You’ll definitely want to check out the new Converge website for church planting resources. Converge is the new iteration of Teamerica, a Church Planting Assessment organization that is group-based as opposed to behavior-based. With Gary Rohrmayer at the wheel of this new organization, you’ll get a lot of very practical help in planting, nuts and bolts. Gary is the author of First Steps, which I reviewed along with a few other CP manuals a while back.
Very helpful article on the Unsustainable Pace of many church planters.