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C. Urban Church Planting

Bunch, David, Jarvey Kneisel and Barbara Oden. Multihousing Congregations: How to Start and Grow Christian Congregations in Multihousing Communities . Atlanta, GA: Smith Publishing, 1991. This is an older resource, but it provides specific ideas for those planting a church in apartment complexes, trailer parks, or other multi-housing units.

Carter, Ryan, ed. Christ the Victor Church: The Guidebook: Ancient Faith for an Urban Movement. N.P.: CreateSpace, 2014.

As noted above, this resource is especially designed for church planters working among the urban poor.

Carter, Matt and Darrin Patrick. For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.

This book focuses especially on church planting in urban contexts, but is not especially targeted on church planters working among the poor. Conn, Harvie, M. ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality . Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996. This is a “big picture” book on why church planting in the cities is especially important. Harvie Conn was a cross- cultural missionary for many years and has written a number of books calling the evangelical church to prioritize urban missions. Francis, Hozell C. Church Planting in the African American Context . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000. This is one of several books published in the last two decades that focuses on the specific issues facing church planters targeting African-American communities.

Greenway, Roger S. and Timothy M. Monsma. Cities: Missions’ New Frontier , 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000.