ESSENTIAL CHURCH PLANTING RESOURCES
CoachNet
This web site edited by Bob Logan is the most complete church planting resource available. It provides on-line access to worksheets and church planting tools on church planting and church health available elsewhere in hardcopy. This is a subscription-based Internet resource.
Churches Planting Churches by Robert Logan and Steve Ogne (Carol Stream, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 1995)
This training tool and notebook is the best resource available for guiding a parent church through the steps it takes to plant daughter churches.
Church Planters Toolkit by Robert Logan and Steve Ogne (Carol Stream, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 1995)
This is the standard training and equipping resource for the church planter. It includes cassette training tapes and worksheets and covers the first two years of new church development. Every church planter should own it and use it.
Devolping a Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century by Aubrey Malphurs, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992)
Provides principles, guidelines and worksheets for developing a compelling vision for the church.
The Purpose-Driven Church by Rick Warren (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995)
Rick Warren has written a principle-based story of a purpose-driven church that provides great practical help for the church planter and new church. This is a great book to read and discuss with new church leadership.
Releasing Your Church's Potential by Robert Logan and Thomas Clegg (Carol Stream, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 1998)
This companion resource to the Church Planters Toolkit focuses on church health based on the paradigm found in Christian Schwarz's Natural Church Development. It features cassette training tapes, worksheets and application guides for each of NCD's measures of church health.
Values-Driven Leadership by Aubrey Malphurs (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996)
Malphurs guides the reader through the process of crafting core values for the local church. This is a practical, hands-on resource for the church planter and his leadership team.