Church Planting from the Ground Up

Church Planting from the Ground Up is a visionary guide for the critical task of new church multiplication. Share in the wisdom of these filed-tested veterans as you gain insight from their stories, practical ideas, and real-world experiences.

Dr. Thomas (Tom) Jones: Having planted churches with his wife, Debbie Jones, in Centerville, OH and Princeton, NJ, Tom is a visionary leader who understands the mission of Stadia in a unique way. Outside of his Stadia role, Tom served as a tenured professor at Emmanuel School of Religion for 11 years and was the Russell F. and Marian Blowers Professor of Christian Ministries. He was the President of the National New Church Conference and is currently on the Board for the Exponential Conference. Tom also served as Executive Director of Stadia until 2020. Tom edited and was primary author for the book Church Planting from the Ground Up. Tom received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Milligan College in 1977, his Masters of Divinity Degree from Emmanuel School of Religion in 1982, and his Doctor of Ministry Degree from United Theological Seminary in 1992.

CONTENTS (by Various Contributors):

1. Why Plant Churches?
2. A Church Planter… Who Me?
3. Do It Again, God!
4. Urban Church Planting: The Call to the City
5. Simple Churches
6. The Third Option: Multi-Site
7. Starting or Restarting the Church: Call It What you Will
8. Postmodern Issues in Church Planting
9. It Takes a Movement
10. The True Value of Partnership
11. The New Church Management Team
12. Creating a Church Planting Team
13. Church Planter Assessment
14. Faith and Family
15. Financing a New Church
16. Coaching: Getting Beyond Mediocrity
17. The Hard Work of Contextualization
18. Thinking Strategically
19. Planning and Administration
20. Marketing
21. Facilities
22. Outreach Evangelism and Church Planting
23. Strategies for Creating a Dynamic Children's Ministry
24. Preaching in the New Church
25. Worship
26. Reproducing Biblical Community
27. Developing the Leadership Culture
28. Managing Conflict in Church Planting
29. When You Hit the Church Planting Wall
30. Phase 2 of Church Planting