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If It Could Happen Here

Turning the Small-Membership Church Around

by Jeffrey Patton

  • Paperback
  • 136 pages
  • Publisher: Abingdon Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

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For pastors of small churches seeking revitalisation

Challenges the notion that small churches can't grow

You will discover practical ways to inspire your congregation

This book shows how small membership churches can thrive and transform lives.

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Are small membership churches--as the conventional wisdom says--simply places where pastors bide their time while they wait for something better to come along? Are they places where long-standing family relationships are maintained, but little else? Are they places where attendance is dropping, the building is out of date, the programs are boring, and people don't want to change? If you believe this conventional wisdom, then this book is not for you. But if you see small-membership churches, especially those in rural areas, as opportunities for the radical message of Jesus to transform lives and communities, then this is a book you want to read. Jeff Patton knows from firsthand experience as pastor of a small-membership congregation whose life turned around under his leadership that small, rural churches can become explosive centers of witness and mission. In this informative book he describes 6 "levers" for transforming a small membership church : prayer, discerning a clear vision, indigenous worship, growth groups, membership recruitment, and lay pastoring. Includes a foreword by Bill Easum.
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  • Author

    Jeffrey Patton

  • Book Format

    book (details unknown)

  • Publisher

    Abingdon Press

  • Published

    November 2007

  • Weight

    155g

  • Page Count

    136

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780687030330

  • ISBN-10

    0687030331

  • Eden Code

    114204

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