Starting a New Church: The Church Planter's Guide to Success [Paperback]

Ralph Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2002

Rising generations of Americans are ignorant of Jesus Christ and have virtually no moral absolutes. 

   So who will evangelize them and whats the best way to go about it? Ralph Moore says the answer is aggressive church planting. But he is emphatic that established churches cant do the job alone. 

   Why? Because new churches can better meet the needs of each new generation by presenting biblical truth in the cultural context that best reaches these people. This book will challenge you to consider becoming a church planter, without sugarcoating the problems and practical challenges involved. 

   Moores authoritative, edgy message is based on firsthand experience in overseeing the movement that has planted more that 200 new churches. Starting A New Church not only covers everything you need to know from the ground up, but it also reveals why church planting may be the most dynamic movement in evangelism!

   If you like this book, be sure to check "How To Multiply Your Church," a guide for an existing congregation that hopes to reproduce. Also by Ralph Moore.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Wisdom in print...this book works! ...I wish he'd written it years before I struggled through my first years of planting Saddleback. Reading it could have spared me a lot of mistakes. --Rick Warren

The world needs Christ, and the method God has given us to accomplish the task is church planting. Ralph Moore...describes in practical detail how anyone can be involved in this exciting challenge. --Tony Dale, Editor: House 2 House Magazine

Ralph Moore has been a real hero to me...With so many theoretical "how-to" books available from people who have never done it, Ralph is a breath of fresh air. He doesn't just talk about this stuff, he lives it and he proves it! --Neil Cole

Vintage Ralph Moore--profoundly thoughtful yet simply expressed; full of revelation and practical applications; believable, doable and, therefore, immensely challenging. --Daniel A. Brown, pastor The Coastlands--Aptos, CA

About the Author

RALPH MOORE is the senior pastor of Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii and the founder of Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach, California. His ministry now spans more than 700 churches on 6 continents. Pastor Moore travels extensively teaching pastors and church leaders biblical models for spreading the gospel and building Christ's kingdom. He and his wife, Ruby, have two adult children who are also involved in church multiplication.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Regal (September 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830729666
• ISBN-13: 978-0830729661
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ralph Moore is co-pastor of Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii and founder of Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach, California. His disciplemaking and church multiplication are responsible for birthing more than 700 churches worldwide.

He and his wife, Ruby, besides being church planters are happy parents and grandparents. Ralph spends much of his time traveling the world challenging pastors and church leaders with a simple biblical model for multiplying disciples and churches.

Recent travels have been in Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Myanmar, France, Greece and Ukraine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's the Beef!!, January 24, 2004

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Manuel Hernandez (Groton, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting a New Church: The Church Planter's Guide to Success (Paperback)

This book is not a theoretical book. It is a book from experience and years of success. This is a practical book that asks seemingly simple questions but that ultimately leads you to a deeper understanding of what you are attempting to accomplish.

All but 2 chapters are entitled as questions. The purpose is to get the potential planter to look deep into themselves, answer some very real life questions, and get moving with your dream of planting a church.

I found the best chapter had to do with budgeting. Chapter 8 makes the reader to look not only at money but to look at money as a vehicle to being effective. The budget can simply be divided into 2 sections: Opportunity Budget and Operational Budget. This chapter alone is worth buying the book.

This book is a breathe of fresh air!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Voice of Experience, March 7, 2007

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David W. Jones "ntfellow" (Palatine, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starting a New Church: The Church Planter's Guide to Success (Paperback)

Written by an experienced church planter, this book seeks to motivate and equip others to do the same. The author believes that planting new churches is the best way to evangelize the lost. He has lived this out: the two churches he founded are responsible for planting more than 200 congregations around the world. The author's methodology is marred in places by a man-centered, "seeker sensitive" approach, and the theology is fairly thin. There is scarce mention of the glory of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, the salvation of the lost or the centrality of the Word. A cult using these same strategies would probably grow. Nevertheless, the author provides many points of practical wisdom that, used critically and grounded in a more robust theology, could prove valuable to prospective church planters

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a MUST READ!!, November 26, 2003

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Derek Kirkman (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting a New Church: The Church Planter's Guide to Success (Paperback)

I have been studying everything I can get my hands on about church planting. This book is by far the best I have read to date. It offers the practical how-to's instead of endless pages of philosophies, etc..

I recommend this book as a must-have for any church planter, trust me you will not be disappointed!