<p> Church Planting Bibliography</p><p>Resources with the Library of Congress call number are located at the Bethel College library.</p><p>Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods, St. Paul's or Ours? Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmands Publishing Company, 1962. BV 2110 .A5 1962</p><p>______, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes Which Hinder It. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmands Publishing Company, 1962.</p><p>Amberson, Talmadge R. Birth of Churches: The Biblical Basis for Church Planting. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1979.</p><p>Arn, Win, Carroll Myquist, and Charles Arn. Who Cares About Love. Pasadena, Church Growth Press, 1986.</p><p>Apeh, John E.. Social Structure and Church Planting. Shippensburg, PA: Companion Press. Bailey, Keith M., ed., 1989.</p><p>______, The Church Planter's Manual. Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications. Bakke, Ray, 1981. ______, The Urban Christian. Downers Grove, Il: IVP, 1987.</p><p>Arn, Win and Charles Arn. "Are You Ready for the Age Wave?" Growing Churches. Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, April-June, 1991. p. 43.</p><p>______. The Master's Plan: For Making Disciples. Pasadena, Church Growth Press, 1982.</p><p>Associated Press Dispatch. "Church Lacks Hold Over Baby Boomers," The Chicago Tribune. June 5, 1992.</p><p>Barna, George. Marketing The Church: What They Never Taught You About Church Growth. Colorado Springs, NavPress, 1988. BV 652 .B33 1988</p><p>______. "The Barna Research Report" The Barna Goup. Glendale, 1987.</p><p>______. The Frog in the Kettle: What Christians Need to Know About Life in the Year 2000. Ventura, Regal Books, 1990.</p><p>______. User Friendly Churches: What Christians Need to Know About Chuches People Love to go to. Ventura, Regal Books, 1991.</p><p>Barna, George and W.P. McKay. Vital Signs. Westchester, Illinois, Good News Publishers/Crossway Books, 1984. Brock, Charles. Indigenous Church Planting Nashville, Broadman Press, 1981.</p><p>Callahan, Kennon. Twelve Keys to an Effective Church. New Haven, MO., Leader Publishing Co., 1983. BV 652.25 .C34 1983</p><p>Cannistraci, David, The Gift of Apostle. Ventura, Regal Books, 1996. BR 1644 .C34</p><p>______Growing New Churches: A Manual for New Congregational </p><p>Development. Nashville, TN: Discipleship Resources, 1992.</p><p>Chafin, Kenneth. Help! I'm a Layman. Waco, Word Publishers, 1966.</p><p>Chandler, Russell E. The Kennedy Explosion. Elgin, David C. Cook, 1971.</p><p>______. Racing Toward 2001: The Forces Shaping America's Religious Future. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. BL 2525 .C44 1992</p><p>Chaney, Charles L. Church Planting in America at the end of the Twentieth Century. Wheaton, Il. Tyndale House Publishers, 1982.</p><p>Cho, Paul Y. More Than Numbers. Waco, Word Books, 1984.</p><p>Christine, Stuart and Martin Robinson. Planting Tomorrow's Churchs Today: A Comprehensive Handbook. Tunbridge Wells, Great Britain: Monarch Publications, 1992.</p><p>Coursey, Claylan. How Churches Can Start Churches. Nairobi, Kenya: Baptist Publications House, 1984.</p><p>Clinard, Gordon. Evangelism: The Cutting Edge. Atlanta, Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1973.</p><p>Conn, Harvie, M. ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality. </p><p>Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996. BV 637 .P53 1997</p><p>Cook, Jerry. "Less Pressure, More Loving," Leadership. Spring, 1984.</p><p>Cornell, George W. "Situation Ehtics Still Finding Favor," The Arlington Heights Daily Herald. May 23, 1992.</p><p>Cothen, Joe H. Equipped For Good Work: A Guide for Pastor's. Gretna, LA., Pelican Publishing Company, 1981. BV 4011 .C65 Criswell, W.A. Criswell's Guidebook For Pastors. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1980. BV 4011 .C74</p><p>Dayton, E.R. and D.A. Fraser , Planning Strategies for World Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990.</p><p>Drucker, Peter F. Managing the Non-Profit Organization. New York, Harper Collins, 1990. HD 62.6 .D78 1990</p><p>Dudley, Carl S. Making the Small Church Effective. