April 2002) God is blessing many churches today with exponential growth and great opportunity for ministry in their community. However, many churches have inadequate facilities or feel the crunch of overcrowding and are without the immediate resources for expansion. This book will equip a church of any size with the knowledge to conduct – from beginning to end – a full capital campaign. Taking Fundraising Seriously: The Spirit of Faith and Philanthropy: New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising (J-B PF Single Issue Philanthropic Fundraising) by Dwight F. Burlingame (Editor) Jossey-Bass; (March 2002) Exploring the relationship between spiritual motivation and identification in the philanthropic practice, this issue brings scholars and practitioners together to debate, discuss, and examine a variety of findings from different viewpoints. Offering a selected sample of revised papers and presentations from the 14th annual symposium sponsored by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, this issue fosters a deeper understanding of philanthropic action based upon spiritual and religious beliefs. Contributors discuss faithguided giving, parachurch organizations, the Native American experience of giving, the ethics of wealth, the role of faith-related organizations in community building, and the role faith can play in our professional calling and in our giving. With Generous Hearts: How To Raise Capital Funds by Glenn N. Holliman, Barbara L. Holliman Morehouse Publishing; Revised edition (May 2005)

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iÉ~ÇÉêëÜáé The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell, Zig Ziglar Thomas Nelson; (September 1998) John C. Maxwell offers lively stories about the foibles and successes of Lee Iacocca, Abraham Lincoln, Princess Diana, and Elizabeth Dole in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Readers can expect a well-crafted discussion that emphasizes the core attitudes and visions of leadership. Maxwell uses the same tell-it-like-it-is approach that he honed in the bestselling Developing the Leader Within You. For instance, when explaining “The Law of Influence,” Maxwell states that “job titles don’t have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed or assigned. It comes only from influence and that can’t be mandated.” Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders by Aubrey Malphurs Baker Book House; (April 1999) Advanced Strategic Planning presents a new strategic planning process to help church leaders think through the core issues of ministry and adjust to cultural shifts without compromising the church's values, mission, or vision. Based on a biblical and pastoral perspective, this book is divided into two parts. Part one takes readers through the preparation for strategic thinking and acting. Part two raises nine fundamental questions of ministry, guiding leaders through the process of planning and implementation. Pastors, denominational leaders, teachers, and students of church management and renewal will want to read this practical, step-bystep guide for church and parachurch ministry in the twenty-first century. AquaChurch: Essential Leadership Arts for Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture by Leonard Sweet Group Publishing; (June 1999) In this book from Leonard Sweet, church leaders will discover the leadership arts that are essential in today’s ever-changing culture. The author provides thought-provoking yet practical skills that will elevate the scope of ministry from mere survival of daily challenges to thriving in today’s culture! He vividly portrays the new paradigms facing churches and illustrates the need to become an “AquaChurch” in order to effectively minister in our fluid, postmodern culture. The Ascent of a Leader: How Ordinary Relationships Develop Extraordinary Character and Influence by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, Ken McElrath Jossey-Bass; (April 2005) Solidly based on Christian values, this practical, visionary, and hope-filled book guides readers through a step-by-step process for developing both personal character and the network of important relationships that enable character to win out, even in the face of setbacks, adversity, and temptations to take short cuts. Leadership is about character, the authors assert, and character weaves values like integrity, honesty, and selfless service into the fabric of our lives, organizations, and cultures.

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Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership by Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books; (September 2003) Too many churches and parachurch groups are blindly operating under secular leadership principles and strategies. Concerned to counter this drift, leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs articulates a working definition of a Christian leader and leadership based on Scripture and his own extensive research and challenges you to define and develop leadership in your ministry. Beyond the Box: Innovative Churches that Work by William M. Easum, Dave Travis Group Publishing Inc; (June 2003) Healthy growth in the church comes not from addition – but multiplication! Authors Bill Easum and Dave Travis introduce you to leaders who have taken the bold steps to focus their mission-driven churches in ways forgotten by modern Christianity. This book focuses on leadership issues and ministry outreach to the world that redesign the mission of the church.

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Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership by Alexander Strauch Lewis & Roth Publishers; Rev Expand edition (June 1995) The most comprehensive current study in print of the role and function of elders in the New Testament church. Convincingly emphasizes the blessings and advantages of shared leadership and explains in detail the leading, feeding, caring, and protecting labors of elders in ways that will instruct both those in training for, seeking the office, or who have been serving at it for many years. Covers qualifications, relationships with each other, and most importantly, provides a thorough study of each relevant Biblical passage. Building Leaders: Blueprints for Developing Leadership at Every Level of Your Church by Aubrey Malphurs, Will Mancini Baker; (May 2004) Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this. Why? Tight budgets, small staffs, and a lack of know-how are just a few reasons suggested in this groundbreaking book. Building Leaders provides real-life examples of ways churches can unleash their true ministry potential by training staff members and laypeople to lead. With step-by-step instructions that can be applied to any church or parachurch ministry, it shows readers how to empower leaders, overcome obstacles to developing leaders, identify emerging leaders, use biblical models for training leaders, and form a leadership training program to fit any size or budget. Building Teams in Ministry (Beeson Pastoral Series) by Dale Galloway (Editor) Beacon Hill Press; (January 2001) How can the most valuable resource in the church – the laity – be mobilized into a ministry revolution? Join Dale Galloway and other outstanding church leaders as they explore the opportunities team building ministry provides. Carpe Mañana by Leonard Sweet Zondervan Publishing Company; (February 2003) A naturalization manual to help Christians become leaders in the new world of postmodern culture. Through nine naturalization classes Leonard Sweet offers strategies for leaders to put their faces, not their backs, to the future.

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Charting a Bold Course by Andrew Seidel Moody Publishers; (October 2003) A bold and comprehensive course to develop the leader within you! The church of Jesus Christ in this generation is in desperate need of strong leaders. However, leadership development is a life-long process. In Charting a Bold Course, Andrew Seidel provides an exceptional tool to get you started on cultivating the unique gifts and abilities God has given you and your leadership team. This leadership course will fit perfectly in your leadership-training program. Especially suited for class or small group settings – includes a suggested course schedule and directions for elder mentors. Not a discipleship course, rather it is intended to focus on developing key areas of leadership. The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) by Steven Sample Jossey-Bass; Reprint edition (April 2003) In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Steven Sample – the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected and highly rated universities in the country – challenges many conventional teachings on the subject. Sample outlines an iconoclastic style of leadership that flies in the face of current leadership thought, but a style that unquestionably works, nevertheless. Sample urges leaders and aspiring leaders to focus on some key counterintuitive truths. He offers his own down-to-earth, homespun, and often provocative advice on some complex and thoughtful issues, and he provides many practical, if controversial, tactics for successful leadership. He suggests, among other things, that leaders should sometimes compromise their principles, not read everything that comes across their desks, and always put off decisions. Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels Zondervan; (August 2002) Bill Hybels waited 30 years to write this book on the strategic importance of the spiritual gift of leadership. Now he shares the passionate cry of his heart: the local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests in the hands of its leaders. This book is not written for business, government, or educational leaders. Instead, Bill Hybels writes Courageous Leadership for local church leaders, the people who have the potential to be the most influential force in the world. Culture Shift : Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out (J-B Leadership Network Series) by Robert Lewis, Wayne Cordeiro, Warren Bird Jossey-Bass; (April 2005) Culture Shift, written for church leaders, ministers, pastors, ministry teams, and lay leaders, leads you through the process of identifying your church’s distinctive culture, gives you practical tools to change it from the inside-out, and provides steps to keep your new culture aligned with your church’s mission. Real transformation is not about working harder at what you’re already doing, or even copying another church’s approach, but about changing church culture at a foundational level. Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell Nelson Books; 2nd Rev edition (December 2000) Few of us are natural-born leaders, according to John C. Maxwell. Fortunately though, “the traits that are the raw material of leadership can be acquired,” he promises. “Link them up with desire and nothing can keep you from becoming a leader. This book will supply the leadership principles. You must supply the desire.” Maxwell offers a detailed and inspiring primer on becoming a leader.

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Developing The Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential by John C. Maxwell Thomas Nelson; Revised edition (August 2003) Developing leadership qualities in others is the way to ensure success in today’s competitive world, because the one asset that truly appreciates within any organization is people. Systems become dated. Buildings deteriorate. Machinery wears. But people can grow, develop, and become more effective if they have a leader who understands their potential value.

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Doing Church As a Team by Wayne Cordeiro Regal Books; Revised edition (January 2001) Doing church as a team is not a revolutionary concept. Jesus Himself modeled it nearly 2,000 years ago. When we do church as a team, we fulfill the Lord’s desire that His Church work together – and we achieve amazing results for His Kingdom. Presented with humor and grace, this approach to building effective ministries through teamwork is biblical and refreshingly practical. Drawing from his experiences in pioneering and pastoring highly successful churches in Hawaii, author Wayne Cordeiro inspires and instructs on such topics as casting vision and creating a teamwork mentality, identifying and developing spiritual gifts and passions, mastering the fine art of delegation, and remedying burnout before it strikes. Doing Church as a Team: The Miracle of Teamwork and How It Transforms Churches by Wayne Cordeiro Regal Books (February, 2005) The Effective Executive Revised by Peter F. Drucker HarperBusiness; 1st edition (August 2002) The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Elders and Leaders by Gene A. Getz Moody Publishers; (August 2003) Discover God’s wonderful plan for leadership in the church. Strong leadership in the church is exactly what God had in mind. However, very few people understand the biblical pattern for church leadership. Gene Getz has written Elders and Leaders to unravel the mystery and alleviate the confusion surrounding this critical topic. In the first part of the book, Getz lays the historical and biblical groundwork for the position of elder. In the second part, he shares how he has applied or has seen these principles applied over the years. Elders and Leaders tackles a culturally sensitive topic with thorough scholarship and practical wisdom. A perfect resource for the emerging generation of church leaders as they tackle the complex challenges of a postmodern culture.

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Geeks and Geezers by Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas Harvard Business School Press; (August 2002) Today’s young leaders grew up in the glow of television and computers; the leaders of their grandparents’ generation in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups legendary leadership expert Warren Bennis and leadership consultant Robert Thomas set out to find out how era and values shape those who lead. What they discovered was something far more profound: the powerful process through which leaders of any era emerge. Geeks and Geezers is a book that will forever change how we view not just leadership but the very way we learn and ultimately live our lives. It presents for the first time a compelling new model that predicts who is likely to become – and remain – a leader, and why. The Habits of Highly Effective Churches: Being Strategic in Your God Given Ministry by George Barna Gospel Light Publications (January 2001) George Barna reveals nine critical habits proven to make a church an effective local body. This book dispels popular myths and wrong beliefs as to what constitutes a thriving church in today’s society and is an excellent resource for ministry leaders who are seeking or willing to reevaluate and restructure a church. Healthy Leaders: How to Develop a Clear Sense of Identity and Direction by Keith E. Yoder, Larry Kreider House to House Press; (January 1999) Leaders must have a clear sense of identity. Regardless of the setting in which we lead, we need to know who we are as individuals. When we are healthy individuals, we help form healthy families, marriages, congregations, ministries, businesses, communities, and nations. Healthy Leaders covers the many dynamics of Godly leadership. How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations As Emotional Systems by Peter L. Steinke Alban Inst; (June 1993) Drawing on the work of Bowen, Friedman, and his own many years’ counseling experience, Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effects of family of origin on current relationships. Discover why working relationships may be “stuck” in certain behaviors. This book is psychologically sound, theologically grounded, and practically illustrated with case studies. Indelible Ink: 22 Prominent Christian Leaders Discuss the Books That Shape Their Faith by Scott Larsen Waterbrook Press; 1st edition (June 2003) In the pages of Indelible Ink, you can meet the writers and thinkers who most deeply influence twenty-two of today’s top Christian authors. Each of these trusted Christian leaders – whose lives and ministries impact millions around the world – points you to the most valuable books from the past and present, including fiction, biography, theology, devotional works, histories, even commentaries and reference works. These are the books that left the greatest imprint on the lives of the leaders who are making a spiritual imprint on today’s generation.

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The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management by Robert D. Herman & Associates Jossey-Bass; 2nd edition (October 2004) This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth description of the most effective leadership and management practices that can be applied throughout a nonprofit organization. Current knowledge and trends in effective practice of nonprofit organization leadership and management. A thoroughly revised edition based on the most up-to-date research, theory, and experience. Practical advice on: board development, strategic planning, lobbying marketing, government contracting, volunteer programs, fund-raising, financial accounting, compensation and benefits programs, and risk management. And an examination of emerging topics of interest such as strategic alliances and finding and keeping the right employees. The Leader’s Journey: Answering the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation by Jim Herrington, Robert Creech, Trisha L. Taylor Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (January 2003) Many books describe elements of church leadership – what it is and how to do it – but very few focus on the process of personal transformation that is central to being able to lead well. The Leader’s Journey provides a blueprint and the practical tools needed to transform the lives of pastors and congregational lay leaders so that they can become truly effective leaders. Blending the best of sound psychological research, solid Biblical principles, and proven congregational experiences – authors Jim Herrington, Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor offer step-by-step guidance for engaging in the personal transformation journey as part of effective congregational leadership. The Leadership Baton: An Intentional Strategy for Developing Leaders in Your Church by Rowland Forman, Jeff Jones, Bruce Miller Zondervan; (March 2004) The demand for quality leaders constantly outstrips the supply. If you’re a pastor, team leader, staff member, or board member, you’re always challenged with a leadership shortage. The Leadership Baton equips you with a solution that’s time-proven and right at hand: church-based leadership development. More and more churches are adopting it – the principles that made the early church such a spiritual powerhouse are just as effective today. Leadership was never a matter of institutional learning or professional expertise. Rather, starting with Jesus and his apostles, it involved seasoned leaders passing the baton to ordinary people right within the local body of believers. That same approach can help ensure your own church is never at a loss for dependable men and women to enter the leadership race with wisdom, vision and passion. The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner Jossey-Bass; 3rd edition (July 2003) When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, two of the country’s premier leadership experts, have completely revised and updated their classic book. Building on the knowledge base of their previous books, the third edition is grounded in extensive research and based on interviews with all kinds of leaders at all levels in public and private organizations from around the world. The authors emphasize that the fundamentals of leadership are the same today as they were in the 1980s and as they’ve probably been for centuries. While the content of leadership has not changed, the context has – and in some cases, changed dramatically.

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Leadership on the Other Side: No Rules, Just Clues by William Easum Abingdon Press; (August 2000) In his engaging, direct style Bill Easum opens a portal to the Other Side, that place beyond Christendom Era and its mechanistic, by-the-numbers approach to church life. It’s a bumpy ride, with treasured assumptions, privileges, and traditions shattered along the way. Yet on the Other Side lies a church radically transformed, resonant to the leadership of the Spirit, and ready to lay aside everything that does not help it accomplish the one thing that matters: introducing people to the love of God in Jesus Christ. Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today’s Complex World by Leith Anderson Bethany House Publishers; (February 2002) As a nationally recognized authority on church and parachurch leadership, Anderson brings the help and hope that leaders need in today’s complex world. Shedding light on the current challenges of leadership and on mistaken leadership myths goes a long way toward putting difficulties into proper perspective. Defining the changes required and the complex issues to be faced is a long step in the right direction toward twentyfirst century leadership. In a “catalog culture” of multiple options, leading is perplexing and sometimes overwhelming, but Anderson’s counsel is sound and practical. Leading from the Inside Out: The Art of Self-Leadership by Samuel D. Rima Baker Book House; (April 2000) Despite strong advances in organizational leadership, a key growth area is still lacking for many: self-leadership. Addressing this evident need, Rima offers practical implementation of essential leadership principles and discusses the emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual aspects of self-leadership. Pastors, church leaders, and all Christians who serve in positions of leadership or authority will benefit from Rima’s insights. Leading from the Inside Out is also a useful tool for leadership classes, as well as church boards and denominational leaders who want to help those they oversee prevent personal failures. Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders by George Cladis Jossey-Bass; 1st ed edition (March 1999) In Leading the Team-Based Church, George Cladis issues a call for ministry teams to embrace a fresh leadership model that is based on a process of collaboration that mirrors the relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He reminds us that today’s cultural environment – where authority has basis in trust, innovation reaps rewards, and spirituality takes root in life and work – has matured past the need for the hierarchy of traditional church leadership where the pastor had the final say. LeadingIdeas: To-The-Point Training for Christian Leaders by Alan E. Nelson Group Publishing; (December 2002) This book brings you tried and tested leadership training you can use to build top skills into other church leaders. Use this powerful, equipping leadership training resource to build your team on solid, proveneffective, leadership principles with LeadingIdeas.

