Table of Contents
Foreword 11
Introduction Be Fruitful, Multiply...and Fill All the Earth 15
Part 1 To Add, Multiply or Both?
1 Why 1943 Was a Very Good Year: A Church Multiplication Metaphor 19
2 Kingdoms in Conflict: A Spiritual Battle We Dare Not Lose 33
3 The Big Question: Will Another Church Really Help? 41
4 Hope: Imperfect People Moving in the Right Direction 55
Part 2 Inside the Walls of Our Minds
5 Leverage: Making the Great Commission Doable 67
6 Confusion: Why Don't Our Churches Multiply? 75
7 Roadblocks: What Stands in Our Way? 83
8 Emotions: It Doesn't Feel Quite Right 99
Part 3 In Search of Scripture
9 Model: Jesus as a Church Planter 107
10 Possibility: Doing What Jesus Did 113
11 Failure and Success: Multiplication in the Early Church 123
12 Methods: What Would Paul Do? 127
13 Slogans: Statements of Mission and Purpose 135
14 Vision: What Shapes the New Church? 141
Part 4 Opportunity Is Where You Make It
15 Tenacity: Faith in an Age of Fear 149
16 Mission: Reaching People Where They Are 159
17 Education: Learning from America's Past 167
18 A Second Look: Emerging Urban Opportunities 179
Part 5 You Can Do This!
19 Fun: Church Multiplication Is Like Making Babies 193
20 Hardware: Coloring Outside the Lines 199
21 Equipping: How to Ready Your Church to Multiply 209
22 Costs: Multiplication When Resources Are Limited 219
23 Momentum: Managing that Most Important Management Factor 227
Part 6 Stand and Deliver
24 Expectations: Could Our Congregation Spawn a Movement? 237
25 Urgency: Why Today Is Pregnant with Opportunity 245
26D-Day: Will You Stay on the Sidelines? 249
Endnotes 252