LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch
Submitted to Dr. William Brown in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
EVAN 505 – B01 LUO
Introduction To Church Planting
by
Michael Truong
March 6, 2016
Biographical Entry
Stetzer, Ed. Planting Missional Churches (2nd edition). Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2006.
Author Information Ed Stetzer is Executive Director of LifeWay Research, an author, conference speaker, and Church planter. He has written several books and writes many magazine articles for publications such as “Outreach Magazine” and “Catalyst Monthly”. Also he is the pastor of Grace Church in Hendersonville, TN, which is a congregation …show more content…
It’s no wonder; considering all of the information contained within this volume. This is an updated (2nd) edition of the 1st entitledPlanting Churches in a Postmodern Age and is packed with Stetzer’s personal wisdom, experience, and passion – and every page proves it! This book is one of the most comprehensive works on church planting. Planting Mission Churches is written as a text, yet doesn’t have the dryness of a textbook. There are questions for reflections at the end of each chapter. Though questions like these typically serve to add to the dryness of most textbooks, the questions that Stetzer poses help provoke thought and challenge the reader to apply the principles. The questions help the reader retrace the primary thoughts within the chapters. Most writers, especially those who are writing textbook type material write in a more formal academic style of writing. Stetzer writes in a “conversation” style. As the reader turns the pages it is like Stetzer is sitting in the room and talking to the reader. This makes the book a much easier read than, and makes for a more enjoyable read. Though Stetzer has a strong background in academia he writes in a simple and informal style that allows the reader to comprehend most of what he
Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch
Submitted to Dr. William Brown in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
EVAN 505 – B01 LUO
Introduction To Church Planting
by
Michael Truong
March 6, 2016
Biographical Entry
Stetzer, Ed. Planting Missional Churches (2nd edition). Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2006.
Author Information Ed Stetzer is Executive Director of LifeWay Research, an author, conference speaker, and Church planter. He has written several books and writes many magazine articles for publications such as “Outreach Magazine” and “Catalyst Monthly”. Also he is the pastor of Grace Church in Hendersonville, TN, which is a congregation …show more content…
It’s no wonder; considering all of the information contained within this volume. This is an updated (2nd) edition of the 1st entitledPlanting Churches in a Postmodern Age and is packed with Stetzer’s personal wisdom, experience, and passion – and every page proves it! This book is one of the most comprehensive works on church planting. Planting Mission Churches is written as a text, yet doesn’t have the dryness of a textbook. There are questions for reflections at the end of each chapter. Though questions like these typically serve to add to the dryness of most textbooks, the questions that Stetzer poses help provoke thought and challenge the reader to apply the principles. The questions help the reader retrace the primary thoughts within the chapters. Most writers, especially those who are writing textbook type material write in a more formal academic style of writing. Stetzer writes in a “conversation” style. As the reader turns the pages it is like Stetzer is sitting in the room and talking to the reader. This makes the book a much easier read than, and makes for a more enjoyable read. Though Stetzer has a strong background in academia he writes in a simple and informal style that allows the reader to comprehend most of what he