| Your Church Can Thrive Contributor(s): Percy, Harold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0687022568 ISBN-13: 9780687022564 Publisher: Abingdon Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: The author describes the four main groups of people churches can reach with their ministries: those in the pews, those who walk in, friends and family of current members, and those who live in the neighborhood. He then provides short-term steps and long-term strategies for reaching out to these groups, drawing them into the church, and helping them grow into disciples of Jesus Christ. "Your Church Can Thrive helps readers focus the development of the ministries and programs of the church on those whom the church is trying to reach. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - Growth - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring |
| Dewey: 254.5 |
| LCCN: 2003016755 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How is your church going to grow? Will it grow by fine-tuning worship, the preaching, the Christian education programs, and the like? Or will it grow by making strategic assessments of the people it is most likely to reach and focusing the ministries of the church on the goal of offering the gospel to those people? In this brief, practical book Harold Percy helps congregations answer these critical questions about their mission and ministry. After assisting the reader with the crucial issue of motivation, Percy lays out the four main groups of people that any congregation can and should seek out: 1. Those in the pews; 2. Those who walk in; 3. Friends and family of current members; 4. Those who live in the neighborhood. Percy argues that these four types of people represent the congregation's best opportunity to lead people to become committed disciples of Jesus Christ. He offers solid, easy-to-follow advice on how churches can understand the needs of these groups and reach out to them. |