Stetzer / Bird Viral Churches

Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-59032-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Leadership Network Series

A groundbreaking guide for multiplying the impact of churchplants
Based on a study that was commissioned by the LeadershipNetwork, this book reveals the best practices in church plantingand uncovers the common threads among them. A much-needed resource,this book will inform, guide, and even catalyze today's many churchplanting leaders. The authors clearly show leaders how to plantchurches that create a multiplication movement and offerinspiration for them to do so. The book addresses their questionsabout what to do next in their church planting strategies, in lightof research on what's actually working best.
* Author Ed Stetzer heads up LifeWay Research
* Provides reliable, credible information about what churchplanting strategies work best
* A volume in the Leadership Network Series
Offers a definitive guide for church planting and the burgeoningmovement it is part of.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stetzer, Ed

Bird, Warren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About Leadership Network ix
Foreword by Rick Warren xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Church Planting: The New Evangelism 11
3 Growth by Multiplication: Big Contrast to Addition 31
4 New Players: Aggressive Local Churches and Church Planting Networks 49
5 Kingdom Cooperation: Church Planters Learning Together 67
6 Predictors of Success: Recruitment, Assessment, and Deployment 83
7 Thriving: New Church Survival Rates 101
8 House Churches: Separating Reality from Fiction 115
9 Multisite Strategy: A Fast-Growing Trend That Affects Planting 129
10 Rapid Growth: Still Not Reproduction 139
11 Funding: Partnerships Matter 149
12 The New Scorecard: Measuring a Church Multiplication Movement 161
13 Obstacles to Missional Replication: What Holds Us Back 185
14 Conclusion: Solving the Toughest Challenges 195
Acknowledgments 209
Appendix: List of Churches and Networks Cited 211
Notes 215
Annotated Bibliography for Church Multiplication 225
The Authors 233
Index 237
Scripture Index 244

Über Autor(innen)

Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is president of LifeWay Research, visitingprofessor of research and missiology at Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School, visiting research professor at SoutheasternBaptist Theological Seminary, a contributing editor forChristianity Today, and a columnist for Outreach Magazine andCatalyst Monthly. He has been a church planter and has trainedpastors and church planters on five continents. His books includePlanting Missional Churches.
Warren Bird, Ph.D., directs the research division at LeadershipNetwork, teaches atAlliance Theological Seminary, and regularlycontributes to several magazines. An ordained minister, he has beeninvolved in five church plants. Bird has coauthored twenty-onebooks including Starting a New Church.
Visit the Leadership Network Website, www.leadnet.org, for moreinnovative resources and information.