Church Growth
 | Church in the Making by Ben Arment Paper Over Board: $17.99 Coming April 2010 Nearly eighty percent of all new churches fail, leaving countless discouraged church planters wondering why. Ben Arment answers their question with Church in the Making by identifying and expanding on three God ordained conditions that make for a successful church plant even before the doors open:Good Ground – just as... read more |
 | Comeback Churches by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $17.99 Research shows that over time, most churches plateau and then eventually decline. Typically, they start strong and experience periods of growth, then stagnate and lose members. Since 1991, the North American population has increased by 15 percent while the number of "unchurched" people has increased by 92 percent. Large church houses that... read more |
 | The Incredible Shrinking Church By Frank Page Trade Paper: $14.99 Who can save the incredible shrinking church? Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) president Frank Page enters the booming church growth book market from a fresh angle, writing from his own experience in leadership positions at several houses of worship that soon turned around on what had looked like a path of irreversible decline.Page’s... read more |
 | InnovateChurch Edited by Jonathan Falwell Trade Paper: $14.99 Based on a new ministry conference and Web initiative of the same name, innovatechurch gathers expert advice from a who’s-who of next generation church leaders keenly determined to uphold never-changing truth in an ever-changing world.These eight esteemed contributors write two chapters each about their field of expertise... read more |
 | Multi-Site Churches by Scott McConnell Trade Paper: $16.99 Based on research of forty congregations that have grown by opening one or more additional worship locations, Multi-Site Churches provides the next generation of believers interested in this same type of growth with practical insights about how and when to proceed. Common practices and mistakes to avoid are clearly explained, and first-person... read more |
 | Spin-Off Churches by Rodney Harrison, Tom Cheyney and Don Overstreet Trade Paper: $24.99 The past two decades in Christendom have brought forth a proliferation of books about church planting. One denomination (Southern Baptist) has even set a goal to start fifty thousand new churches over the next twenty year period. But what’s missing toward that end is a solid resource that specifically defines how one established church can... read more |
 | Transformational Church by Ed Stetzer and Thom S. Rainer Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $22.99 Coming June 2010 How are we doing? The church, that is. And how are we doing it? Congregations have long measured success by "bodies, budget, and buildings"--a certain record of attendance, the offering plate, and square footage. But the scorecard can't stop there. When it does, the deeper emphasis on accountability, discipleship, and spiritual maturity is lost.... read more |