Multiplication - Church Planting Tools

Book Review by Rev Simon Moetara: Lecturer Vision College Hamilton: BA English Literature, Masters in Theology.

Anyone who knows Nick – or, even spends five minutes with him! - is aware of his phenomenal passion for seeing souls saved and churches planted. He was a member of the DAWN (Discipling A Whole Nation) Strategy Committee for New Zealand and a trustee of VISION New Zealand. Nick is also a former National Leader of the ACTS Church Movement (formerly The Apostolic Church) of New Zealand, and still serves as a member of the National Leadership Team. Nick was the Senior Minister of Eastside Church, Hamilton for over 19 years and has recently stepped into a new role; providing leadership and input for a network of churches known as Vision Churches International.

Now, drawing on almost thirty years of church leadership and planting experience, Nick has gathered his insights and thoughts into one volume: Multiplication: Inspiration and Tools for Church Planting (Vision Print: 2008).

It is a wonderful resource filled with wisdom and insight that not only explains the importance of church planting, but also provides pragmatic and workable approaches that the church planter can employ. Nick shares his thoughts and collates a wide range of helpful resources. He discusses a number of key topics with both sagacity and candor, including the importance of developing leaders, the pioneering nature of the church planter’s work, the need for strong, healthy relationships between ‘mother’ and ‘daughter’ churches, and the notion of movements planting movements.

Nick’s great desire to see entire communities and whole nations won for Christ, and to see church planters empowered and released is the driving force behind the creation of this book, and his heart is seen on every page.