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Less Is More Leadership: 8 Secrets to How to Lead & Still Have a Life by H. Dale Burke Harvest House Publishers; (June 2004) For many leaders, successful ministries are easily attained, but the accomplishment is shadowed by doubts of sacrificing family and personal life. For others, choosing to pursue fulfillment in their personal life brings the fear of lost career opportunities. Dale Burke offers 8 secrets to cutting through the pile and getting to the “main stuff” God made you to do. This Christ-centered, proactive plan for achieving balance between professional success and personal satisfaction will move readers to a new level of purpose and achievement as they learn to rely on God’s truths.

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Light and Heat: The Puritan View of the Pulpit by R. Bruce Bickel Soli Deo Gloria Ministries; 1 edition (March 1999) A succinct and fascinating historical survey of the Puritan view of Scripture, preaching, and the Gospel that includes their more contemporary progeny such as D. Martin Lloyd-Jones and Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The book is primarily a collection of the great Puritan preachers’ own words and serves as a potent piece of instruction and inspiration in our day of soft pulpits offering chatter and self help over a declaration of sin and grace. The appendix includes a contrast of the Finney and Puritan gospels that is a practical help regarding the preaching of the gospel. – Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Fellowship The Making of a Leader by J. Robert Clinton Navpress; (October 1988) The Making of a Leader identifies the patterns God uses to develop a leader. By studying the lives of hundreds of historical, biblical, and contemporary leaders, Dr. Clinton has determined the six stages of leadership development, and he establishes checkpoints to clarify where you are in the process. As you examine these principles and case studies, you’ll begin to recognize that the ministry of leadership flows from a person’s being. And that’s something God continues to mold throughout a lifetime. Designed for use as a resource, The Making of a Leader will prove invaluable for students, lay or professional leaders, counselors, or anyone in a leadership training position. It will help you: 1) Identify those with leadership characteristics; 2) Direct the development of maturing leaders; 3) Recognize where you are in the development process; and 4) Counsel those who are experiencing periods of trial or frustration. The Next Generation Leader: Five Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future by Andy Stanley Multnomah; (January 2003) A growing number of next generation Christians are eager to learn, grow, and lead in ministry or in the marketplace. In this book, Andy Stanley shares material from his leadership training sessions, developed to address essential leadership qualities such as character, clarity, courage, and competency. This is the perfect guide for any new leader – or for the mentor of a future leader! On Purpose Leadership: Multiplying Your Ministry by Becoming a Leader of Leaders by Dale E. Galloway, Warren Bird Beacon Hill Press; (October 2002) Break through the barriers that bar you and your church from achieving a new level of leadership and ministry. This book introduces a three-level perspective for developing ministry leaders within the local church that builds on Christ’s own ministry model and draws upon contemporary leadership experts for expanded instruction.

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Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald Thomas Nelson; Revised edition (January 2003) Never admitting to have it all together, but rather using his own personal struggle as a way for readers to relate to his principles, Gordon MacDonald’s classic book invites readers to bring order to their personal life by inviting God’s control over every segment of their lives. His premise is that if the private world of a person is in order, it will be because they are convinced that the inner world of the spiritual must govern the outer world of activity. Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction by Gary L. McIntosh, Samuel D. Rima Baker Book House; (March 1998) Gary McIntosh and Samuel Rima look at the flip side of leadership and identify those darker seductions that can undermine good intentions. The authors believe that identifying one’s dark side is the key to avoiding the pitfalls that threaten leadership. The Power of Vision by George Barna Regal Books; Revised & Updated edition (May 2003) What is vision, and why is it an essential element of any effective ministry? This relaunch contains updated material and a new introduction to introduce the truths in this book to new church leaders. Learn how God has shared His vision throughout history; how vision is different than mission; common practices and beliefs that inhibit true vision; practical steps toward discovering God’s unique vision for you; and ways to share and promote congregational ownership of the vision. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis Harvard Business School Press; (March 2002) Bestselling author Daniel Goleman’s theories on emotional intelligence have radically altered common understanding of what “being smart” entails. Primal Leadership presents the case for cultivating emotionally intelligent leaders. Since the actions of the leader apparently account for up to 70% of employees’ perceptions of the climate of their organization, they emphasize the importance of developing what they term “resonant leadership.” Focusing on the four domains of emotional intelligence – self-awareness, selfmanagement, social awareness, and relationship management – they explore what contributes to and detracts from resonant leadership, and how the development of these four EI competencies spawns different leadership styles. Raising Leaders for the Harvest by Robert E. Logan, Neil Cole ChurchSmart Resources Raising Leaders for the Harvest introduces the concept of Leadership Farm Systems, an organic process of leadership development which results in natural and spontaneous multiplication of disciples, groups, ministries, and churches. Re-Ignite Your Business: The Secret of Leading With Confidence, Ease and Certainty by Dick Barnett Confident Leader Press; (June 1997) This book is an “easy read,” yet its insights will profoundly and powerfully impact the way you experience your company or organization... even your family. Discover what’s missing in your company. A secular book that would benefit every church planter – it gets what the mission is all about. 43

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Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches by Robert J. Banks, Bernice M. Ledbetter, Max De Pree Baker Academic (May 2004) “It’s not easy to lead Christianly, but for those who want to examine the best thinking on what it means to be a servant-leader, Banks and Ledbetter have compiled a broad and helpful survey of the recent literature.” – Marchall Shelley, Vice President, Christianity Today International. Revolution in Leadership: Training Apostles for Tomorrow’s Church by Reggie McNeal Abingdon Press; (September 1998) Equipping God’s people for the ministry to which they are called can no longer be the responsibility solely of the professional clergy. Increasingly, we see that a new team of leaders, drawn from the membership of each congregation or its community, is arising to meet the challenges that ministry in the third millennium will present. The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry by Bill Donahue, Russ Robinson Zondervan; (October 2002) The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry provides assessment tools and solutions for seven common obstacles to building effective small groups. Based on the authors’ experience consulting with more than 200 churches and training church leaders in a variety of conferences and seminars around the world, they have found the issues fall into seven categories which they describe as the “seven deadly sins.” The Shepherd Leader by Jim Van Yperen ChurchSmart Jim Van Yperen writes from the unique perspectives of a church leader, a pastor and a shepherd. His penetrating questions will challenge everything you previously thought about leadership. Jim asks “Of all the leadership models in Scripture — prophet, priest, king or judge — God exhorts spiritual leaders to be shepherds. Why? What is it about shepherding that prepares or equips a leader to lead?” The Spiritual Leader’s Guide to Self-Care by Rochelle Melander, Harold Eppley Alban Inst; (February 2002) The Spiritual Leader’s Guide to Self-Care is an ideal companion for clergy, lay leaders, and others who would like guidance about how to make changes in their personal life and ministry but do not want to read a text-heavy book about self-care. Summoned to Lead by Leonard Sweet Zondervan Publishing Company; (May 2004) If you’re looking for something different, something that approaches leadership as an art as well as a science, inspires hope and expectation in those of us who aren’t born leaders, challenges those with leadership roles to explore new possibilities, then Leonard Sweet wants to help you discover a very different kind of leadership vision. “The church has it all wrong. It is trying to train leaders. Instead, it ought to train everyone to listen and to develop their own soundtrack.” Leaders don’t see a vision, says Sweet, they hear one.

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books (January 2002) In The Tipping Point, Gladwell introduces us to the particular personality types who are natural pollinators of new ideas and trends, the people who create the phenomenon of word of mouth. He analyzes fashion trends, smoking, children’s television, direct mail and the early days of the American Revolution for clues about making ideas infectious. He visits a religious commune, a successful high-tech company, and one of the world’s greatest salesmen to show how to start and sustain social epidemics. The Tipping Point is an intellectual adventure story written with an infectious enthusiasm for the power and joy of new ideas. Most of all, it is a road map to change, with a profoundly hopeful message — that one imaginative person applying a well-placed lever can move the world. Understanding Leadership by Tom Marshall Baker Books; (May 2003) Based on years of proven leadership and scholarly biblical insight, Tom Marshall opens up fresh perspectives on the essence of leadership. He describes how and why it is distinct from management, administration, or ministry and provides readers with the tools necessary to implement successful, long-term leadership. Christian leaders will find clear guidance on topics such as foresight, trust, criticism, caring, status, timing, failure, honor, and the dangers of power. Packed with contemporary examples and New Testament truths, this book also identifies the critical capacities and characteristics of a leader. The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call by Marva J. Dawn, Eugene H. Peterson, Peter Santucci Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; (February 2000) Pastors are strategically placed to counter the culture. No other profession looks so inoffensive but is in fact so dangerous to the status quo. Their weapon? A gospel that is profoundly countercultural. But standing firm in today’s world isn’t easy. Powerful forces attempt to domesticate pastors, to make them unnecessary. This volume helps pastors recover their gospel identity and maintain a pure vision of Christian leadership. They reconnect pastors with the biblical texts that will train them as countercultural servants of the gospel. Packed with encouraging insights from experienced practitioners, this book is must reading for anyone involved in church or parachurch leadership or for anyone now preparing for ministry. Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City, & the People of God by Harvie M. Conn, Manuel Ortiz InterVarsity Press; (February 2001) Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven practitioners of urban ministry, address the vital work of the church in the city. Their dual goal: to understand the city and God’s work in it. Urban Ministry focuses on the essential element of leadership. While there are many books on the topic, little has been said about the particular issues and needs of urban leadership. Therefore, the authors give significant attention to developing and mentoring leaders while equipping the laity for ministry in the city. A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders by Reggie McNeal Jossey-Bass; (March 2000) Leadership is less about technique or motivation than it is about the leader’s own heart. Through brief studies of the lives of Moses, David, Paul, and Jesus, McNeal elucidates six factors in the shaping of a leader’s heart. Although somewhat formulaic, this approach yields fresh fruit, thanks to McNeal’s well-integrated grasp of both his biblical sources and contemporary psychology and organizational theory.

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lìíêÉ~ÅÜ 101 Ways to Help People in Need by Steve Sjogren, Janie Sjogren NavPress; (April 2002) There are people in need all around you, if you only stop to look. Is there a single parent where you work? A disabled child in your neighborhood? Perhaps there is a family in your church who cannot afford medical insurance? These needs cry out to be met, and God’s Word says that to meet them is “pure and faultless” religion. In 101 Ways to Help People in Need, Steve and Janie Sjogren present practical and creative ways for you and your church to reach out to people with physical, emotional, and relational needs – in your neighborhood, your community, your country, and your world. 101 Ways to Reach Your Community by Steve Sjogren NavPress Publishing Group; (January 2001) Too often, evangelical Christians regard evangelism as something that only the gifted elite of the Church can undertake successfully. Unfortunately, many approaches to evangelism only serve to reinforce this attitude. Although many Christians genuinely want to share Christ with others, their efforts at evangelism often leave them feeling frustrated and guilty. As a pastor, author Steve Sjogren loved to do evangelism, but noticed that most members of his congregation didn’t share his enthusiasm in spite of their desire to share the gospel. So he began experimenting with a simple approach to outreach called “servant evangelism” that allowed any believer – regardless of gifting – to be involved in sharing God’s love with others. This book is a collection of 101 ways that Christians can reach out to those around them. Sjogren describes this book as an “interactive cookbook.” The concepts for outreach outlined in this “read-and-do” book are designed to be read and then done with a few friends, a small group, or an entire church. Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World by Robert E. Webber Baker Book House; (November 1999) In a world marked by relativism, individualism, pluralism, and the transition from a modern to a postmodern worldview, evangelical Christians must find ways to represent the historic faith. Robert E. Webber contends that present-day evangelicalism is a product of modernity. Allegiance to modernity, he argues, must be relinquished to free evangelicals to become more consistently historic. Empowerment to function in our changing culture will be found by adapting the classical tradition to our postmodern time. Webber demonstrates the implications in the key areas of church, worship, spirituality, evangelism, nurture, and mission. The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West... Again by George G., III Hunter Abingdon Press; (February 2000) Many contemporary Christians do not realize that Celtic Christianity was one of the most successfully evangelistic branches of the church in history. The Celtic church converted Ireland from paganism to Christianity in a remarkably short period, and then proceeded to send missionaries throughout Europe. North America today is in the same situation as the environment in which the early Celtic preachers found their mission fields: unfamiliar with the Christian message, yet spiritually seeking, and open to a vibrant new faith. If we are to spread the gospel in this culture of secular seekers, we would do well to learn from the Celts. Their ability to work with the beliefs of those they evangelized, to adapt worship and church life to the indigenous patterns they encountered, remains unparalleled in Christian history.

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Community Ministry: New Challenges, Proven Steps to Faith-Based Initiatives by Carl S. Dudley No. AL246 – Alban Institute http://www.alban.org/BookDetails.asp?ID=881 In this era of “faith-based initiatives,” congregations increasingly find themselves in the business of establishing and supporting community ministries. In this volume, Carl S. Dudley revises and updates his earlier book. Basic Steps toward Community Ministry, which Loren Mead called “the most valuable book on parish ministry I’ve seen in a decade.” Once again, Dudley offers guidance for congregational leaders who need to create tools, get started, and take next steps to respond to God’s call to extraordinary ministry in their community. With thought-provoking discussions about congregations as learning organizations, the relationship between ongoing faith formation and social action, examples from outstanding new ministries, and an updated resource list, Dudley rounds out this essential, practical, and readable manual. Conspiracy of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Sharing the Love of Jesus With Others by Steve Sjogren Vine Books; 10th Annv edition (February 2003) Steve Sjogren blows the cover on a powerful conspiracy that has made inroads into the hearts of millions of people. It operates on the simple premise that God is passionately in love with unbelievers and can win them most effectively through acts of kindness. If you’re burned out on evangelism, if sharing the gospel doesn’t seem to be your gift, join the ranks of those who are best suited for becoming secret agents of God’s love. Finding Common Ground: How to Communicate With Those Outside the Christian Community... While We Still Can by Tim Downs Moody Publishers; (August 1999) When it comes to reaching the new generation for Christ, are believers truly sowing for the future – or just reaping the benefits of past evangelistic efforts? Tim Downs suggests practical ways for today’s Christians to cultivate fruitful relationships in our communities and bring our troubled culture the healing it needs so much. Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It by Os Guinness Baker Book House; (July 1994) Os Guinness traces the retreat of the evangelical mind and the dumbing down of evangelicalism through popular culture. But this book goes beyond mere analysis. It is a strong call for reformation of yet another place where evangelicalism in not evangelical enough. Fling Open the Doors: Giving the Church Away to the Community by Paul Nixon Abingdon Press; (March 2002) The temptation to focus only on their own internal issues is powerful for congregations. Without realizing it, even churches that have a long tradition of outreach and social involvement become centered on issues of institutional survival. Worst of all are congregations that adopt a “fortress mentality,” addressing the larger community rarely, and only in the “language of Zion” when they do. In this book, Paul Nixon paints a picture of what community-based ministry is all about. Drawing on his experiences, he lays out practical steps that churches can take to plant themselves firmly within the lives of the communities they serve. Written with an infectious sense of hope, this book will become a critical tool for church leaders seeking to transform their congregations into outward-looking.

