New Church DevelopmentText Box: Course Description: The planting and birthing of new congregations requires careful planning, innovative leadership, organizational savvy, a strong spiritual base, and endless creativity. This course is a study in the theology and practice of starting new congregations and covers such topics as contextual worship, organizational development, finance and facilities, exegeting a community, development of multi-congregational churches, effective use of boards and committees, and other practices of faithful and socially embodied witness to God’s reign. Coursework includes a specific congregational development research project. Method: This course will combine discussion of key readings, presentation of student research, and site visits to new congregations in the greater Boston area. Text Box: Spring, 2007 Text Box: TC - 890 Text Box: Dr. Bryan Stone, E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism Boston University School of Theology Office: (617) 353-2456 E-Mail: bpstone@bu.edu Office hours: Room 340, as posted Course Website: http://courseinfo.bu.edu Teaching Assistant: Julian Gotobed (jgotobed@bu.edu)