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Author:   Len Tang ,  Charles E. Cotherman
Publisher:   IVP Academic
Imprint:   IVP Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.704kg
ISBN:  

9780830852680

ISBN 10:   0830852689
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   22 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

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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As I settled in for a flight, I asked my seatmate about his work. 'I am a church planter, ' he said enthusiastically. 'That's interesting to hear, ' I responded, and then asked with apparent naivet , 'So what does it take to plant a church?' 'Two simple things: a good sound system and a dynamic speaker!' This rich volume offers multifaceted wisdom about how much more church planting actually requires than just those two things. I hope my seatmate, and all who read this very helpful book, will see that church planting is about deep sowing and nurturing, about how much God has a passionate purpose in all of it, and about what a faithful adventure and daunting challenge church planting really is! --Mark Labberton, president, Fuller Theological Seminary If you want to view church planting through a missiological lens, this is the book for you. Written by scholar-practitioners, this volume will be a great primer as you explore the world of church planting and multiplying. --Daniel Im, pastor, podcaster, and author of You Are What You Do, No Silver Bullets, and Planting Missional Churches

Author Information

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. 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.

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