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The Insider Workbook: Bringing the Kingdom of God into Your Everyday World by Mike Shamy, Jim Petersen Navpress Publishing Group (April 2003) This workbook will help you apply the teachings of The Insider and see the people in your world in a new perspective. Learn to identify practical ways to meet needs that no one else can meet. Evangelism is not an activity of the spiritual elite – it’s for everyone. With these hands-on exercises, you’ll begin to form new thoughts, habits, and confidence when sharing Christ with those in your everyday circle. The Invisible Touch: The Four Keys to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith Warner Books; (March 2000) Beckwith’s “four keys to modern marketing” – price, branding, packaging, relationships – offers counterintuitive information that could make or break a business plan. This is a business book, but one that everyone who works for a living should read. You’ll find insights that could make you a better teacher, a better salesperson, a better employee in any trade. Beckwith drives home the idea that we’re all in the business of marketing ourselves. Let the Nations Be Glad! 2nd ed. by John Piper Baker Book House; 2nd edition (February 2003) Drawing on texts from the Old and New Testaments, Piper demonstrates that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship drives missionary outreach. He describes prayer as the fuel of missions work because of its focus on a relationship with God rather than the needs of the world. Let the Nations Be Glad! is essential reading for all those involved in or preparing for missions work and provides inspiring theological reflection for college and seminary students. This book also offers enlightenment for pastors, youth workers, those involved in campus ministries, and all who want to connect their labors to God’s global purposes. Lost in America: How You and Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door by Tom Clegg, Warren Bird Group Publishing Inc; (January 2001) Lost in America will motivate Christians, individually and in the church, to think and behave as missionaries right here in North America. The case is made that the church has become marginalized in our society and requires changes to make it relevant in reaching our highly relational, postmodern society. Lost in America helps Christians re-image their church as a mission station and shows them how they can meaningfully offer hope to the unchurched in America. More Ready Than You Realize by Brian D. McLaren Zondervan; (January 2002) This is a book on evangelizing postmoderns by an experienced pastor-writer who is successfully involved in it. WARNING: This is not just another book on evangelism. This book contains fresh, encouraging, challenging, groundbreaking, and doable ideas you’ll want to share with your pastor, your small group or class, your board, or your parachurch organization. Out of the Saltshaker & Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life by Rebecca Manley Pippert InterVarsity Press; Rev&Expand edition (July 1999) “Christians and non-Christians have something in common,” writes Rebecca Pippert. “We’re both uptight about evangelism.” So begins this book on evangelism. Through stories, biblical insight, and plain common sense, she helps us feel relaxed and enthusiastic about sharing our faith. 48

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Pursuing the Pearl: A Comprehensive Resource for Multi-Asian Ministry by Ken Uyeda Fong Judson Press; Updated edition (November 1999) Fong’s completely updated revision of his previously released Insights for Growing Asian-American Ministries examines the very latest trends and cultural realities in Asian American churches. Fong brings scholarly expertise and an in-depth knowledge of the special needs of this culture to facilitate more effective ministry in Asian American churches. Radical Reformission: Reaching Out Without Selling Out by Mark Driscoll Zondervan Publishing Company; (September 2004) Radical Reformation calls for the continual reforming of the mission of the church to reach out to others in a way that acknowledges the unique times and locations of daily life, carefully navigating between the pitfalls of syncretism (being so culturally relevant that you’ve lost your Christian message) and sectarianism (being so culturally irrelevant that you’ve lost your Christian mission). Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard: A Guide to Building Relationships With People of Other Faiths and Cultures by Rajendra K. Pillai Waterbrook Press; (August 2003) Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard is designed as a guidebook for Christians to better understand and engage people from other countries including immigrants, foreign exchange students, and tourists. By both region and religion, author Rajendra K. Pillai explains cultural considerations and common points of reference to readers eager to share the good news of Jesus Christ with foreign-born individuals. Seeing Beyond Church Walls: Action Plans for Touching Your Community by Steve Sjogren, Stephen L. Ayers, Robert Logan Group Publishing Inc; (December 2001) Build bridges of love to your church community... with wisdom from respected Christian leaders. Respected Christian leaders share key action plans and an encouraging vision for seeing beyond church walls, created by inward-focus and introversion, to how to penetrate our local communities with the love of Jesus Christ. “In the trenches” church leaders like Steve Sjogren, Dale Galloway, Sally Morgenthaler, and Leonard Sweet give challenging, and passionate, yet intensely practical insights into transforming your church to become lovingly and strategically outwardly-focused. A bridge-building body of Christ that overcomes its own inwardly focused gaze to grip the hearts of those beyond church walls. Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them by Thom S. Rainer Zondervan; (August 2001) A first-of-its-kind comprehensive study of the formerly unchurched explodes some common myths as to what it takes to reach people and provides insight into how the Christian church can develop effective approaches to reach the growing number of unchurched in North America. This is truly one of the most valuable resources you can own as a church leader. It is filled with charts, graphs, and other visual aids, plus an abundance of true-life accounts. You’ll discover why pastors and doctrinal preaching are critical. The enormous influence of family and relationships. Which things matter more than we’d thought and which matter less. What causes visitors to return. The traits of unchurched-reaching leaders. How to preach effectively to the unchurched. How to become a church for the unchurched. And much, much more.

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The Unchurched Next Door: Understanding Faith Stages As Keys to Sharing Your Faith by Thom S. Rainer Zondervan Publishing Company; (September 2003) If you invite them, they will come. In a national survey done by author Thom Rainer and his staff, eight out of ten unchurched men and women said they would come to church – if only someone would invite them. Rainer helps you figure out where your neighbors, friends, and coworkers are in their spiritual quest, and how you can know who among the unchurched people in your life are receptive to Christ.

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tÉÄëáíÉë `ÜìêÅÜ mä~åíáåÖ AAC Consulting - Specializing in Asian American & Multicultural Church Obstetrics www.aacconsulting.com AAC Consulting is a nonprofit ministry providing free consultation and coaching for church planters and information systems for churches, networks & denominations to facilitate genuine teamwork in church planting movements. Though they specialize in assisting English-speaking Asian American and multicultural churches, they help any evangelical individual, church or denomination/network throughout the world that is interested in starting churches. Acquire Wisdom www.acquirewisdom.com Interested in home groups, cell groups, small groups, house churches, discipleship making or church planting? At AcquireWisdom.com, you will find proven resources focused in the areas of church planting, discipleship making, house churches (home groups, cell groups, small groups). They are committed to providing Bible-based, culturally-relevant, and practical tools and resources to Christians. Acts 29 www.a29.org A29 is a new movement that God raised up to advance the Kingdom in North America and around the world. Their aim is to plant healthy and effective, missional churches, which will in turn reproduce themselves through church planting. They are a resource for church planters through their events, coaching, and online library. Advent Christian Church Planting Resource www.geocities.com/cpr2050/home/ Their mission is to assist local Advent Christian churches in planting disciple-making daughter churches. The board members of Church Planting Resource have been involved in church planting as church planting pastors, church planting team members, mother church pastors, and encouragers to church planters. The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting www.alliancescp.org The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting is a partnership of local churches and mission agencies. Their purpose is to facilitate the planting of evangelical churches throughout post-communist Eurasia so that every person has the opportunity to hear and see the gospel of Jesus Christ! Antioch Network www.antiochnetwork.org Antioch Network is a growing fellowship of local churches who are interacting with the challenge of sending church planting teams to unreached peoples. Today, the network sustains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona with full-time staff. They convene multiple events each year to envision and partner with the local churches in this process. Arizona Southern Baptist Convention – Church Planting www.azsobaptist.org/church_planting.shtml The primary purpose of Church Planting in the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention is to work with their partners to plant healthy, reproducing churches with evangelistic passion as part of a New Testament church planting movement among all people groups in Arizona.

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Assemblies of God USA – Church Planting www.churchplanting.ag.org Never before has the climate for evangelism and church planting been riper for America! We are the world’s third largest unreached nation with over 195 million unreached people. There is a tremendous spiritual vacuum created by three generations influenced by secular humanism. But people are searching for meaning, security, and significance. New churches are timely, relevant, and connect easily with their communities. Now is the time to plant more and better churches! Now is the time for existing churches to multiply and reap the harvest fields around them. Association of Life-Giving Churches www.lifegivingchurch.org The ALC is a fellowship of like-minded pastors and local churches. They are committed to fulfilling the Great Commission using the core principles illustrated in the books, Primary Purpose and The Life-giving Church. Through the relationships formed and activities supported, ALC hopes to strengthen the personal lives of pastors and church leaders, help churches develop more efficient church policy, facilitate measurable church growth within their cities, and encourage mission ministry at home and abroad. Association of Related Churches www.relatedchurches.com The Association of Related Churches is an organization of pastors and churches that focuses on building strong relationships between pastors and ministry leaders. They are available to encourage, provide guidance, and help in ministry development for pastors across the U.S. The goal at ARC is to develop and share human and ministry resources to assist in church planting and growth, and to provide wisdom and guidance at no cost to the member churches. Offering counseling with pastors and their wives and staff on a needs basis is also a function of the ARC. Baptist Church Planting www.baptistchurchplanting.com Resources and tips for planting a Baptist church. Baptist General Convention of Texas Church Starting www.bgct.org/bgctroot/office.cfm?sectionid=1&officeid=30 The BGCT mission is to resource the start and development of new missional churches. Their vision is to saturate every area and every people group in Texas with new missional churches. There are many church planting tools, how-to’s, and articles at this site. Some examples: Feasibility Studies, Trend Spotting, Assimilation in the New Church: Turn an Audience into an Army, Welcoming Guests in the New Church, How to Constitute your Church, Identifying Leaders in Your Church, and Mobilizing Your Core Group. Bethany Cell Church Network www.bccn.com In late 1992, Senior Pastor Larry Stockstill of Bethany World Prayer Center made the decision to transition his church into a cell church model. Multiplication was rapid and explosive as the congregation caught the vision of cell life. As Bethany’s cell ministry grew, more and more churches began looking to the pastors and staff for help in implementing the cell ministry in their own congregations. To meet this need, Bethany Cell Church Network was formed. BCCN is dedicated to networking with cell churches around the world to encourage, train, and provide resources to reach our generation for Christ. BCCN has three main focuses: consultation, conferences, and resources.

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Bob Jones University – USA Church Planting in the 21st Century www.bju.edu/resources/cplanting/ Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC is a university that gives special emphasis to studies in Bible, church administration, missions, pastoral training, theology, history, education, ancient and modern languages, public speaking, drama, music, and literature. They have a USA Church Planting resource page that has demographical resources as well as other information that could be helpful. Brad Boyston – Church Planting Resources www.bradboydston.com/html/church_planting.html This page contains some helpful resources for lay people and clergy involved in church planting. They are from several ecclesiastical traditions and reflect numerous cultures. A variety of sources provides some of the balance needed as you strategize for new church development. Christ Fellowship – Church Planting Overview www.christfellowship.org/cells/planting.html Christ Fellowship believes that healthy church life is the best training ground for church planting. To that end, they constantly encourage would be church planters to be faithful in the basics of discipleship – developing a healthy and intimate walk with Jesus, sharing Christ with those who don’t know Him, being involved in discipling relationships, learning to worship, growing in fellowship and in the Word, and learning to persevere in trials. As they grow in these basic aspects of church life and personal character, Christ Fellowship then adds specific training that is related to church planting. Christian and Missionary Alliance www.cmalliance.org Great Commission Christians Planting Great Commission Churches The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) is an evangelical denomination with a major emphasis on world evangelization. It maintains a “big tent” stance in reference to many doctrinal matters, encouraging believers of diverse backgrounds and theological traditions to unite in an alliance to know and exalt Jesus Christ and to complete His Great Commission. Under the banner “Completing Christ’s Commission” and the leadership of Dr. Peter N. Nanfelt, president, the C&MA is streamlining its ministries to regain a movement spirit in the framework of a denomination, refocusing resources on unreached people groups overseas and underevangelized communities in the United States. Christian Evangelistic Association www.thecea.org CEA’s vision is to encourage a church planting movement resulting in the planting of 100 new churches across the Northwest. Church planting resources at this site include: Church Resource Ministry information, Church Planters Network information, Free Church Planting Resources information, and The Church Multiplication Training Center. Christian Reformed Home Missions www.crhm.org God has called Home Missions to play a key role in mission in North America – to assist the Christian Reformed Church in spreading the gospel of the Kingdom in North America. Home Missions has organized its work into five areas that relate to this gospel witness, one of these areas is church planting.

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Christian Planting Manual (online) – by Pastor John Iuliano www.christian-faith.com/html/page/church_planting_manual Church Multiplication Associates www.cmaresources.org Church Multiplication Associates (CMA) exists to facilitate church multiplication movements by focusing resources on reproducing disciples, leaders, ministries and churches. At this site there is a “One Stop Shop” for all your church building needs (books), find out about Greenhouse (Organic Church Planting Movement) and sign up for a Greenhouse event. The Church Multiplication Training Center www.cmtcmultiply.org The Church Multiplication Training Center (CMTC) is an interdenominational ministry that exists to multiply reproducing churches through equipping and empowering planters, pastors and spouses as well as leaders of participating agencies. It is a proven resource used by denominations coast-to-coast to train leaders who plant churches. Their BootCamp system is progressive, exciting, challenging, demanding and 100% handson. Future leaders, planters, and support team members learn everything from developing core values to practical hints on programming and marketing. Special emphasis is put on the potential pitfalls, with instruction given by individuals who have worked in the trenches–planters who have been there themselves. Church Planters Forum www.cpforum.net Sponsored by the Hope Chapel Coalition of Churches New, yet biblical paradigms on church planting, evangelism, and leadership issues. It’s all free. But, you need to sign-up if you want to contribute your ideas, receive their free weekly email updates, or sound off in their surveys. A Church Planter’s Paradise www.church-planting.org This site is hosted by a group of evangelical organizations that have partnered together to accomplish the Great Commission through church planting. All participating organizations adhere to the theological standards of the National Association of Evangelicals. The purpose of this site is to offer a “one stop” experience for potential church planters to connect with church planting opportunities across the USA and Canada – to offer a links page to some great church planting resources. This site intentionally does not offer great depth; it is designed to be a launching point. Church Planting www.church-planting.net Church Planting is a nonprofit church planting support organization that exists to help church planters and church planting organizations be more effective. The website is a one-stop resource for finding low-cost, high-quality products and services such as: Church Planting Solutions, Church Marketing Institute, Church Demographic Information, Mobile Church Solutions (equipment solutions), and Church Web Solutions. Church Planting and Theology http://cptheo.net/index.html Dale Little has published a series of short articles for Japan Harvest (a periodical for evangelical missionaries in Japan) in which he explores the interface between church planting and theology. The series is an ongoing one entitled Thinking Theologically About Church Planting. As his articles are published, they appear here.

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Church Planting America www.churchplantingamerica.org Church Planting America specializes in helping local churches get established and grow. They do Seminars/workshops on church planting, finances, family, discipleship, visitation, Sunday school, and deacon training to strengthen your ministry, graphic design of literature and web sites to effectively advertise your ministry, and literature and media to encourage, train, and support your ministry. Church Planting Assessment Center www.churchplanting4me.org Providing direction for church planters and sponsoring organizations. Church Planting Center www.plantthefuture.org Their mission is to create and shape a church planting movement, so that church planting once again becomes the normal and central means of evangelizing to the lost. At this website they want to bring you the most up-to-date materials, information on relevant events, and news of what God is doing in church planting. A Church Planting Handbook for Lay People (online) – by Brad Boydston http://bradboydston.com/handbook/ The purpose of this online manual is to assist you as you consider the possibility of starting a church, and to provide you with nuts and bolts information once you decide that God is calling you to this specialized ministry. This handbook is unique. It is a handbook written for lay people. The fact is that most people involved in planting and leading new churches are lay people. The information contained in this handbook will assist lay people who: (1) are contemplating involvement in church planting; (2) are involved in the initiation of a church planting project; or (3) are already active lay leaders in a recently planted church. Church Planting Village www.churchplantingvillage.net This is a resource for the church planting community provided by the Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board, SBC. Church Planting Manual (online) – by James P. Allen www.newchurches.com/resources/CPmanual.pdf Church Planting Ministries (1997) Some of the topics: Why Plant a New Church, The Reason for a Mentor, Financing your Mission, Defining your Target, Where will You Meet, Equipment Needs, Publishing Your Vision, Strategize Your Vision, Keeping Useful Records, Preparing Your Church to Give Birth, and Setting up Your Church Government. Church Planting Ministries www.plantingministries.org This ministry is here to assist in raising up strong and growing churches. The information provided on this site will help a pastor of an established church as well as a pastor who is starting a new church. The site offers free church growth articles, a free monthly journal, church planting schools (even an Internet school), support groups, coaching by experienced church planters, and much more. Church Planting NW www.kairoschurchplanting.org Church Planting NW is a church planting organization that concentrates on the Idaho, Washington, and Oregon state area. This website has some helpful resource pages.

