__Nelson Searcy__ is the founding and lead pastor of The Journey Church. He is the author of more than seventy-five church growth resources and twelve books, including The Generosity Ladder, Maximize, Connect, and Ignite. Before founding The Journey, he served as the director of the Purpose Driven Community at Saddleback Church. He is also the founder of ChurchLeaderInsights.com and the Renegade Pastors Network.  
  
__Kerrick Thomas__ is a teaching pastor at The Journey Church and regularly co-leads training events with Nelson Searcy. Prior to his move to New York to plant The Journey, he received a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.  
  
__Jennifer Dykes Henson__ is a writer, wife, and mom to two young girls. She has coauthored several bestselling books, including The Generosity Ladder and Tongue Pierced. Previously, Jennifer worked with Dr. Charles Stanley as the marketing communications manager for In Touch Ministries. She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.

Starting a church from scratch? Start here! Launch offers specific strategies for beginning a church with no members, no money, and no staff. Readers get clear, practical how-to strategies for quickly raising funds, creating a team, planning services, effective evangelism, and rapidly developing a growing membership. Specific advice is included for reaching that often difficult-to-target demographic, the 20- to 40-year-old. Now thoroughly revised and expanded to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of church planting.

This revised and expanded edition by pastors of The Journey Church in NYC walks every church planter from the initial stages of discerning a calling to successfully starting a new church in today's environment.

Searcy, Nelson ;Thomas, Kerrick ;Dykes Henson, Jennifer

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section 1: Foundation

1. Starting the Journey . . . from Scratch

2. The Call to Start a Church

3. Developing a Strategy

4. Raising Funds

Section 2: Formation

5. Building a Staff

6. Planning Your First Service

7. Gathering a Launch Team

Section 3: Implementation

8. Reaching People

9. Building Systems

10. From Scratch to Stability to Success

Postscript

Appendix A: Average Monthly Attendance for The Journey’s First Twelve Months

Appendix B: Sample Partners Meeting Agenda

Appendix C: Recommended Leadership Resources

Notes

About the Authors

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