Planting Missional Churches (Hardcover)

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Ed Stetzer has written the 'killer app' and 'category killer' for church planting. -- Leonard Sweet, author of Out of the Question...Into the Mystery

Ed Stetzer has written the new standard in church planting books. -- Steve Sjogren, author of Conspiracy of Kindness

If I could buy only one book on church planting this would be my first. This book is a timely gift to the church of Jesus Christ. No one should try to plant a church without it. -- Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School

Product Description

Planting Missional Churches is an instruction book for planting biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. It addresses the "how-to" and "why" issues of church planting by providing practical guidance through all the phases of a church plant while taking a missional look at existing and emerging cultures.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: B&H Academic (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805443703
• ISBN-13: 978-0805443707
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Planting Missional Churches, October 19, 2007

By	William D. Seaman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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After finishing Ed Stezter's first book on church planting "Planting Churches in a Postmodern Age", I was looking forward to reading his second book on church planting "Planting Missional Churches". I found it to be an update of the previous book. There was new material and some of what had been in the first book is now on his web site. However, this is an excellent handbook for the mission planter covering theology and philosophy of church planting, but much practical advice including things like finances, facilities and personnel, among many other topics. Some are treated in a cursory manner, others in much more depth. There is some advice that other experts in the field would question, but overall it is a solid handbook. I recommend it highly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading., September 5, 2008

By	George Gangestad (Medford, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you want to learn the best way to plant a missional church, all of the ups and downs and remain Biblically sound, this book is a definite read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars why and how-to, July 9, 2009

By	W. Kowalski "www.peacefulones.blogspot.com" (seattle) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

very practical for American contexts. options and models for planting churches, mostly based traditional pastor-layperson split, but have some other possibilities as well - small group church without oversight by larger church, replication.