How can church planters and their congregations flourish for the long haul? Written by a diverse team of scholar-practitioners and filled with real-world insights, stories, and questions for reflection and discussion, this guide gives church planters and their teams the tools to be theologically reflective, spiritually grounded, and missionally agile.
How can church planters and their congregations flourish for the long haul? Written by a diverse team of scholar-practitioners and filled with real-world insights, stories, and questions for reflection and discussion, this guide gives church planters and their teams the tools to be theologically reflective, spiritually grounded, and missionally agile.
Charles E. Cotherman is pastor and planter of Oil City Vineyard Church in Oil City, Pennsylvania. He is the administrative director of the Project on Rural Ministry at Grove City College and has taught church history at Fuller Seminary and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Len Tang is the director of Fuller Theological Seminary's church-planting program. He is a Fuller alum and an ordained Presbyterian pastor, and currently is planting his second church, Missio Community Church in Pasadena, California.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface by Scott W. Sunquist Acknowledgments Introduction (Len Tang) Part I: What Roots Does a Church Need to Flourish? A Biblical Theology of Church Planting 1. How Do We Discern God's Activity in Scripture and in Our Community? The Missio Dei and the Missional Hermeneutic (Charles E. Cotherman) 2. What Would God's Reign Look Like in Our Neighborhood? Jesus, the Kingdom, and the Church (J. R. Woodward) 3. How Does God's Story Spread? The Gospel, Evangelism, and Reproduction (John Lo) Part II: How Do We Cultivate a Missional Spirituality? The Formation of a Church Planter 4. How Can I Survive, Then Thrive, in the Midst of the Storm? Missional Spirituality for Church Planters (Tim Morey) 5. How Are Leaders Mutually Formed for God's Mission? Missional Spirituality for Leadership Teams (Len Tang) 6. How Do We Lead a Community into Flourishing? Missional Spirituality for Church Plants (Scott W. Sunquist) Part III: How Do We Embody the Gospel in Our Context and Culture? Missional Competencies 7. To Whom Has God Sent Me? Contextualizing the Gospel (Johnny Ramírez-Johnson and Len Tang) 8. How Do I Become All Things to This People? Contextualizing the Church Planter's Leadership (Tim Morey) 9. How Is the Church Good News for Our World? Living and Speaking the Gospel Near and Far (Carrie Boren Headington) Part IV: How Do We Develop Fruit That Lasts? Faithful Planters and Fruitful Churches 10. Where Do We Start? Developing a Holistic Planting Plan (Nick Warnes) 11. What Am I Really Planting? From Tree to Orchard (John Lo, Nick Warnes, and Charles E. Cotherman) Contributors Name Index Subject Index Scripture Index
Preface by Scott W. Sunquist Acknowledgments Introduction (Len Tang) Part I: What Roots Does a Church Need to Flourish? A Biblical Theology of Church Planting 1. How Do We Discern God's Activity in Scripture and in Our Community? The Missio Dei and the Missional Hermeneutic (Charles E. Cotherman) 2. What Would God's Reign Look Like in Our Neighborhood? Jesus, the Kingdom, and the Church (J. R. Woodward) 3. How Does God's Story Spread? The Gospel, Evangelism, and Reproduction (John Lo) Part II: How Do We Cultivate a Missional Spirituality? The Formation of a Church Planter 4. How Can I Survive, Then Thrive, in the Midst of the Storm? Missional Spirituality for Church Planters (Tim Morey) 5. How Are Leaders Mutually Formed for God's Mission? Missional Spirituality for Leadership Teams (Len Tang) 6. How Do We Lead a Community into Flourishing? Missional Spirituality for Church Plants (Scott W. Sunquist) Part III: How Do We Embody the Gospel in Our Context and Culture? Missional Competencies 7. To Whom Has God Sent Me? Contextualizing the Gospel (Johnny Ramírez-Johnson and Len Tang) 8. How Do I Become All Things to This People? Contextualizing the Church Planter's Leadership (Tim Morey) 9. How Is the Church Good News for Our World? Living and Speaking the Gospel Near and Far (Carrie Boren Headington) Part IV: How Do We Develop Fruit That Lasts? Faithful Planters and Fruitful Churches 10. Where Do We Start? Developing a Holistic Planting Plan (Nick Warnes) 11. What Am I Really Planting? From Tree to Orchard (John Lo, Nick Warnes, and Charles E. Cotherman) Contributors Name Index Subject Index Scripture Index
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