Hit the Bullseye
How Denominations Can Aim Congregations at the Mission Field
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This book explores the significant turnaround of a middle-level administration of justice within a Protestant denomination, offering hope that similar transformations can occur elsewhere. While it does not provide direct advice, it emphasizes foundational principles, new strategies, and specific tactics that can inspire change in unique contexts. It presents a candid examination of denominational life, leadership, and vision, proposing new paradigms for local churches and national denominational life. With approximately 400,000 churches in the U.S., many face challenges of stagnation and decline. Critics often highlight these issues without offering practical solutions. However, this book poses a series of "what if" questions about revitalizing churches and leading congregations toward spiritual renewal. It showcases the American Baptist Churches of the West, which have transformed a plateaued region into a model of health and growth through biblical strategies and courageous leadership in under five years. The hope is that denominational leaders and pastors will learn from this example and adapt these successes to their own contexts, sparking a movement of renewal across churches and denominations. This vision encourages readers to embrace the possibility of transformation and to ask, “Why not?” as they embark on their own journeys of renewal.
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Hit the Bullseye, Paul D. Borden
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- Année de publication
- 2003
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- Hit the Bullseye
- Sous-titre
- How Denominations Can Aim Congregations at the Mission Field
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Paul D. Borden
- Éditeur
- Abingdon Press
- Publié
- 2003
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0687043719
- ISBN13
- 9780687043712
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Thèmes religieux, Thèmes chrétiens, Théologie, Leadership, Inspiration, Vie chrétienne, Éthique, Théologie chrétienne
- Description
- This book explores the significant turnaround of a middle-level administration of justice within a Protestant denomination, offering hope that similar transformations can occur elsewhere. While it does not provide direct advice, it emphasizes foundational principles, new strategies, and specific tactics that can inspire change in unique contexts. It presents a candid examination of denominational life, leadership, and vision, proposing new paradigms for local churches and national denominational life. With approximately 400,000 churches in the U.S., many face challenges of stagnation and decline. Critics often highlight these issues without offering practical solutions. However, this book poses a series of "what if" questions about revitalizing churches and leading congregations toward spiritual renewal. It showcases the American Baptist Churches of the West, which have transformed a plateaued region into a model of health and growth through biblical strategies and courageous leadership in under five years. The hope is that denominational leaders and pastors will learn from this example and adapt these successes to their own contexts, sparking a movement of renewal across churches and denominations. This vision encourages readers to embrace the possibility of transformation and to ask, “Why not?” as they embark on their own journeys of renewal.