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Gary Hourigan referred to Bob Logan’s 10 essentials of a church multiplication movement.

Here’s the list:
Spiritual dynamicsShared visionHealthy parenting churchesTraining church plantersAssessing church plantersAttracting church plantersCoaching church plantersFunding church multiplicationPlanning church multiplicationDeveloping multiplying networksYou’ll need to buy the book to unpack them: Be Fruitful and Multiply

Bob has designed his online resources at CoachNet around these essentials. [...]

My copy of Dave Ferguson’s the Big Idea just arrived. Looking forward to reading it.

Visit the Big Idea blog to find out more about the book and download his podcasts.

“The Big Idea: Focus the Message-multiply the Impact (The Leadership Network Innovation Series)” (Dave Ferguson, Eric Bramlett, Jon Ferguson)
Dave Ferguson

Almost five hundred years ago, Hernando Cortez walked into the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, and presented their leader, Montezuma II with an ultimatum. Give me your gold or you’ll die.

Cortex had been amazed by the great highways leading to the city, it’s complex aqueducts, sheer size and beauty of it’s temples and pyramids.

He [...]

Alan Hirsch’s new book is out. Creative thinker, mission strategist and the coolest guy I know.

“The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church” (Alan Hirsch)

Alan HirschEmerging church

Church planting movements spread through contagious relationships.

So here’s a book every church planter and movement leader should take a look at:

“Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking” (Andy Sernovitz)

Sernovitz’s definition of WOMM:
“Giving people a reason to talk about your stuff and making it easier for that conversation to take place.”

Here’s what [...]

Alan Hirsch has a new book out.
From the blurb:
Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of [...]

Blogging: word of mouth on steroids.
Scroble and IsraelEleven tips on blogging from Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, authors of Naked Conversations:
What’s in a name? (Choose a name that will turn up in search engines).Read a bunch of blogs before you start.Keep it simple. Keep it focused.Demonstrate passion.Show your authority.Add comments.Be accessible.Tell a story.Be linky.Get [...]

Blogging is the first technology to enable a simple conversation to go instantly global.
Scoble and IsraelJust finished reading Naked Conversations. Here’s what the authors say sets blogging apart from other forms of communication:

Publishable. Anyone can publish a blog. You can do it cheaply and post often. Each posting is instantly available worldwide.Findable. Through search engines, [...]

Here’s a book that looks promising.

From the blurb,

This is the insightful story of Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI), an institution founded in Chennai, India, to teach pastors and to foster church planting, which over time had lost its vision. This fascinating story of dismantling and re-building of the HBI program to return to its original vision, [...]

Best book on public speaking:

“The Sir Winston Method: The Five Secrets of Speaking the Language of Leadership” (James C. Humes)
Best book on change:

“Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change” (William Bridges)

Best book on manhood

“The Masculine Journey: Understanding the Six Stages of Manhood” (Robert Hicks)

Best book on spirituality:

“Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist” (John Piper)

Best [...]