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Resources for Further Study

Allsman, Don, Jesus Cropped from the Picture: Why Christians Get Bored and How to Restore them to Vibrant Faith . Wichita, KS: The Urban Ministry Institute, 2009. Cornett, Terry G., and James D. Parker. “Developing Urban Congregations: A Framework for World Impact Church Planters.” Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources . Vol. 1, pp. 19-92. Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2015.

Davis, Don L. Sacred Roots: A Primer on Retrieving the Great Tradition . Wichita, KS: The Urban Ministry Institute, 2010.

———. Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year . Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2007, 2012.

———. Winning the World: Facilitating Urban Church Planting Movements . Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2007, 2012.

Davis, Don L., and Terry G. Cornett. “An Outline for a Theology of the Church.” Crowns of Beauty: Planting Urban Churches (Training Manual). Los Angeles: World Impact Press, 1999.

Hesselgrave, David J. Planting Churches Cross Culturally: A Biblical Guide . Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2000.

Hodges, Melvin L. The Indigenous Church: A Handbook on How to Grow Young Churches . Springfield, MO: Gospel Publishing House, 1976.

Shenk, David W., and Ervin R. Stutzman. Creating Communities of the Kingdom: New Testament Models of Church Planting . Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988. Smith, Efrem. The Post-Black and Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2012.

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