Description
Some churches grow swiftly, 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 focal point from the shepherd as the main caregiver to shepherd as developer and coach of many caregivers. The authors show pastors keep up a correspondence a vision for the future and then lead the congregation into the paradigms necessary for potentially limitless growth.
The strategies found on this book aren’t only tried and true, and taken from a biblical point of view of a “harvest” vision. They are also newly up to date to reflect our changing culture, including helpful charts and checklists for self-evaluation.