Check out this quote from Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) Bishop Robert Duncan. The Anglican Mission is a part of ACNA and we plan on contributely significantly to this goal:
"In his sermon, Duncan urged those who align themselves with ACNA to focus on evangelism and mission by planting 1,000 new churches in the next five years, engaging Islam—“because there is only one way to the Father; it’s a matter of life and death”—studying Scripture and practicing works of mercy."
The Evangelical Covenant Church has created a ChurchPlantingWiki with some great information for church planters. As many of you know, the ECC are experts in church planting. It's great they are making their resources freely available.
CPM Training Resources The Church Planting Movement has a plethora of free videos and PDF's related to church planting.
In this audio church planting guru Ed Stetzer gives several tips for avoiding some common pitfalls in church planting. Pitfalls_in_Planting.mp3
In a recent presentation Ed Stetzer cited "Inadequate Training" as a major pitfall to church planting. He suggested potential church planters read everything they can on the subject and be versed in multiple different models. Here is his suggested starter bibliography:
