Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch - Softcover

Nelson Searcy; Thomas, Kerrick; Dykes Henson, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801072891 ISBN 13: 9780801072895

Publisher: Baker Books, 2017

Synopsis

Starting a church from scratch? Start here! Launch offers specific strategies for beginning a church with no members, no money, and no staff. Readers get clear, practical how-to strategies for quickly raising funds, creating a team, planning services, effective evangelism, and rapidly developing a growing membership. Specific advice is included for reaching that often difficult-to-target demographic, the 20- to 40-year-old. Now thoroughly revised and expanded to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of church planting.

About this title

From the Back Cover

No money? No members? No staff?
No problem!

Starting a new church is a daunting task. But with the right guides, the right spirit, and the right strategies, you can build a healthy, growing church from the ground up. Sharing their story of launching The Journey Church in New York City, Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas offer not just church planting theory but invaluable boots-on-the-ground experience of starting with nothing and then watching membership grow to more than a thousand people in three years.

Now thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the ever-changing landscape of church planting, Launch offers clear, practical how-to strategies for

· quickly raising funds
· creating a team
· planning services
· effective evangelism
· rapidly developing a growing membership
· reaching the often difficult demographic of twenty- to forty-year-olds

Let this book be your tool kit to launch a dynamic church from scratch--starting today.
Nelson Searcy is the founding and lead pastor of The Journey Church. He is the author of more than seventy-five church growth resources and twelve books, including The Generosity Ladder, Maximize, Connect, and Ignite. Before founding The Journey, he served as the director of the Purpose Driven Community at Saddleback Church. He is also the founder of ChurchLeaderInsights.com and the Renegade Pastors Network.

Kerrick Thomas is a teaching pastor at The Journey Church and regularly coleads training events with Nelson Searcy. Prior to his move to New York to plant The Journey, he received a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.

About the Author

Nelson Searcy is the founding and lead pastor of The Journey Church. He is the author of more than seventy-five church growth resources and twelve books, including The Generosity Ladder, Maximize, Connect, and Ignite. Before founding The Journey, he served as the director of the Purpose Driven Community at Saddleback Church. He is also the founder of ChurchLeaderInsights.com and the Renegade Pastors Network.

Kerrick Thomas is a teaching pastor at The Journey Church and regularly co-leads training events with Nelson Searcy. Prior to his move to New York to plant The Journey, he received a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Jennifer Dykes Henson is a writer, wife, and mom to two young girls. She has coauthored several bestselling books, including The Generosity Ladder and Tongue Pierced. Previously, Jennifer worked with Dr. Charles Stanley as the marketing communications manager for In Touch Ministries. She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0801072891
• ISBN 13: 9780801072895
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 250