Church Planting and Gospel Leadership Resources
Tim Keller
- Why Plant Churches
- The Centrality of the Gospel
- Pastor’s Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (with David Powlison)
- Preaching the Gospel in a Post-Modern World (187 pages)
- Leadership and Church Size Dynamics (Must Read)
- The Missional Church
- The One Gospel in All its Forms
- Dwelling in the Gospel (video)
- Persuasion (video)
Ed Stetzer
- The State of Church Planting in the US
- Improving the Health and Survivability of New Churches
- The Five Operating Levels of a Local Church
Ray Ortlund
- How to Build a Gospel Culture in Your Church
- Honesty: Walking in the Light
- Seven Ways We Can Guard and Repair Relationships
- Gospel + Safety + Time: A Church Where Anyone Can Grow
Scott Thomas
- The Gospel Shaped Leader Workbook (60-page PDF)
- Church Planting: A Healthy Alternative (10-page article)
Research
- Pastoral Mental Health Survey, 2021 (Faithlife)
- Statistics on Pastors (Francis Scheaffer Institute, 2016)
- The Statistical Analysis of Planting a Church and its Revitalization Effects (Dr Jeffrey Farmer)
Others
- Ten Church Planting Prospectus Samples
- Warning Signs of a Potential Elder (Nine Marks)
- A Baptist Catechism (Dr John Piper)
- New Testament Principles for Church Planting (Craig Ott)
- Church Planting: A Theological Perspective (Tim Chester)
- Church Planting Strategy: The Pauline Cycle (David Hesselgrave)
- Four Practices of a Great Commission Church (Dr Mark Dever)
- The Importance of Church Planting to the Great Commission (Dr Lloyd Grant)