Church Planting Bibliography
Church Planting Bibliography
Resources with the Library of Congress call number are located at the Bethel College library.
Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods, St. Paul's or Ours? Grand Rapids,
MI: William B. Eerdmands Publishing Company, 1962.BV 2110 .A5 1962
______, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes Which Hinder It.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmands Publishing Company, 1962.
Amberson, Talmadge R. Birth of Churches: The Biblical Basis for Church Planting.
Nashville, Broadman Press, 1979.
Arn, Win, Carroll Myquist, and Charles Arn. Who Cares About Love. Pasadena, Church
Growth Press, 1986.
Apeh, John E.. Social Structure and Church Planting. Shippensburg, PA: Companion
Press. Bailey, Keith M., ed., 1989.
______, The Church Planter's Manual. Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications. Bakke,
Ray, 1981.
______, The Urban Christian. Downers Grove, Il: IVP, 1987.
Arn, Win and Charles Arn. "Are You Ready for the Age Wave?" Growing Churches.
Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, April-June,
1991. p. 43.
______. The Master's Plan: For Making Disciples. Pasadena, Church Growth Press,
1982.
Associated Press Dispatch. "Church Lacks Hold Over Baby Boomers," The Chicago
Tribune. June 5, 1992.
Barna, George. Marketing The Church: What They Never Taught You About Church
Growth. Colorado Springs, NavPress, 1988.BV 652 .B33 1988
______. "The Barna Research Report" The Barna Goup. Glendale, 1987.
______. The Frog in the Kettle: What Christians Need to Know About Life in the Year
2000. Ventura, Regal Books, 1990.
______. User Friendly Churches: What Christians Need to Know About Chuches
People Love to go to. Ventura, Regal Books, 1991.
Barna, George and W.P. McKay. Vital Signs. Westchester, Illinois, Good News
Publishers/Crossway Books, 1984.
Brock, Charles. Indigenous Church Planting Nashville, Broadman Press, 1981.
Callahan, Kennon. Twelve Keys to an Effective Church. New Haven, MO., Leader
Publishing Co., 1983.BV 652.25 .C34 1983
Cannistraci, David, The Gift of Apostle. Ventura, Regal Books, 1996.BR 1644 .C34
______Growing New Churches: A Manual for New Congregational
Development. Nashville, TN: Discipleship Resources, 1992.
Chafin, Kenneth. Help! I'm a Layman. Waco, Word Publishers, 1966.
Chandler, Russell E. The Kennedy Explosion. Elgin, David C. Cook, 1971.
______. Racing Toward 2001: The Forces Shaping America's Religious Future. Grand
Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1992.BL 2525 .C44 1992
Chaney, Charles L. Church Planting in America at the end of the Twentieth Century.
Wheaton, Il. Tyndale House Publishers, 1982.
Cho, Paul Y. More Than Numbers. Waco, Word Books, 1984.
Christine, Stuart and Martin Robinson. Planting Tomorrow's Churchs Today: A
Comprehensive Handbook. Tunbridge Wells, Great Britain: Monarch Publications,
1992.
Coursey, Claylan. How Churches Can Start Churches. Nairobi, Kenya: Baptist
Publications House, 1984.
Clinard, Gordon. Evangelism: The Cutting Edge. Atlanta, Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, 1973.
Conn, Harvie, M. ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996.BV 637 .P53 1997
Cook, Jerry. "Less Pressure, More Loving," Leadership. Spring, 1984.
Cornell, George W. "Situation Ehtics Still Finding Favor," The Arlington Heights Daily
Herald. May 23, 1992.
Cothen, Joe H. Equipped For Good Work: A Guide for Pastor's. Gretna, LA., Pelican
Publishing Company, 1981.BV 4011 .C65
Criswell, W.A. Criswell's Guidebook For Pastors. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1980. BV 4011 .C74
Dayton, E.R. and D.A. Fraser , Planning Strategies for World Evangelism. Grand Rapids,
MI: Eerdmans, 1990.
