The spirit-driven church : God's plan for revitalizing your ministry / [print]
Timothy Robnett and Allen H. Quist.
- first edition.
- Colorado Springs, Colorado : Victor, (c)2006.
- 240 pages ; 23 cm.
Part One : who is leading the church? : From death to life -- The pull of conflicting affections -- Discovering a loving and transforming God -- Spiritual leadership -- Part two : Principles of spirit-led leadership and management : Hearing God -- Loving People, not using people -- When God says no -- A good kind of fear -- Helping others deal with fear -- Making tough decisions -- Part Three : A pathway for the Holy Spirit's leadership -- What God has in mind -- planning -- Organizing the team -- Spirit-led implementation : faith in action -- Renewing people and ministry -- Appendix : a pathway for the leading of God's spirit.
Churches are dying in record numbers across America. Much of the Western church has favored human mechanisms and schemes to "fix the problems." Will it simply take the latest trends and more training to breathe life back into these dying churches? No, the alternative is a Spirit-led leadership directed by the One who knows all the options and the best way to go. Methods change, but the Holy Spirit never does. This book is not just for church leaders, but for every church member who knows that the church is failing and wants God to lead them back to a thriving community.