Church-Planting Revolution: A Guidebook for Explorers, Planters, and Their Teams

by Winfield Bevins

Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting, church planters, and team members, Church-Planting Revolution serves as a resource that will guide you to think, dream, and plan as you walk through the entire process of planting and multiplying new churches. Regardless of whether you are in a city, a rural community, or on an island, this book will help you develop a unique church-planting process that fits your context. So here’s your open this book and explore how you can join the revolution!

123 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 25, 2017

About the author

Dr. Winfield Bevins is an internationally recognized author, artist, and the founding director of Creo Arts, which is a non-profit that exists to bring beauty, goodness, and truth to the world through the arts. Winfield is also artist-in-residence at Asbury Theological Seminary where he champions the integration of art, theology, and mission. Over the past decade, he has helped start numerous initiatives and academic programs that have trained leaders from around the world. He frequently speaks at conferences, seminaries, and universities on a variety of topics and is an affiliate professor at several academic institutions.

He is the author of several books, including Liturgical Mission: The Work of the People for the Sake of the World, which was nominated for a Reader’s Choice Award (InterVarsity Press, 2022); Ever Ancient Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation (Zondervan, 2019); and Marks of a Movement (2019), which has been translated into Korean and Spanish. Winfield’s work has been featured in various outlets such as Christianity Today, Publishers Weekly, Outreach Magazine, and Religious News Service.

As an artist, he describes his artwork as “modern inconography” because it explores the intersection where the past and the present meet through sacred art. He believes that we need new forms and expressions of ancient truths to speak to a new generation, that are connected to those who have gone before us, drawing fresh inspiration from the past for our faith for today through art. As an artist, he hopes that his art will invite viewers to slow down and pray to God who is “ever ancient, ever new.” He and his wife have three daughters and live in Kentucky where he has a working studio and runs the Creo Arts Gallery.

Reviews

[Clay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed chapter five. It was especially helpful since I have not read master plan of evangelism yet. This gave a good intro to planting without being a heavy read.

[James R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sobering Reflection

As a church planter I would recommend this as a starting place. If you are considering starting a new church you need to count the cost