Your First 120 Days in church Revitalization and Renewal Amazon PageYou are initiating the beginning of your church's effort towards church revitalization. You are to be commended for the willingness to save a church from the pain of loss. There are all types of loses for declining churches. There is the loss of long-time church members who have either moved away or passed on. There is the loss of impact in one's community in which the church was planted to serve. Another loss is the mixture of all ages within your ...
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Your First 120 Days in church Revitalization and Renewal Amazon PageYou are initiating the beginning of your church's effort towards church revitalization. You are to be commended for the willingness to save a church from the pain of loss. There are all types of loses for declining churches. There is the loss of long-time church members who have either moved away or passed on. There is the loss of impact in one's community in which the church was planted to serve. Another loss is the mixture of all ages within your fellowship to what now leans further towards the elderly than the young. But perhaps the biggest loss is when your church has not done anything to bring about renewal and eventually it is given away to a church planter which is stranger because the membership and leadership within the church waited too long to act. As you look in the mirror ask the Lord how you are going to be the catalyst for revitalization in the dear church you serve. Beginning the process of revitalization and renewal is a critical time for the church revitalizer. Whether you realize it or not the clock is ticking and the key decisions you make in your initial one hundred and twenty days is imperative. While you have some time on your side might I encourage you to begin day one displaying to your lay church leaders that you are there to lead them out of their demise and towards a better future. You are there to make a difference and if you do not see yourself up to the task then you should begin developing your exit plan.This book on your first 120 days in church revitalization and renewal is deigned to challenge you to release old and outdated theories and methodologies. We will continue to declare that the early days where you transition into this new role of church revitalizer is critical and challenging. But if you begin well you have established a solid foundation of you as the leader, the team you will employ to help you with renewal, and the success you will have going forward.We should all face it that becoming the leader of a church revitalization effort for the local church is a big challenge. It is a chance for you as the church revitalizer and for the church in need of revitalization to make a fresh start and develop a new vision for a better future. But for you as the one called to lead the church out of decline, it is also a time for intense vulnerability. Making unwise slipups and blunders are missteps you cannot afford at the beginning of your journey. What you do during the opening one hundred and twenty days of your revitalization efforts can either position you for success of jeopardize your leadership which will ultimately lead to failure. This new book seeks to identify for you the potential landmines and potholes you will encounter and show you how to avoid them. It goes without saying but probably needs to be stated nevertheless that you as the church revitalizer need some early wins in order for the majority of the church to follow your leadership. You have been given a great opportunity by the Lord to seize the opportunity to bring renewal to your church. What you do during the first 120 days sets the stage for the impossible dream to become the possible dream of revitalization and renewal. Wrestle with these pages and use them as a guide for initiating church revitalization and renewal.
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