Jones - Church zero : raising 1st Century churches out of the ashes of the 21st Century church

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Peyton Jones is founding coach of New Breed Church Planting UK/USA. A serial church planter, Jones is currently planting multiple churches stateside, starting in urban Long Beach, California. Involved in international planting since age twenty-four, he has engaged in tentmaking mission work as a firefighter, factory worker, and psychiatric nurse, bringing all of these experiences to the table. Jones received his MA in Theology Pastoral Studies from Wales Evangelical School of Theology and served as the evangelist for Martyn Lloyd-Joness legendary Sandfields church, Aberavon.

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CHURCH ZERO

Church planting in the way of the apostles thats what Peyton is trying to recover. And nothing less will do. We both sense the profound significance of the recovery of a missional ministry for an apostolic church. A good contribution in a critical time.

Alan Hirsch, founder of Forge Mission Training Network and Future Travelers and author of The Permanent Revolution (with Tim Catchim) and numerous other books on missional movements

Church Zero is a bold and exciting call for us to become the church that God has always dreamed! Peyton Jones writes in a way that will not only inform you but energize you to lead a new breed of church. If you love church planting like I do, read this book, and buy it for a church planter!

Dave Ferguson, author of On The Verge and Exponential and Visionary for NewThingGrace

Church Zero is a fresh read in a tired category of church books. Peyton paints a picture of how God builds a church around the faithful lives of simple people and simple practices.

Hugh Halter, author of The Tangible Kingdom , Sacrilege , and AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church

If you are hungry to serve the Lord and His church, have a deep love for Gods Word, and desire to make an impact for Jesus Christ, then this book is for you. Peyton Jones clearly articulates the importance of the fivefold gifts for ministry and how they should function in the church today. This well-written, provocative book should be read by everyone who is serious about the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

Jeff Schwarzentraub, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Fellowship of Denver and president of One Heartbeat

Peyton Jones has a passion for Christs church. Church Zero is a call to churches everywhere to wake up, try new things, and get out of the four walls to reach the world.

Brian Head Welch, former guitarist for Korn

Church Zero dishes out the mutha of all wedgies to fake, fruitless, impotent Christianity and sets out a compelling biblical blueprint for a new breed of church that might just unleash the kind of gospel ruckus that Jesus always intended.

Dai Hankey, cofounder New Breed Church Planting and author of Offensive and Hard Corps

I have to admit, I got hung up reading this book. I am spurred on, filled with the fires of possibility. This is probably the best biblical study on what an apostle looks like today. Reading this book made me feel like we really can take our land as the little a team. New Breed is getting out there and getting it done. It is the Very Old School meets Very New School: so simple its radical. It is DIY, trust-the-Lord-and-launch-with-abandon kinda stuff. It is a brazen contrast to everything showy and flashy. Lets take the gospel outside the city. Lets fulfill the Great Commission. Use this book as your souls kindling and burn it down!

Josh Brindle, Tribe of Judah Ministries and Calvary Chapel Iron River, MI

Soldiers coming off the front lines of the battlefield bring home a no-nonsense, unsurpassable perspective when it comes to distinguishing between what actually works and noneffective armchair philosophies. In the same way we have here Peyton Jonesa true soldier for Christwith the real-world experience to command our attention as he calls the twenty-first-century church to action. Its time to wake up out of the slumber, pick up our soldiers-for-Christ kitbag, and get ready to move as we model the forgotten, timeless, battle-tested tactics of the first-century church!

Chad Williams, US Navy SEAL

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LCCN 2013930732

ISBN 978-1-4347-0493-1

eISBN 978-0-7814-0880-6

2013 Peyton Jones

The Team: Alex Field, Karen Lee-Thorp, Amy Konyndyk, Nick Lee, Caitlyn Carlson, Karen Athen

Cover Design: Micah Kandros Design

First Edition 2013

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, thanks to David Ollerton, whose Ministry on the Move planted many seeds.

Next, Eric Fulmer brought me to faith; Peter Warren discipled me; and my first preaching and ministry mentor, Dan Berg, recognized the call of God upon my life (youre partly to blame). Although hes been a furniture repairman for most of his ministry, Dan has an uncanny mastery of the lost gift of illustration and is the breathing embodiment of Spurgeons John Ploughman. Also, Bill Welsh is my sending pastor, my church-planting partner, and an awesome model of a sold-out ex-Jesus-hippy who still wants to conquer the world for Jesus. Last but not least, Charlie Marquez is my stateside number-two punk and the Cuba Gooding Jr. to my Jerry Maguire. Thank you all.