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.
Dr. Timothy Robnet has been a senior pastor in Southern California for eleven years and has also been on the boards of Fellowship of Christian Atheletes, Youth for Christ, and the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California. Since 1990, Robnett has served with the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association, where he serves as director of LPA's Next Generation Alliance® ministries. From 1996-2004, Robnett also served as Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Multnomah Biblical Seminary.
A banker for thirty-five years, Allen H. Quist is now an adjunct instructor at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he completed his own M.A. in Pastoral Studies in 1998. Today, Quist serves as a cofounder and director of Ministry Management Seminars, a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping and coaching church leaders on matters of financial management, strategic planning, conflict mediation, leadership refocusing, and church re-birthing.