Survey of Available Church Planting Resources

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Survey of Available Church Planting Resources

• Patrick Furgerson
• Director, Church Planting Solutions

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Books

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

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Books

• Dont forget the Bible!
• Read Acts regularly

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Books

• Must Reads
• Planting Missional Churches (Ed Stetzer)
• The Church Planters 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

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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)

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The Internet - Articles

• E-mail lists, blogs, articles
• Freshest ideas and thinking
• Not necessarily proven

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The Internet - Websites

• Google church planting
• 319,000 total hits
• 17 sponsored links
• Check Sources
• Dont get lost

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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

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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

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Boot Camps / Workshops

• Stadia
• Acts 29
• CMTC
• CPS Seminars
• Leadership Network

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Conferences

• National New Church Conference
• Orlando, 2007
• Regional/Denominational

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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

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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)

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Church Planting Solutions

• Online Project Management System

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