Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
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.
Top Highlights
“The growth problem, according to Womack, is that churches do not expand their organization to fit the needs of the next size of church, and they plateau at predictable size levels.” (source)
“the lead pastor must shift from operating primarily as a caregiving shepherd to being more of an administrative shepherd” (source)
“Long-term
excellence is
always the result
of continual
improvements
over time.” (source)
“to serve more people, it must first expand its base of organization and ministry.24” (source)
“control the destructive forces and refocus the players on their mission.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
- Author: McIntosh, Gary L.
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN: 9781441210852
Gary L. McIntosh is president of the Church Growth Network and professor of Christian ministry and leadership at Talbot School of Theology. He leads seminars and has written several books, including Biblical Church Growth and Beyond the First Visit.