Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier
Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier

Author: Bill M. Sullivan

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780834112230

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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.

How to Break Growth Barriers
How to Break Growth Barriers

Author: Carl F. George

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1493406566

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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

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780834121782

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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.

Help for the Small-church Pastor
Help for the Small-church Pastor

Author: Steve R. Bierly

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0310499518

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Churches with fewer than 150 people will always be a bastion of Christianity despite today's megachurch emphasis. Pastors dealing with the strengths, problems and opportunities of smaller churches will value Bierly's timely guidance and encouragement. Knowing what makes small churches tick helps their leaders invest time and energy wisely into the kind of growth that matters.

Church Planting for a Greater Harvest
Church Planting for a Greater Harvest

Author: C. Peter Wagner

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1608994414

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For the past four decades this highly effective method of evangelism has been vastly overlooked. As a result, large segments of the population have remained unreached. No single church can meet every personÕs needs; thatÕs why planting new churches--ones that will meet the needs of speciþc groups--is so necessary. Now, after ten years of research and teaching on the subject, C. Peter Wagner shares his knowledge and insight in this comprehensive guide on how to plant a church. ItÕs an up-to-date textbook on church planting and a helpful summary of church growth principles in general. Church Planting for a Greater Harvest contains everything Wagner taught in his highly successful ÒHow to Plant a ChurchÓ seminar--a presentation that was offered sixteen times and drew 5,000 participants! Today, as we see a renewed interest in church planting, the Lord is blessing the efforts of church planters everywhere. The future can be an exciting time of growth for churches. Get ready to be carried into what could be the greatest era of harvest the world has ever seen!

We've Never Done It Like This Before
We've Never Done It Like This Before

Author: C. Jeff Woods

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1994-02-01

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1566996929

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Clergy and laity will discover ways to lead the church that just may be more effective than the "top-down" leadership model we're all so familiar with. Woods takes a clever and very effective approach by presenting educational material in a fictional context--you're drawn into the stories of church members struggling with leadership or motivational dilemmas which you will recognize immediately (such as the boring Sunday School teacher, the adversarial church member, the nostalgia for "the good old days"). Ten chapters explore ten different theories of organizational behaviour and management, and each chapter provides guidelines for small group training.

Church Planting Made Easy
Church Planting Made Easy

Author: Samuel Ukomadu, PhD

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1490827129

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Church planting is the heartbeat of God. Church is a place where every worshipper looks up to every worship moment to exercise their faith in terms of prayer and worship. Peter, Paul, and James were church planters. The need to plant churches cannot be over-emphasized. Many souls have turned to Christ because someone preached to them. I have planted churches and preaching is what I do. I am the lead pastor in Firebrand Assembly of God in Sugar Land, Texas, a church I planted in 2007. A Bible school has been established in the church and by God’s grace it is a privilege to be a teacher in the theological seminary. We established a study center for Global University and ministers of God are being trained in the study center.

How to Break Growth Barriers
How to Break Growth Barriers

Author: Carl F. George

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 1993-03-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780801038532

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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.

The Everychurch Guide to Growth
The Everychurch Guide to Growth

Author: Elmer L. Towns

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 1998-08-01

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1433674947

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A growing church is a living church, but much of the attention in church growth today is focused on making big churches bigger. This encouraging new book shows members of small and medium-sized congregations how to revive and expand their ministries as well. Churches of every size tend to plateau in attendance and never break free of their self-imposed limitations or 'growth barriers'. This book gives detailed, practical instructions for breaking through those barriers to new levels of impact and service in the community. The EveryChurch Guide to Growth rallies church leaders and members to develop plans for strength and solid growth in the future.

The In-Between Church
The In-Between Church

Author: Alice Mann

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1998-11-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1566996589

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Alban Senior Consultant Mann draws on her lengthy experience in helping congregations deal with the hurdles and anxieties of expansion or contraction in size. Often, congregations experiencing size change do not recognize the need to change culture and form as part of the successful adaptation process. Mann details the adjustments in attitude—as well as practice—that are necessary to support successful size change.