Kairos Church Planting Support

These books are a selection of the best material available on growing healthy churches and planting new churches. These books are written from a variety of perspectives, but all of them are based upon real world research or experience.

Anderson, Leith (1990). Dying for Change. Minneapolis: Bethany Book Publishers.

Barna, George (1999). The Habits of Highly Effective Churches. Ventura, CA: Regal.

Barna Research Online. www.barna.org.

Conn, Harvie (1997). Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.

Ellas, John W. (1990). Church Growth Through Groups: Strategies for Varying Levels of Christian Community. Houston: Center for Church Growth.

Ellas, John W. (1990). Clear Choices for Churches: Trends among Growing and Declining Churches of Christ. Houston: Center for Church Growth.

Faircloth, Samuel (1991). Church Planting for Reproduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.

Hadaway, C. Kirk (1991). Church Growth Principles: Separating Fact from Fiction. Nashville: Broadman.

Hesselgrave, David (2000). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions, 2^nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.

McGavran, Donald A. & Wagner, C. Peter (1990). Understanding Church Growth, 3^rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

Rainer, Thom S. (2001). Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Rainer, Thoms S. (1996). Effective Evangelistic Churches. Nashville: Broadman and Holman.

Schwarz, Christian A. (1996). Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches. Carol Stream, IL: Church Smart Resources.

Yeakley, Flavil R., Jr. (1979). Why Churches Grow. Broken Arrow, OK: Christian Communications.