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Planting Missional Churches: Your Guide to Starting Churches that Multiply Hardcover – May 1, 2016

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Planting a church is one of the most exciting adventures you’ll ever embark on. It’s also one of the hardest. It requires initiative, leadership, strategy, systems, and a lot of prayer. In this second edition of Planting Missional Churches, not only will you find a completely redesigned book with new content in every single chapter, but you will also find several new chapters on topics such as church multiplication, residencies, multi-ethnic ministry, multisite, denominations and networks, and spiritual leadership. So if you’re planting a church, be prepared. Use this book as a guide to build the needed ministry areas so that you can multiply over and over again. For additional resources visit www.newchurches.com/PMC.
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"Planting Missional Churches was the category-defining book for church planting for a decade. Now, updated with new research, observations, and Daniel Im as coauthor, it is a must read for every church planter." - Matt Chandler, lead pastor, The Village Church

"For two decades now Ed Stetzer has charted the course for a renaissance of church planting in the evangelical world. This updated study reflects not only his years of church planting research and study but his familiarity with the latest developments in the missional conversation. And probably my favorite aspect of the book is that Ed writes not as an observer but as a pastor and practitioner. He has 'skin in the game.' Everything you need to know about where church planting is and where it is going is in these pages!" - J.D. Greear, lead pastor, The Summit Church

"Ed Stetzer's original Planting Missional Churches has proved to be a defining book in its field. In this edition, Ed and Daniel update the material to suit the constantly shifting contexts we find ourselves in. Lashed with significant new learnings since the last edition, this new edition will serve us well for the next ten years as well." - Alan Hirsch, founder, 100Movements and Forge Mission Training Network

"Ed Stetzer's volume on planting missional churches has been perhaps the best single volume on the subject. Now that he has updated it thoroughly, it is even more important to have if you are involved in church planting at any level, or even if you want your local church to be more outwardly focused. I recommend it." - Tim Keller, founding pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

"Ed has planted churches personally, taught church planting in seminaries, coached and supervised church planters, and even annually convened the leaders of church planting networks and denominations for years. Does anyone know more about church planting than Ed Stetzer? I doubt it. So if you want to save yourself from unnecessary trouble, read this book!" - Rick Warren, senior pastor, Saddleback Church

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Is God calling you to plant a church? What does that even mean? How do you decide what type of church to plant? Where do you start? What systems do you develop? How do you recruit a team to help you? And how do you make sure that your church plant grows and multiplies? This is what Planting Missional Churches is all about. Use this book as a guide to lay a missional foundation, choose the right model, develop the appropriate systems, and build the needed ministry areas, so that you can ultimately multiply over and over again.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&H Academic; Second edition (May 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433692163
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433692161
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.04 x 9 inches
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    Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is the Dean and Professor of Leadership and Christian Ministry at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He also serves as Distinguish Visiting Scholar at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University, where he teaches twice a year. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. His national radio show, Ed Stetzer Live, airs Saturdays on Moody Radio and affiliates. Stetzer serves his local church, Mariners Church, as Scholar in Residence & Teaching Pastor.

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    Daniel Im is a pastor, Bible teacher, writer, and podcast host with a passion for the local church. He is the lead pastor of Beulah Alliance Church and the author of several books. His latest book is The Discipleship Opportunity: Leading a Great-Commission Church in a Post-Everything World. He has also written No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that will Transform Your Ministry, Planting Missional Churches, and You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies about Work, Life, and Love.

    Daniel has an M.A. in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary and has served and pastored in church plants and multisite churches ranging from 100 people to 50,000 people in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Korea, Edmonton, and Nashville. His podcasts have been downloaded over 3 million times, and he currently co-hosts the IMbetween Podcast with his wife, Christina. Together they serve as speakers for FamilyLife Canada's Weekend Getaway Marriage Conference.

    He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife and their three children.

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Lea Peters
5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom and practical advice for the church planter
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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Planting Missional Churches is a book chock-full of wisdom and practical advice for the church planter. The authors do well not to stick to one idea for church planting. They present a variety of ideas for the church planter to consider when planting a church. However, they put the will of God and guidance of the Holy Spirit front and center. Well worth the read for anyone who wants to plant a church or has already planted a church.
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C.Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Planting Churches
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016
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The original was great. The second edition is even better. As indicated on newchurches.com, in revisiting the book the authors "ended up changing over 50% of the content". So if you have the original, I still suggest making the upgrade.The new material is definitely worth it. Also, the new format is cleaner, it's easier to navigate, and it's a pleasure to read. B&H did a great job with the second edition of PMC.

Section 1 lays a foundation for church planting and multiplication. In my experience, many people simply don't understand why churches should be planted. On the other hand, there are those who love church planting as an idea but don't understand the Biblical justification for it. This section presents a compelling biblical vision for planting churches. Included in this section are a bunch of stats that that bolster the argument for planting. This is a particular strength of this book. Stetzer has clearly done his homework (Stetzer was the former executive director of Lifeway Research).