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Church Planting Resources www.creativeministry.org/resources/churchplanting/index.htm This site is committed to helping Seventh-day Adventist Churches in North America plant new congregations, especially reaching new generations for Christ. Unlike “geographic” church planting, this targeted approach seeks to shape church plants to reach specific groups. Church Planting Typology Report (Leadership Network) – by Dave Travis www.leadnet.org/resources/docs/churchplantingtypologyreport1.pdf Church Smart Resources www.churchsmart.com Church Smart Resources is an organization that is leading the way with quality ministry tools for church planting, church growth, church renewal, and leadership development. Church Starting Network www.churchstarting.net The Church Starting Network is a collaborative effort to foster Apostolic church starting movements in North America and beyond sponsored by the Sanchez Center for Reproducing Congregations at the Intercultural Institute for Contextual Ministry. Through consultations and publications, participants have the opportunity to shape and be shaped by an emerging dialogue regarding multiplication issues in a postmodern, postChristian, multicultural environment. Churches Planting Churches – a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church www.churchesplantingchurches.org Churches Planting Churches is the Evangelical Covenant Church’s stewardship endeavor to give every Covenant congregation the opportunity to be directly involved in the planting of at least one new church. They exist to assist local congregations in this mission to their “Judea and Samaria.” Columbia Theological Seminary – New Church Development www.ctsnet.edu/lifelong/ncd/index.asp Teaching, research, and consulting comprise the three-fold purpose of the Center for New Church Development (NCD), which participates in God’s mission expressed in forming new churches. Columbia students, NCD pastors, established or potential NCD pastors, their spouses, and church leaders who assist the nurture of new congregations are invited to participate. The center provides leadership development programs, internships, conferences, and basic and advanced degree courses, including a Doctor of Ministry specialization in new church development. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship – Church Starts www.thefellowship.info/Global%20Missions/Church%20Starts/Welcome.icm The focus of CBF’s New Church Starts ministry initiative is on birthing congregations shaped by the culture of the location – an approach known as the indigenous principle. This missions approach calls for proactive strategies that will become hallmarks for new church planting. CBF is dedicated to reaching the last and the least for Christ’s kingdom, whether they are defined by poverty or gated communities.

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CRM – Multiplication & Revitalization www.crmnet.org Church Resource Ministries is committed to the centrality of the local church in God’s plan for reaching the world with the good news of Jesus. The ministry is committed to values such as: evangelical theology, discipleship, church growth, church planting, teams, servanthood, risk, an entrepreneurial spirit, accountability, and the presence of God in all that we do. The purpose of CRM is to develop leaders to strengthen and start churches worldwide. Dawn Ministries www.dawnministries.org The purpose of Dawn Ministries is to see saturation church planting become the generally accepted and fervently practiced strategy for completing the task of making disciples of all people in our generation. Denver Seminary – Church Planting & Multiplication Training Center www.denverseminary.edu/tm/trainingcenters/planting.php The new pastor leaving seminary has experienced being one of the laity in an established church. The majority of seminary students have experienced being a volunteer in an established congregation. What is new is his or her role as pastor in the church. This newness is much greater if one graduates from seminary and goes directly into church planting. Because most Christians have had no experience in planting, the newness in ministry is multiplied: new as a pastor, new experience in a church plant, and new as a pastor leading the church-planting ministry. When the new pastor begins ministry in an established church he or she is helped by the fact that many ministries and programs are already in place and functioning. But, when one plants a church everything is waiting for the pastor’s leadership and the help of other leaders he or she can recruit. The student needs the benefit of mentoring with an experienced church planter in a church planting setting before beginning his or her first ministry. Dove Christian Fellowship International www.dcfi.org DCFI is an international partnership of churches and ministries dedicated to advancing God’s kingdom. At this site you can access information and purchase resources designed to help you grow both personally and within your local church. There is also a Church Planting Clinic portion of this website. Dynamic Church Planting International www.dcpi.org Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI) is a mentoring, training, and consulting mission. At this site, you can download The New Dynamic Church Planting Handbook as a PDF file for free. Easum, Bandy & Associates Church Planter’s Network www.easumbandy.com/resources/index.php?action=searchresults&pl_option[1]=3 Emerging Church Network www.emergingchurchnetwork.com The Emerging Church Network exists to develop leaders who will build churches that will transform lives and communities for the cause of Jesus Christ. It believes that a movement to impact cities must begin with the leaders. Through leadership discovery, assessment and development, the Emerging Church Network seeks to begin a church planting movement among emerging cultures across the state of Texas.

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Emerging Leadership Initiative www.vineyardnw.org/eli/ ELI is a Northwest Vineyard project aimed at connecting, equipping, and encouraging emerging leaders in the Northwest to lead within and plant from their local churches. ELI is an opportunity to be together and dialogue about the personal, cultural, and church hang-ups that keep our young, emerging leaders from becoming the people and church leaders that God intends. The aim is that, through ELI, they will encourage and help facilitate a significant increase in the number of young, emerging leaders who become leaders in existing Vineyard churches as well as go out and plant them. Episcopal Church – New Church Development Resource & Training www.episcopalchurch.org/newchurch.htm This page supports the growing commitment of dioceses to plant new churches and redevelop existing congregations in response to the 20/20 initiative adopted by the General Convention of 2000 in Denver. This initiative calls for the Episcopal Church to double its size by the year 2020 as a faithful response to the mission of the church “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ” and the Great Commission. The resources and links on this page will help direct you to diocese with experience in new church development. You can also find some stories of diocese that provide learning about what works and what doesn’t. Conferences and events that support new church development are also posted on this site. Equip www.iequip.org Equip’s vision is to see effective Christian leaders fulfill the Great Commission in every nation. They do this by equipping international Christian leaders through conferences, resources, partnerships, and technology. Evangelical Church Planting www.evangelicalchurchplanting.org Evangelical Free Church of America – Church Planting www.efca.org/planting/ EFCA’s vision for church planting is to bring pleasure to God by using proactive servant leadership to resource EFCA districts and churches to mobilize a church planting movement in the United States, where every EFCA church will become a reproducing church, and no EFCA church planter will be left alone. Evangelical Friends Church Southwest www.efcsw.org/ncd/ The objective of Evangelical Friends Church Southwest is to glorify, love, and obey the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Head of the Church. Evangelical Friends recognize that we are a part of Christ’s Universal Church composed of genuine disciples from all generations and from all over the world. This is their church planting website. It has some helpful links: Critical Factors for Planting New Churches, Essential Qualities for Church Planters, Church Planter’s Multiplication Cycle, and Multiplication Cycle Diagram.

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Fellowship of Church Planters www.fcpt.org/fcpt/ The Fellowship of Church Planters consists of a network of autonomous teams in New England. They facilitate teams in other countries. The teams are modeled after the apostolic bands in the New Testament and are committed to planting reproducing networks of house churches. They desire to ally with other church planting teams as well as promote relationships between churches and teams, which will enable a greater sharing of resources. Their goal is to establish reproducing networks of house churches. By “house church” they mean the church meeting as a family. Their house churches meet in storefronts and business offices, in addition to homes. They fellowship, often monthly, in large groups involving numbers of congregations in addition to their family meetings. Foursquare Church Planting – ReachMORE www.reachmore.org The ReachMORE vision: To see hundreds of thousands of transformed lives through the planting of healthy reproducing churches in this decade. These new communities of faith will penetrate cities across the U.S., embracing and releasing the next generation of leaders and providing a credible witness of Jesus’ love and power to people of many cultures. Lots of church planting information! Foursquare Gospel Church of Canada – Church Planting www.foursquare.ca/chplant.htm The Church Planting arm of Foursquare Gospel Church’s role is to work together to help the local churches by resourcing them with what they need to be more effective. Free Indeed Ministries International www.fimi.org Free Indeed Ministries International exists for the completion of the Great Commission and the transformation of communities starting in Spokane, Washington and the Inland Northwest USA. They are primarily engaged in prayer, proclamation and personal ministries. GCM – Churches for the next generation www.gcmweb.org/churches/ God has placed us in a position to minister to a growing network of churches passionate about creating communities of God’s people, where loving relationships thrive, and where lives are transformed to reflect Christ’s image. This generation hungers for potent spirituality – the power of Acts made visible again. One of the most effective forms of evangelism is church planting. GCM works with churches to plant healthy, reproducing churches that are committed to making fully-devoted followers of Jesus Christ in the U.S. and overseas. General Board of Global Ministries – The United Methodist Church – New Church Development http://gbgm-umc.org/who_we_are/ecg/newChurch.cfm The Office of New Church Development works with annual and central conferences, district superintendents, and congregational leaders to create strategic plans for church growth, to train leaders in evangelization methods, and to help establish new churches and faith communities. They also assist “fresh start” congregations that are undergoing merger or relocation. George Patterson’s Train and Multiply Church Planting Resources http://missionresources.com/pattersonchurchplanting.html Use simple, low cost and effective New Testament methods to train church leaders. Train & MultiplyT is a New Testament discipline that combines pastoral and leadership training with church planting and development. Train leaders in such a way that churches and cells will multiply naturally. Train & MultiplyT ™ is operated by Project WorldReach. 59

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Grace Brethren North America Missions – Church Planting www.gbnam.org/Church_planting.htm Short-term and long-term missionaries, second-career people, college or seminary graduates, and high school students are all needed to take the message of Jesus Christ to our world. Contact their National Director of Church Planting to find out more about ministry opportunities in church planting. Great Lakes Church Planting www.weplantchurches.com The objective in Great Lakes Church Planting is to help those who have a desire and a calling to plant new churches in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. When qualified church planters are properly equipped, coached, prayed for, and encouraged, incredible things happen. There are several downloads available at this site (a Church Planting Overview, How to Get Involved, etc.) Griffith Coaching Network http://myplaceofworship.org/GriffithCoachingNetwork/index.asp Their mission is to assess, train, and coach church leaders in the emergence of new and established congregations and ministries. Their focus is: New Church Starts/Church Planting, Fresh Starts/Established Churches Considering New Directions, and Faith-Based Ministries. House Church Central www.hccentral.com HCC is non-denominational and an effort is made to accommodate Christians of many backgrounds. The house church movement is an attempt to get away from the institutional church, seeking instead to return to the small gatherings of peoples that constituted all of the churches of the New Testament era. The emphasis at this site is not to criticize the institutional church, but rather to lift up its alternative. House Church Central is dedicated to the growing house church movement and endeavors to provide house churches with a channel for the interchange of ideas, a source for solid, Christian theology, and a catalog of resources for the house church House2House Ministries www.house2house.tv Their mission is to help saturate and transform communities with radical, home-based church planting movements. They encourage these types of movements through the publication of House2House magazine, newsletters, books, and this website. They also host conferences and training seminars where they strive not only to model home church, but also train others to plant home churches that multiply. International Pentacostal Holiness Church – Church Planting – Evangelism USA www.iphc.org/evusa/chrplant.html To reinforce and implement the church planting thrust of the denomination, Evangelism USA (EVUSA) is actively engaged in placing church planters in major urban centers where there is not IPHC presence and in partnering with conferences to provide support for church planters. This support network includes financial help, training events, and cutting-edge materials. Leading Edge Ministries www.leadingedgeministries.org Leading Edge exists to connect new church leaders/entrepreneurs with leading service providers who are committed to new church work. Alliance partners are proven leaders in their field of expertise and are committed to championing new church work and church planting. They are not an online yellow page directory for service providers. Instead, they intentionally limit the number of participating organizations to those providing innovative, leading edge solutions for new church work.

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Link2Lead.com www.link2lead.com Link2Lead.com is a website for local church pastors and lay leaders. It is brought to you by Percept, the leading information provider to religious organizations for the past 15 years, and their growing client family of over 270 denominational regional bodies and national offices from all across the United States. Link2Lead.com is dedicated to providing you and other leaders with the latest information about your community, hands-on tools to better understand and develop your own capabilities, and a variety of additional resources to assist you in leading your congregation into the new world of opportunities awaiting us in the 21st century. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod – Board for Black Ministry Services www.lcms.org/pages/default.asp?NavID=889 Being empowered by God, called to carry out the Great Commission, undergirded by the Black Ministry Convocation and the Black Clergy Caucus, the mission of the Board for Black Ministry Services is to garner the material and spiritual resources of the LCMS for Black Ministry so that members are nourished in the faith, new people are reached with the Gospel all over the world, and the 50,000 Black Lutherans are increased to 100,000 by the early dawn of the New Century. The Board for Black Ministry Services will develop policies that will assist congregations in reaching out more effectively with the Gospel of Jesus Christ among African Americans. Mennonite Church Canada – Outreach & Church Planting www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/churchplanting/ The Outreach & Church Planting Department is developing a vision with the regional Mission & Service Commissions for what is means for the Mennonite Church to be a missional people in Canada, a people reaching across the street and around the world. Through regular consultations and grants, goals are set that help the Church respond faithfully to Christ’s call to go and make disciples of all nations. Mideast Baptist Conference – Church Planting Resources www.bgcmideast.com/resources/church_planting_resources/sample_constitution/ Sample constitution, Writing your Project Proposal, Support Development Guidelines, etc. Midwest Baptist Church – Church Planting www.midwestbap.org/view2.cfm?pic=21&id=3&menu=3&disp=./cp/cp.cfm While the seeds were planted in preceding years, MBC’s church planting effort began in earnest when Gary Rohrmayer came as full-time Director of Church Planting in the summer of 1998. Gary has established a reputation as one of the best church planting specialists in the United States. Midwest Greenhouse www.midwestgreenhouse.org The Greenhouse provides a supportive environment for Christian leaders who are choosing to function according to the ancient apostolic role of the New Testament. It is for leaders who aren’t just interested in planting a church – but rather, in churching a whole city and a region. It’s for those who are willing to get their hands dirty in the soil of lost people in the harvest. It’s for those wanting to make a globalocal impact from the ground up. Ministry Maker Tool Center – Church Planting www.ministrymaker.com/churchplant.html If you want more power in your ministry, or if you want help in developing a new ministry. This site was designed to provide as many free resources as possible to help encourage, strengthen, and equip people who want to serve Jesus Christ. No matter what type of ministry you’re involved in, you’ll find powerful information on this site to help you be all that Jesus called you to be. 61

