An innovative anthology written by successful church planters who have consistently and successfully challenged prevailing assumptions about healthy church development and "best practices." This informative book gives insight into how they broke the mold of church planting. Includes chapters written by Michael Baughman, Olu Brown, Doug Cunningham, Kenda Creasy Dean, Mark DeVries, Amanda Garber, Trey Hall, Diane Harrison, Elaine Heath, Jerry Herships, Derek Jacobs, Matt Miofsky, David Range...

Among my ancestors, first on my mother's side, then my father's, are a Mohawk Indian chief and the burgermeister of a northern German village. Thayendanegea, aka Joseph Brant, fought valiantly against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1807, and a Canadian general hospital in Burlington, Ontario carries his name today. I never learned the burgermeister's name. As a boy growing up in western Pennsylvania my grandparents explained to me that he had been shot to death in 1935,...

This is the heartwarming true story of the unlikely relationship between Boat, an old Hawaiian sage, and a young boy in need of a father figure.When ten-year-old Michael Baughman moves to Hawaii with his parents, he is troubled and confused. His father doesn’t provide the guidance Baughman needs, and the boy doesn’t know who to turn to. When a larger-than-life Hawaiian beachboy named Boat takes Baughman under his wing, the boy finds a teacher and mentor. Boat is 285 pounds of solid...

Established in 1855 on an area one-fifteenth the size of the lands relinquished in return for it, the Warm Springs Reservation in north central Oregon is home to some 3,600 Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute Indians, half of whom are under twenty. This book seeks to understand the reservation's inhabitants as a "viable people" who are both visible and vocal as they reflect on their daily lives, their struggles and successes, and their hopes for the future.Michael Baughman and Charlott...

Paul’s witness speaks to a church seeking renewal today.Paul advanced the mission of the church by planting seeds of equity—at times leveraging his privilege for good, at other times laying it aside for the sake of others, and always yearning to hear the often-silenced voices of the marginalized. His life and ministry—both his strengths and his shortcomings—offer vital wisdom for those committed to dismantling false hierarchies of human worth.In a season wh...