Planting Healthy Churches

Planting Healthy Churches is the centerpiece of an internationalcourse. It is provided by Multiplication Network Ministries (MNM) asa free downloadable resource for Bible colleges and seminaries. Theauthors, from different denominations, write with church plantingexperience in different countries and with a background in training andteaching thousands of students and church planters. MNM is alsoproviding PowerPoints to accompany the book and a whole suite ofpractical training manuals for those desiring to move from theacademic to the practical.A foundational premise of this work is that the world needs morechurches and stronger churches that bear witness to the comingKingdom of God. Planting churches is not only a biblical task, but alsoa very strategic one as the Church participates with the Holy Spirit inGod's work of renewing all things in Jesus Christ for the Glory of God.God's end vision is nothing less than a new heaven and a new earth(Isaiah 65; Rev. 21). Through church planting, the new communities offaith become an instrument, sign, and foretaste of the Kingdom of Godas a demonstration plot of faith, hope, and love of Christ's sovereignand redemptive reign over all creation. Its mission is to faithfullyparticipate with God as ambassadors of the Kingdom to promote thekind of transformation that only He can bring and the world sodesperately needs.