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Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around And Yours Can Too Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around And Yours Can Too


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by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson

Research shows that over time most congregations plateau and then eventually decline. Church growth experts Stetzer and Dodson explain why and show you how to revive a body of believers. Learn the importance of lighting a spiritual fire; intentional evangelism; making disciples; forming small groups; and take-risk leadership--- and watch your pews fill up again!

BOOK REVIEWS—

"According to Leadership journal, “85 percent of churches in the United States have plateaued or declining attendance.” That is approximately 340,000 churches. I am not worried for two reasons. First, I know that God wants churches to grow. Second, God has provided plenty of tools to help churches grow.

One of those tools is Comeback Churches by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson. This book identifies five crucial issues in revitalizing your church: leadership, vibrant faith, lay ministry, intentional evangelism, and celebrative but orderly worship.

Church revitalization requires strong, change-oriented leadership from pulpit and pew. To make a comeback, your church needs the right people in the right jobs doing the right things.

Leadership is not everything. Members of comeback churches must also have faith characterized by a personal commitment to Jesus and the church’s mission, a servant’s attitude, and strategic prayer.

In revitalized churches pastors have limited roles and invite laity to exercise their God-given ministries. The entire church is involved in intentional evangelism, gradually incorporating unbelievers into the community, and then into the faith.

Finally, comeback churches have celebrative but orderly worship services. More often than not, their musical style is contemporary, and they do everything with excellence.

Read Comeback Churches and you will discover that your church’s best days are still ahead of you."

George P. Wood - pastor, Living Faith Center, Santa Barbara, California. (Review appears in the Spring 2008 Enrichment Journal)

“Finally, a book that brings together the knowledge of the scholar, the information of the researcher, the experience of the practitioner and the heart of the pastor! Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson have provided a powerful tool for leaders who want to help their churches become missional but just don’t know where to start. This book is wonderfully balanced between the spiritual, biblical, strategic and practical. One of the most powerful features of the book is the use of comeback stories from leaders that most pastors have never heard of, yet most pastors can relate to. Frustrated leaders will come away from this book with renewed hope and a workable plan to lead their church toward robust life and community transformation. I hope that every pastor leading a church that is currently experiencing plateau or decline will read this book and apply its principles!”

Steve M. Pike - Assemblies of God Division of U.S. Missions

Chapters include:
Chapter 0: Foundations
Chapter 1: Why Consider Becoming a Comeback Church?
Chapter 2: Rising with Leadership
Chapter 3: Three Faith Factors
Chapter 4: Worship and Preaching Matters
Chapter 5: Intentional and Strategic Church Evangelism
Chapter 6: Connecting People to Spiritual Maturity
Chapter 7: Motivating and Mobilizing People Out of the Pews
Chapter 8: Connecting People through Small Groups
Chapter 9: Other Comeback Factors
Chapter 10: Comeback Change Agents: New or Renewed Leaders
Chapter 11: 10 Most Common Transformations for Comeback Churches
Chapter 12: Making a Comeback—Top Factors and Biggest Challenges
Chapter 13: Comeback Conclusions

Hard. 224 pages.
 

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