Wesleyan Church Planting Resources

 (Pictured here is Christopher Coon, writer of Failing Boldly, one of 4 new books in production for Path1)

I am so excited about publications in process through Path1's "Wesleyan Church Planting Resources." We have four books in production with more on the way after that. Here is a listing of what's coming:

1. Flipping Church, edited by Michael Baughman, founding pastor and curator at Union--a Coffee House/Church in Dallas, Texas. Mike's book includes contributions from a number of church planters from around the county, including a foreword by Kenda Creasy Dean and Mark DeVries (Church Cartographers) and chapters by Michael Baughman, Trey Hall, Amanda Garber, Matt Miofsky, Owen Ross, David Rangel, Olu Brown, Elaine Heath, Doug Cunningham, Derek Jacobs, and Jerry Herships. These writers will show us how new church starts are turning conventional wisdom about the church upside down.  
2. A Missionary Mindset: What Church Leaders Need to Know to Reach Their Community--Lessons from E. Stanley Jones. With so many non religious and nominally religious people living in our communities, being in ministry feels a lot like being a missionary in a foreign land. Why not draw wisdom from the best of missionary practice to learn how to reach a non-Christian context? We draw upon E. Stanley Jones who worked among the people of India for 60 years as well as other missionary experiences.   
3. Planting and Multiplying African American Churches, edited by Candace Lewis and William Chaney. Learn wisdom and best practices from exciting church planters working among African Americans. 
4. Failing Boldly, by Christopher Coon, a co-founding pastor of Urban Village in Chicago. He tells the story of how failure can be the stepping stone to insightful progress in reaching new people with the gospel. 

These books will be valuable resources to fuel the new church movement in the United States. I'll be sharing more details and publication dates in future blogs.