Deep & wide
Subtitle: creating churches unchurched people love to attend
By: Andy Stanley
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780310494843
Subjects: Non-church-affiliated people; Hospitality; Christianity; Church marketing
Other titles: Deep and wide
Description: With surprising candor and transparency pastor Andy Stanley explains how one of America's largest churches began with a high-profile divorce and a church split. But that's just the beginning. Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutely love to attend. Andy writes, "Our goal is to create weekend experiences so compelling and helpful that even the most skeptical individuals in our community would walk away with every intention of returning the following week, with a friend!" Later he says, "I want people to fall in love with the Author of Scripture. And while we can't make anyone fall in love, we can certainly arrange a date." For the first time, Andy explains his strategy for preaching and programming to "dual audiences": mature believers and cynical unbelievers. He argues that preaching to dual audiences doesn't require communicators to "dumb down" the content. According to Stanley, it's all in the approach. You'll be introduced to North Point's spiritual formation model: The Five Faith Catalysts. Leaders responsible for ministry programing and production will no doubt love Andy's discussion of the three essential ingredients for creating irresistible environments. For pastors willing to tackle the challenge of transitioning a local congregation, Andy includes a section entitled: Becoming Deep and Wide. If your team is more concerned with who you are reaching than who you are keeping, Deep & Wide will be more than a book you read; it will be a resource you come back to over and over! - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Section one : My story : starting up and starting over; title: Not all that deep; title: Family matters; title: Section two : Our story : Walking toward the messes; title: Words matter; title: Just as I ain't; title: Defying gravity; title: Section three : Going deep : rethinking spiritual formation; title: My big discovery; title: Playing my part; title: From out of nowhere; title: Section four : Going wide : why they love to attend; title: Creating irresistible environments; title: Rules of engagement; title: Double-barrel preaching; title: Section five : Becoming deep and wide : transitioning a local church; title: Coming to blows with the status quo; title: Mission and model; title: Led to lead; title: Conclusion : What if?; title: Appendixes; title: North Point survey cards and results sample; title: Starting Point ministry description; title: Measurable ministry wins; title: North Point's mission, strategy, and beliefs; title: North Point Community Church charter members