Metrospiritual: The Geography of Church Planting
''It is important for church planters who hope to affect their cities to put on new glasses. Sean Benesh has successfully provided such a tool. By looking at not only the raw data of a city but its life its laments as well as what brings joy along with a deep theological impetus, we are brought into the grand and possible challenge of planting in an urban context. Both needed and timely!''--Rob FairbanksPresident, Christian Associates International''I really enjoyed Sean Benesh's Metrospirtual: The Georgraphy of Church Planting. I found it fresh, challenging, and comprehensive of things that are critical in selecting and identifying the community in which to work and the issues at play in the community. I highly recommend every church planter to devour it slowly.''-- Bob Roberts Jr.Senior Pastor NorthWood Church''In recent decades there have been a number of helpful books on church planting. They generally fall into two categories: a successful church planter who presents a formula or a technical approach that is highly theoretical. Sean Benesh avoids both extremes. His approach is both accessible and based on good research. Throughout the book there are many personal anecdotes drawn from his own church-planting experiences in a number of cities. His concern is for the urban context. He knows how to exegete the city. And he identifies the Creative class as a primary group to engaged because they shape the culture and set a course for the future of the location. It is rare to find an author who is both a skilled practitioner and an academically trained theoretician.''--Eddie GibbsSenior Professor of Church GrowthFuller Theological Seminary --Wipf and Stock Publishers