Musings on Spiritual Matters

This is one of the better church growth, missional books I have read recently.  This book seems to blend the ideas of positive church growth concepts with the missional focus of the church.  The book has some great ideas for congregational direction and mission.  One concept was “too many goals threatens to make anyone one goal unclear.”  This seems to be the case in too many congregations.  In years past, the idea for church growth was to added program onto program, and some churches followed this method.  The problem was that the churches that were promoting this were already large churches.  A two hundred size congregation does not have the resources or the manpower to accomplish this model for ministry.  Instead of having bunch of goals, focus on one.  The book talks about this need for excellence in one area.

Another wonderful section was concerning the history of church growth to missional.  This was clear and highly helpful.  I could go on about all the wisdom in this text, but really there is too much.  On my Kindle I take notes, and so far this book has the most notes.  There are great illustrations, clear information, and deep quotes.  This book is definitely worth your time in improving and moving your congregation ahead on the mission of God.  Here is one great quote, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up men to gather wood, divide the word, and give orders.  Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”  This book teaches how to do this.

Related posts:

1. Review of “Missional Church”
2. Review of “Introducing the Missional Church”
3. Review of “Taking Your Church to the Next Level”
4. Can You Be “Church Growth” and “Missional”
5. A Quick Review of Phil Sanders Article “The Emerging Church Movement.”

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