Drucker, Peter F. Managing the Non-Profit Organization. New York, Harper Collins,
1990.HD 62.6 .D78 1990
Dudley, Carl S. Making the Small Church Effective. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1993.
Dwyer, Dawn. TeleReach Manual: Using the Telephone to Reach People. Nashville,
Convention Press, 1989.
Dychtwald, Ken. Age Wave. Los Angeles, Jeremy Tarcher, Inc., 1989.
Engel, James and Wilbert Norton. What's Gone Wrong With the Harvest. Grand Rapids,
Zondervan Publishing House, 1975.
Esary, Chuck. "The Challenge of Worshiping in a Growing Church," Growing Churches.
January-February, 1994.
"Facts and Trends." Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, September, 1985.
Faircloth, Samuel D. Church Planting for Reproduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book
House, 1991.
Feeney, J.H. Church Planting by the Team Method. International Bible Society.
Anchorage, AK: Abbott Loop Christian Center, 1988.
Flake, Authur. Sunday School Officers and Their Work. Nashville, The Sunday School
Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1928.
Fleisher, Sheryl. New Christian's Class Manual. Atlanta, Injoy Life Publishers, 1990.
Galloway, Dale E. The Tele-Care System. Portland, New Hope Community Church,
1990.
Galloway, Dale E. 20/20 Vision. Portland, Scott Publishing Company, 1986.
Gallup, George. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 110th. ed. Washington, D.C.,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1991.
Gallup, Jr., George. "Religion in America: Approaching the Year 2000," The Princeton
Religious Research Center, Princeton, 1990.
George, Carl F. "Beyond 800" A Church Growth Seminar. Atlanta, The Fuller
Evangelistic Association, May 3-4, 1993.
______. "Beyond 200: A Church Growth Conference. St. Louis, The Fuller
Evangelistic Association, October 16-17, 1993.
______. "Beyond 400: Helping the Middle Size Church Break Through Growth
Barriers" A Church Growth Conference. Indianapolis, The Fuller Evangelistic
Association, October 14-15, 1993.
______. "Outreach Building Bridges to your Community: The Meta-Church Yellow
Zone" A Church Growth Conference. Chicago, The Fuller Evangelistic Association,
February 6-8, 1993.
______. Prepare Your Church for the Future. New York, Revell Publishing, 1991.BV 4400 .G46 1991
George, Carl F. and Robert E. Logan. Leading and Managing Your Church: Effective
Management for the Christian Professional. Tarrytown, New York, Revell Books,
1987.BV 652 .G43 1987
George, Carl F. and Warren Bird. How to Break Growth Barriers. Grand Rapids, Baker
Book House, 1993.
Graham, Thomas. How to Select the Best Church Planters. Evangelical Missions
Quarterly Vol. 23 (1): pp. 70-79, 1987.
Greenway, Roger S. Guidelines for Urban Church Planting. Grand Rapids, MI:Baker
Book House, 1976.BV 637 .DS 1992
______, Discipling the City. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1979.
Grigg, Viv. Cry of the Urban Poor. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1992.BV 2653 .G75 1992
Grubbs, Bruce. Helping A Small Church to Grow. Nashville, Convention Press, 1980.
Hadaway, C. Kirk. Church Growth Principles: Separating Fact from Fiction. Nashville,
Broadman Press, 1991.
______, "Pastor Tenure, Turnover, and Church Growth,: Research Information Report
2:2, 1988.
Hamlin, Judy. The Small Group Leaders Training Course. Colorado Springs, NavPress,
1990.
Hartman, Warren and Robert Wilson. The Large Membership Church. Nasvhille,
Discipleship Resources, 1989.
Hassinger, Edward W. and John S. Holik. "Changes in the Number of Rural Churches in
Missouri, 1952-1967," Rural Sociology. September, 1970.
Havlik, John F. The Evangelistic Church. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1976.
Hay, Alexander Rattray. The New Testament Order for Church and Missionary.
