The Role of Dag Heward-Mills’ Books in Church Planting
Church planting is not just about starting a service in a new location. It’s about building something from the ground up—a living, breathing community of believers who will grow, multiply, and endure. For this to happen, the right foundations must be laid, and the right mindset must be cultivated. This is where Bishop Dag Heward-Mills’ books have played an incredible role. They have become tools in the hands of planters across the globe, guiding them with both vision and practical instruction.
Bishop Dag has always emphasized the importance of obedience to the Great Commission. He doesn’t just preach about it—he provides the blueprint for how it can be done. Through his books, he breaks down what it means to plant a church, raise leaders, reach the lost, and establish spiritual order. His writing gives confidence to the one who is sent and clarity to the one who is leading.
Many church planters testify that the courage to start came after reading one of his books. They saw the possibility of building from nothing. They discovered that they didn’t need everything to begin—they only needed the call, the vision, and the wisdom to obey.
Training Planters Without Borders
One of the reasons Bishop Dag’s books have had such an impact on church planting is because they reach beyond where he can go. Not every pastor or leader has access to conferences or one-on-one training. But through a book, that same teaching becomes accessible. It travels into nations where formal ministry training may be rare. It enters homes, prayer rooms, and small gatherings of believers with big faith and little experience.
Books like Church Planting, Many Are Called, and How to Start a Church offer step-by-step guidance. But more than that, they carry the spirit of missions. They stir the heart. They compel the reader to move. They lay out the practical side of ministry while keeping the spiritual burden front and center.
With these resources, Bishop Dag has empowered countless believers to rise and go—to plant churches not only across towns and cities, but across borders and continents.
Building with Doctrine and Order
Churches are not just built on zeal. They are built on truth. Bishop Dag’s books provide sound doctrine for those laying the foundation of new churches. He teaches on the authority of Scripture, the importance of loyalty, the role of the pastor, and the structure needed for a growing church to survive spiritual attacks.
His writing equips church planters to build with wisdom, not just enthusiasm. To lead with vision, not just emotion. His books remind the church planter that the strength of a work is not seen in the first crowd, but in the lasting fruit.
When a church is planted with these principles, it doesn’t just survive—it thrives. And many of the churches in the United Denominations have proven this again and again. Their strength didn’t come from marketing strategies. It came from spiritual foundations laid through these teachings.
Multiplication Through Teaching
Church planting is about multiplication. And Bishop Dag’s books are multiplying themselves through the planters who apply them. A single book in the hands of a hungry church planter can result in five churches being planted. Then those five planters read and apply the same truths—and suddenly, there are twenty more.
This is how a movement grows. Through written vision that is caught, carried, and reproduced.
Bishop Dag has shown the Body of Christ that church planting doesn’t have to be complicated. It just has to be scriptural, Spirit-led, and strategic. His books are tools for that assignment—and the results are visible across the nations.