Revive: Bringing Health, Vitality, and Growth Back into Your Church - 5905

HOW DO WE MOVE A CHURCH FROM MAINTENANCE TO MISSION? Through patience and diligence; there are no easy fixes. It takes a long, faithful journey in the same Great Commission direction. It requires zeal to persevere, to never quit moving forward for the sake of one more person coming to know Jesus Christ and finding a full life within His church. That’s where this guide comes in, to accompany you as you take each faithful step. Each section focuses on the building blocks needed to foster revitalization, the first and most important of which is spiritual renewal. The book then moves through current challenges in evangelism, how to navigate preferences in worship styles, ways to foster transformation through discipleship, strategies to build authentic worshipping communities, and it ends with how to explore the gifting and potential in your congregation to help you complete your journey together. Revive is a guide to give hope to those like you who are on the front lines of God’s harvesting laborers. Each of the book’s five sections has questions for individuals or groups to discuss and apply these concepts to your particular context. Although it can be read in one sitting, this book was designed so that one chapter a day could be read over six weeks to allow the concepts to sink in, making it an ideal read over seasons like Advent, Lent, and Easter, during which a small group or parish council can discuss and apply it to your church. The Rev. Canon Mark Eldredge was born near Buffalo, NY but escaped the frigid north for life in sunny Palm Coast, FL. Life without Christ, however, was not so sunny, and after years of wandering and wondering, he gave his life to Jesus Christ and began to pursue life in His Church. After 15 years in ministry, Canon Mark continued his vocation of bringing revitalization to churches by joining the American Anglican Council (AAC), a non-profit ministry in partnership with the ACNA dedicated to developing, equipping, and reforming the Church in North America and around the world. Canon Mark is the Director of Church Revitalization for the AAC and is passionate about helping local congregations better fulfill the Great Commission in our times.
ASIN: B09MYYYM8G
VSKU: PKV.B09MYYYM8G.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Eldredge, Rev. Mark
Binding: Paperback