SUB: Church planting and social service in tribal villages of Andhra Pradesh state in India.

Greetings from distance South India. I may please be permitted to place this letter before with all respect. I would like to introduce myself as a P.Varaprasadarao, doing ministry for 13 years at payakaraopeta in visakha district in Andhra Pradesh in India.

We wanted to reach the un-reached villages of Sea-shore areas as well as interior areas. For that we prepared team of missionaries for Church Plantation in un-reached areas in Andhra Pradesh. But our missionaries are facing lot of troubles from the field due to lack of Church Shelter and ministry equipments and oppositions. For that we are unable to move to another un-reached area. So we wanted work with you to reach the un-reached. But still we wanted to cross the seashore people and as well as tribal people. We are also doing gospel work along with social action. I am looking for your kind reply
Prayer points
1. Church plantation, seminars
2. Orphan home
3. Missionaries, outreach ministry
4. Tracts distribution
5. Film ministry

Thanking you sir

In Jesus Christ
Penkevaraprasadarao

Thank you much for contributing!

I know that many of you are probably fairly engaged in getting ready for this Easter…so maybe next week would be a better week. I’ll do what I can, but could certainly use some help from those of you that are more talented

There seems to be several national, broad-based churchplanting orgs out there. Vision USA brings a unique emphasis by creating smaller networks at a regional and local level to more effectively aid in planting churches.

The aim is for local churches, leaders and planters to collaborate by getting their hands on the pulse of the city, local culture, church needs, church-planting candidates, etc. The target is not church unity as we have traditionally thought of unity, but rather strategy.

Church planting is great. But collaborative church planting could be even better.

Check it out.

Thanks for the info! I am very excited to learn from ARC. Any group that is planting that many churches is doing something right.

Ben.

http://www.amazon.com/Unstoppable-Force-Daring-Become-Church/dp/0764423061/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8038678-6006442?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175713017&sr=8-1

http://www.acts29network.org/resources/multimedia/

I just listened to Mark’s message ‘Building a City within a City’. This is one of the best presentations I have ever seen on church planting:

http://www.acts29network.org/multimedia/2007/twenty-leadership-questions-for-building-a-city-within-a-city–part-1

The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out
http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Reformission-Reaching-without-Selling/dp/0310256593/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-5851862-0158300?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175618403&sr=8-3

Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church (The Leadership Network Innovation)
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Reformission-Rev-Leadership-Innovation/dp/0310270162/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5851862-0158300?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175618403&sr=8-1

There is an evaluation process you have to go through in order to be part of their network, but anyone that wants to attend their training can do so. If you go through their assessment, you will be evaluated and coached by other successful church planters. If you are “approved” through the assessment to be part of their network, there is a pretty decent monetary assistance, and continued coaching. For more info you can check them out at:
http://www.acts29network.org/

Also another good resource:
http://www.churchplantingresources.com/

The “short” list can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/32TF936KBHFER/

And the expanded list, (which I am still adding to) is books that should be added in addition to the short list. It can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/20FURLSRUN1PX/

It should be noted that I haven’t added all the recommended books to the expanded list yet. Also one book that I am in the process of reading that is phenomenal is “Breaking the Missional Code” by Ed Stetzer, GET IT!

Other organizations life Acts 29 would be great things to talk about on the wiki.

And thanks to the rest of you too :)

Bobby

I’m a church planter currently planting in Greenville, NC and am familiar with the Acts29 network, and I also have a resource for you.

First things first, here’s the resource: http://www.desertfather.com/2007/01/08/get-it-here-first/. It’s a collection of Church Planting Wisdoms I collected from various church planters last year. The blog posts collected are on my site as well as many other postings and resources for church planters. Hope they help. I’ll also be blogging at the National New Church Conference in a couple of weeks in Orlando.

As far as Acts 29 is concerned, they provide oversight, accountability, and finances for a limited time to a new church plant, which then turns around to provide oversight and finances to a new church plant. It’s basically peer-to-peer planting, if you’re familiar with internet terminology. I plan to be assessed by Acts29 later this year in Raleigh.

If there’s anything else I can do for you, please let me know at derek harmonydc.com .

I’ve also been learning some about the Association of Related Churches. If any of you can tell us about them, I’d love to hear more.

A great resource… You should give them a link and a shout out:-))

http://www. lifepointblog.tv