- Ben Arment
- C. Randall Brandley
- Mary Ann Bridgwater
- Bob Briner
- Regi Campbell
- Richard Chancy
- Tom Cheyney
- Diana Davis
- Steve Diggs
- Mike Dodson
- Dave Earley
- Jonathan Falwell
- Eric Geiger
- Mike Glenn
- Tom Harper
- Rodney Harrison
- Jason Hayes
- Joseph H. Hellerman
- Ken Hemphill
- Jack A. Henry
- Jeff Iorg
- George Klein
- Jaye Martin
- Scott McConnell
- Shera Melick
- Richard R. Melick, Jr.
- Calvin Miller
- Tony Morgan
- Steve Ogne
- David Olford
- Stephen Olford
- Don Overstreet
- Frank Page
- Shane W. Parker
- John Perry
- Bruce P. Powers
- Ray Pritchard
- David Putman
- Sam S Rainer
- Thom S. Rainer
- Jerry Rankin
- Alvin Reid
- Tim Roehl
- Franklin M. Segler
- Edward L. Smither
- Richie Stanley
- Ed Stetzer
- Terri Stovall
- John Mark Terry
- Craig von Buseck
- Brad J. Waggoner
- Robert H. Welch
- David Wheeler
- Michael S. Wilder
Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer has planted churches in New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia and transitioned declining churches in Indiana and Georgia. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed is a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly, serves on the advisory council of Sermon Central and Christianity Today's Building Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN.
Ed is Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Visiting Research Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has taught at fifteen other colleges and seminaries. He also serves on the Church Services Team at the International Mission Board.
Ed is currently interim teaching pastor of First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, TN.
Ed's primary role is President of LifeWay Research and LifeWay's Missiologist in Residence.
He has written the following books:
- Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age (2003)
- Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church (w/ Elmer Towns, 2004),
- Breaking the Missional Code (w/ David Putman, 2006),
- Planting Missional Churches (2006),
- Comeback Churches (with Mike Dodson, 2007),
- 11 Innovations in the Local Church (with Elmer Towns and Warren Bird, 2007), and
- Compelled by Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living (with Philip Nation)
Catch Ed Twittering: Sent urban church planting private report to denom research partners; public data was released at the blog. More coming from @StephenTGray. (3:25pm)
 | Comeback Churches Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $17.99 Research shows that over time, most churches plateau and then eventually decline. Typically, they start strong and experience periods of growth, then stagnate and lose members. Since 1991, the North American population has increased by 15 percent while the number of "unchurched" people has increased by 92 percent. Large church houses that... |
 | Lost and Found Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $17.99 Who are the young unchurched, and how can they be reached with the good news of Jesus Christ?In a poll result highlighted by CNN Headline News and USA Today, nearly half of nonchurchgoers between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine agreed with the statement, "Christians get on my nerves." Now, researchers behind the larger study... |
 | Planting Missional Churches Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $21.99 Planting Missional Churches is an instruction book for planting biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. It addresses the “how-to” and “why” issues of church planting by providing practical guidance through all the phases of a church plant while taking a missional look at existing and emerging... |
 | Breaking the Missional Code Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $17.99 Across North America, many pastors are excited to see churches growing as they achieve their mission to connect the message of the gospel with the community at large. Still others are equally frustrated, following the exact same model for outreach but with lesser results. Indeed, just because a "missional breakthrough" occurs in one place... |
 | Transformational Church Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $22.99 How are we doing? The church, that is. And how are we doing it? Congregations have long measured success by "bodies, budget, and buildings"--a certain record of attendance, the offering plate, and square footage. But the scorecard can't stop there. When it does, the deeper emphasis on accountability, discipleship, and spiritual maturity is lost.... |
 | Spiritual Warfare and Missions Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $19.99 The mission of God to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the HolySpirit” (Matthew 28:19, HCSB) is a major target of spiritual warfare today.In this new book by International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin andnoted missiologist Ed... |
