Locate the organizations and other resources that can equip individuals, teams, and governing bodies to form new congregations by identifying potential leaders, developing leadership skills, and launching new ministries.

CONGREGATIONAL VITALITY : New Congregation  Development 

Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens (Book)
Neil Cole, Author.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Identifying the DNA of the church as divine truth, nurturing relationships, and apostolic mission, Neil Cole offers a vision for church multiplication that brings these elements into everyday life venues.

Rekindling the Mainline: New Life through New Churches (Book)
Stephen C. Compton, Author.  Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2003.
Stephen Compton proposes planting new churches as a solution to declining membership in mainline denominations.

Church Planting in the African American Context (Book)
Hozell C. Francis, Author.  Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1999.
The authors address the importance of the vision for a new church, case studies of a variety of congregations, the central role of the pastor, and specific obstacles that may be encountered.

The Nomadic Church: Growing Your Congregation without Owning the Building (Book)
William M. Easum, Pete Theodore, Authors.  Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2005.
Drawing upon a wide range of real-world examples, this book examines the many issues church leaders must confront and master if they take the path of not owning a building while trying to grow a church, including personnel, financial, and attitudinal, an

Starting a New Church: The Church Planter’s Guide to Success (Book)
Ralph Moore, Author.  Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2002.
This resource provides clergy, denominational execs, and anyone interested in church planting a systematic approach to multiplying congregations.