One in every six churches in the United States is African-American. So, given the church's central role in the black community, why is the number of unchurched African-Americans increasing? How can you plant a church that proclaims with power and relevance the unchanging gospel to our changing African-American culture? Drawing from his wealth of experience, Hozell Francis gives you both the theory and practice for raising up a church in today's black community. You'll find out how to: - Shape a vision to guide your church - Form plans to realize your vision - Cultivate strong community ties - Develop an effective core of leaders - Impact families with the Gospel. - Transcend cultural dividing lines.

This road map for international church planting navigates case-study milestones that offer successful models and highlights the dynamics that distinguish church planting in the African-American community from church planting in general.

Planting Missional Churches is an instruction book for planting biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. It addresses the “how-to” and “why” issues of church planting by providing practical guidance through all the phases of a church plant while taking a missional look at existing and emerging cultures.

This is more than a book of sermons. It is a cross section of generational preachers that include Builders, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. While sermons cover the entire Bible, there is a special section devoted to the purpose of expository preaching, Attention is given to the practical side of ministry, church hurt, church planting, and passing the baton in an African-American context. Special honor is given to preaching giants on the East Coast.