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<DIV><I>An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Europe</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularized context.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores <I>confessional</I> motives, <I>growth</I> motives, and <I>innovation</I> motives for church planting in Europe, tracing them back to different traditions and reflecting on them from theological and empirical perspectives. He presents examples from the European context and offers sound advice for improving existing missional practices. Paas also draws out lessons for North America in a chapter coauthored with Darrell Guder and John Franke. Finally, Paas weaves together the various threads in the book with a theological defense of church planting.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Presenting new research as it does, this critical missiological perspective will add significantly to a fuller understanding of church planting in our contemporary context.<BR />

Author

Stefan Paas

Publisher

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781467446181

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History