Helping the Small Church Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance
Ebook
Overview
The heart behind any revitalization effort is to see the church reach the community and new people with the gospel. It should not be about membership, tithing, or even more people in the pews. Those will come if the church is willing to prepare for guests for the greater good of the community. There is no silver bullet in winning and keeping new guests, but may you find strategies in this resource that will make you think about what more you could do to prepare, retain, and invite guests into the local church.
Today’s church leaders have faced more unique obstacles than church leaders have in more than a generation; this can be overwhelming. Barrett encourages his readers not to waste time wishing things were different, but with clarity and practicality, to trust God for a better future. Healthy church leadership is rooted in personal relationships moving forward together as they grow deeper in their walk with Jesus Christ. Barrett reflects this on every page, encouraging church leaders to prepare and keep guests as a tool to rebound from decline.
——J. Matthew Shamblin, senior pastor, Rose Hill Baptist Church
Helping the Small Church Win Guests helps the average size church look in the mirror to see how things are and helps them reimagine areas within the church that might need to be changed. Every leader in the church should read this book and ask God what changes need to be made in the local church to thrive in the future!
——David Ludwig, associate director of church health and discipleship, Baptist Resource Network
- Title: Helping the Small Church Win Guests: Preparing to Increase Attendance
- Authors: Desmond Barrett, Tom Cheyney
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 116
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385212101, 9798385212095, 9798385212088
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385212101
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T17:47:33Z
Desmond Barrett is the lead pastor at Winter Haven Nazarene in Winter Haven, Florida. He is a podcast host of Revitalizing the Declining Church with Dr. Desmond Barrett, has done extensive research in the area of church revitalization, and serves as church revitalizer, consultant, coach, and mentor to revitalizing pastors and churches.
He is a graduate of Nazarene Bible College (bachelor of ministry) and Trevecca Nazarene University (master of organizational leadership and doctor of education in leadership and professional practice).