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1993.</p><p>Dwyer, Dawn. TeleReach Manual: Using the Telephone to Reach People. Nashville, Convention Press, 1989.</p><p>Dychtwald, Ken. Age Wave. Los Angeles, Jeremy Tarcher, Inc., 1989.</p><p>Engel, James and Wilbert Norton. What's Gone Wrong With the Harvest. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1975.</p><p>Esary, Chuck. "The Challenge of Worshiping in a Growing Church," Growing Churches. January-February, 1994.</p><p>"Facts and Trends." Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, September, 1985.</p><p>Faircloth, Samuel D. Church Planting for Reproduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991.</p><p>Feeney, J.H. Church Planting by the Team Method. International Bible Society. Anchorage, AK: Abbott Loop Christian Center, 1988.</p><p>Flake, Authur. Sunday School Officers and Their Work. Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1928.</p><p>Fleisher, Sheryl. New Christian's Class Manual. Atlanta, Injoy Life Publishers, 1990.</p><p>Galloway, Dale E. The Tele-Care System. Portland, New Hope Community Church, 1990.</p><p>Galloway, Dale E. 20/20 Vision. Portland, Scott Publishing Company, 1986.</p><p>Gallup, George. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 110th. ed. Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Commerce, 1991.</p><p>Gallup, Jr., George. "Religion in America: Approaching the Year 2000," The Princeton Religious Research Center, Princeton, 1990. George, Carl F. "Beyond 800" A Church Growth Seminar. Atlanta, The Fuller Evangelistic Association, May 3-4, 1993.</p><p>______. "Beyond 200: A Church Growth Conference. St. Louis, The Fuller Evangelistic Association, October 16-17, 1993.</p><p>______. "Beyond 400: Helping the Middle Size Church Break Through Growth Barriers" A Church Growth Conference. Indianapolis, The Fuller Evangelistic Association, October 14-15, 1993.</p><p>______. "Outreach Building Bridges to your Community: The Meta-Church Yellow Zone" A Church Growth Conference. Chicago, The Fuller Evangelistic Association, February 6-8, 1993.</p><p>______. Prepare Your Church for the Future. New York, Revell Publishing, 1991. BV 4400 .G46 1991</p><p>George, Carl F. and Robert E. Logan. Leading and Managing Your Church: Effective Management for the Christian Professional. Tarrytown, New York, Revell Books, 1987. BV 652 .G43 1987</p><p>George, Carl F. and Warren Bird. How to Break Growth Barriers. Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1993.</p><p>Graham, Thomas. How to Select the Best Church Planters. Evangelical Missions Quarterly Vol. 23 (1): pp. 70-79, 1987.</p><p>Greenway, Roger S. Guidelines for Urban Church Planting. Grand Rapids, MI:Baker Book House, 1976. BV 637 .DS 1992</p><p>______, Discipling the City. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1979.</p><p>Grigg, Viv. Cry of the Urban Poor. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1992. BV 2653 .G75 1992</p><p>Grubbs, Bruce. Helping A Small Church to Grow. Nashville, Convention Press, 1980.</p><p>Hadaway, C. Kirk. Church Growth Principles: Separating Fact from Fiction. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1991.</p><p>______, "Pastor Tenure, Turnover, and Church Growth,: Research Information Report 2:2, 1988.</p><p>Hamlin, Judy. The Small Group Leaders Training Course. Colorado Springs, NavPress, 1990. Hartman, Warren and Robert Wilson. The Large Membership Church. Nasvhille, Discipleship Resources, 1989.</p><p>Hassinger, Edward W. and John S. Holik. "Changes in the Number of Rural Churches in Missouri, 1952-1967," Rural Sociology. September, 1970.</p><p>Havlik, John F. The Evangelistic Church. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1976.</p><p>Hay, Alexander Rattray. The New Testament Order for Church and Missionary. Temperley, Argentina: New Testament Missionary Union, 1947.</p><p>Henrichsen. Disciples are Made - Not Born. Fullerton, Victor Books, 1979. BV 4501.2 .H374</p><p>Hesselgrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980.