Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

Table of Contents

Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Part I Coaching Urban Church Planters: Resources for Coaches and Mentors . . . . 19 Nurturing Church Plant Movements . . . . . . . 21 The Nature of Dynamic Church Planting Movements: Defining the Elements of Effective Church Planting Movements . . 23 Spawning a Church Planting Movement Structure . . . . . 24 Creating Coherent Urban Church Planting Movements: Discerning the Elements of Authentic Urban Christian Community . . . . 25 Enemies of a Vibrant, Dynamic Church Planting Movement . . . 26 A Model of an Urban Church Association . . . . . . . . 27 Clement, Calvin, and the LA Urban Pastor’s Association: Review, Reflections, and Recommendations . . . . . . . 28 Urban Church Association: Membership Agreement . . . . . 39 Coaching Cycle and Duties . . . . . . . . . . 45 The Pauline Church Planting Cycle. . . . . . . . . . 47 The Communal Context of Authentic Christian Leadership . . . 48 Representing God: Serving Christ as Emissary of Your Local Congregation . . . . 49 Representin’: Jesus as God’s Chosen Representative . . . . . 65 Understanding Leadership as Representation: The Six Stages of Formal Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . 66 Spiritual Gifts Specifically Mentioned in the New Testament . . 67 Responsibilities of a Coach (Multiple Team Leader) . . . . . 69