03335cam a2200601 i 4500 ocn945232030 OCoLC 20230522121556.0 160509s2016 miu b 001 0 eng 2016019780 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCF BAN DTM LNT YUS OCLCQ UKMGB OCLCO ZAAPA GBB6E3688 bnb 018069145 Uk 963792383 964551820 9780802873484 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0802873480 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 40026566759 UKMGB 018069145 DKDLA 800010-katalog:99122124700805763 AU@ 000057551979 (OCoLC)945232030 (OCoLC)963792383 (OCoLC)964551820 pcc e------ BV652.24 .P33 2016 254/.1094 23 ZAAA Paas, Stefan, 1969- author. Church planting in the secular west : learning from the European experience / Stefan Paas. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016. xii, 304 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier The Gospel and our culture series Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-289) and indexes. Church planting and its reasons -- Planting better churches -- Planting more churches -- Planting new churches -- In defense of church planting in Europe. 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. Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores confessional motives, growth motives, and innovation 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. Presenting new research as it does, this critical missiological perspective will add significantly to a fuller understanding of church planting in our contemporary context. Church development, New Europe. Europe Church history 20th century. Secularism Europe. �Eglise Expansion Europe. Europe Histoire religieuse 20e si�ecle. Church development, New. fast (OCoLC)fst00860676 Secularism. fast (OCoLC)fst01110732 Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064 1900-1999 fast Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 Gospel and our culture series. Brodart BROD 115259236 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0018589090 YBP Library Services YANK 12895447 C0 ZAAPA 56017 56017 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2023-05-23 0 254.10 PAA APA063833 2023-05-23 1 2023-05-23 RES