Bibliograph

Church planting in the secular west, learning from the European experience, Stefan Paas

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Church planting in the secular west, learning from the European experience, Stefan Paas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Church planting in the secular west

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stefan Paas

Series statement

The Gospel and our culture series

Sub title

learning from the European experience

Summary

An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Europe 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

Target audience

adult

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