Much has been written, and much has been said, about the decline in mainline North American Protestantism. Sophisticated sociological and theological analyses have posited a number of solutions to the problem. While such analysis is helpful, the author reminds us that much of it fails to see the simple reality behind the problem: a loss of essential spiritual fervor. Stewart's ministry, both within Hope United Methodist Church in Detroit (where he is pastor), and in numerous congregations and conferences across the country where he has preached, lectured, and taught, has been spent in calling Christians back to a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and to an immediate and transformative experience of the Spirit. In this new book, Carlyle Fielding Stewart brings together the best of his writing and thinking on the problems of the African American church and mainline Protestantism. Readers will find here important guidance on how to establish a congregation that is genuinely lay-led, how to move the gospel from the church building out into the neighborhood and onto the street corners, and how to preach genuine, scriptural holiness to a skeptical and relativistic age. Throughout, the author drives his point home with the force of the simple message that is his hallmark: the church has failed because its leaders have failed to develop and maintain a fervent, personal devotion to the Lord. To those looking for hope and for new life in a church grown spiritually cold, this book speaks a powerful word.

Reclaiming What Was Lost: Recovering Spiritual Vitality in the Mainline Church

Religion & Spirituality

Stewart, Carlyle Fielding, III

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ABINGDON PRESS *

Wisdom from some of the most influential African American pastors of our day on how to grow and sustain a vibrant congregation. Carlyle Fielding Stewart III, author of African American Church Growth, has brought together senior pastors from some of the fastest-growing and most influential African American congregations to answer the question, “What makes a church grow?” The answers center around four areas of ministry and witness: Preaching and worship, Evangelism and Discipleship, Community Outreach, and Stewardship. Written by church leaders with long experience in leading effective congregations, this book will be required reading for anyone seeking to grow an African American (or other) congregation. To read the Foreward and Introduction click here

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