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MisLinks – Church Planting www.mislinks.org/church/chplant.htm At the MisLinks website, under church planting, there are all sorts of links to not only church planting websites, but to demographic and statistical information, and to denominational organization links. Missionary Church – Florida District www.mcflorida.org The MCFD is an evangelical organization committed to accomplishing the Great Commission through more and better churches. They focus on developing, coaching, and tooling leaders for healthy churches, church planting and missions. The purpose of this website is to provide information about who they are, and to be a tool for leaders. Tools you can find here: Leadership Resources, Church Planting Tools, Restart Tools, Small Group Tools, Discipleship Tools, Drama Tools, Ministry Tools, and Church Tools. Missionary Church USA – Church Multiplication www.mcusa.org/church_multiplication/home.html The Missionary Church is committed to the Great Commission vision of multiplying disciples. The multiplication of churches is an effective tool to opening the door to making more and better disciples. The Church Multiplication Training Center (CMTC) exists to develop practical church planting skills while encouraging the personal spiritual growth of planters, pastors, spouses, and coaches of planters. Mountain Plain Region Open Bible Churches – Church Planting www.openbiblemp.org/planting/ChurchPlanting.htm Open Bible’s roots can be traced to church planters and a church planting movement that began in 1906. Part of their overall vision is to make church planting a priority. They desire to raise up and send out church planters who will start new works in highly populated areas and then daughter other new churches in the surrounding towns. Multiplication Ministries of the Christian & Missionary Alliance www.cmamultiply.org Multiplication Ministries is an arm of C&MA to multiply healthy Great Commission churches. National Association of Congregational Christian Churches – Congregational Church Development www.naccc.org/CCD/CCD_Main_Page.htm CCD’s Mission is to help the local church, church planters, and new church core groups in the establishment of new Congregational Christian churches. They assist those wishing to plant new churches, both new and existing churches, and they assist churches with their meeting house. National Ministries – New Church Planting www.nationalministries.org/ncp/ ABCUSA new church planting section of the National Ministries website – an important link in the overall effort of National Ministries and all of ABCUSA in reaching people for Christ. There is a Church Planter’s Manual and a Resources page. National Vision www.startingachurch.com National Vision is preparing the way for church planting in the 21st century through challenging men and women, motivating existing churches, and equipping church planters. Church planters that have a passion to birth a local church can join hands with National Vision to facilitate an effective launch. National Vision is the resource center that endeavors to help meet the real needs of church starts. Providing the answers to what, how, and when will propel you in the direction you desire. 62

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The Nehemiah Project http://sub.namb.net/nehemiah/index.html A cooperative intern strategy to intentionally prepare healthy church planters to plant healthy, reproducing churches. New Church Development Pastor and Spouse Association www.ncdnetwork.org The New Church Development Pastor and Spouse Association is a grass roots organization of Presbyterian Pastors and Spouses committed to doing New Church Development, serving Jesus Christ and Christ’s mission through the Presbyterian Church (USA). New Church Initiatives, Inc. www.newchurchinitiatives.org NCI is an inter-denominational church-starting ministry uniting evangelical churches around the mission of church planting, in order to fulfill the Great Commission. NCI is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization supporting churches/denominations locally and globally, and supporting church-starting centers around the world. The mission of NCI is to start healthy, reproducing churches that will reach those untouched by the gospel. Their aim is to saturate cities with churches that will transform communities and reproduce both locally and globally. New Church Ministry Team www.newchurchministry.org The New Church Ministry Team is a multi-disciplinary, spiritually grounded group of servant leaders committed to the cause of Jesus Christ. They are passionate about starting as many new Disciples churches in as many ways as possible. Their team is representative of the whole church. Members on the team hail from all four corners of the U.S. as well as from Puerto Rico. The team is well versed in New Church work, with nearly 90 years of combined experience. Through research, encouragement, teaching, networking, and empowering, the NCMT works to ignite the whole church in fulfilling their commitment to the Great Commission. New Church Specialties on the Web www.NewChurchSpecialties.org New Church Specialties is a nonprofit organization specializing in coaching pastors and church planters, consulting districts and denominations, and providing NewStart, ReStart & ReFocusing & Parent church education and training through New Church University. New Life Ministries www.newlifeministries-nlm.org This site focuses on resourcing leaders, congregations, and denominations in evangelism, congregational growth and vitality, and church planting. New Life Ministries will help leaders/congregations become spiritually alive and evangelistically effective by multiplying the number of persons turning to Jesus Christ. NewChurches.com www.newchurches.com Church Planting Resources for the New Millennium.

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NewStart – Church of the Nazarene – USA/Canada Mission Evangelism www.nazarenenewchurches.org NewStart is an intentional effort to equip and resource the Church of the Nazarene for starting new churches. It’s built on the New Testament strategy of starting strong new churches to reach people for Christ. NewStart is created to empower established churches to sponsor strong new ones. Several tools at this site. NewThing Network – Community Christian Church, Naperville, IL www.newthing.org NewThing’s mission is to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches relentlessly dedicated to helping people find their way back to God. NextChurch www.nextchurch.org/index.html Facilitating Church Multiplication Movements Worldwide. Books and Links North American Baptist Conference – Church Planting www.nabconference.org/discplesathome/churchplanting.shtml The vision of NAB church planting is to raise the value of church planting so high that every NAB church will fulfill their unique role in the establishment of new churches. The result will be an ever-increasing number of new churches discipling unchurched people. North American Division Evangelism Institute www.nadei.org The North American Division Evangelism Institute (NADEI) exists for the purpose of training soul winners who will be channels of the Holy Spirit in winning men and women to Christ and His truth, and to enable these soul winners to train others in this work. They provide in-field training for Master of Divinity students at the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. Students spend hours in the field implementing the principles taught in the classroom. It is this hands-on field training that makes NADEI unique. The site has links to Church Planting information and conferences. North American Mission Board – Starting Churches http://www.namb.net/site/pp.asp?c=9qKILUOzEpH&b=213019 The North American Mission Board’s Starting Churches website is for anyone interested in starting churches. They have put together, in one easy-to-get-to website, some of the finest resources you will find anywhere on planting new churches. Also go to the Church Planting Village – www.churchplantingvillage.net Northwest Baptist Convention – New Churches www.nwbaptist.org/anglo_church_starting.htm The Northwest Baptist Convention helps facilitate and assist church starting in Washington, Oregon, and Northern Idaho. They facilitate church starting working as partners with local associations and churches. An application is available at this site.

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Northwest Church Planting www.churchplanter.com The purpose of Northwest Church Planting is to reach people with the Good News of Jesus Christ by drawing, developing, and deploying leaders to start healthy, reproductive churches. To accomplish this, they work cooperatively with local churches, seminaries, and denominations. They have many events to identify, train, and nurture church planters. NorthWood Church – Church Starting www.northwoodchurch.org/glocal/church%20planting.html Through its own Church-Starting Center, NorthWood is actively involved in seeing God’s Kingdom spread throughout the United States by helping to start healthy, reproducing churches around the country. They have developed a field-tested curriculum for church-planting training. It includes Strength Assessment, Training and Development, and Deployment and Coaching. Outreach Canada www.outreach.ca Outreach Canada is a Christian ministry organization specializing in church research, growth, planting and transitional ministry resources. They strive to be the best single source for resources and information on the church in Canada. Outreach North America www.outreachnorthamerica.org/churchplanting/index.php The Board of Outreach North America helps plant and support mission congregations around the country which in turn establish churches in small and large towns alike. These new churches grow and evangelize in their communities, and, in cooperation with other congregations, support the total denominational outreach. Grants for land and buildings are often given to these new individual, developing congregations to help them in their primary growth years. PastorNet – Church Planting www.pastornet.com/links/church_planting.htm PastorNet began as the dream of a few pastors in Northern California who have a passion for leadership development in the church. As the site continues to grow and adapt in the ever expanding e-world, their goal is to help pastors take advantage of internet resources by providing an informational starting point when using the net. One of the resources at this website is a list of helpful church planting links. Planting an Orthodox Presbyterian Church – Church Planting Manual – Online www.opc.org/chm/chplant/ This manual provides an introduction to church planting in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. It is about what you need to know and do as an organizing pastor, as an overseeing elder, or as a member of a presbytery home missions committee working to establish the permanent ministry of a Presbyterian and Reformed church. Presbyterian Church USA – Evangelism and Church Development www.pcusa.org/evangelism/churchdevelopment/ncd.htm New church development webpage. The Quest www.thequestcolumbus.com The Quest is a partner in seeing a local expression of the church for every 500 people in urban Columbus, OH. Their mission is to connect urban folk to authentic relationships with people and God through and embracing community. They center on House Churches. 65

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Redeemer Church Planting and Missions www.redeemer2.com/rucpc/index.cfm A church planting introduction, how to become a church planter, training information, and more. Reformed Church in America – Church Multiplication www.rca.org/multiply/index.html Reformed Church of America’s Church Multiplication website. Re:Source Church Plant Training www.resourcechurchplanting.com Re:Source is a result of a growing need for new expressions of church and methods of planting. It is a church plant training initiative supported by an inter-denominational partnership of organizations and churches which includes the Assemblies of God, the Anglican Church Plant Initiative, Church Mission Society, Cornerstone network, NGM, New Generation church, Pioneer, Revelation, Salvation Army and Tribal Training. Church planting means people are doing many things they’ve never done before. The preparation Re:Source offers will help things to progress more quickly and smoothly. Re:Source will also help people link up to benefit from one another's encouragement. Resources for Church Planters www.nbcsbc.org/missionsresources/churchplanters.htm Nevada Baptist Convention StartCHURCH www.startchurch.com StartCHURCH.com is a company dedicated to meeting the needs of organizations that have a vision to make a difference in their communities through establishing new churches and ministries. They believe in helping those who feel called to leadership within the Body of Christ, and have designed products to aid ministers in fulfilling the call of God on their life. All of the books available at the website have been authored by Reverend Raul Rivera. After seven years of extensively researching the laws that govern religious and non-profit organizations, Raul has compiled 66 effective and user friendly manuals, using simple day-to-day language. StartCHURCH is here to help you with the legal process involved so that you can focus more of your time on effectively reaching out to those around you and less of your time on confusing legal paperwork STADIA – New Church Strategies www.stadia.cc Do you believe that God may be calling you to plant a church? STADIA wants to help you clarify that call. The process available at this site will help determine if you and STADIA should work together to plant a church. Straight Street for Church Planters www.nbcsbc.org/missionsresources/churchplanting/straightstreet/index.html A Spiritual Preparation Guide to Basic Training for Church Planters. Straight Street for Church Planters is a component of the Mentoring Team of the North American Mission Board, SBC. Straight Street is a spiritual preparation guide to be used by members of a church planting team 2-8 weeks before engaging in Basic Training for Church Planters.

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TOUCH Outreach – The Cell Group People www.touchusa.org TOUCH Outreach is a nonprofit ministry whose mission is to empower pastors, group leaders, and members to transform their lives, churches and the world through “basic Christian communities” or cell groups. Or to put it another way, they want to help your church create an “every member a minister” environment. As we read the book of Acts, we see that the New Testament church met from house to house and in the temple courts. So, holistic small group (or cell) life and corporate worship are vital to the health and future of the local church. UIM International – Church Planting www.uim.org/churchplant.htm Deployment of multicultural disciple-making teams into urban and rural areas. United Methodist Church – The Holston Academy for New Church Starts www.holstonconference.com/builders/ The mission of The Academy is to encourage, equip and empower Christian ministers, both clergy and lay, for the purpose of making disciples by creating new, indigenous faith communities through planting, relocation, mergers, and new services of worship in existing churches. Urban Discovery Ministries http://urbandiscovery.org/ “To plant churches that evangelize impoverished neighborhoods and provide families the stability, Biblical training and opportunity to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.” UDM addresses family needs by pioneering computer-assisted learning, youth and family mentoring, adult literacy and GED preparation, after school tutoring, school for the learning disabled, sports ministries, AAU basketball, Fellowship of Christian Athletes clubs, and summer camps. UDM’s Church Planting Institute trains leaders to establish urban cell churches. Victory Churches of the United States – Church Planting School information www.victoryusa.org Victory Churches of the USA (a part of Victory Churches International) is one of the fastest growing church planting movements in North America. As a church planting movement, Victory Churches USA believes that education and training are vital for the success of the church planter. They provide regular church planting schools where the church planter and their team can be trained in an intense series of sessions on the nuts and bolts of church planting. They have correspondence courses available for those who want to stay on the cutting edge as church planters. These courses are extension programs through Victory Bible College and credits can be applied the VBCI degree program. The Vineyard Community of Churches – National Church Planting Task Force www.vineyardusa.org/ministries/planting.aspx One national ministry of The Vineyard, USA includes the Church Planting Task Force. This page includes some resources for continuing as a church-planting movement. Vision Ministries Canada – Church Planting www.vision-ministries.org/planting.html Church planting is Vision Ministries’ primary mission. They are committed to making a difference in Canada by planting a new generation of effective churches. They are doing this in cooperation with Church Planting Canada, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and their member denominations. There is information, resources, and an application form available at this site.

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The Visionary – The New Church Leadership Network of Double Vision Ministries www.gycm.org/Visionary/misc/aboutdv.html The Visionary is the church planting publication of The New Church Leadership Network of Double Vision Ministries. This publication and its sponsoring organization hope to encourage church planting, and serve as a resource for those who are already involved in church planting. The Visionary is one vehicle which the New Church Leadership Network uses to provide research and resource material for church planting and church growth, to provide updates on the progress of church planting and church growth, and to provide information about seminars and motivational programs. Vital Connections – Mentoring, Coaching and Consulting for Leaders of New Churches www.ministry-coaching.com Vital Connections provides support for brand new congregations and services related to planting new churches. It is committed to affirming essential work in the “emerging ministry” environment, knowing that the ministry of “faith pioneers” is crucial to the expansion of the cause of Jesus Christ. World Christian Resource Directory www.missionresources.com/churchplanting.html Church Planting Resources listing World Impact www.worldimpact.org World Impact is a nationwide, interdenominational, Christian discipling and church-planting ministry dedicated to ministering God’s love in the inner cities of America. They nurture urban disciples who will join them in teaching others the gospel. World Impact develops indigenous disciples of Christ in the inner city through ministry to children, teenagers, and adults who are committed to knowing Christ and to making Him known. World Team Canada www.world-team.org World Team Canada’s purpose is to glorify God by working together to establish reproducing churches among unreached peoples of the world. There are many resources available at this site: cell church resources, online cell tracking, a church planting model, and more. Xpansion Ministries www.xpansion.org At this website, Xpansion Ministries has gathered various resources to assist you in your endeavors: Xpansion conferences, Xpansion newsletters, books, links, and a message board. Ask other planters how they did this or that, how you should deal with other issues, etc! Youresource for Church Planting www.youresource.com Youresource’s vision is to facilitate church planting movements resulting in the starting of 100’s of new congregations. They are now heading back to the front lines of evangelism and church planting in the Greater New York and New Jersey area. Youth With A Mission Church Planting Coaches http://cpcoaches.com Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Church Planting Coaches is an international network of experienced crosscultural church planters and frontier missionaries who are providing coaching, mentoring, and field-based training to the burgeoning number of YWAM church planting teams working among the remaining unreached people groups of the 10/40 Window and beyond. 68

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Who is Ed? Ed Waken is the Arizona Regional Director and a board member of CMA. Ed is an experienced church planter. He started and still pastors the cell-based ValleyLife Church in Peoria, AZ. ValleyLife has gone on to sponsor three other church plants. Ed has led CMA’s efforts to multiply their ministry in Arizona. Many CMA systems are in various levels of deployment in the Phoenix area.

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_ìáäÇáåÖ L jÉÉíáåÖ pé~ÅÉ Arks Incorporated www.arksincorporated.com The natural outcome of successful church planting and growth is usually the need to build a church building. Arks Incorporated would like to see if there is a place for them to help you in this ministry. Their mission is to minister to churches in this complicated phase of growth and to help them save money, reduce risk and maintain the unity of the church they have worked so hard to build. Living Stones Associates www.living-stones.com Living Stones Associates has expertise in helping churches make optimum use of their buildings, minimizing spending on facilities so they can invest more time, money and energy in the mission of the church. Their name, Living Stones, reflects the fact that their work involves facilities but that their real mission has to do not with building church buildings, but with building the church itself. Portable Church Industries www.portablechurch.com Launching a new church can be a daunting task, full of challenges and obstacles to overcome. Where will you meet? What will you need? How much will it cost? And once your ministry begins to grow, you’re faced with a whole new set of challenges. Whatever phase of development your church ministry is in, PCI can show you how to make the most of your time, money and resources. Praise Buildings.com http://praisebuildings.com Praisebuildings.com is published on the web by Argenti Media Group, the leader in targeted websites for business and industry. They encourage professionals, contractors, suppliers, vendors, craftspeople/artists, religious organizations and others to place links on their Web sites to areas on PraiseBuildings that are of special interest to their users. PraiseBuildings.com is the Internet’s most comprehensive directory of professionals, artists/craftspeople, builders, vendors and suppliers of products and services for religious properties. Regal CineMeetings & Events www.regalcinemedia.com/MeetingsNonProfit.asp United Artists Theatres, Regal Cinemas, and Edwards Theatres are available nationwide for a variety of uses by nonprofit organizations. Movie theaters, mostly vacant on Sunday mornings, are practical solutions for some churches in need of a worship facility. Around the country, churches are finding theaters to be viable options for worship space. With access to more than 500 theatres in 36 states, Regal CineMeetings & Events can accelerate the growth of new churches, expand the reach of existing churches, and enhance worship seminars and events. Theatres can be an option for: church planting, church growth, and worship events. Sprung Instant Structures www.sprung.com A highly versatile alternative to steel, Sprung’s rustproof extruded aluminum substructure provides a high strength/weight ratio while being virtually seamless. Cost-effective, lightweight, and easier to assemble, aluminum offers exceptional adaptability and life expectancy.

