TY - BOOK AU - Rainer,Thom S TI - Who moved my pulpit?: leading change in the church SN - 9781433643880 AV - BV660.R155.W466 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Nashville, Tennessee PB - B and H Publishing Group KW - Clergy KW - Office KW - Christian leadership KW - Electronic books N1 - When the pulpit gets moved --; Five kinds of unmovable church members --; Stop ... and pray --; Confront and communicate a sense of urgency --; Build an eager coalition --; Become a voice and vision for hope --; Deal with people issues --; Move from an inward focus to an outward focus --; Pick low-hanging fruit --; Implement and consolidate change --; Life is short. Make a difference; 2 N2 - Annotation; Who Moved MyPulpit?maynot be the exact question you're asking. But you're certainly asking questions about change in the church--where it's coming from, why it's happening, and how you're supposed to hang on and follow God through it--even get out ahead of itso your church is faithfully meeting its timeless callingand servingthe new opportunities of this age.Based on conversations with thousands of pastors, combined with on-the-ground research from more than 50,000 churches, best-selling author Thom S. Rainer shares an eight-stage roadmap to leading change in your church. Not by changing doctrine. Not by changing biblical foundations. But by changing methodologies and approaches for reaching a rapidly changing culture.You are the pastor. You are the church staff person. You are an elder. You are a deacon. You are a key lay leader in the church.This is the book that will equip you to celebrate and lead change no matter the cost.The time is now ER -