44 Questions for Church Planters

44 Questions for Church Planters, Lyle E. Schaller, Abingdon Press, Nashville TN, 1991. ISBN 0-687-12384-3. Lyle Schaller answers the question "Why start new churches?" and shows how to reverse the decline of new church development. He offers tested advice based on more than thirty years of working with leaders responsible for developing new churches. He answers such questions as:        Where do we begin?        What works best?        What is our mission and identity?        Should we adopt or colonize?        What is a good location?        How will we finance a new building?        How will we attract new members?        Who will be the pioneer volunteer leaders?        How large should the congregation be?

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