Full Disclosure [Paperback]

Stephen Gray and Barry Smith (Author), Trent Short (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2009

What questions should you ask before planting a church? Now what are the REAL questions that you should ask?

Stephen Gray and Barry Smith have both traveled the road of church planting and, using their church plant experiences as well as those plants that they have coached, they speak to the real questions that you will want to know as you head out on this church planting adventure. Topics include:

- Faith
- Family
- Fadeaway
- Fast-tracking
- Fidelity
- Finances
- Finding Leaders
- Freaks, Fanatics and Fruitcakes
- Facilities
- Follow up

This book takes the questions they asked and offers you the answers they learned.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stephen Gray has planted churches in Nebraska and Missouri and currently is a senior consultant with "New Church Specialties" and founder of "Church Planting Dynamics", a company designed to train the next generation of church planters. His previous titles include "Planting Fast Growing Churches" and "Legacy Churches."

Barry Smith is lead pastor of Impact Community Church, a fast growing church plant in the Sacramento, CA area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Churchsmart Resources (April 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889638803
• ISBN-13: 978-1889638805
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,492,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars F-words of Church Planting, August 3, 2010

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Kezrush - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Disclosure (Paperback)

Arguably the most practical, applicable, and enjoyable book I have read on church planting. It cuts through all the crap and gets to the land-minds that many planters overlook.

This book is written by two experienced church planters who open their struggles and failures as they led their church plants. Each chapter in this book is starts with a F-word. Example - Faith, Family, Fidelity, Facilities, etc. At the end of each chapter are some very tangible and personal questions for a planter to ask himself.

As I venture off to plant, I will be referencing this book often to make sure that none of the F-words mentioned in this book catches me off guard.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book If You Are Wanting To Start A Church!, May 5, 2010

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jaysloan "jsloan" (elk grove,ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Disclosure (Paperback)

I love this book! It was so practical and so helpful. It's great to see how open Barry and Stephen were about their own mistakes and victories. It's great to know that others have gone before and paved the way in this adventure of church planting. This book is very good to help us whose heart is to start a church. I have told all my friends to read this book, and I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rick's Review, January 11, 2010

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Richard W. Keiser II "RWKII" (Galt, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Disclosure (Paperback)

If you are a church planter - or involved at any point in a church plant - you must read this book. Stephen and Barry share so many personal stories you begin to cheer for them and certainly mourn for them...stink, sometimes you even laugh at them. But their mistakes WILL help you. Take for example - "The best gift you can give your church plant is a spiritually and emotionally healthy heart, mind, and family. This is easy for most people to write, but when you know they have faced the temptation of work-aholism it means so much more.
No matter they type or style or location of your church plant, there are tid-bits of wisdom that you can gleam.
Thanks to Barry and Stephen for sharing.
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