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Frazee, RandyThe Comeback Congregation The Comeback Congregation by Randy Frazee (Abingdon) is an excellent example of how to organize around your church's mission. Using this model, Frazee took a declining church from around

The Big Idea teaches four huge values I see in so many thriving churches around the country: The value of focusing on one main theme, less it more, team ministries, and planning ahead. 

by Dave and Jon Ferguson This book is chock full of information and not just for church planters or people interested in forming a church planting movement.  It not only not only tells

by Farr Abingdon 2011 This is a decidedly United Methodist book, but that doesn't mean the rest of us can't learn a good bit from their work ... and if you happen to

(Abingdon Press: 1996, 157 pgs. paperback. Available thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320. Few books cause me to cry, but this one did in several places. It is written with "practical passion." It

(Abingdon Press, 1996)160 pages, plus bonus Spreadsheet Disk, $29.95, Paperback. Obtain thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320 or thru 21st Century Strategies, 361/749-5364. This is one of the most complete tools a church