A Growing Church is a Missional Church (MP3)
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Biblical Basis
This resource examines the Biblical basis for planting churches in this multicultural society. Download
Buddism
Buddhism was founded as a form of atheism that rejected ancient beliefs in a permanent, personal, creator God. Download
Building Effective Partnerships for Church Planting
Effective partnerships are critical to successful church planting in the 21st century. Learn how to invite, build, and nurture partnerships. Download
Chronological Bible Storying - A Description (PDF)
Story telling is one of the best ways to share the gospel. A story can penetrate across cultures. Learn more by using this guide. Download
Covenant Agreement (Word)
This is a summary of a covenant agreement between William Carey, William Ward, and Joshu Marshmann. Download
Crossover '09
This summer thousands of Southern Baptists will descend on Louisville, Kentucky, for the 150th gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention. Download
CrossOver Events
CrossOver Events
Define Church Planting Focus Group (Word)
North America is a complex place with many different people groups and cultures. This resource helps church planters understand what a people group is and how to develop a contextualized strategy to reach many different people groups. Download
Engaging Middle Eastern and African Muslim Communities
Enter into any Baskin-Robbins store and you are immediately struck by the wide variety of flavors available. No two are alike; no two taste the same. Now, enter into the Middle Eastern and African Muslim communities and you are faced with the same situation—a variety of countries, cultures, and ethnic groups. Download
Epoch: Living as a Missionary in Your Community (PDF)
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Hispanics: Our Growing Mission Field in North America
Southern Baptist Hispanic work has grown in the last decade. However, we are reaching a very small percentage of the Hispanic population. Download
How to Share Your Church with Ethnic Congregations
The world is coming to North America in droves. For example, without immigration Canada’s population would be decreasing because of low birth rate. Download
ISC Storying Manual (Word)
This IMB resource helps short term missions volunteers understand basic missions principles. Download
Islam
What is Islam and how do Muslim neighbors view the world? These PDF's are must reads.
Isalm Overview Download
Muslims Among Us Download
Muslim Worldview Download
Jehovah's Witnesses (PDF)
Jehovah's Witnesses have six million participants in 235 countries. Learn what they believe. Download
Missional Church...Model...Movement...or Mute Point
The phrase 'missional' has become almost common place. Discover what the term means and how it can impact ministry. Download
Mormons
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has spread throughout North America. This article explains who they are and what they believe. Download
Multi-Housing Church Planting
The five identified multihousing communities viable for church planting are private apartment communities, condominium communities, manufactured housing communities, public housing communities, and senior housing communities. Download
Multicultural - Missions Overview
Discover the missions implications of our multi-cultural society. Download
Muslim Outreach Opportunities in North America
church planter among Muslim background peoples recently learned that the Saudi Arabian government has just provided more than 50 million additional dollars to its scholarship program for students who want to come to the United States to study. Download
Networking for Transformation
Isaiah 65:17-25 speaks of a new kingdom that is coming. A kingdom where there is joy, food, and housing for all. It is a kingdom where there is long life, meaningful work, peace, and family unity. Download
North American Cultural Diversity
The United States is not the melting pot of cultures we once believed. America has not blended into a single culture united by a common language. On the contrary, cultural diversity is increasingly evident. Canada is equally diverse. Download
Participation of Non-Anglo Churches in Southern Baptist Life
A quick look over our history will show that among America’s early pilgrims were Puritans and Baptists who began as early as 1674 to evangelize American Indians in Rhode Island with the first convert being baptized that year. Download
People Groups and Assimilation
The United States and Canada both have a long history of immigration. Download
People Spectrum
This is a chart of the North American People's Spectrum. Download
Planting Churches in "Live, Work, & Play" Communities
According to the Foundation for Community Association Research, a non-profit organization created in 1975 by Community Associations Institute (see www.caionline.org ), an estimated 54 million Americans live in some 274,000 homeowner associations, condominium communities, cooperatives, and other planned developments (up from 45 million in 2000). Download
Position Yourself To Make Disciples
It would be fantastic, as church planters, to achieve the same results from our work that Jesus did from His. Download
Preparing a Congregation to Plant a Church
Sometimes pastors experience difficulty in attempting to lead their church to consider planting another congregation. In many cases the pastor has not led the congregation through a process of preparation or discovery.
Pursuing the Mission of God in Church Planting (PDF)
This book addresses today's opportunities and challenges facing the Church of Jesus Christ, stirring within believers a passion to pursue and live out the mission of God in church planting. Download
Pursuing the Mission of God in Church Planting (WebPage)
The Missional Church in North America addresses today's opportunities and challenges facing the Church of Jesus Christ, stirring within believers a passion to pursue and live out the mission of God in church planting.
Pursuing the Mission of God in Church Planting: Discussion Guide (PDF)
This discussion guide will assist you in exploring the issues raised within each individual chapter of Pursuing the Mission of God in Church Planting, and the book in its entirety. Download
Reaching the Russian/Ukrainian Speaking People in North America
The Slavic peoples are divided into three main groups: the Eastern Slavs comprising the largest numbers are the Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians; the Western Slavs, which are made up of Czechs, Poles and Slovaks; and the Southern Slavs, which are the Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Bosnians.
Reaching the World At Our Doorstep
When Jesus' disciples were told they'd be His witnesses in Samaria (Acts 1:8), they were confronted with the need to venture beyond the holy city of Jerusalem and the familiar, mostly Jewish region of Judea. Download
Rediscovering the Urban Church Planter
During his 51 years of service, he established 20 mission stations, brought 849 missionaries to the field, trained some 700 indigenous workers, raised four million dollars, and developed a witnessing church of 125,000. It has been said at least 35,000 were his own converts and that he baptized some 50,000. Download
Resources
(Bibliography) If only two books were to be read to prepare for multicultural church planting, Blackaby’s Experiencing God and Ortiz’ One New People would be ideal choices. Download
SP - Missiology
The resources on this page address various missiological issues faced by church planters as they implement contextual church planting approaches among unreached and under-reached peoples and places in North America. Download
Spiritual Warfare among Native Americans
Are we missing strategic opportunities and encounters that God daily orchestrates for the purpose of expanding His Kingdom? I would like to share with you a story that I was made aware of early in my tenure as a Native American missionary in Montana.
The Cooperative Program: Keep it Going(PDF)
This is a link to a report from SBC President Morris H. Chapman on how the Cooperative Program works and why it is vital to SBC life. Download
The Hispanic Challenge
In addition to the Biblical Mandate, there is a compelling demographic necessity to plant churches in Hispanic communities. Hispanics are growing 6 times the rate of the U.S. as a whole. They will add the largest number of people to the population through the year 2050. Download
The Korean Church and Community
Korean churches in the United States are very active in community service to Korean immigrants. Historically, churches have provided a wide range of help to the newly arrived immigrants.
The Role of Networks in North America
Networks are reshaping leaders and churches in North America. Driven by a quest for peer-to-peer learning opportunities, relationships, and mission partnerships, planters and pastors alike are seeking networking opportunities to enhance their capacity to lead their churches and fulfill their callings. Download
Urban Church Planting Article
Who was Annie? (PDF)
This page contains an overview of the life and ministry of Annie Armstrong. Download
Who was Lottie? (PDF)
This is a summary of the life and ministry of Lottie Moon. Download
World Religions Overview (PDF)
This is a brief created by the NAMB Evangelism Group. It examins fiver major religions; Buddism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Download
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