</p><p>Hiebert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses. Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing House, 1995. BV 2063 .H463 1995</p><p>Hill, Monica, ed. How to Plant Churches. London: MARC Europe, 1984.</p><p>Hinton, Keith. Growing Churches Singapore Style: Ministry in an Urban Context. Robesonia, PA: OMF Publishers, 1988.</p><p>Hodges, Melvin L. The Indigenous Church. Springfield, MO: Evangelical Publishing House, 1953. BV 2082.15 H59</p><p>______, A Guide to Church Planting. Chicago: Moody Press,1973.</p><p>______, Build My Church. Springfield, MO: Assemblies of God, 1975.</p><p>Hogue, C. B. I Want My Church to Grow. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1977.</p><p>Hogue, Dean R. and David A. Roozen, eds. Understanding Church Growth and Decline 1950 - 1978. New York, The Pilgrim Press, 1979.</p><p>Hunter, Kent. Foundations for Church Growth. New Haven, MO., Leader Publishing Co., 1983.</p><p>Jacks, Bob & Betty and Ron Wormser, Sr., Your Home a Lighthouse. Colorado Springs, NavPress, 1986.</p><p>Jaffray, Jr., George R. Explosive Evangelism. MacDill, AFB, Florida, Tyndale Bible Society, 1972. Jensen, Ron and Jim Stevens. Dynamics of Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1981.</p><p>Johnson, Ron, Joseph W. Hinkle, and Charles M. Lowry. Oikos: A Practical Approach to Family Evangelism. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1982.</p><p>Jones, Ezra E. Strategies for New Churches. New York, Harper and Row, 1976.</p><p>______. New Church Development in the Eighties. National Division Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 1976.</p><p>Jones, Medford H. "Dynamic Churches Come in all Sizes," Church Growth: State of the Art. C. Peter Wagner, Win Arn, and Elmer Towns, eds., Wheaton, Tyndale House Publishers, 1986. BV 652.25 .C496 1986</p><p>Kennedy, D. James. Evangelism Explosion. Rev. Ed. Wheaton, Tyndale House Publishers, 1977. BV 3790 .K46 1996</p><p>Kilgore, Robert H. Projecting Community Response to Determine Church Attendance and Income. Atlanta, Home Misison Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1978.</p><p>Licence, Graham Rural Church Planting? Bedford, UK: British Church Growth Association, 1992.</p><p>Lindsay, Homer G. and Jerry Vines. The Miracle of Downtown Jacksonville. Jacksonville, The First Baptist Church, 1994.</p><p>Livingstone, Greg, Planting Churches in Muslim Cities: A Team Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993. BV 2625 .L585 1993</p><p>Logan, Robert E. and Jeff Rast International Church Planting Guide. Alta Loma, CA: Strategic Ministries, Inc., 1988.</p><p>Lowery, Jr., James L. Peers, Tents and Owls. New York, Morehouse - Barlow Publishers, 1973.</p><p>Madsen, Paul O. The Small Church, Valid, Vital, Victorious. Valley Forge, Judson Press, 1975.</p><p>Martin, Dan. "The Church Growth Questions" Home Missions, S.B.C. Atlanta, 1977.</p><p>Maxwell, John C. The Five Levels of Leadership.Atlanta, Injoy Ministries, 1993.</p><p>McGavran, Donald A. How Churches Grow: New Frontiers of Mission. New York, Friendship Press, 1959. ______. Understanding Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1970. BV 652.25 .M293 1990</p><p>MacDonald, Gordon M. "Ten Conditions for Church Growth." Leadership, Winter 1983.</p><p>Mitchell, Bo. You Can Take It With You. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1990.</p><p>Mortensen, Vernon, God Made It Grow: Historical Sketches of TEAM's Church Planting Work. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1994.</p><p>Murren, Doug. "Congregational Climate Control," Ministries Today. July-August, 1989.</p><p>Mylander, Charles. Secrets for Growing Churches. San Francisco, Harper and Row, 1979. Neighbour, Jr., Ralph W. Future Church. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1980.</p><p>Nevius, John L. Planting and Development of Missionary Churches. Nutley, NJ, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1958.</p><p>Nikkel, James, Antioch Blueprints: A Manual of Church Planting Information and Church Growth Strategies. