Taking your church to the next level
Subtitle: what got you here won't get you there
By: Gary L. McIntosh.
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780801091988
Subjects: Church growth; Church renewal
Description: "Taking Your Church to the Next Level explains the impact of age and size on churches and outlines the improvements that must be made at each point for a church to remain fruitful and faithful to its mission. McIntosh deftly describes the cycles of fruitfulness and the importance of continual improvement to diminish destructive forces that keep a congregation from its mission." -- backcover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What got you here won't get you there; title: Part I: Congregational life cycles; title: St. John's syndrome; title: The emerging church; title: The growing church; title: The consolidating church; title: The declining church; title: The dying church; title: Leading through the stages; title: Growing through the stages; title: Part II: Church size stages; title: Step up to the next level; title: The relational church : 15 to 200 worshipers; title: The managerial church : 200 to 400 worshipers; title: The organizational church : 400 to 800 worshipers; title: The centralized church : 800 to 1,500 worshipers; title: The decentralized church : 1,500-plus worshipers; title: Part III: Choice points; title: Growth and decline : size matters; title: Reaching your growth point.