On This Rock - A Church Planting Sampler

174 • O N T HIS R OCK : A C HURCH P LANTING S AMPLER

Table of Contents: Planting Churches among the City’s Poor, Volume 1

Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Part I Developing Urban Congregations: A Framework for World Impact Church Planters . 19 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 World Impact and Church Planting . . . . . . . . . 23 Theology of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Modern Missions’ History . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Indigenous Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Multicultural Congregations . . . . . . . . . . . 38 A Strategy for Planting Churches . . . . . . . . . . 43 Commission the Church-Planting Team . . . . . . . . 44 Cultivate the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Establish Discipling Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . 58 Form a Celebration Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Plan the Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Provide Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Constitute the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Church/Mission Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87