Churches today are faced with the enormous challenge of meeting the needs of three different demographical groups--Builders, Boomers and Busters--while integrating them into one church body. This book shows church leaders how to ride the wave of the future and survive the inevitable riptides of change.

Three Generations: Riding the Waves of Change in Your Church

McIntosh, Gary L.

Religion & Spirituality

Fleming H. Revell Co.

Church Growth specialist Gary L. McIntosh explores six different church models designed to reach yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's generations for Christ.

Make Room for the Boom...or Bust: Six Church Models for Reaching Three Generations

Christian Books & Bibles

Just as a physically healthy person--at an ideal weight and with good blood pressure and cholesterol numbers--might not actually be fit enough to run a 5k, so churches can appear healthy--with no obvious issues, maintaining a healthy size--and yet not exhibit fitness. A fit church is one that is not satisfied with merely coasting along with no problems. A fit church is actively making disciples, maturing in faith, developing strong leaders, reaching out to the community, and more. Building the Body offers pastors and church leaders twelve characteristics of fit churches and shows them how they can move their church through five levels of fitness, from beginner all the way to elite--just as an athlete, through training and practice, can become the top in his or her class. Includes comparison charts at the end of each chapter so readers can clearly see where their church currently falls and concluding "Complete the Progress Chart" so that they can see what their goals should be for the future.

Building the Body: 12 Characteristics of a Fit Church

Baker Books

Using the early church as a teacher, this video helps you become an overcomer. If your past is chaining down your future, see how you can put aside the beggar's cup for the limitless boundaries of God's blessings.

Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction

Business & Money

Rima, Samuel D.Sr.

Management & Leadership

Why, when, and how should a church add to its professional staff? Here is a practical manual dealing with the issues of hiring and utilizing multiple staff positions to encourage church growth.

Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century

The rapid changes all around us in the new millennium may cause one of two errors: wishing to return to an idealized past or refusing to look back at all. Both patterns of thinking lead to ineffective churches and communities. Look Back, Leap Forward challenges Christian leaders to balance the two extremes: look back to find the core values that give meaning to ministry and then use them to build the future and take hold of new opportunities. 
This book's unique focus presents a holistic picture of how lay leadership, not just clergy, can turn a church around. It is packed with practical examples that may be put to immediate use. McIntosh, a church growth specialist, provides step-by-step guidance to help pastors and lay leaders: -recognize and defeat enemies of the twenty-first century church -heal past wounds -look back to discover purpose, values, and vision for the future -accomplish more by doing less -control finances while leaping forward -develop a long-range plan for effective ministry

Look Back, Leap Forward: Building Your Church on the Values of the Past

Baker Pub Group

This practical book offers sound advice on assessing and improving the ways in which churches attract people, welcome them, do follow-up, and bring them into the church family.

Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church

Marketing & Sales

The Exodus Principle: A 5-Part Strategy to Free Your People for Ministry

Developing a "culture of service" empowers the people in any church to minister to the church's two key "customer groups"--the people already there, and guests. The message of Exodus Principle is that serving both groups well is critical to health.

B & H Pub Group

The Issachar Factor: Understanding Trends That Confront Your Church and Designing a Strategy for Success

How to meet the needs of a modern congregation by transforming troubling social trends into opportunities for ministry.

Martin, Glen

B&H Books

A basic resource for strategies of outreach and assimilation of new church members. Key resource for pastors and outreach ministers.

Finding Them, Keeping Them: Effective Strategies for Evangelism and Assimilation in the Local Church

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