Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

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5. Believers Congregated: Acts 13.43; 19.9; Rom 16.4-5; 1 Cor. 14.26. 6. Faith Confirmed: Acts 14.21-22; 15.41; Rom 16.17; Col. 1.28; 2 Thess. 2.15; 1 Tim. 1.3. 7. Leadership Consecrated; Acts 14.23; 2 Tim. 2.2; Titus 1.5. 8. Believers Commended; Acts 14.23; 16.40; 21.32 (2 Tim. 4.9 and Titus 3.12 by implication). 9. Relationships Continued: Acts 15.36; 18.23; 1 Cor. 16.5; Eph. 6.21-22; Col. 4.7-8. 10. Sending Churches Convened: Acts 14.26-27; 15.1-4.

The “Pauline Cycle” terminology, stages, and diagram are taken from David J. Hesselgrave, Planting Churches Cross Culturally, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2000. “Evangelize, Equip, and Empower” and “P.L.A.N.T.” schemas for church planting taken from Crowns of Beauty: Planting Urban Churches Conference Binder Los Angeles: World Impact Press, 1999.

Ten Principles of Church Planting 1. Jesus is Lord. (Matt. 9.37-38) All church plant activity is made effective and fruitful under the watch care and power of the Lord Jesus, who himself is the Lord of the harvest.