{"id":1820,"date":"2015-09-10T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:47:00","slug":"books-for-church-planters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/books-for-church-planters\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Books for [Contemplative] Church Planters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The words contemplative<\/em> and church planter<\/em> do not frequently appear together. Church planters are sometimes caricatured as driven, gregarious, extroverted individuals who magnetically attract the team of followers who help them launch a new worship service. But that\u2019s not the only way\u2013and I would say not the best way\u2013to plant a church.<\/p>\n

At Pittsburgh Theological Seminary<\/a>, we use words like discerning <\/em>and attentive<\/em> to describe future leaders of new worshiping communities. New churches don\u2019t come out of a box with step-by-step instructions that make them easy to assemble. Instead, new churches emerge when we listen attentively to the Holy Spirit, listen attentively to the people to whom God sends us, and discern in that conversation what form the Church ought to take in a given context. The fruit of such listening and discernment: congregations who speak and demonstrate God\u2019s Word with authenticity and integrity in the communities where God has placed them. Rather than being driven by the personality of the \u201cplanter\u201d, these churches are guided by the Spirit of the only Sower of the Seed, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

What we read shapes the way we think, and in the sea of literature on church planting, books which really help cultivate postures of discernment and attentiveness are rare. These seven books have helped me develop such postures in my ministry. Some are by well-known theologians, others by local church leaders and missionaries who are living this calling at the grassroots level. With each I\u2019ve given a quote or two, followed by a comment on its relevance for contemplative church planters. Here are 7 books for church planters:<\/p>\n

1 Growing Local Missionaries: Equipping Churches to Sow Shalom in Their Own Cultural Backyard<\/em><\/a> by Dan Steigerwald<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs missionaries, we must continually cultivate our listening and noticing capacities, comparing and contrasting what is already known about our context with new discoveries\u201d (p. 55).<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFar too many Christians do little or nothing to cultivate relationships with people outside the Church\u201d (p. 61).<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan\u2019s suggested rhythm of missional engagement begins with \u201cImmerse and Listen.\u201d We want to know our mission field intimately, and Dan\u2019s advice and example show how we can.<\/p>\n

2 Sailboat Church: Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice<\/em><\/a> by Joan Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPrayer saturates the lives of leaders and members in a Sailboat church\u201d (p.51).<\/em><\/p>\n

Gray uses the contrasting images of a rowboat and sailboat to describe how churches (both new and established) function. Many are rowboats, with members and leaders straining at the oars as they rely on human strength and direction. Sailboat churches, by contrast, are blown along and directed by the wind of the Holy Spirit. Our role as leaders and participants in such churches is to trim the sails of attentiveness to the Spirit through prayer and obedience.<\/p>\n

3 Marks of the Missional Church: Ecclesial Practices for the Sake of the World<\/em><\/a> by Libby Tedder Hugus, Keith Schwanz, and Jason Veatch<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWaking up to God\u2019s presence means tuning-in: watching and listening for the times and places God\u2019s word appears in our world. This awakening is even brighter when mediated through the community of faith, a shared experience among God\u2019s people\u201d (p. 62). <\/em><\/p>\n

Each chapter of Marks of the Missional Church<\/em> is designed like a small liturgy. This has the beautiful effect of leading the reader to \u201cwake up to God\u2019s presence\u201d through the book itself.<\/p>\n

4 The Go-Between God: The Holy Spirit and Christian Mission<\/em><\/a> by John V. Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe main concern of any missionary training should be to help people to become more receptive to the revelations of God\u201d (p. 70).<\/em><\/p>\n

Taylor pictures the Holy Spirit\u2019s work as one of awakening awareness, opening our eyes to perceive more clearly those to whom God has sent us. Our task is to learn to listen to the Spirit and recognize what he is doing, to become \u201creceptive to the revelations of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

5 Life Together<\/em><\/a> by Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cInnumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it had sprung from a wish dream\u201d (p. 26).<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses\u201d (p. 86).<\/em><\/p>\n

Every Christian should read Bonhoeffer\u2019s Life Together.<\/em> For the church-planter, his warnings against the idolatry of our \u201cwish dreams\u201d are particularly relevant. What matters is God\u2019s desire for the people whom he loves, not our vision for a new church.<\/p>\n

6 In The Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership <\/em><\/a>by Henri Nouwen<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJesus has a different vision of maturity [than the world]: It is the ability and willingness to be led where you would rather not go. . . . The servant-leader is the leader who is being led to unknown, undesirable, and painful places. The way of the Christian leader is not the way of upward mobility in which our world has invested so much, but the way of downward mobility ending on the cross\u201d (pp. 81-82).<\/em><\/p>\n

Nouwen frames his reflections on leadership in In the Name of Jesus<\/em> around the temptations of Christ described in Matthew 4:1-11. Church planters experience the temptations Nouwen identifies in even greater degrees: to be relevant<\/em>, to be spectacular<\/em>, to be powerful<\/em>. Nouwen challenges us to turn away from self-aggrandizing ministry, and to pursue instead an intimate nearness to Christ.<\/p>\n

7 The Joy of the Gospel<\/em><\/a> by Pope Francis<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe primary reason for evangelizing is the love of Jesus which we have received, the experience of salvation which urges us to ever greater love of him. What kind of love would not feel the need to speak of the beloved, to point him out, to make him known? If we do not feel an intense desire to share this love, we need to pray insistently that he will once more touch our hearts\u201d (p. 127 \/ \u00b6264).<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis\u2019 Joy of the Gospel<\/em> is a missional, holistic, and justice-seeking call to \u201call Christians, everywhere\u201d to rediscover the joy of sharing the Gospel. His words about motivation are particularly poignant for church-planters: Are we engaged in this ministry primarily because of the love of Jesus which we\u2019ve experienced? Do we take delight in inviting others into relationship with the One who loves us so deeply? Do we find such joy in Jesus himself that mission is our natural response?<\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll add these to your bookshelf and after reading them let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

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The Rev. Christopher Brown moved to Pittsburgh from Colorado to pursue a master of divinity (MDiv) degree at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He currently serves as the coordinator of the Church Planting initiative at the Seminary along with pursuing his master\u2019s in sacred theology. Chris is the organizing co-pastor of The Upper Room Presbyterian Church, <\/em>a church plant of the PC (U.S.A.) in Pittsburgh\u2019s Squirrel Hill neighborhood.<\/em> Chris regularly blogs at https:\/\/christopherbrown.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em> and tweets at @brwnchrstpher<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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