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 | Breaking the Discipleship Code Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $17.99 Ed Stetzer and David Putman’s popular church leadership book Breaking the Missional Code is helping pastors and ministry staff to guide their collective congregations toward becoming missionaries in their communities. But the need remains for this concept to be further defined at an individual level. Breaking the Discipleship... |
 | The Mission of Today's Church Trade Paper: $16.99 The Mission of Today’s Church is a compelling collection of twelve essays from current Baptist leaders addressing three major questions: (1) What does it mean to be a Christian today on individual, group, and societal levels? (2) How can Southern Baptists best work together? and (3) What is next for the Southern Baptist... |
 | Multi-Site Churches Trade Paper: $16.99 Based on research of forty congregations that have grown by opening one or more additional worship locations, Multi-Site Churches provides the next generation of believers interested in this same type of growth with practical insights about how and when to proceed. Common practices and mistakes to avoid are clearly explained, and first-person... |
 | TransforMissional Coaching Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $19.99 Even leaders need leading. In the context of this greatly changing world, ministry experts Steve Ogne and Tim Roehl have coined the phrase "transformissional" to define the unique type of inspired coaching they offer to spiritual leaders in need of fresh direction."The path that the Lord of the Harvest has designed sometimes takes us beyond... |
 | MissionShift Trade Paper: $26.99 Veteran missionary David Hesselgrave and rising missional expert Ed Stetzer (Breaking the Missional Code) have compiled and edited this engrossing textbook of new essays on missions and missiology suitable for course work as well as vocational and volunteer Christian workers. Major sections include The Mission, Indigeneity and... |
Thursday Is for Thinkers: Jack Lumanog, Transformational Small Churches, & Bivo Ministry
Thanks to Dan Cruver for his post last week on Small Churches and Adoption. Next week, Artie Davis from Cornerstone Community Church (Orangeburg, SC) and the Comb Network. Today's post comes from Jack Lumanog, as a part of our...
Kevin Ezell Nominated as President of North American Mission Board: A Great Leader with a Heart for and Track Record in Church Planting
There has been some exciting news and discussion in my denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. It was released yesterday that Kevin Ezell has been nominated as the next president of the North American Mission Board for the SBC. I...
Transformational Small Churches: Guest Post from Christian Phuoc-lanh Phan
We are just one week away from the all-day webcast of The Exchange on September 7, focusing on Transformational Small Churches. I have been happy to feature several posts from myself and guest bloggers in the past few weeks...
And the Winner Is . . .
Well, the votes seem to be in, and the favorites are numbers six and nine. There were so many great choices, but those received the most votes. I have decided that instead of having a winner and a runner-up, I...
Small Church Week Graphic
In just the last two hours there has been great response to my request for a graphic for this week's focus on Transformational Small Churches. We can only choose one, but here are some of my favorites. I thought I...
Sent urban church planting private report to denom research partners; public data was released at the blog. More coming from @StephenTGray.
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Last day to register as an onsite participant for The Exchange all-day webcast Tuesday Sept. 7. http://ow.ly/2yF6h
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Nazarene statement on emerging church: abt 3 yrs too late, but nuances that some are orthodox, some not. http://is.gd/eRF8F
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Things to watch for while serving in bivocational ministry: bitterness, boundaries, and burnout. http://ow.ly/2yuU4
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New Thursday is for Thinkers: Jack Lumanog on Transformational Small Churches & Bivocational Ministry. http://ow.ly/2yuU4
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Greeted this morning with breakfast in bed from the kids-- including potato chips and bananas. Good times.
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@jonathanfalwell You should not brag too much for you are still an old man! ;-)
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Have to go to bed-- the kids could show up as early as 5a.m. with a "surprise" breakfast in bed for my birthday. Always an interesting meal!
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Reading (again) @scotmcknight 's helpful series on the Kingdom of God (now blogging at @patheos site). http://is.gd/eQhOK
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