Last month I shared a glimpse of the cover of one of two books I’m publishing this year. I am extremely excited that Apostolic Church Planting is now available for pre-order.
This is my third work on the topic of church planting which builds from the foundational work established in Discovering Church Planting and the importance of the right team members noted in The Barnabas Factors.
I wrote this brief book with members of The Church at Brook Hills in mind. I wanted something concise, grounded in the Scriptures, practical, and helpful to our members as we commission and send them.
Over the past three years, we have embraced two expectations for our church planting teams whether they serve in Birmingham, across North America, or throughout the world:
1) Our teams are expected to embrace an apostolic approach rather than a plant-and-pastor model.
2) Our teams are expected to serve among unreached people groups rather than reached people groups.
Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers addresses these two expectations and is unlike most of the church planting books on the market today.
I hope you will pre-order a copy and let others know about this book.
If you are interested in reviewing a draft for your blog, journal, podcast, or to post at Amazon, send me an email (jpayne@brookhills.org) no later than May 31. I’ll put you in contact with InterVarsity Press and see if they can get you a pre-release draft for review.
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We now live in an urban world. Last week on Strike the Match, Dean Merrill was my guest as we discussed urban missions and the new book he produced with Patrick Johnstone, Serving God in Today’s Cities: Facing the Challenge of Urbanization. Subscribe and listen: iTunes | Android | RSS
Can’t wait to read this book, J.D. What is the other book that you are publishing this year?
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