Temperley, Argentina: New Testament Missionary Union, 1947.
Henrichsen. Disciples are Made - Not Born. Fullerton, Victor Books, 1979.BV 4501.2 .H374
Hesselgrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: A Guide for Home and
Foreign Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980.
Hiebert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses. Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches
in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing
House, 1995.BV 2063 .H463 1995
Hill, Monica, ed. How to Plant Churches. London: MARC Europe, 1984.
Hinton, Keith. Growing Churches Singapore Style: Ministry in an Urban Context.
Robesonia, PA: OMF Publishers, 1988.
Hodges, Melvin L. The Indigenous Church. Springfield, MO: Evangelical Publishing
House, 1953.BV 2082.15 H59
______, A Guide to Church Planting. Chicago: Moody Press,1973.
______, Build My Church. Springfield, MO: Assemblies of God, 1975.
Hogue, C. B. I Want My Church to Grow. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1977.
Hogue, Dean R. and David A. Roozen, eds. Understanding Church Growth and Decline
1950 - 1978. New York, The Pilgrim Press, 1979.
Hunter, Kent. Foundations for Church Growth. New Haven, MO., Leader Publishing Co.,
1983.
Jacks, Bob & Betty and Ron Wormser, Sr., Your Home a Lighthouse. Colorado Springs,
NavPress, 1986.
Jaffray, Jr., George R. Explosive Evangelism. MacDill, AFB, Florida, Tyndale Bible
Society, 1972.
Jensen, Ron and Jim Stevens. Dynamics of Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Baker Book
House, 1981.
Johnson, Ron, Joseph W. Hinkle, and Charles M. Lowry. Oikos: A Practical Approach to
Family Evangelism. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1982.
Jones, Ezra E. Strategies for New Churches. New York, Harper and Row, 1976.
______. New Church Development in the Eighties. National Division Board of Global
Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 1976.
Jones, Medford H. "Dynamic Churches Come in all Sizes," Church Growth: State of the
Art. C. Peter Wagner, Win Arn, and Elmer Towns, eds., Wheaton, Tyndale House
Publishers, 1986.BV 652.25 .C496 1986
Kennedy, D. James. Evangelism Explosion. Rev. Ed. Wheaton, Tyndale House
Publishers, 1977.BV 3790 .K46 1996
Kilgore, Robert H. Projecting Community Response to Determine Church Attendance
and Income. Atlanta, Home Misison Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1978.
Licence, Graham Rural Church Planting? Bedford, UK: British Church Growth
Association, 1992.
Lindsay, Homer G. and Jerry Vines. The Miracle of Downtown Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, The First Baptist Church, 1994.
Livingstone, Greg, Planting Churches in Muslim Cities: A Team Approach. Grand
Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993.BV 2625 .L585 1993
Logan, Robert E. and Jeff Rast International Church Planting Guide. Alta Loma, CA:
Strategic Ministries, Inc., 1988.
Lowery, Jr., James L. Peers, Tents and Owls. New York, Morehouse - Barlow Publishers,
1973.
Madsen, Paul O. The Small Church, Valid, Vital, Victorious. Valley Forge, Judson Press,
1975.
Martin, Dan. "The Church Growth Questions" Home Missions, S.B.C. Atlanta, 1977.
Maxwell, John C. The Five Levels of Leadership.Atlanta, Injoy Ministries, 1993.
McGavran, Donald A. How Churches Grow: New Frontiers of Mission. New York,
Friendship Press, 1959.
______. Understanding Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans Publishing
Company, 1970.BV 652.25 .M293 1990
MacDonald, Gordon M. "Ten Conditions for Church Growth." Leadership, Winter 1983.
Mitchell, Bo. You Can Take It With You. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1990.
Mortensen, Vernon, God Made It Grow: Historical Sketches of TEAM's Church Planting
Work. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1994.
Murren, Doug. "Congregational Climate Control," Ministries Today. July-August, 1989.
