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This doctoral project implemented a seminar at Sunset Church in San Francisco looking to increase the interest and openness of members to participate in church planting efforts. Sunset Church is a forty-year-old established church that has never planted another church. However, …

Resource churches are a new kind of church in the Church of England that is producing church growth, church planting, church revitalisation, social transformation, a flow of missional leaders, and a generous giving away of resources. This is the first significant study of these …

Jesus' command in Matthew 28:19 leaves no room for interpretation. The role of the followers of Jesus and of the church is decidedly clear. We are called to make disciples of all nations. An honest assessment of my local ministry context, Access Church, reveals that we, as a chu…

The United States is becoming increasingly urbanized. The metropolitan areas are thriving with new residents and new industries. While the cities are growing, the church is declining. The church has a problem to solve. How do we plant rapidly growing churches in growing metropol…