Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-299) and index.

The fruitful grain of wheat / Brian Vos -- The sovereign spirit of missions : thoughts on Acts 16:6-10 and church planting / Daniel R. Hyde -- The Reformed confessions and missions / Wes Bredenhof -- No church, no problem? / Michael S. Horton -- Church planting principles from the book of Acts / Daniel R. Hyde -- Heart preparation in church planting / Paul T. Murphy -- Church planting : a covenantal and organic approach / Paul T. Murphy -- Planning the plant : some thoughts on preparing to plant a new church / Kim Riddlebarger -- On being a church planter / Daniel R. Hyde -- Being a welcoming church plant / Kevin Efflandt -- Flock and family : a biblical balance / Shane Lems -- Declare his praise among the nations : public worship as the heart of evangelism / Daniel R. Hyde -- "How's the food?" : the church plant's most important ingredient / Michael G. Brown -- Church membership and the church plant / Michael G. Brown -- Shepherding toward maturity, part 1 : the authority in church planting / Spencer Aalsburg -- Shepherding toward maturity, part 2 : identifying a mature church plant / Spencer Aalsburg -- Motivation : the planting church and the planted church / Eric Tuininga -- Church planting in a melting pot / Shane Lems -- The cultural factor in church planting / Mitchell Persaud -- Growing contextually Reformed churched : oxymoron or opportunity? / Phil Grotenhuis -- Does anybody really know what time it is? / Michael S. Horton -- Epilogue / Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems -- Appendix A: Church-plant timeline : a big and brief picture of a plant / Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems -- Appendix B: The steering committee / Spencer Aalsburg -- Appendix C: Guidelines for the steering committee / Spencer Aalsburg.