Comeback Churches

Comeback Churches
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805445366

Church growth experts Stetzer and Dodson explain why most congregations plateau and then eventually decline, and they reveal how to revive a body of believers. Readers can learn the importance of lighting a spiritual fire, intentional evangelism, making disciples, forming small groups, and then watch pews fill up again. (Church Life)

Breakout Churches

Breakout Churches
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010-01-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310293472

"This is the story of thirteen churches and the leaders who moved them from stagnancy to growth and from mediocrity to greatness. Drawing on one of the most comprehensive studies ever on the church, this book reveals the process of becoming a "breakout" church and the factors that lead to this spiritual metamorphosis."--The Publisher description.

Breaking the Missional Code

Breaking the Missional Code
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805443592

The authors provide expert insight on church culture and church vision casting, along with case studies of successful modern missional churches.

Transformational Church

Transformational Church
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433669307

It is time to take heart and rework the scorecard. --

The Come Back Effect

The Come Back Effect
Author: Jason Young
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493414100

The key to growth as a church, youth ministry, or a business is getting first-time guests to come back. And as any good manager of a hotel, a store, a restaurant, or an attraction knows, the key to getting guests to come back is not actually the rooms or the product or the food itself; it's how guests feel when they're there. It's about hospitality. No matter how much effort and time we spend on excellence--stirring worship time, inspiring sermons, a good coffee blend in the foyer--what our guests really want when they come to our churches is to feel welcome, comfortable, and understood. Written by a church consultant and a hospitality expert, The Come Back Effect shows church, ministry, and even business leaders the secret to helping a first-time guest return again and again. Through an engaging, story-driven approach, they explain how service and hospitality are two different things, show how Jesus practiced hospitality, and invite leaders to develop and implement changes that lead to repeat visits and, eventually, to sustained growth.

ReLaunch

ReLaunch
Author: Mark Rutland
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0781409594

A church in deep debt with attendance down by the thousands. A college that had lapsed into a coma, its buildings in shambles, its faculty demoralized, its enrollment at rock bottom. A university facing lawsuits, scandal, and near-bankruptcy. Each situation involved different financial needs, different lost dreams, different personal wounds. But they each had one thing in common: each needed a leader who could restore hope, vision, and viability. Dr. Mark Rutland has led three institutional turnarounds over the past twenty-five years. He has seen organizations that were dying come to new life. And he knows the steps you need to take right now. How do you know what to do to help your church or organization make it, even when circumstances and personnel challenges seem too much to handle? Here are the answers. As Dr. Rutland writes in this New York Times bestseller, the true leader can say, “This book is for the rugged visionaries who see in the wreckage a hope for the future and are willing to pay the price for a relaunch.”

Becoming a Welcoming Church

Becoming a Welcoming Church
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1462765467

Most church members don't see their churches clearly. In almost all of Thom S. Rainer's consultations, church members perceive their church to be friendly. But as he surveyed guests, he found that the guests typically saw church members as unfriendly. The perception chasm existed because the members were indeed friendly . . . to one another. The guests felt like they crashed a private party. Bestselling author Thom Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has a game plan for churches to become more hospitable. In a format that is suitable for church members to read individually or study together, Rainer guides readers toward a practical framework for making a difference for those who visit their church. Churches may use Becoming a Welcoming Church to assess and audit where they are on a spectrum between welcoming and wanting. Additionally, churches can use the companion book We Want You Here to send guests home with a compelling vision for what pastors want every guest to know when they visit.

Lost and Found

Lost and Found
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805449752

Who are the young unchurched, and how can they be reached with the good news of Jesus Christ? In a poll result highlighted by CNN Headline News and USA Today, nearly half of nonchurchgoers between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine agreed with the statement, "Christians get on my nerves." Now, researchers behind the larger study present Lost and Found, a blend of dynamic hard data and modern day parable that tells the real story of an unchurched generation that is actually quite spiritual and yet circumspect, open to Jesus but not the church. As such, Lost and Found is written to the church, using often-surprising results from the copious research here to strike another nerve and break some long established assumptions about how to effectively engage the lost. Leading missiologist Ed Stetzer and his associates first offer a detailed investigation of the four younger unchurched types. With a better understanding of their unique experiences, they next clarify the importance each type places on community, depth of content, social responsibility, and making cross-generational connections in relation to spiritual matters. Most valuably, Lost and Found finds the churches that have learned to reach unchurched young adults by paying close attention to those key markers vetted by the research. Their exciting stories will make it clear how your church can bring searching souls from this culture to authentic faith in Christ. Those who are lost can indeed be found. Come take a closer look.

Planting Missional Churches

Planting Missional Churches
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2006-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805456988

Planting Missional Churches is an instruction book for planting biblically faithful and culturally relevant churches. It addresses the “how-to” and “why” issues of church planting by providing practical guidance through all the phases of a church plant while taking a missional look at existing and emerging cultures.

Subversive Kingdom

Subversive Kingdom
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433673827

Noted missiologist/church researcher Ed Stetzer offers an accessible treatment of the doctrine of the kingdom of God, inviting readers to actively explore, advance, and live in this "subversive kingdom" today.