It's not about numbers  
Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century is not about how many people you can get through the church doors on Sunday morning, but about planting and growing spiritually healthy churches that are equipped to reach today's unchurched generation. With vision, purpose, and practical advice, Aubrey Malphurs carefully leads you through the six stages of a new church, including funding, creating a strong servant leadership, and establishing values. The church planters workbook will help you implement the book's contents into your own unique ministry situation, showing you how to develop a focus group, recruit a leadership team, and implement small groups.   
  
This third edition of a popular and practical hands-on guide will inspire, encourage, and equip ministry leaders.   
  
"Perhaps one of the most comprehensive, instructive, and inspiring books on the subject of American church planting written to date."--Missiology

Aubrey Malphurs is a professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary and president of The Malphurs Group (www.malphursgroup.com). He engages in church consulting and training and is the author of numerous books, including Being Leaders and Building Leaders.

If the church is to thrive in the twenty-first century, it will have to take on a new form as it ministers to the 120 million unchurched people in the United States. Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century is still virtually the only available text on church planting in North America and beyond.  
  
In this third edition, readers will find material on the importance of healthy, biblical change in our churches, updated appendixes, insight on our postmodern ministry context, and strategies for reaching new population demographics such as Generations X and Y.  
  
Pastors, ministry leaders, and church planters will find the information and advice found in this book invaluable as they carry out their ministries.

Emphasizes the importance of ministry's core values, mission, and strategy and shows church planters how to focus on the essential ingredients for success.

Malphurs, Aubrey

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Foreword

Introduction 

Part 1: The Preparation for Church Planting 

1. What Are We Talking About?:  The Definition of Church Planting

2. Do We Need Another Church?:  The Reasons for Church Planting

3. How Do You Make Ends Meet?:  The Funds for Church Planting

4. What You Don't Know Might Hurt You!: The Assumptions of Church Planting

Part 2: The Personnel of Church Planting 

5. Are You a Church Planter?:  The Practice and Application of Assessment

6. Leading with Sustained Excellence:  A Strong Servant-Leadership

Part 3: The Process of Church Planting 

7. We Want to Have a Baby:  The Conception Stage, Part 1

8. We're Going to Have a Baby!: The Conception Stage, Part 2

9. Childbirth Classes:  The Development Stage

10. It's a Baby!: The Birth Stage

11. Feed Them and They Grow!:  The Growth Stage

12. I'm No Longer a Kid!: The Maturity Stage

13. Let's Have a Baby: The Reproduction Stage

Church Planter’s Workbook

Appendix A: A Well-Mobilized Lay Army 

Appendix B: A Culturally Relevant Ministry

Appendix C: A Holistic, Authentic Worship

Appendix D: A Biblical, Culturally Relevant Evangelism

Appendix E: A Robust Network of Small Groups

Appendix F: Personal Ministry Core Values Audit

Appendix G: Understanding Postmodernism

Notes

If the church is to thrive in the twenty-first century, it will have to take on a new form as it ministers to the 120 million unchurched people in the United States. This book emphasizes the importance of ministry's core values, mission, and strategy and shows church planters how to focus on the useful ingredients for success.

If the church is to thrive in the twenty-first century, it will have to take on a new form as it ministers to the 120 million unchurched people in the United States. "Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century" is still virtually the only available text on church planting in North America and beyond. In this third edition, readers will find material on the importance of healthy, biblical change in our churches, updated appendixes, insight on our postmodern ministry context, and strategies for reaching new population demographics such as Generations X and Y. Pastors, ministry leaders, and church planters will find the information and advice found in this book invaluable as they carry out their ministries.

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