Community of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
If you want to plant a church, you need to dream big. If you want your seedling church to survive--and ultimately bloom and blossom--you really need this book! Written by church planters who have "been there, done that," Community of Kindness is a practical, real-world guide to successful church planting--credible, informative, inspirational, supportive, and, most of all, 100 percent problem-solving oriented. All of the book's lessons are pithy and to the point. So you can use them to pre,plan your goals-,or refer to them every time the unexpected pops up (which is more often than not). Wherever your church-planting journey takes you, keep this book by your side,-and have copies for each member of your team!
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- Debunks myths surrounding church planting
- Filled with practical, serious and often counterintuitive wisdom
- Provides insight and counsel from seasoned and effective church planters
- Level One: Mission
- Level Two: Personnel
- Level Three: Atmosphere
- Demographics
- Attitude
- Personal Growth
- Strategies
- Classic Mistakes
- A Modus Operandi
- Level Four: Right Job Descriptions
- Level Five: Growing Past the Temptation to Quit
Though my approach to church planting has evolved into something significantly different from the one outlined in this book, have long witnessed, respected, admired and sought to emulate the "otherliness" that overflows from the pages of this book- especially for the poor, the least, the last and the lost. A church plant of any style will be guided toward the heart of God to the degree they follow Steve and Rob there.
—Todd Hunter, Director, Allelon Foundation Former National Director, Vineyard-USA
Wisdom says that if you want to know how to do something, first listen to those who've been there and done it. Steve Sjogren and Rob Lewin are two seasoned veterans that have been there and are still doing it. And you'd be wise to listen to what they have to say in their wisdom-laced book Community of Kindness.
—Dr. Aubrey Malphurs President, Vision Ministries International Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
All great communicators have one thing in common: They know how to connect. Through servant evangelism, Steve Sjogren has connected with the people of Cincinnati and beyond, and in the process planted and built one of America's great churches. He is a living example of how it can be done. Through the pages of this book, Steve and his coauthor Rob Lewin will connect with all new and future church planters. By sharing 106 great challenges, Sjogren and Lewin offer something for anyone who is launching or wants to start a church.
—John C. Maxwell Founder, The Injoy Group