Churches that multiply : a Bible study on church planting - Towns, Elmer L.; Porter, Douglas, Dr. (Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2003)
Introduction: First-century patterns for twenty-first-century ministry -- The greatness of the Great Commission : Jesus' post-Resurrection ministry -- Witnessing, key to planting a new church : the Disciples' task -- Saturating a community with the Gospel : the Jerusalem church -- A layperson helping to plant a church : the church in Samaria -- Reaching out to a different kind of people : the church in Caesarea and Antioch -- Plodding through problems with purpose : the churches of Galatia -- Reaching your personal sphere of influence : the church at Philippi -- Building a people-loving ministry : the church at Thessalonica -- Building a Bible-based ministry : the Berean church -- Presenting the Gospel to the secular mind : the church at Athens -- Building a ministry team that ministers : the Corinthian church -- Building people who build other people : the Ephesian church.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Church development, New; Church development, New -- Biblical teaching