{"product_id":"viral-churches-isbn-9780470550458","title":"Viral Churches","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking guide for multiplying the impact of church plants\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a study that was commissioned by the Leadership Network, this book reveals the best practices in church planting and uncovers the common threads among them. A much-needed resource, this book will inform, guide, and even catalyze today's many church planting leaders. The authors clearly show leaders how to plant churches that create a multiplication movement and offer inspiration for them to do so. The book addresses their questions about what to do next in their church planting strategies, in light of research on what's actually working best.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthor Ed Stetzer heads up LifeWay Research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides reliable, credible information about what church planting strategies work best\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA volume in the Leadership Network Series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffers a definitive guide for church planting and the burgeoning movement it is part of.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Leadership Network ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRick Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Church Planting: The New Evangelism 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Growth by Multiplication: Big Contrast to Addition 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 New Players: Aggressive Local Churches and Church Planting Networks 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Kingdom Cooperation: Church Planters Learning Together 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Predictors of Success: Recruitment, Assessment, and Deployment 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thriving: New Church Survival Rates 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 House Churches: Separating Reality from Fiction 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Multisite Strategy: A Fast-Growing Trend That Affects Planting 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Rapid Growth: Still Not Reproduction 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Funding: Partnerships Matter 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The New Scorecard: Measuring a Church Multiplication Movement 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Obstacles to Missional Replication: What Holds Us Back 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Conclusion: Solving the Toughest Challenges 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: List of Churches and Networks Cited 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnotated Bibliography for Church Multiplication 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScripture Index 244\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eED STETZER, PH.D.,\u003c\/b\u003e is president of LifeWay Research, visiting professor of research and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, visiting research professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, a contributing editor for Christianity Today, and a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly. He has been a church planter and has trained pastors and church planters on five continents. His books include Planting Missional Churches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWARREN BIRD, PH.D.,\u003c\/b\u003e directs the research division at Leadership Network, teaches atAlliance Theological Seminary, and regularly contributes to several magazines. An ordained minister, he has been involved in five church plants. Bird has coauthored twenty-one books including \u003ci\u003eStarting a New Church\u003c\/i\u003e.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eViral Churches\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent years have seen a clear increase in church planting enthusiasm across the globe. As church leaders look for ways to start multiple new congregations that in turn reproduce virally, they need credible information, healthy examples, and reliable guidance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a national, cross-denominational study commissioned by Leadership Network, \u003ci\u003eViral Churches\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the best practices in church multiplication movements and reveals the common threads among them. A hands-on resource,\u003ci\u003e Viral Churches\u003c\/i\u003e offers the fresh vision and critical perspectives essential as a catalyst fortoday's church planting leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthors Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird draw from their own experiences, the insights of numerous pioneering leaders, and what was arguably the nation's largest research project on church multiplication. They show leaders how to plant churches that multiply into a movement, and they offer inspiration for the need to do so. Filled with illustrative stories from successful church planters, this important book outlines practical ideas that are essential to the success of church multiplication networks. Each chapter highlights a different point on such issues as keeping the focus on evangelism; recruiting, assessing, and deploying planters; increasing the survivability of new churches; using a multisite strategy effectively; funding; overcoming obstacles; facing challenges ahead; and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird advocate the core belief that \"Church planting is good. 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