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European Snapshots: Models of Multisite Church in Europe
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
Across Europe, there is growing interest in multi-site church. This paper describes three very different churches in Europe who are developing multi-site, and explores the logic behind their going multi-site, the life of their sites and their leadership development.
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Supporting Church Planting in Migrant Communities
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
Migrants are often lonely, afraid and vulnerable. Many are also Christians, or open to finding out more about Christ. Churches across Europe are supporting church planting amongst migrant communities – this ECPN concept paper explores how, and some of the issues they face.
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Good to Great in Church Planting: Accelerating Growth and Effectiveness in Church Planting (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
This concept paper identifies principles
that churches and networks across
Northern, Western, Central and Eastern
Europe are using as they transition from
being good church planting churches to
becoming great church planting
movements.
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Breaking Through Growth Barriers in New Churches
By Sherri Brown
Cost: Free Download
One of the most critical areas in church planting is
leadership. A church planter must grow, change and
develop his or her leadership style in order to take a
church to the next level.
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After the Wall Came Down: Church Planting in Post-Communist Countries (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
Christians living in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have experienced massive change in the last two decades, and post-communist culture and the involvement of Western churches have had a significant impact on church planting. This paper explores the challenges that church planters are in these countries are facing, and how they are adapting in order to facilitate greater growth amongst the ‘stony soil’ of post-communist Europe.
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Models of Missional Engagement in Europe (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
From ‘pancake church’ and power evangelism, Alpha and all-night mission events, Christians are using a variety of ways to bring the Good News of Christ to the diverse cultures of Europe. This paper gives examples of the creative attractional, engaged, incarnational and kingdom-transformational methods used in missional engagement by churches involved in the ECPN learning communities.
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Preparing to Plant: Calling, Equipping and Enabling Church Planters in Europe (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
A European Church Planting Network (ECPN) Publication
Men and women across Europe are being called and equipped for the
vital task of church planting. This paper explores how they are being trained, with methods ranging from accredited training to informal huddles the essential qualities they need and the challenges church leaders face in empowering them to plant.
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Branding your Church: Issues Involved in Branding Existing Churches and Church Plants
By Sherri Brown
Cost: Free Download
Every church has a brand, whether they’ve planned it
or not. Effective branding of your church requires that
you present your church—its purpose and mission—to
the congregation and the community accurately and
with excellence. This paper discusses the process of
creating an excellent brand, maintaining the integrity
of the brand and handling crises well so that your
church may present itself well to a lost world.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read and excerpt
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Church Planting in Historical Churches in Europe (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Downloads
A European Church Planting Network (ECPN) publication
Like grass growing through cracks in the paving slabs, new life is appearing across the historical reformed churches of Europe. This new life takes many different forms and may occur at parish, diocesan or parachurch level. While tension may occur, communication and lay leadership help to facilitate church planting, and sometimes the church structures themselves will change.
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Mid Sized Mission - The Use of Mid Size Groups As a Vital Strategic Component of Church Planting (ECPN)
By Joanne Appleton
Cost: Free Download
A European Church Planting Network (ECPN) publication
Mid-sized groups are small enough to have a common vision, but big enough to do something about it’. Groups may have varying focus and activities and be part of the church structure or the beginnings of a movement, but together they are a strategic component in church planting across Europe.
Not ready to download it? Click here to download an excerpt
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Church Planting Overview; State of Church Planting USA
Cost: Free Download
North American Christians are interested in church
planting in a way not seen for many decades. In
response, Leadership Network commissioned a
research project that surveyed over 200 churchplanting
churches, more than 100 denominational
leaders from dozens of denominations, and over 45
church planting networks.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read an excerpt
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Funding New Churches; State of Church Planting USA
Cost: Free Download
With the launch of approximately 4,000 new
churches every year in the U.S., the question on
many minds is “Who’s funding this?” Most of these
new ventures need and acquire various levels of
financial support. In this article discover who is
funding these new churches.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read an excerpt
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Improving the Health and Survivability of New Churches; State of Church Planting USA
Cost: Free Download
Many people have repeated the idea—which turns out
to be a myth—that the vast majority of new churches
fail within their first two years. In fact, the opposite
is true. In a research project commissioned by
Leadership Network over 100 different studies were
analyzed to help assess the health and survivability of
new churches in the U.S. Discover what improves the
strength and effectiveness of church plants.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read an excerpt
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Who Starts New Churches; State of Church Planting USA
Cost: Free Download
As part of the State of Church Planting USA reports
Leadership Network researched the organizations that
are starting new churches. In the late 1900s less than
1,500 new churches were started each year in
America, far less than the number of churches closed
annually. The findings suggest that now as many as
4,000 new churches start each year.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read an excerpt
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Creating Strategic Alliances and Partnerships for Planting New Churches; Issues Involved in Sharing Information and Resources Toward Greater Evangelism
By Sherri Brown
Cost: Free Download
In Major cities across America, alliances and
partnerships are being formed between churches to
achieve the goal of evangelism. These partnerships
can be as simple as two pastors working together in
one community or a group of churches working
together to transform a city. This paper addresses the
reasons churches are forming, how they do it, and
some of the advantages and challenges they have
found.
Not ready to download it? Click here to read an excerpt
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Becoming a Church Planting Church: Issues Pastors Address When Leading a Church to Birth a Network of New Churches
By Sherri Brown
Cost: Free Download
Speaking the heart language, meeting people in their culture, taking risks; some churches seem to be "baby making machines" when it comes to church planting. From Hip Hop to coffee shops, experienced church planters share their insights on the issues pastors address as they lead a church to birth a network of new churches.
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Models For Raising Up Church Planters : How Churches Become More Effective Through Intentional Leadership Development
By Glenn Smith
Cost: Free Download
Today a growing number of churches in our country desire to advance the kingdom of God through the multiplication of new churches. But the methods of training church planters are greatly varied. Some churches choose an intensive, boot camp approach, while others value a long term residency or internship program. The shared commonality of these models is an intentional approach to equipping and developing leaders.
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Finding Church Planters: Discovering and Discerning Those God Has Called to Start the Next Generation of Churches
By Josh Hunt
Cost: Free Download
The need has never been greater to discern who God is calling to plant churches, and God seems very eager that church leaders find and deploy those who have been called. In order to find the called, however, we need to be intentional we can’t resort to the search methods we’ve become accustomed to the development of online search engines. This concept paper explores more practical methods of discerning the called, and discusses several valuable tools and resources that are readily available to churches seeking church planters.
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Church Planting Typology Report
Cost: free download
A 2 page chart comparing various types of church planting models using the following fields: vision, leadership, coaching, resources, core group and location.
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Church Multiplication Centers
By Andy Williams
Cost: free download
New Hope International has helped start more than 86 churches around the world since 2000. New Hope, along with 9 other church planting churches, have planted over 1000 churches in a span of only 5 years. How did these mega-multipliers get there? What factors have proven necessary for a congregation to move from planting one or two churches to successfully multiplying itself four, eight or 15 times a year? This concept paper captures some of the key learnings, vital concepts and best practices in church multiplication that have been time-tested and sharpened over the past five years by this pilot group of local congregations with high-yield church multiplication centers
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Church Planting Resource Guide
By Cindi Haworth
Cost: free download
This guide has been put together to help those of you who are involved or looking to be involved in church planting. There are numerous resources out there to help you. We hope we have done the work - scouring the internet, researching the publishers, and asking successful church planters what resources have been valuable to them - to put together a wide collection of resources.
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