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Stetzer, Edward J. Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age	Towns, Elmer and Stetzer, Edward. Perimeters of Light	Stetzer Ed, and Ramsey, Eric. Strategic Outreach	Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods, St. Paul's or Ours?
Becker, Paul. Dynamic Church Planting	Brock, Charles. Indigenous Church Planting	Cannistraci, David. The Gift of Apostle	Chaney, Charles L. Church Planting at the End of the Twentieth Century
Conn, Harvie, M. ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality	Francis, Hozell C. Church Planting in the African American Context	Hesselgrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: North America and Beyond, 2nd ed.	Hiebert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses. Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies
Hurn, Raymond W. The Rising Tide: New Churches for the New Millennium	King, Fred G. The Church Planter's Training Manual	Lewis, Larry L. The Church Planter's Handbook	Logan, Robert E. Beyond Church Growth
Logan, Robert E. and Steven L. Ogne. Church Planter's Toolkit	Mannoia, Kevin. Church Planting: The Next Generation	Malphurs, Aubrey. Planting Growing Churches for the 21 Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring Renewal, 2nd ed.	Di Sabatino, David. The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource (Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, No. 49)
Moore, Ralph. Starting a New Church: The Church Planter’s Guide to Success	Murray, Stuart. Church Planting: Laying Foundations	Nevius, John L. Planting and Development of Missionary Churches	Ratliff, Joe S. and Michael J. Cox. Church Planting in the African-American Community
Romo, Oscar I. American Mosaic Church Planting in Ethnic America	Miller, Donald E. Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium	Sanchez, Daniel R., Ebbie C. Smith, and Curtis E. Watke. Reproducing Congregations: A Guidebook for Contextual New Church Development	Shenk, David W. and Ervin R. Stutzman. Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New Testament Models of Church Planting
Sjogren, Steve and Rob Lewin. Community of Kindness: A Relational Approach to Planting and Growing a Church	Steffan, Tom. Passing the Baton: Church Planting that Empowers	Stetzer, Edward. How to Plant a Church, A Seminary Extension Study Course	Timmis, Stephen, editor. Multiplying Churches: Reaching Communities Through Church Planting
Towns, Elmer L. Getting A Church Started: A Student Manual for the Theological Foundation and Practical Techniques of Planting a Church	Towns, Elmer L. and Douglas Porter. Churches that Multiply	Wagner, C. Peter. Church Planting For a Greater Harvest	Warren, Richard. The Purpose Driven Church
Amstutz, Harold E. Church Planter's Manual

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