Sent to flourish : a guide to planting and multiplying churches /
edited by Len Tang and Charles E. Cotherman.
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
How do we discern God's activity in scripture and in our community? The missio Dei and the missional hermeneutic / What would God's reign look like in our neighborhood? Jesus, the Kingdom, and the Church / How does God's story spread? The gospel, evangelism, and reproduction / How can I survive, then thrive, in the midst of the storm? Missional spirituality for church planters / How are leaders mutually formed for God's mission? Missional spirituality for leadership teams / How do we lead a community into flourishing? Missional spirituality for church plants / To whom has God sent me? Contextualizing the gospel / How do I become all things to this people? Contextualizing the church planter's leadership / How is the church good news for our world? Living and speaking the gospel near and far / Where do we start? Developing a holistic planting plan / What am I really planting? From tree to orchard / Charlie Cotherman -- JR Woodward -- John Lo -- Tim Morey -- Len Tang -- Scott W. Sunquist -- Johnny Ramirez-Johnson and Len Tang -- Tim Morey -- Carrie Boren Headington -- Nick Warnes -- John Lo, Nick Warnes and Charlie Cotherman.
"How can church planters and their congregations flourish for the long haul? Written by a diverse team of scholar-practitioners and filled with real-world insights, stories, and questions for reflection and discussion, this guide gives church planters and their teams the tools to be theologically reflective, spiritually grounded, and missionally agile"--