When Church Stops Working
eBook - ePub

When Church Stops Working

A Future for Your Congregation beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

When Church Stops Working

A Future for Your Congregation beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation

About this book

What if the solution for the decline of today's church isn't more money, people, programs, innovation, or busyness?

What if the answer is to stop and wait on God?

In When Church Stops Working, ministry leaders Andrew Root and Blair Bertrand show how actively watching and listening for God can bring life out of death for churches in crisis today. Using clear steps and practices, they invite church leaders to stop the endless cycle of doing more and rather to simply "be" in God's presence.

When Church Stops Working distills the core themes of Root's critically acclaimed Ministry in a Secular Age series in a more accessible form. Leaders and churchgoers who are burned out and hopeless will experience affirmation, encouragement, and empowerment as Root and Bertrand show what "active" waiting looks like and the saving grace it can hold.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. 1. Why Your Church Has a Problem, but It Isn’t What You Think
  10. 2. Busy People, Busy Church—A Killer Cocktail
  11. 3. Stop All the Having and Just Be
  12. 4. It’s Time to Wait, but for What?
  13. 5. Waiting Brings Life, Not a Slow Death
  14. 6. Forget the Mission Statement—Get a Watchword
  15. 7. Out of the Family Basement
  16. 8. Nothing Can Separate You
  17. Notes
  18. Back Cover