Winning the World

Contents

About the Author

5

Preface

7

Session 1

11

Employing Nicene Ecclesiology to Discern the Nature of Church Movements Today By Their Fruits Shall You Know Them

1

Session 2 Defining Church Plant Movements

21

2

43

Session 3 Alternative Forms of Spirituality and Church

3

63

Session 4

The Role of Tradition in Urban Church Planting Movements Sanctifying the Present by Embodying the Past, Preparing for the Future

4

79

Session 5 Patterns of Structure and Religious Authority in Church Planting Movements

5

99

Session 6

Issues and Concerns Mobilizing American Cities for Church Planting Movements

6

133

Session 7

The Importance of Complimentary Concepts in Urban Church Planting Movements Summary

7

Appendix

149

Bibliography

289

About Us

293