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1987.</p><p>Patterson, George, Church Planting Through Obedience Oriented Teaching, a Manual. South Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1981. </p><p>Patterson, George and Richard Scoggins, Church Multiplication Guide: Helping Churches to Reproduce Locally and Abroad. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1993. BV 652.25 .P36 2002</p><p>Peters, George W. A Theology of Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1981.</p><p>______. Saturation Evangelism. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1970.</p><p>Potter, C. Burtt. The Church Reaching Out. Durham, Moore Publishing Company.</p><p>Powell, Paul W. The Nuts and Bolts of Church Growth. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1982.</p><p>Redford, Jack. Planting New Churches. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1978.</p><p>Reiland, Dan. Starting Small Groups In Your Church. Atlanta, Injoy Life Publishers, 1990. Revens, R. Daniel. Always Advancing: Modern Strategies for Chruch Growth. San Bernardino, Here's Life Publishers, 1984.</p><p>Ridley, Charles R. How To Select Church Planters. Pasadena, Fuller Evangelistic Association, 1988.</p><p>Riggs, Charles. Learning to Walk With God. Minneapolis, World Wide Publications, 1988. BV 4501.2 . R545 1986</p><p>Robinson, Martin and Stuart Christine. Planting Tomorrow's Churches Today: A Comprehensive Handbook. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Monarch/BCGA, 1992.</p><p>Saarinen, Martin F. The Life Cycle of a Congregation. Washington, DC: The Alban Institute, 1986.</p><p>Sanderson, Leonard. Personal Soul-Winning. Nashville, Convention Press, 1958.</p><p>Sawatsky, Ben A. World Class City: Frontier Project Training Manual. Minneapolis, NM: Evangelical Free Church of America, 1988. </p><p>Schaller, Lyle E. Activating the Passive Church: Diagnosis and Treatment. Nasville, Abingdon, 1981. </p><p>______. Assimilating New Members. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1978. BV 52.25 .S33</p><p>______. 44 Ways to Increase Church Attendance. Nashville, Abindon Press 1988.</p><p>______. "Growing Older and Smaller Verses Growing Younger and Larger" Growing Churches. Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, April-June, 1991. P. 12.</p><p>______. Growing Plans. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1983.</p><p>______. Hey, That's Our Church. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1975.</p><p>______. "Looking at the Small Church: A Frame of Reference," Christian Ministry. July, 1977.</p><p>______. Looking In the Mirror. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1984.</p><p>______. "One Worship Service or Two?" The Parish Paper 9. 1980.</p><p>______. The Small Church Is Different. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1982. BV 637.8 .S3 1982</p><p>Schuller, Robert H. Your Church Has Real Possibilities. Ventura, G/L Publications, 1974. BV 652 .25 .S35</p><p>Shenk, David W. & Ervin R. Stutzman Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New Testament Models of Church Planting. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988.</p><p>Short, Mark. "Administration in a Small Church," Church Administration Handbook. Bruce Powers, ed. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1985. BV 652 .C49 1996</p><p>Silvoso, Ed, That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1994. BV 3793 .S47 1994</p><p>Sisemore, John T. Church Growth Through the Sunday School. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1982.</p><p>______, The Ministry of Visitation. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1954. BV1523. V5557</p><p>Starr, Timothy. Church Planting: Always in Season. Fellowship of EvangelicalBaptist Churches of Canada, 1978.</p><p>Steffen, Tom A. Phasing Out Your Work: Make A Plan, Not A Crisis. Evangelical Missions Quarterly. 27(3): 280-285, 1991.</p><p>______, Shooting for the Ideal While Working with the Real: Church Planting in the Philippines. Global Church Growth 29(1): 9, 1992.