The Barnabas Factors: Eight Essential Practices of Church Planting Team Members, by author and professor J. D. Payne, describes how Barnabas should be considered as a model for contemporary church planting team members. Each chapter of this work addresses a particular “Barnabas Factor, ” a healthy aspect of Barnabas’ life that assisted in Kingdom expansion. The eight practices include: 1. Walks with the Lord 2. Maintains an Outstanding Character 3. Serves the Local Church 4. Remains Faithful to the Call 5. Shares the Gospel Regularly 6. Raises Up Leaders 7. Encourages with Speech and Actions 8. Responds Appropriately to Conflict. Dr. J.D. Payne is a National Missionary with the North American Mission Board and an Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Planting in the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Having taught church planting and evangelism courses in evangelical institutions for nine years and served with several church planting teams and with the largest Protestant evangelical missions agency in North America, Dr. Payne is aware of the lack of quality church planting resources, particularly resources addressing church planting teams. Praise for The Barnabas Factors: Given the risky and pioneering nature of church planting, it is essential to develop healthy relationships amongst members of the founding team. Here J. D. Payne gives us a biblical model of engendering healthy team dynamics by looking to the life and ministry of Barnabas. This is a book for those of us who want to keep a joyful camaraderie whilst advancing the kingdom. Alan Hirsch Author of The Forgotten Ways and The Shaping of Things to Come Founding director of Shapevine.com The Barnabas Factors: Eight Essential Practices of Church Planting Team Members is a unique and much needed book for anyone interested in church planting. I strongly believe it is a must-read for newly appointed missionaries and just as essential for veteran missionaries. This book powerfully sets forth the need for godly personal characteristics that are vital for successful church planting teams. The diagnostic tool at the conclusion of the book will be a great help in evaluating potential team members. Charles Brock President, Church Growth International Author of Indigenous Church Planting: A Practical Journey I highly recommend this book. From end to end it is practical: it’s the relationship stuff, the personal qualities of team members, and the realistic nuts and bolts of ministry that are so ultimately determinative to fruitfulness in the church planting and team contexts. Payne brings great clarity as to what is a missionary “call.” And for no extra charge there is a powerful tool at the end pulling all the principles together to help you decide who to take onto your team and who not to. A must-read for all church planters. Daniel Sinclair Author of A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams

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Jon is a church planting candidate who has attended one of the Baptist seminaries in the southern part of the United States. He has studied church planting in class; he has heard teachers and guest speakers talk about their experiences and espouse certain strategies for planting new churches. He has been exposed to church plants in the community nearby and has even interviewed some of the planters to learn what has worked and what has not. As he examines the theory and the practice of these church leaders, he wonders whether he knows enough to determine if church planting is for him. Jon is not alone today. The interest in church planting is immense. Books and magazine articles are being written about the topic all the time; conferences and training workshops are too many to number. Even in academic circles, where it once was considered by students as a “last resort,” church planting has taken on a high profile opportunity. It draws a lot of attention these days, for a variety of reasons. Some are attracted to the pioneer spirit necessary to “start something new.” Others respond to the absence of tradition and “the way things have been.” Headline-making planters across the country keep the profile and impact of church planting front and center in the ministry stories we hear. Some are using amazingly creative ways to engage a Biblically-illiterate society with the relevance of the eternal Gospel. That’s what this book is about. It is an attempt to capture on paper for “Jon” the heart and imagination of some of the best church planters in the world, those who have served here in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States with our Baptist denomination over the past few years. These men and women have shared their stories and helped us all learn how to plant churches more effectively than before. In the world of church planting there is a common line of thought, suggesting that these three things must be aligned if the ministry is to be effective: right planter, right place and right plan. If this line of thought is accurate, you will have to do the hard work of deciphering God’s call upon your life and the way he has shaped you for ministry to determine whether or not church planting is really for you. If it is what God has intended for you to pursue, then and only then, do the right place and right plan become critical to success. Such contextualization is necessary for us to engage and transform the culture where planters are embedded. And it is this kind of contextual understanding that is critical for taking the theory of a textbook and hammering it out on the anvil of reality in field experience.

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