Planting Churches

A practical guide for all those involved in planting churches. Explores the why, the where, the who, the when, the how, and what of church planting. Stuart Murray has worked as an advisor on church planting for many years. Here he discusses local and trans-local approaches to planting churches, training planters and building teams, the key role of research and preparation, diverse models of planting, the need for developing contextual, authentic and missional church plants, and the connections with the emerging church phenomena.

This book is a fundamental new resource for practitioners unlike any other.

A must-read, practical guide for all those involved in planting churches.

1. Church Planting: Why? Reasons for church planting.
2. Church Planting: Where? Diverse contexts and approaches; Translocal/strategic and local / entrepreneurial approaches.
3. Church Planting: Who? Identifying and training planters; Building teams.
4. Church Planting: When? Research and preparation.
5. Church Planting: How? Different models of planting.
6. Church Planting: What? Sowing seeds or potting plants? Network and neighbourhood. Contextual, authentic and missional church plants.
7. Church Planting and the Emerging Church Mutual learning, cross-fertilisation, a broader theological framework, and a sharper mission focus.
8. Church Planting: towards a movement.

The author, Stuart Murray, oversees Urban Expression, a pioneering church planting agency. He is the author of Church Planting. Tithing, Post Christendom, and Church after Christendom, all respected and practical books on church planting.

An essential book for all involved in planting churches.