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TitleChurch planting in the secular west : Learning from the European experience
AuthorPaas, Stefan.
Call No254.1094 PAA
CollectionNon Fiction
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International Standard Book Number 9780802873484
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 254.1094 PAA
Personal Name Paas, Stefan.
Title Statement Church planting in the secular west : Learning from the European experience
Imprint Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, 2016.
Physical Description 304p.
Series Statement - Title The Gospel and our culture
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Formatted Contents Note Church planting and its reasons -- Planting better churches -- Planting more churches -- Planting new churches -- In defence of church planting in Europe.
Summary, Etc. In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularized context. Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores confessional motives, growth motives, and innovation motives for church planting in Europe, tracing them back to different traditions and reflecting on them from theological and empirical perspectives. He presents examples from the European context and offers sound advice for improving existing missional practices. Paas also draws out lessons for North America in a chapter coauthored with Darrell Guder and John Franke. Finally, Paas weaves together the various threads in the book with a theological defense of church planting. Presenting new research as it does, this critical missiological perspective will add significantly to a fuller understanding of church planting in our contemporary context.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term SECULARISM - EUROPE.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, NEW - EUROPE.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term EUROPE - CHURCH HISTORY - 20th CENTURY.