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Taking Your Church To The Next Level By McIntosh Gary (Author) Our Price $ 14.95   Retail Value $ 16.99   You Save $ 2.04  (12%)   Item Number 678196   Buy New Item Quantity: 1              2              3              4              5              6              7              8 ABOUT TRUST ONLINE

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	A great introduction to church size barriers  Jan 3, 2010
McIntosh does a great job sharing an overview of church size barriers. While most have shared how the sociology of a congregation affects church size, McIntosh goes further to place the onus on the leader as being the key to seeing a church break its next size barrier. Having planted a congregation that has broken through 3 of the early barriers (75 & 200 & 400), I was interested to learn just how difficult it is for a pastor to adapt their leadership style to lead through the various size barriers. While the book is a well written and easy to digest, it serves only as a primer, and falls short of giving adequate applications of the various leadership styles need to move a church forward. I would highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with a church size barrier in their current setting.
	Helpful overview of the life-cycles and stages of churches  Dec 29, 2009
This book has some really practical advice for churches of all ages and sizes. There's not a lot of in-depth advice for a church at any stage, but some good overall thoughts. The most helpful section dealt with how churches go through life-cycles based on the age of the church. There are plenty of books that deal with growth barriers based on the size of the church, but the age of a church seems to be just as much of an indicator of the likelihood of growth.
	A Great Beginning Book for Size Transitions  Nov 3, 2009
This book was an excellent overview of the transitional aspects of a growing congregation. As a congregation develops in the size of the people attending, the organization of the congregation changes. The methodology of the church at one size point seems to be inadequate to deal with the forces of the larger size. The programs change, the networks change, the minister's roles change, and the planning of the church changes. A congregation will not remain a certain size forever. A church has to make the organizational changes if the church is to continue to be faithful to the great commission of reaching the lost. The dynamics of growth are important to understand. This book gives an overview of each shift. It provides a few ideas to help make each transition, but realistically a person would have to read more specialized resources for whatever transition they are attempting to make. The book is a good introduction to the topic of growth. The information about the 200 barrier was the most important to me. This is one of the first books I would read if you are looking to make the size transition in your congregation.

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