Caring Deeply About Church Planting

Twelve Keys from the Life of Jesus
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-64999-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

Never has the need for church planting been more acute or more necessary. The world around us is beset with problems of every kind—political, social, economic, racial, and moral. The list is endless, and the difficulties are systemic and entrenched. The best minds, institutions, and efforts are being marshaled to address these problems, but are we getting to the root issues? Could it be that the solutions lie elsewhere?

Indeed, the greatest reformer to ever live told us the hope we need comes from the church. Yes, the church, as anemic and as irrelevant as it may seem to some (or many). Jesus said of the community He would birth, "You are the light of the world and the salt of the earth" (Matt. 5:13-14). The church, in all its forms, from small to big, whether found in the countryside or in megacities is God’s redeeming force for society, for culture, and for the nations. The church is God’s secret weapon and His change agent for the world. He’s all in on the church.

As such the church is God’s organizational servant on the earth. It’s to be an enterprise of the highest quality. It’s to sparkle with kingdom power, love, and truth. As Ephesians 3:10 states, "[God’s] intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms." For such a task, outstanding leaders are needed. Great leaders are not just for the arenas of business, politics, or the military. The church must also focus on recruiting, training, and deploying the best. As the leader goes, so goes the organization.

This book assists in the great endeavor of planting churches. It gives church planters a biblical and conceptual framework so they can be armed with a map for how to go about establishing new works. This framework is rooted in the humble yet glorious, small yet significant, quiet yet powerful ways of Jesus.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Church Planting Is an Organizational Initiative 2. Church Planting Is a Breakthrough Initiative 3. Church Planting Is a Prophetic Initiative PHASE 1 - CONCEPTION (Leader) 4. Caring Deeply: The Call of God 5. Clarity: Caring Deeply Must Have a Compelling, Tangible Goal 6. Capability: Planting Must Be Connected to Skill, Especially Preaching 7. Consecration: The Key to Your Plant PHASE 2 - CONSTRUCTION (New Plant) 8. Core Team: Finding Those Who Will Plant with Me 9. Culture: How Will This Plant Work, Look, and Feel? 10. Creativity: Planting with Genius 11. Coordination: Infrastructure for This Plant PHASE 3 - DISRUPTION (Global Impact) 12. Commitment: Having Follow-Through as You Plant 13. Coin: Faith for Finances 14. Constancy: Protecting the Plant from Diversions 15. Continuation: Raising up the New Disruptors CONCLUSION 16. Canvas: Jesus’ Model of Impact - Church Unleashed 17. Challenge: Paul, Apostle of Love 18. Coda: God’s Glory Rests on the Church APPENDIX Five Stones Church: Our Start-Up Story and a Little Beyond Free Church Planting Boot Camp References

Über Autor(innen)

Rich Kao has been in pastoral and church planting ministry for nearly thirty years. He was Senior Pastor of City Hill Fellowship in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before founding Five Stones Church in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Rich has been involved in a variety of start-ups, humanitarian and leadership ventures, and business concerns. He is a member of the Cabinet of Canadians, and has served the Harper administration and presently the Trudeau administration on
issues of religious freedom and human rights.

Rich also leads the Five Stones church planting team, with a focus on planting churches in global cities around the world. He is a frequent conference speaker in Asia.

Prior to being in ministry Rich worked in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries, holding research positions at Kallestad Labs (Hoffman-La Roche) and 3M Co. He is currently a director with Measurement Technology Laboratories in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, a high-tech company specializing in air quality measurement.

He is also Founder and President of a new green company, Hive City, a design studio that specializes in green event architecture, retail elements, and custom branding by utilizing repurposed paperboard.

He has a B.A. in Biology from Carleton College, an M.S. in Immunology from the University of Minnesota, and a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (D.SL) from Regent University.