Drawing on his experience at Prince of Peace, Foss makes the case for transforming congregations from a membership model to a discipleship model of church affiliation. The book begins with a careful analysis of recent patterns in church membership/demographics which argue for this paradigm shift.

Subsequent chapters detail the unique leadership and organisational needs of a discipleship model; explore the building and maintaining of fundamental trust, in God and in His people, as the cornerstone of the model; and provide practical helps for assessing the present and strategies for moving into the future.