Lost and Found

Ed Stetzer

Jason Hayes

Richie Stanley

B&H Publishing

Join three seasoned church-ministry experts on an insider’s tour of the most innovative churches today! Discover a dozen types of innovation, each with profiles of congregations that have implemented that innovation. This is more than a show and tell tour, however. Each chapter offers a solid take-away for church leaders on how to learn and apply the appropriate innovation profiled. The authors also offer scripturally-based assessments of both the positive and negatives implications of implementing each innovation, providing guidance and wisdom. There are many ways to present the Gospel, and this timely book will serve as a springboard for church leaders scratching their heads and asking themselves, “What should we do next?” By learning from a dozen different church types, church leaders can become more intentional about exploring new directions and reaching more of the world for Christ.

11 Innovations in the Local Church: How Today's Leaders Can Learn, Discern and Move into the Future

Religion & Spirituality

Elmer Towns

Warren Bird

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Pub Group

5 Sessions For Young AdultsThroughout history, God has always been a sender. After all, He sent us His son, who in turn sends us. With Sent: Living the Missional Nature of the Church, Ed Stetzer issues a call to a new kind of missional living, one that engages culture, enables Christians to live in the world while not being of the world, and motivates the purposeful sharing of the story of Christ. Uncover the meaning of missional and explore where you fit into the overall purpose of the church. * Study Sessions: Introduction: Recovering the meaning of missional * Session 1: God the Sender- Discovering the root of the mission * Session 2: Kingdom Come- Living in the already, but not yet * Session 3: The Church and the Yo-Yo- Looking out versus looking in * Session 4: Culture Clash- Being in but not of the world * Session 5: Living Sent- Taking steps in the right directionPublisher: LifeWay Church ResourcesPub. Date: August 2008

Sent: Living the Missional Nature of the Church

LifeWay Press

Throughout all time, God has been establishing His kingdom on earth. The kingdom of God is advancing even now, and yet much confusion remains regarding it. This Bible study, taken from the parables of Jesus regarding the kingdom, will help churches and individuals understand kingdom dynamics and how they can be involved in furthering God's kingdom in the world. It leads individuals and churches to understand the nature of the kingdom of God and how it leads the church to be a counter culture. (6 sessions)

Subversive Kingdom: Lessons in Rebellion from the Parables of Jesus (Member Book)

LifeWay Christian Resources

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. Ignoring those details, we see fewer lives transformed, Christian influence wane, and churches thin out--a situation that is all too familiar across North America today. It is time to take heart and rework the scorecard. According to Ed Stetzer and Thom S. Rainer, the authors of Transformational Church, "Too often we've highlighted the negative realities of the declining American church but missed the opportunity to magnify the God of hope and transformation." Based on the most comprehensive study of its kind, including a survey of more than 7,000 churches and hundreds of on-site interviews with pastors, Transformational Church takes us to the thriving congregations where truly changing lives is the norm. Stetzer and Rainer clearly confirm the importance of disciple making for all through active biblical engagement and prayerful dependence on God alongside of ever-increasing, intentional participation in mission and ministry activities. As the church engages these issues, the world will see the change: * More people following Christ * More believers growing in their faith * More churches making an impact on their communities The transformation starts now.

Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations

Thom S. Rainer

B&H Books

Lost and Found is written to the church, using often-surprising results from the copious research here to strike another nerve and break some long established assumptions about how to effectively engage the lost. Leading missiologist Ed Stetzer and his associates first offer a detailed investigation of the four younger unchurched types. With a better understanding of their unique experiences, they next clarify the importance each type places on community, depth of content, social responsibility, and making cross-generational connections in relation to spiritual matters. Most valuably, Lost and Found finds the churches that have learned to reach unchurched young adults by paying close attention to those key markers vetted by the research. Their exciting stories will make it clear how your church can bring searching souls from this culture to authentic faith in Christ.

Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches That Reach Them

Rich Stanley

Hovel Audio

Churches committed to following Christ’s example want this world changed for the sake of eternity. While the supernatural piece of making that happen goes without saying, how does a body of believers do its part to be in that “sweet spot” where true spiritual transformation occurs? In Transformational Church, best-selling research authors Ed Stetzer and Thom S. Rainer survey fifty thousand churches—then narrow the scope down to five hundred congregations—for a qualitative answer. Their book, the most comprehensive study of the modern American church to date, contains a wealth of indispensable new data, nuanced insights, and how-to guidance, all centered on this key finding: “Transformational churches make disciples whose lives are being transformed by the gospel, so that people engage the culture around them for its ultimate transformation. Deeply committed to the essential foundations of discipleship (worship, community, and mission), transformational churches practice their faith and make disciples through vibrant leadership, prayerful dependence upon God, and relational intentionality. And they do so paying mind to their unique context and with a missionary mindset.”

Thom Rainer

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