Section 2 is called "Models of Church Planting" and wrestles with concepts related to the various philosophies of ministry.

Sections 3 and 4 really dig into the nuts and bolts that are necessary to plant. It includes everything from how to handle finances, to what the church should be named, how to preach, and much more. Potential planters will definitely be helped by consulting these pages.

Section 5 is called "Multiplication and Movements". This section holds a lot of the new material. I was very helped by the chapter "Churches Planting Churches" and believe that the concepts found there should be familiar to all who are in church leadership--even those who aren't interested in planting. Also, I was intrigued by the chapter on denominations and networks. It wasn't quite what I expected but it helped me to think through issues that I had never considered before.

I definitely recommend PMC. If I had to recommend only one book on church planting, this is it. PMC is a one-stop-shop for understanding church planting and crafting a plan to do it. PMC is even-handed in the assessment and recommendation of various strategies, it is written by practitioners, and it is both Biblically and statistically informed. Finally, at newchurches.com there are tons of additional and complementary resources. Buy the book and read it. Hop online and join the newchurches.com community. You won't be disappointed.
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Cisco Cotto
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't imagine planting a church without reading this book.
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
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I planted a church 4 years ago and the first edition of this book still sits on my desk with lots of notes and highlights in it. I didn't think it could be improved upon, but Ed and Daniel have done it. There's so much solid, up-to-date information that has me rethinking the way we're leading our church now, even though we've moved out of the early stages of the church. The sections on being a church that plants churches and using residencies to build church planters are especially helpful as that's what we're focused on right now. I honestly can't imagine planting a church without reading this book. It's very helpful on nuts and bolts, as well as overall planting philosophy.
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jona
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for church leaders
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
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This is a masterpiece in Church planting. Although mainly purposed for people involved in the process of planting a church, it is also a must read for every Church leader, denomination committee, and Christian in general. If you are not in board with multiplying church plants, read this book, it will change your perspective
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David Alexander
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Update.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016
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Ed Stetzer's Planting Missional Churches has been a must read for the planters we support in Texas for some time now. With Daniel Im's help, the book has been updated to address contemporary issues. It is definitely a book mostly for use in the North American context (which includes Mexico). Although it misses out on addressing the "language church planted within the english church" model, and does not deal with the missiological differences between multi-ethnic churches and those seeking to be multi-cultural, it does address just about everything else. And does it well. Regardless the model you are working with, from organic T4T to conventional purpose driven, this book will give you a great go to resource for making sure you are not skipping any steps along the way. Every pastor seeking to multiply his church and every new church starter considering or in the process of starting a new church should have this book on their need to read list.
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Bud H
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book and not just for hipsters :)
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016
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If you are interested or participating in church planting this book is a must read. Ed and Daniel bring some much practical and useful knowledge to the surface for consideration. If you are reading this review and debating the purchase. Do it. If you want a sample of the minds of these two guys go to their website NewChurches.com and listen to the NewChurches.com podcast. They guys have a heart for church multiplication and they are leveraging their knowledge and experience to equip others. Great Book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018
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This book is a must read for pastors at any stage. Stetzer and Im do a fantastic job of being informational, practical, and biblical in their approach to church planting. There are some real eye opening statistics about the current state of the church and the hope that there is in church planting.
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George Stuart Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Transformational and Practical teaching for PMC
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
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I really liked the stories of stories, statistics, and scripture references as well as the practical teaching of Planting Missional Churches. I would recommend this book to any Pastor, potential Church Planter or Seminary Student.
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Joey. G
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. It's a must read for any church planter
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2019
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I gave this book a five star rating because of the simplicity, challenging, encouraging but yet insightful approach of the authors. The book is very easy to read and its been very well researched as it takes different contexts and expressions into consideration
I like the use of statistics and figures in the book to illustrate different factors
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Blanc Clément
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactement ce que je recherchais
Reviewed in France on May 30, 2018
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Ed Stetzer produit avec ce livre un manuel très utile. C'est un "textbook" à l'américaine qui couvre énormément de terrain avec une approche très pratique. C'est une boîte à outil géante pour ceux qui réfléchissent à l'implantation ou voudraient utiliser les mêmes méthodes pour de la revitalisation.
Le livre ne se contente pas de "prêcher" une méthode d'implantation valable pour tous, mais aborde pour chaque sujet, plusieurs manières de faire.
Pour le contexte français, il conviendra cependant d'adapter ce qui est d'abord dit pour un contexte américain.
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Simon Gigliotti
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on September 2, 2020
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Good overview of Church planting with a practical and spiritual focus! I would Recommend for anyone interested in Church planting.
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Carl Slezacek
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, informative and encouraging!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2016
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A great resource for anyone exploring Gods call to plant Missional churches. The best resource I have found on the subject along with the accompanying website.
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Joshua Walsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2016
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Great book must buy for those in church planting
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