Curriculum Development
For the first two years of the Surge School the curriculum has consisted of favorite books, articles and sermons that coincided with the subject of a given quarter. This worked fine for the most part but has begun to get more difficult to manage as the Surge School has grown. Our desire is to keep leadership development as decentralized and local church focused as possible but we still have a need for quality control and cohesiveness between all the partnering churches. As a result, the Surge Leadership Team has begun work on a dedicated curriculum that we believe will serve to unify and...
Read MoreBooks Every Leader Should Read
Because Surge is a Network primarily concerned with multiplication in general and church planting specifically, I thought it would be helpful to give a list of the books I have found most helpful to my church planting progress. There are several categories of books that have helped me navigate the church planting waters so I will break them down that way. Theological: Systematic Theology by Dr. Wayne Grudem – Far and away the most readable and scripturally explicit Systematic that i have ever seen. Accessible for nearly anyone in your church but still deep enough to be challenging. The...
Read MoreStrategic Planning
Strategic Planning in the Early Stages of Church Planting I once heard of a potential church planter who, during his assessment, revealed that he was planning to move into a distant culture where he planned to “pull a Chandler” (in reference to pastor Matt Chandler, who led the spectacular growth of The Village Church from under 200 to many thousands in just a few years). Though this potential planter was untested, unproven, and lacked any discernable plan, he assumed that merely arriving into a new city with a Bible would mark the beginning of worldwide revival. Thankfully, the...
Read MoreSurge Church featured on Acts29 Website
Check out this blog about one of our own Surge churches, Second Mile Church in Queen Creek. The Acts29 network has been very influential on us and would be a great resource for anyone thinking about planting. You can also check our their blog/theological collective called The Resurgence that features tons of articles and...
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