How to Multiply Your Church: The Most Effective Way to Grow God's Kingdom Book

Foreword 11

Introduction Be Fruitful, Multiply...and Fill All the Earth 15

Part 1 To Add, Multiply or Both?

1 Why 1943 Was a Very Good Year: A Church Multiplication Metaphor 19

2 Kingdoms in Conflict: A Spiritual Battle We Dare Not Lose 33

3 The Big Question: Will Another Church Really Help? 41

4 Hope: Imperfect People Moving in the Right Direction 55

Part 2 Inside the Walls of Our Minds

5 Leverage: Making the Great Commission Doable 67

6 Confusion: Why Don't Our Churches Multiply? 75

7 Roadblocks: What Stands in Our Way? 83

8 Emotions: It Doesn't Feel Quite Right 99

Part 3 In Search of Scripture

9 Model: Jesus as a Church Planter 107

10 Possibility: Doing What Jesus Did 113

11 Failure and Success: Multiplication in the Early Church 123

12 Methods: What Would Paul Do? 127

13 Slogans: Statements of Mission and Purpose 135

14 Vision: What Shapes the New Church? 141

Part 4 Opportunity Is Where You Make It

15 Tenacity: Faith in an Age of Fear 149

16 Mission: Reaching People Where They Are 159

17 Education: Learning from America's Past 167

18 A Second Look: Emerging Urban Opportunities 179

Part 5 You Can Do This!

19 Fun: Church Multiplication Is Like Making Babies 193

20 Hardware: Coloring Outside the Lines 199

21 Equipping: How to Ready Your Church to Multiply 209

22 Costs: Multiplication When Resources Are Limited 219

23 Momentum: Managing that Most Important Management Factor 227

Part 6 Stand and Deliver

24 Expectations: Could Our Congregation Spawn a Movement? 237

25 Urgency: Why Today Is Pregnant with Opportunity 245

26D-Day: Will You Stay on the Sidelines? 249

Endnotes 252