Assaulting the Gates: Aiming All God's People at the Mission Field (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781426702204)

Learn the "Big Picture" approach that will aim your congregation at the mission field in your back yard, or around the world. Many churches want to make the transition from an inward to an outward focus, from catering to the needs of members to reaching out into the world to make disciples of Jesus Christ. Too often they try to accomplish this radical change by taking half steps and partial measures, initiating a new program here or adding a new staff members there. Yet this kind of change requires more. To succeed in changing its core focus this way, a congregation must learn strategic thinking; it must commit itself to seeing the big picture, and to taking the steps necessary to paint that picture afresh. Everyone, including pastors, lay leaders, key teams and groups, and the congregation as a whole must be involved in a process of transformation. Paul D. Borden, author of Hit the Bullseye and Direct Hit, knows that this transformation will not be easy. But if the target is bringing more people into saving relationship with Jesus Christ, what could be more worthwhile?

Author: Paul D. Borden
ISBN-10: 1426702205
ISBN-13: 9781426702204
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 195
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.45w x 0.51d