Mylander, Charles. Secrets for Growing Churches. San Francisco, Harper and Row,
1979.
Neighbour, Jr., Ralph W. Future Church. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1980.
Nevius, John L. Planting and Development of MissionaryChurches. Nutley, NJ,
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1958.
Nikkel, James, Antioch Blueprints: A Manual of Church Planting Information and
Church Growth Strategies. Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches,
1987.
Patterson, George, Church Planting Through Obedience Oriented Teaching, a Manual.
South Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1981.
Patterson, George and Richard Scoggins, Church Multiplication Guide: Helping
Churches to Reproduce Locally and Abroad.Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library,
1993.BV 652.25 .P36 2002
Peters, George W. A Theology of Church Growth. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing
House, 1981.
______. Saturation Evangelism. Grand Rapids, Zondervan Publishing House, 1970.
Potter, C. Burtt. The Church Reaching Out. Durham, Moore Publishing Company.
Powell, Paul W. The Nuts and Bolts of Church Growth. Nashville, Broadman Press,
1982.
Redford, Jack. Planting New Churches. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1978.
Reiland, Dan. Starting Small Groups In Your Church. Atlanta, Injoy Life Publishers,
1990.
Revens, R. Daniel. Always Advancing: Modern Strategies for Chruch Growth. San
Bernardino, Here's Life Publishers, 1984.
Ridley, Charles R. How To Select Church Planters. Pasadena, Fuller Evangelistic
Association, 1988.
Riggs, Charles. Learning to Walk With God. Minneapolis, World Wide Publications,
1988.BV 4501.2 . R545 1986
Robinson, Martin and Stuart Christine. Planting Tomorrow's Churches Today: A
Comprehensive Handbook. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Monarch/BCGA, 1992.
Saarinen, Martin F. The Life Cycle of a Congregation. Washington, DC: The Alban
Institute, 1986.
Sanderson, Leonard. Personal Soul-Winning. Nashville, Convention Press, 1958.
Sawatsky, Ben A. World Class City: Frontier Project Training Manual. Minneapolis,
NM: Evangelical Free Church of America, 1988.
Schaller, Lyle E. Activating the Passive Church: Diagnosis and Treatment. Nasville,
Abingdon, 1981.
______. Assimilating New Members. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1978.BV 52.25 .S33
______. 44 Ways to Increase Church Attendance. Nashville, Abindon Press 1988.
______. "Growing Older and Smaller Verses Growing Younger and Larger" Growing
Churches. Nashville, The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention,
April-June, 1991. P. 12.
______. Growing Plans. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1983.
______. Hey, That's Our Church. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1975.
______. "Looking at the Small Church: A Frame of Reference," Christian Ministry.
July, 1977.
______. Looking In the Mirror. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1984.
______. "One Worship Service or Two?" The Parish Paper 9. 1980.
______. The Small Church Is Different. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1982. BV 637.8 .S3 1982
Schuller, Robert H. Your Church Has Real Possibilities. Ventura, G/L Publications,
1974.BV 652 .25 .S35
Shenk, David W. & Ervin R. Stutzman Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New
Testament Models of Church Planting. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988.
Short, Mark. "Administration in a Small Church," Church Administration Handbook.
Bruce Powers, ed. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1985.BV 652 .C49 1996
Silvoso, Ed, That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through
Prayer Evangelism. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1994.BV 3793 .S47 1994
Sisemore, John T. Church Growth Through the Sunday School. Nashville, Broadman
Press, 1982.
______, The Ministry of Visitation. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1954.BV1523. V5557
Starr, Timothy. Church Planting: Always in Season. Fellowship of EvangelicalBaptist
Churches of Canada, 1978.
Steffen, Tom A. Phasing Out Your Work: Make A Plan, Not A Crisis. Evangelical
Missions Quarterly. 27(3): 280-285, 1991.
______, Shooting for the Ideal While Working with the Real: Church Planting in the
Philippines. Global Church Growth 29(1): 9, 1992.
