Resources, by topic

• Resources on Cell Groups
• Resources on Church Planting
• Resources on Coaching
• Resources on Entrepreneurship
• Resources on Ethnic & Multi-cultural
• Resources on Evangelism
• Resources on Healthy Churches
• Resources on Leadership
• Resources on Marketing
• Resources on Mission Plan
• Resources on Missional Church
• Resources on Mobilizing Members for Mission
• Resources on Postmodern: Reaching Post Moderns
• Resources on Schools
• Resources on Staffing
• Resources on Team
• Resources on Urban
• Resources on Worship

Items with an * must be purchased; all others are free. Note: When you use a credit card to make a purchase from the Center for U.S. Missions, your credit card statement will show the charge as from Concordia University.

Cell groups (small groups, house churches)

1. Bible studies
2. Bibliography of recommended reading
3. Kit: Cell Church Planter's Guide* by Bob Logan and Jeanette Buller

Church Planting

1. Articles on Church Planting
2. Ablaze! Covenant Congregation Church Planting Introduction
3. Bible Study "Female and Fertile: Reproductive Capacity in the Local Congregation" by Mike Ruhl
4. Bible Study: "Resourced for the Mission" by Gregory Seltz
   
5. Bibliography of recommended reading
6. Links - a listing of links to websites helpful in outreach
7. Paper, Apostolic Entrepreneurship by Ken Behnken
8. Resource Kit, Caja de Herramientas*
9. DVD, Daughter Church Planting*
10. Seminar: Daughter Church Planting
11. Seminar: Mission Planter Development Process
12. Seminar: Planting Missions Across Cultures
13. Church Plant Survivability Presentation*
14. Church Plant Survivability Study Report
15. Kit: Cell Church Planter's Guide* by Bob Logan and Jeanette Buller
16. Church Planter Toolkit*
17. Kit: Planting Missions Across Cultures* by Ken Behnken

Coaching

1. Bible studies
2. Bibliography of recommended reading
3. Training: Missional Coach Certification Training
4. Training: Missional Church Consultation Training
5. Kit: Empowering Leaders Through Coaching* by Steve Ogne and Thomas Nebel
   

Entrepreneurship

1. Articles on Entrepreneurship
2. Bible studies
3. Paper, Apostolic Entrepreneurship by Ken Behnken
4. Seminar: Developing a Mission Plan
5. Seminar: Outreach Plan for the Church (A Marketing Process)

Ethnic & Multi-cultural

1. Articles on Ethnic and Cross-cultural ministry
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Links - a listing of links to websites helpful in outreach
5. Resource Kit, Caja de Herramientas*
6. Seminar: Planting Missions Across Cultures
7. Kit: Planting Missions Across Cultures* by Ken Behnken

Evangelism

1. Articles on Evangelism
2. Bible studies
   
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Book Reviews
5. DVD set, Igniting Congregations
   
6. Links - a listing of links to websites helpful in outreach
7. Seminar: Outreach Plan for the Church (A Marketing Process)
8. Kit: Friendship Ablaze*

Healthy Churches

1. Articles on Healthy Churches
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. DVD set, Igniting Congregations
5. Book: Paradigm Shift in the Church: how Natural Church Development can transform theological thinking* by Charles A. Schwarz
   
6. Training: Missional Church Consultant Training

Leadership

1. Articles on Leadership
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. DVD set, Igniting Congregations
5. Links - a listing of links to websites helpful in outreach
6. Profiles Assessment Tools*
7. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training
8. Book: Gung Ho! Turn on the People in Any Organization* by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
9. Book: Leading Turnaround Churches* by Gene Wood
10. Kit: Empowering Leaders Through Coaching*by Steve Ogne and Thomas Nebel

Leadership, Regional/National Judicatories

1. Articles on Leadership, regional/nat'l
2. Bible studies
3. Profiles Assessment Tools*
4. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training
5. Training: Missional Coach Certification Training
6. Training: Missional Church Consultation Training
7. Kit: Empowering Leaders Through Coaching*by Steve Ogne and Thomas Nebel

Marketing

1. Articles on Marketing
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Seminar: Outreach Plan for the Church (A Marketing Process)

Mission Plan

1. Articles on Mission Plan
2. Bibliography of recommended reading
3. Book/Workbook*
4. Sample mission plans
5. Seminar: Developing a Mission Plan

Missional Church

1. Articles on Missional Church
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Book Review
5. DVD set, Igniting Congregations
6. Training: Missional Church Consultation Training

Mobilizing Members for Mission

1. Articles on Mobilizing Members
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Links - a listing of links to websites helpful in outreach
5. PowerPoint - "What is Equipping?"
6. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training
7. Seminar: Mobilizing Members for Mission
   

Postmodern: Reaching Postmoderns

1. Articles on reaching postmoderns
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Book: Postmodern Pilgrims* by Leonard Sweet
   
5. Book Reviews

Schools

1. Articles on schools in mission
2. Bible studies
3. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training
4. See also Friendship Ablaze! material on Lutheran Schools
   

Staffing

1. Articles on staffing
2. Bible studies
3. Profiles Assessment Tools*
4. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training

Team

1. Articles on team
2. Bible studies
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Profiles Assessment Tools*
5. Seminar: Behavioral Interviewing Training
6. Seminar: Team Ministry
7. Book: Leading the Team-Based Church* by George Cladis

Urban

1. Articles on urban outreach
2. Bible Study "God's Mission to the City" by Tom Eggold
   
3. Bibliography of recommended reading
4. Book: A Biblical Word for an Urban World* by R. Bakke
   

Worship

1. Articles on worship
2. Ablaze! Worship service
3. Bible study: Spiritual Formation in Worship by L.S. Borecki
   
4. The Other Story of Lutherans at Worship: Reclaiming our Heritage of Worship Diversity* by David S. Luecke
5. Other Story of Lutherans at Worship, The* by David S. Luecke; book