For many churches, the call to make disciples comes with a realization that the church's current worship opportunities do not reach certain groups in their surrounding community. New worship services offer the most promising strategy for renewing established churches and planting new worship communities. In a post-pandemic world, churches will be challenged to reach new people with the gospel and to help them meet in a way that is meaningful to them.

Accessible to ministry professionals and lay leaders, Launching a New Worship Community is a comprehensive guide to starting a new worship community-whether that means an established church beginning a new worship service or a church startup designing its first worship offering. The authors, writing with a team of church planting experts, provide practical advice rooted in solid academics, theology, and real-world experience. With this guide, readers will have the tools they need to begin and sustain a new worship community.

[Long catalog copy-127 words] Many churches realize they are overlooking entire groups of people with their current worship services. Much front-end work is required to build relationships with the surrounding community and cultivate their trust. Worship leaders and laypersons must figure out how to extend hospitality and help people meet God in a setting that is comfortable for them. Launching a New Worship Community is a comprehensive guide to starting a new worship community-whether that means beginning a new worship service or a starting a new church. Writing with a team of 14 other church planting experts, authors Paul Nixon and Craig Gilbert provide practical advice rooted in solid academics, theology, and real-world experience. This book offers you the help you need to begin and sustain a new worship community.