Here Today, There Tomorrow: Unleashing Your Church’s Potential

by Gary L. McIntosh

Publisher:

WPH

, 2010

Overview

Church leaders are frustrated. Larger churches are bogged down by the weight of their own organizations, and smaller churches struggle with an inability to get things moving.

Veteran leadership expert Gary L. McIntosh provides help to leaders of churches, regardless of size, who struggle to create workable plans to move their congregations forward. This book identifies the best practices on how to assess the unique identity of a church and design a plan for its future.

Loaded with case studies, resources, and chapter-by-chapter action plans, this practical resource contains everything a pastor needs to understand the planning process; identify the churches mission, values, and goals; and put it all together in a plan that works in the local setting.

Whether you are just beginning or are a veteran of the ministry, Here Today, There Tomorrow: Unleashing Your Church’s Potential is the perfect guide for improving the quality, focus, and effectiveness of your ministry. With the Logos edition of Here Today, There Tomorrow: Unleashing Your Church’s Potential you have easy access to Scripture texts, along with a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Hovering over Scripture references links you instantly to the verse you’re looking for, and with passage guides and a wealth of other tools from Logos, you can get into God’s Word and discover biblical insights on church leadership like never before.

Key Features

• Provides tools to assess a church’s identity and plan its future
• Includes case studies, resources, and chapter-by-chapter action plans
• Offers pastors and church leaders a practical planning process for church development

Contents

• Get on Board
• Move Forward
• On the Beaten Path
• Take Five
• Team Together
• Look Around
• Reach Out
• Keep It Fresh
• Plan for Change
• What We Do: Mission
• What We See: Vision
• What We Believe: Values
• What We Achieve: Goals
• The Planning Gap
• Build Your Dream House

Top Highlights

“Planning is no more than an attempt to understand the will of God for our church and respond to it by our actions” (Page 24)

Product Details

• Title: Here Today, There Tomorrow: Unleashing Your Church’s Potential
• Author: Gary L. McIntosh
• Publisher: Wesleyan Publishing House
• Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 224

About Gary L. McIntosh

Gary L. McIntosh (PhD, DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president of the Church Growth Network and distinguished affiliate professor of Christian ministry and leadership at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is an internationally known speaker and church consultant who has written many books, including Biblical Church Growth, Beyond the First Visit, What Every Pastor Should Know, Growing God's Church, Building the Body, and The 10 Key Roles of a Pastor. He lives in California.