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Ralph Moore maintains that perhaps our greatest responsibility is to evangelize our own generation-and that established churches are unable to do that. In fact, rising generations of Americans live in ignorance of Jesus Christ and have no moral absolutes. The answer, according to Moore, is aggressive church planting. Why? Because new churches focus on the needs of each new generation and present biblical truth in the cultural context that best reaches those people. 0830730869 Includes the Following Topics and Many More Section 2: Designing the New Church -- things to consider before you ask for money Section 3: Planting the New Church -- Can you build a church that flexes as it grows? Section 4: Anticipating the Future -- How can you ensure a healthy start?

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #170479 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 244 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780830729661
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Ralph Moore is senior pastor of Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii and founder of the Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach, California. His ministry now spans 100 churches in the United States, Japan and the South Pacific. Pastor Moore travels extensively, teaching pastors and church leaders biblical models for spreading the gospel and planting churches. He and his wife, Ruby, have two children, Carl and Kelly.

Customer Reviews

Here's the Beef!!
This book is not a theoretical book. It is a book from experience and years of success. This is a practical book that asks seemingly simple questions but that ultimately leads you to a deeper understanding of what you are attempting to accomplish.

All but 2 chapters are entitled as questions. The purpose is to get the potential planter to look deep into themselves, answer some very real life questions, and get moving with your dream of planting a church.

I found the best chapter had to do with budgeting. Chapter 8 makes the reader to look not only at money but to look at money as a vehicle to being effective. The budget can simply be divided into 2 sections: Opportunity Budget and Operational Budget. This chapter alone is worth buying the book.

This book is a breathe of fresh air!

The Voice of Experience
Written by an experienced church planter, this book seeks to motivate and equip others to do the same. The author believes that planting new churches is the best way to evangelize the lost. He has lived this out: the two churches he founded are responsible for planting more than 200 congregations around the world. The author's methodology is marred in places by a man-centered, "seeker sensitive" approach, and the theology is fairly thin. There is scarce mention of the glory of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, the salvation of the lost or the centrality of the Word. A cult using these same strategies would probably grow. Nevertheless, the author provides many points of practical wisdom that, used critically and grounded in a more robust theology, could prove valuable to prospective church planters

This book is a MUST READ!!
I have been studying everything I can get my hands on about church planting. This book is by far the best I have read to date. It offers the practical how-to's instead of endless pages of philosophies, etc..

I recommend this book as a must-have for any church planter, trust me you will not be disappointed!