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Survey of Available Church Planting Resources

Survey of Available Church Planting Resources. Patrick Furgerson Director, Church Planting Solutions. A C T I O N. P R I N C I P A L S. +. =. I N T U I T I O N. +. F A C T S. Books…. ≈ 10 books in the last year on church planting alone

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Survey of Available Church Planting Resources

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  1. Survey of Available Church Planting Resources Patrick Furgerson Director, Church Planting Solutions

  2. A C T I O N PR I N C I P A L S + = I N T U I T I O N + F A C T S

  3. Books… • ≈10 books in the last year on church planting alone • Dozens on church growth in general • Read reviews at www.newchurches.com

  4. Books… • Don’t forget the Bible! • Read Acts regularly

  5. Books… Must Reads: • Planting Missional Churches (Ed Stetzer)* • The Church Planter’s Toolkit (Bob Logan) • Church Planting From The Ground Up (Tom Jones) • Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, Third Edition (Aubrey Malphurs) • The Purpose-Driven Church (Rick Warren) * Get in lobby

  6. Books… • The Nomadic Church (Bill Easum & Pete Theodore) • When God Builds a Church (Bob Russell) • 7 Practices of Effective Ministry (Andy Stanley) • Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Jim Collins) • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Jim Collins) • Church Planting for a Greater Harvest: A Comprehensive Guide (Peter Wagner) • 44 Questions for Church Planters (Lyle Schaller) • Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them (Thom Rainer) • The Coming Church Revolution: Empowering Leaders for the Future (Carl George) • Prepare Your Church for the Future (Carl George) • The Coming Church Revolution: Empowering Leaders for the Future (Carl George) • The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn't Work-And What to Do About It (Michael E. Gerber) • The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Jon R. Katzenbach)

  7. The Internet - Articles • E-mail lists, blogs, & articles • Freshest ideas and thinking • Not necessarily proven

  8. The Internet - Websites • Google “church planting” • 319,000 total hits • 17 sponsored links • Check Sources • Don’t get lost

  9. The Internet - Websites • http://church-planting.net/ • http://leadingedgeministries.org/ • http://coachnet.org/ • http://www.newchurches.com/ • http://churchplantingresources.com/ • http://easumbandy.com/ • http://newthing.org/ • Even more… http://startchurch.com, http://churchcreation.net, http://churchplants.com

  10. Organizations/Ministries • Stadia: New Church Strategies • Orchard Group • ACTS 29 • Church Multiplication Training Center • Natural Church Development • ChurchSmart Resources • Leadership Network • Church Planting Assessment Center • Purpose Driven Church Planting

  11. Boot Camps / Workshops • Stadia • Acts 29 • CMTC • CPS Seminars • Leadership Network

  12. Conferences • National New Church Conference • Orlando, 2007 • Regional/Denominational

  13. Coaches • Coaching Organizations (CoachNet, Church Coaching Solutions, etc) • Church Planting Organizations (Stadia, Acts 29, Orchard Group) • Successful Church Planters • People who get and trust your vision

  14. Other • Equipment (e.g. Portable Church Industries, Mobile Church Solutions) • Marketing Materials (e.g. Church Marketing Solutions, Outreach Marketing) • Videos (e.g. Sermon Videos, Highway Video, BlueFish TV)

  15. Church Planting Solutions • Online Project Management System

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