New Churches

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Bibliographies

• Annotated Church Planting Bibliography by Ed Stetzer (pdf) *UPDATED OCT 2006
• John Wasem's Full Bibliography (view short version)
  
• Leadership Network Bibliography

Historical Church Planting Articles

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Manuals and Books

• Getting A Church Started by Dr. Elmer Towns
• A Church Planting Manual by Pastor John Iuliano
• A House Church Manual by Scoggins
• Strategic Prayer for Church Planting
• Church Planting Prayer Strategy
• Finances for Southern Baptists
• The Next 1000 Australian Churches by Steve Addison

Ed's writings on church planting

• Church Planting in Theological Education (added 12.18.05) - PDF
• North American Church Planting Trends (added 08.09.05) - PDF
• Early Church Missionary Strategy with Bibliography
• Multicultural Teams in Church Planting
• Church Planting on the American Frontier

Resources from George Thomasson

• How to Conduct a Community Interest Meeting
• Choosing a Name for the New Church
• Core Group Studies
• Check out his book, The Church Blueprint

Reading with an Application to North American missions

• Continuous Revival by Grubb
• Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret
• Methods of Mission by Nevius
• Pursuit of God by Tozer
• Till He Come by Spurgeon
• Your God is too Small by Phillips
• Moscow/Antioch Team Strategy

Ed's Stirring the Waters Series on Church Revitalization

• Part One (added 08.09.05)
• Part Two (added 08.09.05)
• Part Three (added 08.09.05)
• Part Four (added 08.09.05)

Studies and Strategies

• A Strategy for a Circuit Riding Church Planter

Working with Mission Teams

• For information on working with mission teams, please visit our mission teams page.

Building A Prayer Network (ideas for promotion)

• In All Things Pray
• One in a Million: Who will Pray?
• Ideas for prayer for church planting in Canada
• Develop an Intercessory Prayer Team (NAMB)
• "Gotta Have" Prayer Resources for Church Planters

Steve Addison’s Site on Church Planting Movements (website)

• When the church goes to the dogs
• How to find an apostle
• Seven keys to effective church planting
• Spontaneous expansion
• How the West was won

"Preparing For Acts 1:8 - World Evangelization" by Bob Wiley

• Back to School

Miscellaneous Reading

• Shared Facility Guidelines
• Prayer Walk Manual by Dan R. Crawford
• Relational Based Church Planting by Linda Bergquist & Gary Bulley (pdf) added 08.23.05
• True Spirituality: The Transforming Power of the Gospel by Steven Childers (pdf) added 07.27.05
• A Church Planting Checklist by Steven Childers (pdf) added 07.27.05
• Seven Seasons of Church Planting & Multiplication by Steven Childers (pdf) added 07.27.05
• Vision & Strategy for a Church Planting Movement by Steven Childers (pdf) added 07.21.05
• Church Multiplication Centers by Andy Williams (pdf) added 07.21.05
• Vision & Strategy for a Church Planting Movement (pdf) added 07.11.05
• Culturally Relevant Ministry in a Postmodern World by Ed Stetzer
• The Ten Commandments Of Nineteenth Century Church Planting by David W. Hall
• Multicultural Teams in Church Planting by Ed Stetzer
• Indigenous Church Planting (pdf)
• McCrary Sponsor Church D.Min. Project (pdf)
• Church Planting Manual by James P. Allen (pdf)
• Download a copy of The Church Planting Evangelistic Association

John Wasem's Bibliography

Click here to see a comprehensive list of books for church planters. The list is long. Longer than you have time for. The following is a list of books that we suggest you start with:

• The Purpose Driven Church. Rick Warren. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995.
• Church Planting From the Ground Up. Tom Jones (and all). Joplin, MO. College Press Publishing.
• Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age. Ed Stetzer. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
• Courageous Leadership. Bill Hybels. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2002.
• Seven Practices of Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley
  
• Built to Last. James Collins & Jerry Porras. New York, NY: Harper Business, 1994.
• From Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't. Jim Collins. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2001.
• Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century. Aubrey Malphurs. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992.
• Starting High Definition Churches by Ron Sylvia
• Prepare Your Church for the Future. Carl George. Tarrytown, NY: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1991
• Surprising Insights From the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them. Thom Rainer. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001.
• The Coming Church Revolution: Empowering Leaders for the Future. Carl George & Warren Bird. Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell, 1994.
• The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It. Michael Gerber. New York, NY: Harper Business, 1995.
• The New Apostolic Churches. Peter Wagner. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1998.
• The Unchurched Next Door. Thom Rainer. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishers, 2003.
  
• When God Builds a Church: 10 Principles for Growing a Dynamic Church. Bob and Rusty Russell. West Monroe, LA: Howard Publishing Co., 2000.
• Church Planting for a Greater Harvest. Peter Wagner. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1990.

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