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Written by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay, authors of The Tangible Kingdom.

AND brings you—whether you’re a mega-church, traditional, contemporary, or organic church leader—fresh encouragement to your ministry. By teaching you how to move beyond the attractional-missional divide and utilize insights from both perspectives, you’ll learn how to bring together the very best of the attractional and missional models for church ministry. AND is part of the Exponential Series.

Dave and Jon Ferguson, authors of The Big Idea, wrote Exponential to present a Biblical strategy that explains how every Christ follower can successfully reproduce himself and maximize his impact for the kingdom of God.

Jesus gives us a mission to change the world, and it can seem overwhelming at times. But the potential to complete the Jesus mission lies within each of us, as we learn to reproduce our faith as individuals and as reproducing churches.

The beginning of such a movement is simple: you living a life as a Christ follower that is worth reproducing.
You will reproduce what you say.
You will reproduce what you do.
You will reproduce what you don’t do.
You will reproduce who you are.

A groundbreaking guide for multiplying the impact of church plants.

Based on a study that was commissioned by the Leadership Network, Viral Churches reveals the best practices in church planting and uncovers the common threads among them. A much-needed resource, this book will inform, guide, and even catalyze today's many church planting leaders. Authors Stetzer and Bird clearly show leaders how to plant churches that create a multiplication movement and offer inspiration for them to do so. The book addresses their questions about what to do next in their church planting strategies, in light of research on what's actually working best.

Written by Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr, two experienced church planters and mentors/teachers, Church Turned Inside Out offers church leaders a new way to think about how their churches are run. Taking cues from the world of business and offering a multi-disciplined and leading-edge approach, the authors stress the importance of incorporating the design process when establishing a new church or planning the ongoing future of an established church. This groundbreaking book also includes ideas for becoming a more effective church leader.

- Offers a practical perspective and a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing a new church or running an existing one
- Includes important lessons for nurturing church leadership skills
- Shows how to honor a church's purpose while embracing its unique culture
- Contains a wealth of illustrative models, examples, charts, and other visual aids

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Tangible Kingdom Primer now available at www.tangiblekingdom.com

"Hugh and Matt are real live heroes. Not only because they provide some original insights into the nature of the mission of incarnational ways of church, but because they courageously pave the way for the rest of us to follow. Laced with the inspirational authority that only practitioners can provide, this book deserves to be taken seriously by all concerned with mission and church in the 21st century."
~ Alan Hirsch, Author of The Forgotten Ways and The Shaping of Things To Come (with Mike Frost)

"Plunging deeper and deeper with Jesus into a grassroots incarnational life is what this book is about. Many aspire to it, some write about it, but very few live out the rhythms of such a holistic lifestyle in the way that Hugh and Matt and their families are currently doing. I am thrilled to see their journey in book form and I hope that The Tangible Kingdom finds a wide and receptive audience."
~Andrew Jones, tallskinnykiwi.com

This 64-page glossy book with 104 diagrams and charts, 10 in-depth profiles of compelling trends and literally hundreds of facts and examples, is the single biggest compilation of ideas and insights about North American churches ever undertaken by Leadership Network. The project presents a unique catalog and analysis of today’s most promising church innovations.

Innovation 2007 is divided into four primary sections:

Snapshots ("Why churches need innovation") reports on the huge societal needs and challenges to which the church must respond. Quick, at-a-glance statistics and summaries reveal, for example, startling facts on poverty, AIDS and literacy—as well as telling trends in church attendance, giving and pastors’ use of their time.

Discoveries ("How churches use innovation") covers 10 crucial approaches to ministry that are extending the reach and changing the face of today’s church. Topics range from churches that are creatively addressing community healthcare to significant church-based recovery ministries. In each case, Innovation 2007 explores the hows, the whys and newly emerging models of ministry.

Commentary ("In-depth perspectives on innovative trends") analyzes two particularly significant trends in even greater detail. "Inside the American Megachurch," by Warren Bird and Scott Thumma (of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research), shows how megachurches differ from the picture assumed by many stereotypes. "What to Do with Talented People," by Robert Lewis (pastor-at-large of Little Rock’s Fellowship Bible Church and founder of Men’s Fraternity) discusses how an innovative "catch-and-release" approach to ministry can boost a church’s impact in a local community.

Resources ("Strategic readings about leading innovations") presents a host of materials readers can use to further their understanding of high priority topics. Coverage ranges from Leadership Network’s recent "Salary and Economic Outlook," to overviews of some 20 books and 39 helpful online resources.

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A how-to guide to the burgeoning "coffeehouse ministry"

For many young people, traditional models of church hold very little appeal. They see themselves as more spiritual than religious and are looking for deeper, more authentic relationships with other people and with God. Church leaders and planners are realizing that they must go to where these people already are–in coffeehouses, bars, pubs, and other "third places"–if they want to connect with them and eventually interest these young people in Christianity. Organic Church offers a guide for demystifying this new model of church and shows how to undertake the practical aspects of implementing it. Instead of bringing people into a traditional church, this model helps bring faith to where life happens.

Neil Cole (Long Beach, CA) is a church starter and pastor, and founder and Executive Director of Church Multiplication Associates, which has helped start over 500 churches in 16 states and 12 nations in six years. He is an international speaker and the author of Cultivating a Life for God.

“Organic Church is less about what we are to do than a book about what God has already done and is now doing. I challenge you to put it down without the picture of what God intended the church to be, becoming a hologram in your heart. Read it and reap a harvest of tears at what could be if, as Neil Cole puts it so memorably, we were to ‘lower the bar of how church is done and raise the bar of what it means to be a disciple.’ “ –Len Sweet

To learn more about the author's work in church planting, visit Church Multiplication Associates. Or, click here to listen to the author talk about the ideas behind this book.

Men and women across Europe are being called and equipped for the vital task of church planting. This paper explores how they are being trained, with methods ranging from accredited training to informal huddles the essential qualities they need and the challenges church leaders face in empowering them to plant.

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Like grass growing through cracks in the paving slabs, new life is appearing across the historical reformed churches of Europe. This new life takes many different forms and may occur at parish, diocesan or parachurch level. While tension may occur, communication and lay leadership help to facilitate church planting, and sometimes the church structures themselves will change.

Mid-sized groups are small enough to have a common vision, but big enough to do something about it’. Groups may have varying focus and activities and be part of the church structure or the beginnings of a movement, but together they are a strategic component in church planting across Europe.

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