______, Leadership: Ten Implications for Cross-Cultural Church Planters. Global
Church Growth 29(4): 5-6, 1992.
______, Planned Phase-out: A Checklist for Cross-Cultural Church Planters. San
Francisco, CA: Austin & Winfield, 1992.
______, Urban-Rural Networks and Strategies. Urban Mission. 10(3):37-42, 1993.
______, "Selecting A Church Planting Model That Works". Missiology: An
International Review. 22(3): 361-376, 1994.
______, Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry: Crosscultural Storytelling at Home and
Abroad. La Habra, CA: Center for Organization & Ministry Development, 1996.
______, Passing the Baton: Church Planting That Empowers. La Habra, CA: Center
for Organization & Ministry Development (Rev. ed.), 1997.
Smith, Fred. "The Gift of Greeting" Christianity Today. 13 December, 1985.
Snyder, Howard A. The Community of the King. Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press,
1977.BV601.8.S62
Starr, Timothy. Church Planting. Widowdale, Ontario, Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist
Churches, 1978.
Syner, Howard. The Problem of Wineskins. Downer's Grove, ILL., InterVarsity Press,
1975.
Strobel, Lee. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry & Mary. Grand Rapdis, Zondervan
Publishing House, 1993.
Sturtz, Lloyd S. "How to Develop an Evangelistic Strategy for a Church of 150-500
Members," American Festival of Evangelism Notebooks. Washington, D.C., 1981.
Sweeting, George. How to Witness Successfully. Chicago, Moody Press, 1978.
Swindoll, Charles. Dropping Your Guard. Waco, Word Publishers, 1983.BV4501.2S893
Tader, David and Gene Swanstrom, eds., EFCA Church Planting Manual. Minneapolis,
MN: The Evangelical Free Church of America Ministries Department, 1987.
Tidsworth, Floyd Jr. Planting and Growing Missions. Durham, Moore Publishing
Company, 1979.
Thomas, J.V. and Carl E. Elder, ed. How to Establish a Satellite Congregation: A Guide
for the Local Church. Dallas, Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1979.
Thomas, M.V. and Carl E. Elder, ed. How to Start New Missions/Churches: A Guide for
the Local Church. Dallas, Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1979.
Towns, Elmer L. Ten of Today's Most Innovative Churches: What They're Doing, How
They're Doing It and How You Can Apply Their Ideas In Your Church. Ventura,
Regal Books, 1990.
Vaughan, John N. The Large Church: A Twentieth-Century Expression of the First-
Century Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1985.
______, The World's 20 Largest Churches: Church Growth Principles in Action. Grand
Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1984.
Vidich, Arthur and Joseph Bensman. Small Town in Mass Society. Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 1968.
Wagner, C. Peter. Church Planting For A Greater Harvest. Ventura, Regal Books, 1990. BV652.24.W332
______. "Recent Develoments in Church Growth Understandings," Review and
Expositor. Fall, 1980.
______. Strategies for Church Growth: Tools for Effective Mission and Evangelism.
Ventura, Regal Books, 1987.
______. Your Church Can Be Healthy. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1979.BV652.25.W33
______. Your Church Can Grow. Glendale, Regal Books, 1976.BV652.25.W332
Warren, Rick. Dynamic Bible Study Methods. Wheaton, Victor Books, 1981.
______. The Purpose Driven Church. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan Publishing House,
1995.BV652.2.W38
White, James Emery. "Whom Are You Trying To Reach?" Growing Churches. October –
December, 1992.
Wicker, Allan W. "Assimilation of New Members in a Large and a Small Church,"
Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 55. No. 3.
Williams, Dan G. Seven Myths About Small Groups: How to Keep From Falling Into
Common Traps. Downers Grove, Illinois, InterVarsity Press, 1991.
Womack, David A. The Pyramid Principle of Church Growth. Minneapolis, Bethany
Fellowship, Inc., 1977.
Zunkel, C. Wayne, Growing the Small Church. Elgin, David C. Cook, 1982.