</p><p>______, Leadership: Ten Implications for Cross-Cultural Church Planters. Global Church Growth 29(4): 5-6, 1992.</p><p>______, Planned Phase-out: A Checklist for Cross-Cultural Church Planters. San Francisco, CA: Austin & Winfield, 1992.</p><p>______, Urban-Rural Networks and Strategies. Urban Mission. 10(3):37-42, 1993.</p><p>______, "Selecting A Church Planting Model That Works". Missiology: An International Review. 22(3): 361-376, 1994.</p><p>______, Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry: Crosscultural Storytelling at Home and Abroad. La Habra, CA: Center for Organization & Ministry Development, 1996.</p><p>______, Passing the Baton: Church Planting That Empowers. La Habra, CA: Center for Organization & Ministry Development (Rev. ed.), 1997.</p><p>Smith, Fred. "The Gift of Greeting" Christianity Today. 13 December, 1985.</p><p>Snyder, Howard A. The Community of the King. Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 1977. BV601.8.S62 Starr, Timothy. Church Planting. Widowdale, Ontario, Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches, 1978.</p><p>Syner, Howard. The Problem of Wineskins. Downer's Grove, ILL., InterVarsity Press, 1975. Strobel, Lee. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry & Mary. Grand Rapdis, Zondervan Publishing House, 1993.</p><p>Sturtz, Lloyd S. "How to Develop an Evangelistic Strategy for a Church of 150-500 Members," American Festival of Evangelism Notebooks. Washington, D.C., 1981.</p><p>Sweeting, George. How to Witness Successfully. Chicago, Moody Press, 1978.</p><p>Swindoll, Charles. Dropping Your Guard. Waco, Word Publishers, 1983. BV4501.2S893</p><p>Tader, David and Gene Swanstrom, eds., EFCA Church Planting Manual. Minneapolis, MN: The Evangelical Free Church of America Ministries Department, 1987.</p><p>Tidsworth, Floyd Jr. Planting and Growing Missions. Durham, Moore Publishing Company, 1979.</p><p>Thomas, J.V. and Carl E. Elder, ed. How to Establish a Satellite Congregation: A Guide for the Local Church. Dallas, Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1979.</p><p>Thomas, M.V. and Carl E. Elder, ed. How to Start New Missions/Churches: A Guide for the Local Church. Dallas, Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1979.</p><p>Towns, Elmer L. Ten of Today's Most Innovative Churches: What They're Doing, How They're Doing It and How You Can Apply Their Ideas In Your Church. Ventura, Regal Books, 1990.</p><p>Vaughan, John N. The Large Church: A Twentieth-Century Expression of the First- Century Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1985.</p><p>______, The World's 20 Largest Churches: Church Growth Principles in Action. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1984.</p><p>Vidich, Arthur and Joseph Bensman. Small Town in Mass Society. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1968.</p><p>Wagner, C. Peter. Church Planting For A Greater Harvest. Ventura, Regal Books, 1990. BV652.24.W332</p><p>______. "Recent Develoments in Church Growth Understandings," Review and Expositor. Fall, 1980. ______. Strategies for Church Growth: Tools for Effective Mission and Evangelism. Ventura, Regal Books, 1987.</p><p>______. Your Church Can Be Healthy. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1979. BV652.25.W33</p><p>______. Your Church Can Grow. Glendale, Regal Books, 1976. BV652.25.W332</p><p>Warren, Rick. Dynamic Bible Study Methods. Wheaton, Victor Books, 1981. </p><p>______. The Purpose Driven Church. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. BV652.2.W38</p><p>White, James Emery. "Whom Are You Trying To Reach?" Growing Churches. October – December, 1992.</p><p>Wicker, Allan W. "Assimilation of New Members in a Large and a Small Church," Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 55. No. 3.</p><p>Williams, Dan G. Seven Myths About Small Groups: How to Keep From Falling Into Common Traps. Downers Grove, Illinois, InterVarsity Press, 1991.</p><p>Womack, David A. The Pyramid Principle of Church Growth. Minneapolis, Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 1977.</p><p>Zunkel, C. Wayne, Growing the Small Church. Elgin, David C. Cook, 1982.</p>