Church
Planting: Laying Foundations
North American Edition
by Stuart Murray
Foreword by J. Nelson Kraybill
Church planting involves laying foundations. The quality of these foundations has profound implications for what can be built on them. Strong and secure foundations provide the basis for healthy churches and effective mission. Effective church planting, according to Paul, requires the grace of God, appropriate expertise, and considerable care.
This book is not a training manual. It is for practitioners rather than theorists. It contains many questions and considers various answers.
Church Planting lays some theological foundations for church planting and invites church planters to think seriously about missiology and ecclesiology.
"Too often books on church planting focus on the ‘how,’ with little attention to the ‘why’ and the ‘what.’ Stuart Murray, on the other hand, contextualizes church planting within a theology of the mission of God and the kingdom of God. He is to be commended for looking at church planting in a post-Christendom context."
—Lois Barrett, Commission on Home Ministries, General Conference Mennonite Church
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Stuart Murray was the plenary speaker for the Anabaptist Evangelism Council 2001.
Contents:
Foreword
by J. Nelson Kraybill
Chapter 1 - Church
Planting: Listening to the Critics (three objections to church planting)
Chapter 2 - Church Planting: A Theological Framework
Chapter 3 - Church Planting: A New Testament Practice
Chapter 4 - Church Planting: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 5 - Church Planting and the Task of the Church
Chapter 6 - Church Planting and the Shape of the Church
Chapter 7 - Church Planting and the Ethos of the Church
Chapter 8 - Church Planting and the Structures of the Church
Chapter 9 - Church Planting and the Leadership of the Church
Chapter 10 - Church Planting: Models and Methods
Chapter 11 - Church Planting: Beyond 2000
Appendix
A - Ten DAWN Principles for Responsible Church Planting
Appendix B - Select Bibliography on Church Planting