How to Break Growth Barriers

How to Break Growth Barriers
Author: Carl F. George
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493406566

Some churches grow rapidly, only to hit a ceiling. Other churches have experienced declining or static attendance--many of them for decades. Frustrated pastors and church leaders want growth methods that work, but without adding to pastoral fatigue. How to Break Growth Barriers argues that growth comes when effective leadership and lay-empowerment skills work hand in hand. This requires a shift of focus from the shepherd as the primary caregiver to shepherd as developer and coach of many caregivers. The authors show pastors how to communicate a vision for the future and then how to lead the congregation into the paradigms necessary for potentially limitless growth. The strategies found in this book are not only tried and true, and taken from a biblical perspective of a "harvest" vision. They're also newly updated to reflect our changing culture, including helpful charts and checklists for self-evaluation.

New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier

New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier
Author: Bill M. Sullivan
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834121782

New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier offers pastors and church leaders insight and strategies that will help their church move beyond the average and into the extraordinary. Based on current church trends and new research, seasoned speaker and strategist, Dr. Bill Sullivan, author of Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier - 1988, revisits the need for churches to strive to grow beyond a membership of 200, focusing this time on the congregation and their decisions that effect the church as a whole. Sullivan stresses the need for church leaders to understand the value of training the people, not just the pastors, to understand and accept the changes that come with growth and the Church's desire to expand Christ's kingdom.See www.200barrier.org for Free 'Choice Points' Leader's Guide and Free Teaching Power Point Presentation.

Taking Your Church to the Next Level

Taking Your Church to the Next Level
Author: Gary L. McIntosh
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441210857

All local churches experience a predictable life cycle of growth and decline. But if a church is on a downward trend, how can it turn around? Taking Your Church to the Next Level explains the impact of age and size on churches and outlines the improvements that must be made at each point for a church to remain fruitful and faithful to its mission. McIntosh deftly describes the cycles of fruitfulness and the importance of continual improvement to diminish destructive forces that keep a congregation from its mission. Church leaders, pastors, and all who care about the church and desire to see it experience biblical growth will benefit from the sage wisdom offered in these pages.

Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier

Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier
Author: Bill M. Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1988
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834112230

Dr. Bill M. Sullivan began his ministry in a home mission church in Denver in 1957. His experience in breaking the 200 barrier makes this book more than a theoretical treatise. He led one of his churches through growth from less than 200 to over 700. His dissertation for the D.Min degree conferred by Fuller Theological Seminary dealt with church growth strategy, which he has developed and tested.

In the Shadow of the Steeple

In the Shadow of the Steeple
Author: Gene Williams
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780834121805

In the Shadow of the Steeple offers pastors encouragement and hope, reminding them of their ultimate purpose - to share Christ's love with the world...

Breaking the Yield Barrier

Breaking the Yield Barrier
Author: Kenneth G. Cassman
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1994
Genre: Crop yields
ISBN: 9712200566

Part I: Raising the rice yield ceiling; Part II: Extended abstracts of invited papers.

How to Break Growth Barriers

How to Break Growth Barriers
Author: Carl F. George
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1993-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780801038532

Pastors will find proven strategies for effectively breaking through barriers to church growth, including the important but often difficult task of delegation of authority and work.

Overcoming Barriers to Church Growth

Overcoming Barriers to Church Growth
Author: Michael Fletcher
Publisher: Bethany House
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2009-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0764206877

Proven strategies for growing churches by overcoming natural barriers to growth created by various leadership dynamics, now in paperback.

New Perspectives on Structural Change

New Perspectives on Structural Change
Author: Ludovico Alcorta
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192590375

New Perspectives on Structural Change is a comprehensive edited volume that outlines both the historical roots and state-of-the-art debates on the role of structural change in the process of economic development, including both orthodox and heterodox perspectives and contributions from prominent scholars in this field. The volume consists of four main sections. The first section covers the theoretical foundations of the structural change literature. The second section presents an empirical overview of the major trends of structural change, using up-to-date data sources and methods. The third section presents a broad ranging empirical analysis of the drivers of structural change. The fourth section examines how processes such as inclusive growth, poverty reduction, productive employment, the global income distribution, and environmental sustainability are affected by structural change, and how they can be influenced by policy.