Articles on Church Planting
1. The Gospel Coalition: An Interview with Darrin Patrick
2. The Top Two Tasks of Reproducing a Church
3. Equipping Church Planters for Success
4. Missional Church
5. Church According to Jesus
6. What Are Church Planting Movements
7. 7 Top Issues Church Planters Face, Issue #1: Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture
Church Planting Organizations
Stadia http://www.stadia.cc
New Thing Network http://www.newthing.org
Acts 29 http://www.acts29network.org
The Launch Network http://www.launchstrong.com
SendRDU http://www.sendrdu.com
NC SBC http://www.ncbaptist.org
Raleigh Baptist Association http://www.raleighbaptists.org
Liberty CPN http://www.libertycpn.com
The ARC http://www.arcchurches.com
Conferences for Church Planters
Exponential Conference – April 23-26, 2012
http://www.exponentialconference.org
Books for Church Planters
Books on Mission/Gospel
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Leslie Newbigin
The Open Secret, Leslie Newbigin
The Missional Church: A Vision for the
Sending of the Church, Darrell Guder
The Church Between Gospel and Culture, George Hunsburger
The Radical Reformission, Mark Driscoll
Breaking the Missional Code, Ed Stetzer
Church Planting
Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, Ed Stetzer
Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, Aubrey Malphurs and Joe Aldrich
Starting a New Church, Ralph Moore
Planting Missional Churches, Ed Stetzer
Theology
Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem
Integrative Theology, Gordon Lewis & Bruce Demarest
Church Government
Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch
Elders and Leaders, Gene Getz
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever
Confessions of a Reformission Rev, Mark Driscoll
Preaching
Light and Heat: The Puritan View of the Pulpit, Bruce Bickel
Christ Centered Preaching, Bryan Chapell
Apologetics
Apologetics to the Glory of God, John Frame
Jesus Under Fire, J.P. Moreland, Editor
Scaling The Secular City, J.P. Moreland
Classical Apologetics, Sproul, Gerstner, Lindsley
The Defense of the Faith, Cornelius Van Til
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Christianity on Trial, Vincent Caroll
Canon
The Canon, F.F. Bruce
Church Government
Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch
Elders and Leaders, Gene Getz
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever
Confessions of a Reformission, Rev. Mark Driscoll
Church History
Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley
Church in Postmodernity
Above all Earthly Pow’rs, David Wells
The Gagging of God, DA Carson
Church Planting Resources
44 Questions for Church Planters, Lyle E. Schaller
Church Planting for a Greater Harvest: A Comprehensive Guide, C. Peter Wagner and Francis A. Sullivan
Cities: Missions’ New Frontier, Roger S. Greenway and Timothy M. Monsma
Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New Testament Models of Church Planting,
David W. Shenk and Ervin R. Stutzman
God’s Missionary People: Rethinking the Purpose of the Local Church, Charles Van Engen
Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? Roland Allen
Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy
Churches, Christian A. Schwarz
Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, Aubrey Malphurs and Joe Aldrich
Church Planting From the Ground Up, Tom Jones
Planting Missional Churches, Ed Stetzer
Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, Ed Stetzer
Starting a New Church, Ralph Moore
Christian Life
Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton
The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Desiring God, John Piper
The Pleasures of God, John Piper
A Long Obedience In The Same Direction, Eugene Peterson
The Cross
The Cross of Christ, John Stott
The Cross and Salvation, Bruce Demarest
The Atonement, Leon Morris
The Glory of the Atonement, Hill, James, and Nicole
Cults
Kingdom of the Cults, Walter Martin
The Challenge of the Cults and the New Religions, Ron Rhodes
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, & World Religions, George Mather
Emerging Church
Perimeters of Light, Ed Stetzer
Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, DA Carson
Feminism
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical
Feminism, John Piper and Wayne Grudem
Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth, Wayne Grudem
Hermeneutics
Getting the Message, Daniel Doriani
Is There Meaning In the Text, Kevin Vanhoozer
Historical Theology
Christian Theology: An Introduction, Alister E. McGrath
The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel
The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
Marriage & Family
Shepherding A Child’s Heart, Ted Tripp
Intimate Issues, Linda Dillow (Women)
A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God’s Gift of Sexual Intimacy, Douglas Rosenau
Missiology
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Leslie Newbigin
The Open Secret, Leslie Newbigin
The Church Between Gospel and Culture, George Hunsberger
Truth and Authority in Modernity (Christian Mission and Modern Culture), Leslie Newbigin
The Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church, Darrell Guder
Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
God is the Gospel, John Piper
Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and
Conquered Rome, Rodney Stark
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, David Bosch
The Radical Reformission, Mark Driscoll
Breaking the Missional Code, Ed Stetzer
Pastoral Ministry
The Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter
The Contemplative Pastor, Eugene Peterson
Five Smooth Stones For Pastoral Work, Eugene Peterson
Working The Angles, Eugene Peterson
Pastoral Ministry, John MacArthur
Pastoral Counseling, John MacArthur
The Unity Factor, Larry Osborne
Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students, Charles Spurgeon
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, John Piper
The Stain that Stays: The Church’s Response to the Sexual Misconduct of its Leaders, John Armstrong
Preaching
Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, Graeme Goldsworthy
Light and Heat: The Puritan View of the Pulpit, Bruce Bickel
Christ Centered Preaching, Bryan Chapell
Spiritual Disciplines
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Don Whitney
Western Culture
Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community, Robert Putnam
The Fourth Turning, William Strauss and Neil Howe
The Cultural Creatives : How 50 Million People Are Changing the World, Sherry Ruth Anderson & Paul H. Ray
Soul Searching, Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton
World Religions
Jesus Among other Gods, Ravi Zacharias
Christianity at the Religious Roundtable, Tenent
Worship
Unceasing Worship, Harold Best
Worship in Spirit and Truth, John Frame
Worship by the Book, D.A. Carson