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`ÜìêÅÜ dêçïíÜ American Society for Church Growth www.ascg.org The American Society for Church Growth (ASCG) is an international organization which seeks to provide a networking system for those individuals or organizations associated with church growth. Center For Church Growth http://4churchgrowth.com/ The purpose of the Center for Church Growth is to provide a full range of services presenting effective methods that equip churches for spiritual and numerical growth (Acts 16:5). The services are designed to better equip the leaders and members of those congregations for more effective growth. Church Central www.churchcentral.com/nw/s Equipping Leaders to Grow Healthier Churches Church Growth, Inc. www.churchgrowth.net Church growth consultant Dr. Charles Arn provides seminars and consulting services on reaching unchurched people, adding a new service, creating an entry path for visitors, and many other topics of interest to churches committed to growth through reaching the unchurched. This website includes several excellent articles that can be downloaded for use within your church. Church Growth Institute www.churchgrowth.org Provides practical tools for leadership, evangelism, and church growth. The McIntosh Church Growth Network www.mcintoshcgn.com The Church Growth Network, founded in 1987, provides a wide range of professional consulting services for churches. The Church Growth Network is particularly well-versed in church growth analysis, strategic planning, staffing, and generational change issues. Net Results – New Ideas in Church Vitality www.netresults.org Net Results is helping congregations help people make a life-changing connection with Jesus Christ and grow in that relationship.

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cáå~åÅÉë ~åÇ cìåÇJo~áëáåÖ Charity Channel http://charitychannel.com Serving 100,000+ nonprofit-sector professionals. They have numerous discussion lists, many leading-edge eNewsletters, and CharityNews updates. FirstGov.gov http://firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it’s on FirstGov.gov. You’ll find a rich treasure of online information, services and resources. It has all kinds of information, from grants and assistance from the government for nonprofits, to tax information, and much more. The Foundation Center www.fdncenter.org The Foundation Center’s mission is to support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers succeed. The Foundation Group - Consultants to America’s Non-Profits www.foundationgroup.org The Foundation Group assists charities, churches, schools, ministries and other nonprofit organizations with their compliance and management needs, including that first significant hurdle: IRS 501c3 recognition. Organizations like yours make up our entire clientele, so we know the answers... even if you don’t know what questions to ask! Call toll-free call at (888) 361-9445 Fundraiser Help - Fundraising Ideas and Resources www.fundraiserhelp.com Fundsnet Services Online www.fundsnetservices.com A website dedicated to help find funding. Grant Proposal.com www.grantproposal.com This is a site devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff. Although, at times, proposal preparation may lack the creative delights of writing fiction, successful grant applications probably mean more to the universe than something published in an obscure literary magazine. Learn some sophisticated strategies for turning your organization’s grand vision into concrete language with the benefits quantified and the objectives measurable. They would like you to find the grant writing process an exciting and pleasant experience. GrantSmart.org www.grantsmart.org GrantSmart is an informational and interactive resource center for and about the nonprofit community. They have gathered data about private foundation activities that may be of interest to grantseekers, philanthropic organizations, and individual donors. It hopes to help to encourage informed decision-making and diversification in funding.

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Ministry Business Services www.mbsinc.com Freeing those in ministry from business distractions. Ministry Business Services’ goal is to provide information and resources for those involved in Christian ministry. They enjoy the privilege of serving thousands of churches and ministries nationwide, providing tested and authoritative solutions and answers that are ministry specific! Nonprofit guides www.npguides.org Grant writing tools for nonprofit organizations. Raising More Money www.raisingmoremoney.com Raising More Money trains nonprofit organizations of all types, sizes, and locations in building a selfsustaining system for raising funds from individuals. People tell us that this approach bridges the gap between the “old reality” dependence on special events, grant writing, and direct mail, and the “new reality” of major gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving, and endowments. Raising More Money provides organizations with a whole new way of going about their fund-raising efforts. TGCI - The Grantsmanship Center www.tgci.com TGCI is a leading source of grantsmanship training and grant information. First offered in 1972 and continuously updated, TGCI’s Grantsmanship Training Program covers all aspects of researching grants, writing grant proposals, and negotiating with funding sources. More than 70,000 nonprofit and government personnel have attended their demanding, five-day workshop, which now includes a full year of valuable membership services.

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iÉ~ÇÉêëÜáé Christian Leadership World www.teal.org.uk Helping leaders be leaders – in the church, in society and in the workplace. The website has free tools to help leaders form a vision, build and refresh their skills, and develop and mentor others, an on-line leadership style indicator, how to develop individuals, lead teams, enable organizations, influence society, data on Christian population and churches, and many other resources. CoachNet www.coachnet.org CoachNet® is an on-line tool for Christian leaders. One of the most unique web-based training and communication tools of its kind, CoachNet has a built-in reference library with hundreds of valuable resources, discussion forums on a wide variety of ministry topics, on-line study courses, and powerful, interactive on-line coaching tools. Congregational Resources www.congregationalresources.org The Alban Institute and the Indianapolis Center for Congregations have created the Congregational Resource Guide to help congregational leaders connect with resources they need to gain insight into problems and to encourage transformation in their communities of faith. Injoy www.injoy.com John Maxwell offers some great practical leadership tools. John Mark Ministries http://jmm.aaa.net.au/ This is a website devoted to assisting churches, pastors, leaders, and their spouses. Leadership Network www.leadnet.org Leadership Network’s mission is to identify, connect and help high-capacity Christian leaders multiply their impact. Leadership Network was created in 1984 to serve the Sr. Pastors of large congregations. Over the years, they have developed strong relationships and a foundation of trust with the leadership teams of innovative churches all across the USA and Canada. National Church Ministries – Church Leadership Academy http://web2.cmalliance.org/ncm/cla/cla.jsp The Church Leadership Academy provides the resources to help the local church equip workers for the harvest and serve in the church. It also assists in preparing those who have been called into the ministry. Churches everywhere are asking for help in training their leaders to have a more effective ministry. The Basic Training program and the Special Training courses are designed to give people the “tools” to make their ministry more effective.

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Online Rev.com www.onlinerev.com The purpose of OnlineRev: To help you – as a church leader – change lives and redefine the way ministry is done. In our postmodern world, it’s obvious that times are changing quickly, and we must evaluate things more often in our churches. People want to experience a spirituality that weaves itself throughout their everyday lives. Simultaneously, we have to determine which traditions we need to hold on to and which cultural changes we need to embrace. Pastors.com www.pastors.com Rick Warren’s website to encourage pastors, ministers, and church leaders with tools and resources for growing healthy churches. Tentmakers – Nehemiah Leadership Institute www.tentmakersym.org/web/nehemiah.html Building leaders for the Church. Christ-centered training for pastors, youth ministers, and laity. The objective of the Nehemiah Leadership Institute is to equip pastors and ministry leaders to multiply ministry through mobilizing and equipping the laity. Zondervan Church Source www.zondervanchurchsource.com Equipping Church Leaders for Effective Ministry. Buy books, research articles, read interviews, plus.

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lìíêÉ~ÅÜ Breakthrough Media Group www.breakthroughchurch.com Breakthrough Media’s primary focus is what is called “Breakthrough Communications,” or communication that effectively breaks through the natural barriers and screens that have become a necessary human adaptation to our message-saturated culture. They accomplish this through a combination of two disciplines: one, a deep appreciation for the individual, their felt-needs and interests, their unique problems and situation, and their dreams and aspirations; second, through the creation of sensitive and artistic communication, marketing tools, and programs. Church Marketing Solutions www.church-marketing.com This site has a free church planting resources section! They are passionate about church planting. Their founders are church planters and have started several other non-profit ministries that exist to help church planters. Visit this site to learn more about these church planting support ministries. Congregational Life Ministries - Evangelism Resource List www.brethren.org/genbd/clm/resource.htm Congregational Life Ministries offers resources and leadership training to strengthen the life and ministries of congregations. Discerning God’s will, discovering God’s transforming power, and developing congregational faithfulness and leadership are some of the ways CLM staff may assist. The list of evangelism resources has been reviewed by selected pastors and is being offered by Congregational Life Team members. Ethnic Harvest - Resources for Multicultural Ministry www.ethnicharvest.org The name and vision for Ethnic Harvest comes out of an interdenominational network of ethnic churches in the Seattle area. This website exists to share the good news about Jesus Christ with all people, to help you find gospel resources in foreign languages, to encourage churches in the USA to reach out to their ethnic neighbors, and to share the faith stories of followers of Jesus from around the world. Outreach www.outreachmarketing.com The vision of Outreach, Inc. is to create a national association of Christian churches and ministries working together to invite every person in America to a local Bible believing church and ultimately into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The website offers outreach solutions (sample products, catalogs, and training seminar signup), outreach tools (software, training products, printed products), and outreach news. Servant Evangelism www.servantevangelism.com Servant evangelism is a simple, straightforward approach to sharing God’s love in simple, practical ways. In 1984, founding Pastor Steve Sjogren and several people from the Vineyard Community Church loaded up bags of groceries and bought Christmas trees and took them to housing projects on the north side of Cincinnati. Out of this action was born a vision to reach the city of Cincinnati and the world by serving others with no strings attached. This website is dedicated to coaching and resourcing outwardly focused churches.

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oÉëÉ~êÅÜ ~åÇ fåÑçêã~íáçå The Barna Group www.barna.org Through its five divisions, The Barna Group provides primary research (The Barna Research Group); communications tools (BarnaFilms); printed resources (BarnaBooks); leadership development for young people (The Josiah Corps); and church facilitation and enhancement (Transformation Church Network). Center for Congregational Research and Development http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/ccrd/index.php The central activity of the Center for Congregational Research and Development is contextual theological research. By bringing together a community of scholars, teachers, students, and congregational leaders, the Center hopes to deepen our understanding of the manifold contours of contemporary culture and thereby to find better ways of living out the gospel in diverse settings and among diverse populations. Christianity Today www.christianitytoday.com Their purpose is to inform, inspire, connect, and equip. This is the entry site to all sorts of publications and articles by many well-known authors. Church Business www.churchbusiness.com Provides solutions and strategies for today’s churches. Church Staff Resources.com http://churchstaffresources.com/ A service of ChurchStaffing.com. Hartford Institute for Religion Research http://hirr.hartsem.edu/index.html On the Hartford Institute website, they are committed to providing quality, social scientific religion research information that is helpful for religious leaders and the general public. NewWay – Media in Missions www.newwway.org Pastor’s Study www.pastornet.net This is the new home of articles and research that pastors need in these fast changing times. Religion & Ethics Newsweekly – PBS www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics Seven Foundations of Church Ministry www.forministry.com Articles and resources for the key ministry areas that every church has in common – education, fellowship, outreach, prayer, service, stewardship, and worship.

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qÉÅÜåçäçÖó Charity Advantage http://www.charityadvantage.com Founded in 1997 and working with thousands of nonprofit organizations, their mission is to provide technology assistance to nonprofit organizations through website development, computer donations, and computer purchase assistance programs. Consistent Computer Bargains www.1computerbargains.com Join the thousands of nonprofits that have saved 70% or more on technology products and focus those savings to fulfill your organizations mission. Consistent Computer Bargains, Inc. is a leading authorized reseller of name brand computer software and hardware to nonprofit organizations and is the first national reseller to exclusively work with nonprofits. Their years of commitment and passion for the nonprofit community have given them the strength and determination to continue lobbying efforts to manufacturers so they can provide nonprofit organizations with unlimited, current, name-brand technology solutions to carry out their mission more efficiently and affordably. CCB works with software publishers on single versions and licensing packs such as: Microsoft, Diskeeper, Corel, Macromedia, McAfee, Novell, Compaq, IBM, and more. Tech Soup.org www.techsoup.org The technology place for nonprofits. They have articles written by experts for a nonprofit audience to make technology easy to understand. They cover a variety of topics, from choosing a database to funding for technology. They have a Talk to the Tech community – In the Community you can interact with TechSoup’s expert guides to access trustworthy technology information. You can find donated and discounted products. You can find tools and resources.

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tÉÄ aÉëáÖå Altrue - Easy Website for Non-Profits www.altrue.com/site/altrue/ Altrue is a professional yet affordable web design firm for non-profit web sites, church websites & volunteer web pages. Join hundreds of nonprofit organizations that have chosen Altrue. Updating your website is as easy as using email. Whether you’re a 501(c)3 non-profit or a grassroots organization, we want to help you with your web site. Church Plant Media www.churchplantmedia.com Church planters deserve to have a web site that rivals the best. Church Plant Media was born out of a passion to equip church planters with the best web sites possible. It can provide you with a high quality semicustom web site that will cost a fraction of what a custom web site would cost. Guidelines for Starting Church Web Pages www.saintlife.net/guide.htm Tips and things to know when setting up a church website. Church Websites America http://www.church-websites-america.com/ Are you tired of your church website constantly becoming out of date? Is your church’s website working for you? Does it present a professional image? Is it interactive? Any of this sound familiar? Imagine being able to present an attractive website that expresses your church to the community in a very creative and cost-effective way. The site would be used by your members to keep connected to each other through mail lists, calendar, ministries information, small groups meetings, prayer, and more. Church Websites - a Special Opportunity www.gospelcom.net/guide/resources/church-pages.php Church websites can be an integral part of a church’s outreach to the community and beyond. However, the majority of church websites, apart from listing times of meetings, does not take the needs of non-Christian site visitors into account and fail to use the potential of this medium. This page offers a range of strategies that will help to reach outsiders. for Ministry www.forministry.com Equipping the church online for ministry. This site gives you everything you need to get your church up and running online: site templates, state-of-the-art content management software, and hosting. And it’s free. This is their ministry to Christians online - enabling you to bring your church ministry to the World Wide Web. Matt28 Website Hosting www.matt28hosting.com Matt 28 Hosting is a web services company offering a wide range of services from website hosting, management, and design. The purpose of Matt28 Hosting is to raise support for missions, humanitarian aid, and relief projects around the world. Take Your Church Plant to the Web – New Life Ministries www.newlifeministries-nlm.org/online/church_plant_web1.htm

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tçêëÜáé pÉêîáÅÉ ^áÇÉë AlternativeWorship.org www.alternativeworship.org The aims of this site are to provide you with a single point of contact for Alternative Worship sites worldwide, direct you to resources for understanding what Alternative Worship is (and is not), and route you through to places where you can get resources that will help you and those with you to create Alternative Worship of your own. Church Copyright Licensing International www.ccli.com CCLI wants to encourage the spirit of worship through music to the local church collectively and to Christians individually, so that they may enhance their corporate worship expression spontaneously, conveniently, affordably, and legally. The Church Copyright License service began in 1984 when the pastor first became aware of the Copyright Law in response to a copyright crisis. In January 1985, they began to develop a “permission of use” concept, whereby churches could obtain blanket permission for specific copying activities, which he labeled “non-commercial.” Church Video Licensing International www.mplc.com/index2.htm Pastors can use portions of movies to illustrate sermon points. Youth groups can view the latest video. Educational classes can use video for teaching and training. And more... Highway Video www.highwayvideo.com Highway Videos are culturally relevant videos to be used in ministry. Videos consist of film-shorts in the form of comedies, “man-on-the-street” documentaries, and interpretive/music videos. Not produced to answer the question, but to pose the question, Highway Videos fit seamlessly into your discussion, sermon, or small group. They compliment any message, and make convicting teaching, worship, and ministry relevant! SermonCentral www.sermoncentral.com Search 500,000 free sermons, illustrations, and dramas. SermonCentral is the world’s leader in sermon resources and research. They are dedicated to equipping pastors worldwide in excellence in preaching. Using PowerPoint in Worship http://churchmedia.net/CMU/upiw/tutorial/index.htm A PowerPoint tutorial. WholeHearted Worship www.wholeheartedworship.com/index.html Worship resources for you and your group.

