Scrappy Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scrappy Church write by Thom S. Rainer. This book was released on 2018-09-25. Scrappy Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How many times have we heard these statements… “We can’t compete with the megachurch in our town!” “A new church was started two blocks from us. We’ve got plenty of churches without them!” “The church brought another one of their campuses near us. It’s totally unethical what they are doing.” “We can’t reach young families. They all go to the big church that has all the children’s and student stuff.” “We don’t have the money or the people the other churches have.” Bestselling author Thom S. Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has heard comments like these hundreds, if not thousands, of times. They are statements of hopelessness. They are statements of despair. They are statements of defeat. Church leaders don’t want to feel this way. They desire to break out of the mediocrity of the same, lame, and tame existence of their churches. They want their churches to make a difference. There is hope. God’s hope. God’s possibilities. What does a scrappy church look like? Let’s take a look together.
Autopsy of a Deceased Church
Autopsy of a Deceased Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Autopsy of a Deceased Church write by Thom S. Rainer. This book was released on 2014. Autopsy of a Deceased Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Best-selling author of Simple Church and the runaway hit I am a Church Member, Thom Rainer uses his twenty-five years of experience helping churches grow and reverse the trends of decline to expose twelve lessons on how to keep your church alive!
I Am a Church Member
I Am a Church Member - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Am a Church Member write by Thom S. Rainer. This book was released on 2013-05. I Am a Church Member available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is impossible to grow to spiritual maturity by yourself. You must be connected to the other parts of the Body. This wonderful little book explains the power of belonging to a church family.
Becoming a Welcoming Church
Becoming a Welcoming Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming a Welcoming Church write by Thom S. Rainer. This book was released on 2018-03-01. Becoming a Welcoming Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most church members don't see their churches clearly. In almost all of Thom S. Rainer's consultations, church members perceive their church to be friendly. But as he surveyed guests, he found that the guests typically saw church members as unfriendly. The perception chasm existed because the members were indeed friendly . . . to one another. The guests felt like they crashed a private party. Bestselling author Thom Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has a game plan for churches to become more hospitable. In a format that is suitable for church members to read individually or study together, Rainer guides readers toward a practical framework for making a difference for those who visit their church. Churches may use Becoming a Welcoming Church to assess and audit where they are on a spectrum between welcoming and wanting. Additionally, churches can use the companion book We Want You Here to send guests home with a compelling vision for what pastors want every guest to know when they visit.
Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them
Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them write by Thom S. Rainer. This book was released on 2009-08-08. Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We’ve read all the hot books on evangelism, we’ve attended scores of seminars—and still we’re not reaching the unchurched. Eighty to ninety percent of churchless Americans will never darken our culturally relevant, seeker-sensitive doors. What are we missing?Maybe we’ve been asking the wrong people. Instead of consulting the unchurched masses, it’s time we heard what the small but important minority who have recently begun attending a church have to say. What made the difference for them? What critical factors helped spark their faith in Jesus and drew them into the community of believers?Thom S. Rainer, dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, shares the results and conclusions of his school’s groundbreaking survey of the formerly unchurched. At last, here are proven insights into what evangelistically effective churches are doing right. Flying in the face of much contemporary wisdom, the answers will surprise you.This is truly one of the most valuable resources you can own as a church leader. Filled with charts, graphs, and other visual aids, plus an abundance of true-life accounts, this book explodes common myths about the unchurched. You’ll discoverWhy pastors and doctrinal preaching are criticalThe enormous influence of family and relationships Which things matter more than we’d thought, and which matter lessWhat causes visitors to returnThe traits of unchurched-reaching leadersHow to preach effectively to the unchurchedHow to become a church for the unchurchedAnd much, much moreThis eye-opening compendium of information includes reproducible appendices that can help you fine-tune or even restructure your church. From one of the nations foremost authorities on evangelism and church growth, here are insights and tools that will change the way you think of and deal with--and win--unchurched men and women who long to connect with God.Photocopyable material includesUnchurched-Reaching Readiness InventoryChurch Health Survey
