The church is more than a building -- it is an assembly of people joined together across distances and even through time to fulfill God's purposes in the world. Each local gathering of that assembly needs a vision to help its members accomplish the work God has called them to do. But how do you inspire your church to create and follow through on a vision? Mike Milton provides tested, biblical ideas to get everyone in the church involved in a plan to help the congregation grow. Each chapter develops an awareness of what needs to be done, provides questions for review, and includes prayers by elders and ministers of churches that have put these ideas to use. - Back cover.
In this groundbreaking work, based on 15 years and over 10,000 hours of church team facilitation, Will Mancini reveals the 12 basic templates for any church vision.
" In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck.
—Larry Osborne, author, A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God; senior pastor, North Coast Church, San Diego, California “When I finished The Purpose Driven Church, I wanted to lead a church like Saddleback. When I finished Church Unique, ...
In the throes of establishing their congregational identity, many church leaders resort to developing a mission statement which gets put in a file drawer and forgotten until the next budget review.
What if you could keep your church's current vision, values, and model, and simply make a few micro-shifts...leading to macro-changes? This book explores five micro-shifts that have the potential to produce macro-changes in your church.
"The book is a leader's handbook for running the day-to-day operation of a church. With easy to understand examples, this book provides a simplistic approach to managing church resources--people, time, and money.
This book gives you hope and will show you the way to revitalize your church."--Ed Stetzer, author of Viral Churches "There's Hope for Your Church is a coaching experience bound in the pages of a book.
The amazing story of Saddleback Church reads like a fresh encounter with the book of Acts. Jack Graham, Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas Saddleback Church's growth is the miracle story of this century.
two years you have been developing a unique leader named Doug Brown. Doug is one of the best people you have ever met and yet one of the most difficult. Doug is an excellent man. He is energetic, full of drive, willing to do whatever it ...
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