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j~Ö~òáåÉë ~åÇ kÉïëäÉííÉêë `ÜìêÅÜ mä~åíáåÖ ~åÇ líÜÉê rëÉÑìä j~Ö~òáåÉë ~åÇ kÉïëäÉííÉêë Acquire Wisdom Newsletter http://acquirewisdom.com/ Sign up for the free Acquire Wisdom Newsletter to learn lots of tips, stories and information about effective ministry that will reach your community and the world. CellChurch Journal – TOUCH Outreach Ministries www.touchusa.org/store/content/cellgroupjournal.asp This practical journal of testimonies and solid advice for group leaders is one of the best tools you can give your church leadership and core members. Most of the pastors who subscribe buy in bulk and give copies to each leader. A CellGroup Journal in the hands of your church members and leaders will move them toward a New Testament lifestyle far more effectively than another vision-casting meeting! Church Growth Digest – British Church Growth Association This is the journal of the British Church Growth Association. Each issue covers a particular theme and includes information on courses, conferences, book reviews, small churches, church planting, global and European matters, and healthy churches. Church Planter Newsletter – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/7Steps_content/cpNewsletter/default.asp Church Planting Bulletin – Fellowship Church Plant Teams http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006K8UO/002-2457457-4741641?v=glance The Church Planting Bulletin reports on activities of the Fellowship Church Plant Teams and, more generally, on any matters relating to the planting and reproduction of churches in our day, in the United States and worldwide. Church Planting News – North American Division Evangelism Institute www.nadei.org/newsletter/issues.html To keep you in touch with what other church planters in the field are doing, sharing their joys as well as their sorrows. To keep you informed about new resources that will add value to your ministry. To share practical bits of information that may be useful in your church plant. To keep you posted on significant church planting training and networking events. Cutting Edge – VineyardUSA www.vineyardusa.org/publications/cuttingedge.aspx Cutting Edge is the newsletter produced quarterly by the National Church Planting task force. The entire catalogue of cutting edge issues is online. It is a free church planting newsletter; you can sign up for the newsletter as well as find archived articles. Discipleship Journal www.navpress.com/Magazines/DJ/ Discipleship Journal is a trusted source for insightful articles that will help you understand the Scriptures and grow in intimacy with God. Each issue brings you fresh thinking and practical help for your everyday life and ministry. Plus, you’ll find resources and hands-on ideas that will energize and encourage you as you reach out to others.

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House2House Magazine – House2House Ministries www.house2house.tv You can get a free subscription if you become a part of the House2House Online community at my.house2house.tv. Go to Free Subscription. The Movement e-Newsletter www.redeemer2.com/rcpc/index.cfm?fuseaction=blueprint Redeemer Church Planting Center’s email church planting newsletter. Net Results Magazine – New Ideas in Church Vitality www.netresults.org Helping congregations help people make a life-changing connection with Jesus Christ and grow in that relationship. next-wave.org: church and culture www.next-wave.org Next-wave is a website on emerging church topics. You can subscribe to a web newsletter that features articles about such things as: an interview with Dan Kimball, consumer-friendly postmodern cool, starting churches that start with people who are just starting with Jesus, and inreach or outreach? Outreach Magazine www.outreachmagazine.com Outreach Magazine, the new gathering place for the ideas, insights, and stories of the intentional church. It is designed exclusively for pastors and church leadership. Sowing Seeds – Northeast Church Planters Network www.nechurchplanters.org/Sowing%20Seeds.htm Northeast Church Planters Network is passionately involved in networking, resourcing, and encouraging evangelical church planters in the Northeast US. Sowing Seeds is their newsletter dedicated to this.

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qççäë `ÜìêÅÜ mä~åíáåÖ Basic Training Online – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/equipping/btonline/default.asp The Basic Training is primarily delivered in a workshop that is process oriented. It is not designed to simply communicate a body of knowledge, but is intended to provide an experiential workshop. Therefore, it is activity oriented with only the necessary theory and lecture to provide enough information to begin applying principles and skills. The process includes modeling teamship and mentoring. The online version gives planting team members opportunity to work through some of the content at their own pace, but they do miss the synergy of the workshop. Basic Training II Online – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/equipping/btii/default.asp Basic Training II is a six session (ten hour) two-phase process of preparing the church planting team to lead the church to the next level of growth. Phase I includes two sessions and is primarily for the planter and his mentor. During Phase II, the planter’s spouse and two to four members from the new church will join the team as they prepare the church to move to the next level of growth. The planting team defines the “next level.” It may be viewed as a numerical level, it may be expressed as an organizational level, or it may be moving to reproduction (church planting). It is suggested that participants in Basic Training be invited to participate in a BT II one year after Basic Training. BT II can be conducted as a conference for three to five new churches as a regional conference, or it can be done as a local church consultation. Cell Church Planter’s Guide – by Robert E. Logan, Jeannette Buller http://www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=3 The Cell Church Planter’s Guide provides practical, step-by-step instructions to guide you as you establish a vision, gather a team, start your first cell groups, and launch your first celebration. Through a seven-stage church planting process, Logan and Buller will help you shape your journey to become a thriving cell church. As your church moves through these stages, you will find yourself returning to the hands-on tools provided to help you as you grow. This kit comes with ten cassette tapes and a notebook. Church Creation www.churchcreation.net Here is a church management software package that includes resource containing editable text to help you create your plan from top to bottom! But it’s not just text and ideas in a boring data file! The software lets you use the hot technology of data mining to locate just the right ideas. Using the system will help you do things right. And it will help you do the right things! Church Planter Management System – NAMB http://sub.namb.net/root/CPMS/ Break out of the rut with our new Church Planter Management System Software. Learn more about this tremendous tool and how it will assist you in succeeding in your church plant. The Church Planter’s Toolkit – by Robert E. Logan, Steve Ogne www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1007 The premier resource for church planters! Combining the wisdom and expertise of Bob Logan and Steve Ogne, The Church Planter’s Toolkit offers clear objectives that all church planters need to consider. The Church Planter’s Toolkit includes 12 audio cassette tapes as well as detailed checklists and action planning worksheets to form a comprehensive package for church planters and their supervisors.

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Church Planting Movements (CD) – International Mission Board (Southern Baptist) www.newwway.org/cpm/Intro.htm This CD offers tools to help you take advantage of the lessons they have learned. You can treat this as a self-study if you like, but it is designed to be used as a workshop for strategy leaders, team leaders, missionaries, or church leaders. Anyone who claims the vision of a church planting movement can benefit from this workshop. The Church Planting Probe II (pdf download) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/7Steps_content/cpresourceLibrary/probeII.asp The resources on this site are provided to assist the church planter in the various aspects of planning a new church. Church Launch Gift Pack – from Churchplant.com, a division of Outreach www.churchplants.com/giftpack.html The Church Launch Gift Pack can help ensure your new church gets off to a healthy start. Outreach offers a free Church Launch Gift Pack to all church planters (valued at more then $250). New Church Special: Up until the day of your church launch, Outreach offers all church planters a 10 % discount on their first order of outreach tools and services. Church Planting and Leadership Video Correspondence School – DOVE Christian Fellowship International www.dcfi.org/CPLS_Video_Correspondance.htm This is the best of DOVE Christian Fellowship International’s six month in-house training school packaged into a video correspondence school. The school has been divided into three self-contained modules, each to be completed before advancing to the next module. Each module is available in VHS tape format as well as the just released DVD format. This intensive training school contains a wealth of knowledge from various experienced leaders from DCFI and other ministries. See the Class listings for details about instructors. Churches Planting Churches – by Robert E. Logan, Steven L. Ogne www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1085 Churches Planting Churches is a guide designed to walk your church through the process of planting a daughter church. The authors have been personally involved in multiple church plants and have assisted hundreds of churches world-wide. Their experience will help you avoid many pitfalls that could derail your efforts. Issues such as catching the vision, gaining support of key leaders, and developing your strategy are thoroughly explored. Come, Let Us Disciple the Nations (download or CDROM) – by Dr. George Patterson, Dr. Galen Currah www.acquirewisdom.com/products.html Do you desire to not only win souls for Jesus but also disciple and teach them how to do the same? Come, Let Us Disciple the Nations is a hands-on interactive e-book that teaches New Testament principles to help you learn how to evangelize, make disciples, and start churches wherever you are. Not hyped-up discipleship methods or programs, but simple and easy to follow New Testament principles that the first century churches were founded on. Developed by Drs. George Patterson and Galen Currah, this CD-ROM takes you through a variety of scenarios of the evangelism, discipleship, and church-planting process. DCPI Mini-Handbooks: The Church Planting Profile Series www.dcpi.org/profiles.html

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Discovery Tools www.nbcsbc.org/missionsresources/churchplanting/Discovery_Tool_02_01.pdf Do you want to discover God’s call on your life? This booklet can help you. The North American Mission Board hopes that you will take time to prayerfully go through these pre-assessment tools. It is a great first step in your journey into church planting. If you are married, we encourage you to get a copy of this booklet for your spouse. These tools can help you understand your roles in a new church. eQuip – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/equipping/equip/default.asp The resources found here are to help equip church planting team members for greater effectiveness in evangelizing and planting a new church that extends the Kingdom of God and impacts the community. eQuip will help an early stage church planter connect with a mentor, consider what skills and competencies they have and need, choose resources for relationship, knowledge, and skill development, contribute resources that will help to develop other church planters and those they work with, and continue to participate in church planter equipping activities, and ongoing relationship, knowledge, and skill development. Fivefold Ministry Set – Audio book (10 cassettes) – by Ron Myer, Brian Sauder www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?p=1013824&item_no=73521 Designed to release healthy, effective fivefold ministry in the local church. An audio book covering the material of a live Fivefold Ministry Seminar. Includes ten topics taught by experienced DOVE Christian Fellowship International leaders. Growing Healthy Cell Groups Audio Tape Series (6 cassettes) http://dcfi.org/House2House/Growing_Healthy_Cell_Groups.htm Learn to grow effective cell groups with this comprehensive 6 cassette audio tape series. Tape sessions encompass the same material covered at a DCFI’s Cell Ministry Seminar plus more. Helping You Build Cell Churches Manual – by Brian Sauder, Larry Kreider http://dcfi.org/House2House/Helping_You_Build_Manual.htm This manual contains the tools you need. It is a biblical blueprint for cell ministry including reaching out, spiritual parenting, mistakes to avoid, leadership training, church government, fivefold ministry in cells, children and youth in cells, church planting, transitioning to a cell-based church, counseling skills for cell leaders, and much more! How to Implement a Regional Church Planting Vision – by Robert Logan CRM Publishing 800-253-4CRM Mentoring Manual – Mentoring Guidelines for Church Planters (pdf download) – by Rev. Robert W. Martin www.alliancescp.org/resources/mentoringmanual.html Helping others to be faithful to God’s calling upon their lives is what mentoring is all about. Bob Martin’s book is a practical tool that helps leaders understand the role of mentoring in helping church planters to be faithful to God’s calling to plant churches. It is Biblically based and focused on church planting. It is a valuable addition to the reading list of all leaders who have a passion for church planting and for developing faithful church planters.” – David Toth, Director of Mentoring for The Alliance.

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Multiplying Church Network Facilitators Manual (pdf download) – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/equipping/mcn/default.asp The Multiplying Church Network (MCN) is designed to involve existing church leadership in the church planting process. The MCN complements the other components of the Church Multiplication Process, while focusing on the development of strategic partnerships and sponsoring churches. The New Church Launch Marketing Plan (pdf download or CD) – by Michael Johnson, Phil Spry www.breakthroughchurch.com/churchplanting.html Planting the Cell Church Audio Series – 12 tape set http://dcfi.org/House2House/Church_Planters.htm Reproducing to Fill the Earth – by Richard Scoggins www.dickscoggins.com/sco/index.php At this site you will be able to access and download: - Books which have been written about experiences in church planting. - Papers on various topics. - Bible Studies on various topics. - Reading schedules for personal and family devotions. Seven Steps for Planting Churches (pdf downloads) – Church Planting Village – NAMB www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/7Steps_PartneringChurches/default.asp Straight Street – A Spiritual Preparation Guide for Basic Training – Church Planting Village (NAMB) www.churchplantingvillage.net/v3_pages/equipping/straightstreet/default.asp Straight Street is a spiritual preparation guide to be used by members of a church planting team 2-8 weeks before engaging in Basic Training for Church Planters. Straight Street consists of nine units and five appendices. A participant will complete the journey through Straight Street by choosing to travel either the Scenic, Business or Express Routes. Each route involves a different level of intensity and time commitment. Three Practical Church Planting Workshops on CD www.pastors.com/pcom/other_ministries/churchplanting.asp These workshops were presented at a Saddleback Purpose Driven Church Conference and may be purchased separately or as a full set at a savings of over 20%. Each workshop contains reproducible notes, PowerPoint presentations and dozens of other supplemental documents and practical church planting tips. Developed and presented by John Worcester, President of Church Planting Leadership and Dan Morgan, Pastor, Church Strategist, Saddleback Church.

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Who is Dave? Dave Travis is Senior Vice President, Leadership Network and The Buford Foundation. In his current role he helps to lead the team that works with all client-focused programs. Prior to joining Leadership Network in 1995 he served as a regional denominational director outside Atlanta, Georgia. Further back in his past he was a staff pastor and consulting engineer. He is a management graduate of Georgia Tech and holds an MDiv degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dave and his wife Lynne live in the Atlanta area and have two children. He has coauthored a book, Beyond the Box, with Bill Easum, which was released in 2003. 87

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aÉãçÖê~éÜáÅë Demographics information compiled by professionals can be purchased covering almost every imaginable population cross section. Information is available in 1, 5, or 10 mile detailed population reports from the intersection of any streets. Church Information and Development Services 151 Kalmus, Suite A104 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 957 1282 Census Access for Planning in the Church Concordia College 7400 Augusta Street River Forest, IL 60305 (708) 771-8300 ChurchPlants.com www.churchplants.com Available at this site: New Church Outreach Kit that includes a free demographic report (a $99 value). Mapping Center www.mappingcenter.org Direct your outreach. The Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth is a not-for-profit ministry created to facilitate the mobilization of the Body of Christ in America. The Mapping Center has begun this task by providing the latest in software and data solutions to help today's church and ministry. The Mapping Center has partnered with many denominations and ministries to continue this mission. Percept www.percept1.com/pacific/start.asp Percept offers reliable and innovative demographic resources for any level of church ministry. It is the only full-service demographic information company completely dedicated to church leaders. They have highvalue and unprecedented pricing. Percept is recognized as one of The Best 100 sources of information products and services by American Demographics magazine. Research Strategies for Congregations www.pcusa.org/research/researchstrategies2004.pdf The purpose of this guide is to provide you with “do-it-yourself” research tools for positive church improvement. Congregations can use these tools to learn more about themselves, and about their local community, as well. Vision Decisions – Demography for Churches www.visions-decisions.com Visions-Decisions serves churches, judicatories, and denominations with quality, helpful demographic reports and studies. For nearly a decade, Visions-Decisions has supplied a range of dependable reports and studies to congregations, new missions, and congregational development committees within most of America’s major denominations and church affiliations. Churches have always been their only clients.

