Church Planting in Europe
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781498201995 |
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Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
Publication date: | 05/28/2015 |
Pages: | 292 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Joanne Appleton is a writer and researcher interested in mission and church planting in Europe, and coeditor of Vista.
Table of Contents
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
1 Introduction: The Ongoing Challenge of Church Planting in Europe Evert Van de Poll 1
Part I Biblical Reflections
2 The Essential Foundation: The Bible and Church Planting Chris Wigram 13
3 Prayer in the Ministry and Life of a Church Planter: New Testament Insights Boris Paschke 28
4 How to Create a Jesus Movement of Multiplying Churches Dietrich Schindler 42
Part II Church in Europe
5 Cultural Relevance Johannes Reimer 65
6 Church Planting Connected to Society Johannes Reimer 80
7 Understanding Europe Today, and Signs of Hope Jeff Fountain 90
8 Cross over Europe Evert Van de Poll 106
9 Typical Barriers and Bridges for the Gospel in Europe Evert Van de Poll 119
10 What Kind of Church for Postmodern Europeans? David Brown 137
11 The Church in a Multicultural Society Andrew Pownall 148
12 Muslims in Europe and the Need for Church Planting Ishak Ghatas 163
Part III Church Planters
13 Missional Spirituality and Taking New Initiatives in Church Development Joanne Appleton 179
14 How Can We Measure the Effectiveness of Church Planting? Jim Memory 193
15 Creative Church Planting Involving Lay People Ron Anderson 216
16 Workable Ways to Start Healthy, Reproducing Churches Johan Lukasse 227
Part IV Case Studies
17 Experimental Church Planting in Belgium Joanne Appleton Eric Zander 247
18 Collaborative Church Planting in Cordoba, Spain Jim Memory 254
19 The Balkan Project Joanne Appleton Stephen Bell 263
List of Contributors 269
Bibliography 271
What People are Saying About This
"Evert Van de Poll and Joanne Appleton's Church Planting in Europe is a timely book on a neglected subject. We find reflections on the biblical foundations, the European context, the church planters, and some case studies. It is recommended reading for theoreticians and practitioners."
Hannes Wiher, Assistant Professor of Missiology at the Faculte libre de theologie evangelique de Vaux-sur-Seine (Paris), and at the Faculte Jean Calvin at Aix-en-Provence (France).
"A helpful introduction to contemporary thinking and practice among European evangelicals involved in church planting, combining biblical reflection, cultural analysis, and missional resources, illustrated with case studies from different nations."
Stuart Murray, author of Church Planting: Laying Foundations
"This publication gives new insights into the complexity of churches in Europe coping with societies who are based on a pluralistic attitude toward religion. It is a good choice to combine the different perspectives of theology and mission strategies with examples of cultural contextualization and the struggle of practical implementations in different local situations. This book stimulates further discussions on the level of mission organizations, but also in the practice of the personal dialogue."
Pieter Boersema, Professor of Religious Studies and Missiology, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium