Musings on Spiritual Matters

This is the third book by Paul Borden.  I know Paul from a class at Denver Seminary.  He was teaching the class called “How the Nature of the Church Affects Strategies for Ministry.”  The class was excellent.  Some of the class material is found in this book.  This book deals with the role of a denomination in bringing about growth in the local congregations.  Paul is strong in encouraging ministers to be bold enough to lead a congregation in a positive direction.  He highlights how congregations become so internally driven that they die.  One of the best lines is dealing with consumerism.  In church, members are always talking about the consumer mindset of the lost, but in reality the members are no different.  Both groups are consumers, they just want different products.  Also, churches love creating a temporary Camelot, a little group of like minded people, which has little interest in reaching outside of the town.  He does a great job of pushing for growth.  He has been successful with growth as well.  I have personally heard his stories and he does have the ability to get it done.  In the book, he also talks about the need and how he partners with a congregation to bring about positive change and growth.  He helps leaders to get a church back to the mission of God.  If you are looking for a church consultant, he is one of the best.  Though some of this material has little relevance to the churches of Christ, there are some powerful thoughts that will help.

Related posts:

1. Review “Review of “Effectiveness by Numbers”
2. Review of “The Apostolic Congregation”
3. Review of “Hitting the Bullseye”
4. Review of “Deceiving Winds”
5. Review of “PastorPreneur”

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