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cáå~åÅÉë ~åÇ cìåÇJo~áëáåÖ Finances – Training Theme (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/finances.html One thing is for certain about money: tThere never seems to be enough of it. This theme will help your leaders make better use of what God has given and explore new ways to encourage people to give more. This theme will also train them to think more biblically and strategically about the relationship between money and ministry. Ministry and Accounting (Shop Online) www.ministryaccounting.peachhost.com Get control of your ministry finances. Here you’ll find great reference and training materials for church bookkeepers, treasurers, ministers, and CPA’s. If you have any questions about their products, call 877-612-9960 9am - 5pm CST. People Raising: Fundraising Tools – by William P. Dillon www.peopleraising.com/tools.cfm William P. Dillon is the Founder and Executive Director of Inner City Impact. He has been for more than twenty-five years. Bill has authored People Raising: A Practical Guide To Raising Support and does fundraising and management consulting through People Raising. Six Ways to Calculate Your Budget – Methods to ease the crunch of fiscal planning – by Bob Welch www.christianitytoday.com/yc/9y6/9y6014.html Snap Shot of Church Finances – Alban Institute www.alban.org/pdf/CongBudgetSelfTest.pdf This self test is a work in progress and Alban invites your feedback and suggestions!

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iÉ~ÇÉêëÜáé Advancing Leaders – by Brad Sprague, Terry Walling www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1062 Advancing Leaders is a resource focused on helping leaders move toward convergence by clarifying their ultimate contribution to the kingdom of God. These leaders decide what they should not do, in order to accomplish what must be done. This kit includes a process workbook, student reader, leaders notes, and a CD ROM with PowerPoint slides. Empowering Leaders Through Coaching – by Steven L. Ogne, Thomas Nebel www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1055 This manual will help any leader do a better job in coaching others to reach their full potential in life and ministry. The authors have helped many leaders enhance their ability to minister effectively and avoid many of the obstacles that stifle growth and vitality. By applying the principles and skills outlined in Empowering Leaders Through Coaching, you will learn how to help leaders evaluate, set priorities, make action plans, solve problems, maximize strengths, and stay on target. Coaching is more of an art than a science. You are dealing with real people who need to know someone cares, help them with planning and time management and hold them accountable in areas that matter for life and ministry. You don’t have to have all the answers. This is a journey that you and those you coach will all grow from. The notes, work sheets, lists of questions, checklists, prayer journals, and eight audio tapes included in this manual will keep you focused and encouraged. Evaluation Tools – by Steve Prokopchak http://dcfi.org/House2House/Evaluation_Tools.htm Taking an honest look at ourselves and others through ministry evaluations. This notebook of reproducible evaluation tools is about a careful examination because someone cares. Getting feedback to determine strengths, solidify vision and mission, open dialogue and discussion, and to provide goals for future training is what evaluation should be about. This process, then, becomes a positive experience for each of us. “How am I doing?” “How is the leadership team doing?” “How is my staff doing?” You will discover the answer to all these questions by utilizing each of these evaluation forms. When we discover how we’re doing through the feedback of those who are close to us in ministry, we also discover our value to the team. Leadership Environment (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/leaden.html This issue addresses how leaders can foster leadership among people in the church. Beyond mentorship, this issue focuses on the nature of discipleship and servanthood, both necessary characteristics of the effective church leader. The interview, “Jesus’ Game Plan,” is a compelling discussion with Sonlife Ministries director, Dann Spader, about Jesus’ leadership training plan, and how he worked with the disciples to train them to build his ministry on earth. Leadership Foundations (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/leadfoun.html Larry Osborne says, “We will never be healthier than our leadership team.” His interview in this theme shows how to build a vibrant church board. Darrell W. Johnson’s Bible study, “A High Calling,” explains the key qualifications for church leadership. “Putting People First,” “How to Avoid Leadership Mistakes,” and “Can I Really Lead Like Jesus?” tell how to put leadership skills to use.

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Leadership Insights (4 VHS tape set) http://dcfi.org/House2House/Leadership_Insights.htm God is raising up a new generation of leaders for His Church in the 21st Century. These four video tapes will help leaders prepare for the challenge. They include some of the most beneficial insights on leadership we’ve received during the past few years. Leadership Styles (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/leadstyl.html Determining your own leadership style and understanding the style of your fellow leaders can transform the way you work together. In Leadership Styles, Sue Mallory discusses how to identify and work with various leadership styles in church ministry. Also included are assessment tools to find your own style and a Bible study examining leadership in the New Testament. The Ministry Toolbox – Church Growth Resources www.ministrytoolbox.com/mtb.asp?action=solutions.editionsupgrades The ToolBox Management System uses a user-friendly planning process that involves the following 5 steps: Design Philosophy, Measure Results, Prioritize, Set Objectives, and Implement Projects. NewSong Leadership Handbook & CD – by Paul Kim, NewSong Church, Irvine, CA This is a compilation of the training handouts and bullet-point guidelines that NewSong has put together over the years. The handbook focuses on providing resources to NewSong Leaders and Coaches, who are “building up and branching out” authentic communities as a church of small groups. To order, call 949-477-0700. Practical Ministry Skills (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/prmisk.html The work of the church calls for many skills and abilities. Yet all too often, church leaders step into a new ministry with very little guidance. This theme is designed to train leaders in those areas that are often overlooked. Thirteen how-to articles cover everything from recruiting and motivating leaders to leading a meeting, counting the offering, and making a hospital visit. A summary article explains the need for clearly defined ministry descriptions and provides samples that you may adapt for your own needs. Strategic Planning (Microsoft Word download) – ChristianityToday.com http://store.yahoo.com/buildingchurchleaders/stratplan.html An important theme for any church, this theme starts with an interview with Peter Drucker, an expert in organizational management and structure. Responsible planning requires wisdom, direction from the Holy Spirit, and willingness to make difficult choices. Strategic Planning will help your ministry team grow in each of these areas by offering helpful assessment tools and discussion questions to give shape and direction to your team meetings.

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mêÉ~ÅÜáåÖ L qÉ~ÅÜáåÖ Ministry Maker Tool Center – Sermon Helps www.ministrymaker.com/preach.html Becoming a great preacher requires a lot more than just being a good speaker. Some other very important elements include having a passion for Jesus, being bold and confident, being willing to let Jesus be in control, and studying and memorizing His word. On this site are a few tools that can help you develop into a more confident preacher whether you are new to preaching or are a seasoned veteran and just need some fresh insight into the Word. Preaching/Personal Growth – Christianity Today.com http://store.yahoo.com/cti/preac.html Several preaching tools to choose from: Preaching Today Audio Series, Classic Sermons on Tape, Free Sermon Illustrations, an Audio Sermon Library, dozens of Sermon Transcripts, Leadership Journal, a Pastor’s Library and a Scholar’s Library.

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pçÑíï~êÉ ACS Technologies – Solutions for Churches www.acstechnologies.com/churches Churches have been ACS’s focus since they began in 1978, and they continue to be at the heart and motivation of all that they currently provide. Over the years, they have introduced new technologies and have discovered effective ways to grow their breadth of products and services to meet the diverse needs of churches. Today, they serve more churches than any other church management software company, and have developed an excellent reputation for comprehensive software solutions, courteous support representatives, and broad scope of additional services. ACS Technologies is the most qualified to help your church manage its business and ministry functions. Their products will make tasks easier for business administrators and will equip your church staff with resources to focus on your ministry and pursue your vision. Church Windows www.churchwindows.com Through people and products, Computer Helper Publishing offers software solutions to non-profit organizations. Their goal is to provide the customer a superior product with unsurpassed customer support. Diakonia – Faithful Steward www.church-software.com/fs/index.htm Easy, flexible, and affordable membership and donation software for churches and nonprofit organizations. This is an innovative solution that allows churches and nonprofit organizations to manage their membership and donation records with ease. As pressures increase from the I.R.S. and other government agencies, most churches and nonprofit organizations are looking for tools to meet their responsibilities and operate more efficiently. Helpmate Technology Solutions www.helpmate.net Church management is serious work, Kingdom work. So you need serious tools to effectively and efficiently manage your church’s data records and membership database. At Helpmate Technology Solutions, their church software is some of the most powerful, flexible, and robust management software you’ll find in any market industry. At the same time, we specialize in what we like to call the “fun factor” – empowering churches with software that is intuitive, easy to learn, colorful, uncluttered, and fun to use. This Fun Factor aspect will have your users smiling day after day. People Driven Software www.peopledrivensoftware.com Software building churches... because people matter to God. People Driven Software is a fresh, innovative, powerful, and easy-to-use church software package unlike anything you’ve ever seen for churches. It is an innovative tool of technology that will grow and greatly enhance the ministry of your church. Their goal is to make this the best church management software available for churches committed to the Great Commission and the Great Commandment.

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Power Church Software – Church Management Software for Today’s Growing Churches www.powerchurch.com PowerChurch Software is dedicated to providing your ministry with the highest quality church software tools available today. Since 1984, over 21,000 churches and non-profit organizations have come to rely on PowerChurch Plus as their membership, contribution, and accounting software solution. Discover what our family of users have already learned – PowerChurch Plus is Church Management Made Easy! Shelby Systems www.shelbyinc.com This suite of applications is designed for use by churches, parishes, and other ministries, which track individual information. These offices typically serve as a gathering point not only for membership, but also for information regarding prospects, attendance, family life centers, and other information concerning their congregations. SOS – Church Software www.ansintech.com/Products/church_software.shtml SOS is a comprehensive Membership Management, Accounting and Fund-raising software program. Specialized Office Solutions™ is appropriate for churches and other nonprofit or for profit organizations which are membership based like associations, schools and daycare centers. SOS uses a relational database developed in Microsoft Access and is fully compatible with Win9x, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. Membership, Accounting and Fund-raising sections of SOS are integrated. Total Church Software www.totalchurch.com Since 1995, Total Church Software has been providing quality and affordable church management software and support. Total Church Software was developed for both large and small churches. With Total Church you are not limited to the number of families in your data base. With the purchase of one Total Church Software program, your license will allow installation of Total Church on all computers within your church and volunteers working from their home. Total Church Software integrates with leading manufacturers’ software, including QuickBooks, PhoneTree, MapPoint, Word, Access and Outlook. A Web-based Approach to Church Management Software – Church Central www.churchcentral.com/nw/s/template/ASPGuide.html Web-based Approach to Church Management Software is your guide to using an innovative new technology tool to free you up to minister - not administer. A guide - free to ChurchCentral.com readers – explains how Web-based applications can improve any church’s ministry. Application Service Providers (ASPs), companies that provide these services, are examined in depth. You will learn: - How ASPs can save your staff time while keeping better track of your congregation; - How to find help in selecting the ASP that will best fit your needs; - How to get the project rolling with step-by-step tips; - What confusing technological terms mean in the guide’s glossary.

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Banks, Julia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Clarke, Cheryl A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Banks, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 12, 44, 69

Clegg, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Barna, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39, 43, 77

Clinton, J. Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Barnett, Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Coil, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Barrett, Lois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 28

Cole, Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 43

Basinger, Rebekah Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Collins, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Beach, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Conn, Harvie M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 45

Becker, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 11

Cordeiro, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, 38, 87

Beckwith, Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Cox, Michael J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Bennis, Warren G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Creech, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Bergstrom, Richard L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Crumroy, Jr. Otto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Berkley, James D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Currah, Galen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Bickel, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 42 Bird, Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 22, 26, 37, 42, 48 Bisagno, John R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Bond, Jim L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Boren, M. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Boyatzis, Richard E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Boyston, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53, 55 Bubar, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Buller, Jeannette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Burke, H. Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Burke, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

a Dale, Felicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Dawn, Marva J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 De Pree, Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Dearborn, Tim A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Dennison, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Dever, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Dillon, William P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33, 89 Donahue, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Downs, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

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Driscoll, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 49

Goleman, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Drucker, Peter F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38, 91

Green, Micheal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 7

Dudley, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 47

Greenfield, James M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Dyer, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Greenway, Roger S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Grenz, Arlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

b Easum, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 36, 41, 57 Ellas, John W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Elshof, Phyllis Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Guder, Darrell L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Guinness, Os . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Guyer, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Engle, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

e

Engstrom, Ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Haggard, Ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Eppley, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Hemphill, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Estep, Michael, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Henry, Jack A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Herman, Robert D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

c Fenton, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Fong, Ken Uyeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Forman, Rowland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Fowler, James W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Francis, H. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Francis, Hozell C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Frazee, Randy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Frost, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 28

Herrington, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Herron, Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Hesselgrave, David J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Hiebert, Paul G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Hill, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Hirsch, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 28 Holliman, Barbara L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Holliman, Glenn N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Hornsby, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hunter III, George G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Hustad, Donald P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

d

Hybels, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Galloway, Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 36, 42 Gallup Jr., George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Gangel, Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Garrison, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 87

f Iuliano, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Gehring, Roger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 69 George, Carl R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Gerber, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

g

Getz, Gene A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 38

Jackson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Gibbs, Eddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Jeavons, Thomas H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Gladwell, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 45

Johnson, Darrell W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

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Johnson, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Martin, Robert W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Jones, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Massey, Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Jones, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Maxwell, John C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35, 37, 38, 74 McCoy, Linda Schiphorst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

h Kallestad, Walt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Kim, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Kimball, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Klaas, Alan C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Klopp, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Kouzes, James M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Kraybill, J. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kreider, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 39, 85 Kukawka, Stan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

McElrath, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 McGavran, Donald Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 McIntosh, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 23, 30, 43, 71 McKee, Annie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 McKinney, Samuel Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 McKinney, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 McLaren, Brian D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 48 McManus, Erwin Raphael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 McNeal, Reggie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 44, 45 McNicol, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Melander, Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Meneses, Eloise Heibert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

i Larsen, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Lawson, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Ledbetter, Bernice M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Lehman, James H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Lewin, Rob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Lewis, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Liesch, Barry Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Lindsay, D. Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Little, Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Logan, Robert E. . . . . . . . . . . .5, 43, 49, 83, 84, 85

Messner, Roe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Miller, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Miller, Donald E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Mims, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Minatrea, Milfred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Monsma, Timothy M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Moore, Ralph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 14 Morgan, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Morgenthaler, Sally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Morton, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Mull, Marlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Murray, Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Myer, Ron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

j MacDonald, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Mallory, Sue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Malphurs, Aubrey . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 12, 18, 35, 36 Mancini, Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Mannoia, Kevin W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Marshall, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Martin, Glen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

k Nanfelt, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Nebel, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Nebel, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Nelson, Alan E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Nixon, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 47

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Noel, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Rowland, Trent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Noland, Rory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Rowland, Vivian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Russell, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

l Ogden, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Russell, Rusty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Ogne, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83, 84, 90

p

Ortiz, Manuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 31, 45

Sample, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Osborne, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Santucci, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Sauder, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 85

m Patterson, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 59, 84 Perry, Robert L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Petersen, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 48 Peterson, Eugene H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Pillai, Rajendra K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Piper, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Pippert, Rebecca Manley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Pohl, Wayne A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Pollack, David R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Porras, Jerry I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Porter, Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Posner, Barry Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Powers, Bruce P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Prokopchak, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Scazzero, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Schaller, Lyle E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Schwartz, Christian A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Scifres, Mary J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Scoggins, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 6, 86 Seidel, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Sell, Alan P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Shamy, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Shelley, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Shenk, David W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Silvoso, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Simson, Wolfgang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Sjogren, Janie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Sjogren, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 27, 46, 47, 49, 76 Smith, Dwight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Sorenson, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Spaite, Wil M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

o Rainer, Thom S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 20, 49, 50 Ratliff, Joe Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Reeder, III Harry L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Ridley, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Rima, Samuel D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41, 43 Rivera, Raul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Robinson, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Robinson, Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Rohrmayer, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Sprague, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Spry, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Stanley, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Steffen, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Steinke, Peter L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Stetzer, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 15 Stevenson, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Stockstill, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 52 Strauch, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 36 Stutzman, Ervin R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Swavely, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Ward, Pete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Sweet, Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35, 36, 44

Warren, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 25, 75 Waymire, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

q Taylor, Trisha L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Thomas, J.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Thomas, Robert J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Thompson, George B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Thornborough, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Thrall, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Tillman, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Timmis, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Toler, Stan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Towns, Elmer L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 9

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