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The Big Idea: Focus the Message--Multiply the Impact
Community Christian Church embraced the Big Idea and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many 'little ideas' that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don't insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus' mission. Why? Because people's heads are swimming with too many little ideas, far...more
Paperback, 198 pages
Published
January 30th 2007
by Zondervan Publishing Company
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Great and challenging thoughts throughout. You are challenged with practical how to do this, what does it look like stuff all throughout. The ideas are simple, but profound, and as you think about it, just as BIG as the title suggests. Great for church leaders serious about being effective communicators and organizations.
Pretty good, it definitely gave a vivid picture of where creative planning could go on a grand scale. In most settings it could be implemented on a smaller scale and still pay huge dividends. The authors present a great vision for getting all the segments of a church on the same page and building a cohesive strategy.
This was a book I picked up because the title was a phrase that has often come up in conversations related to the emerging vision of my church. In all, the book offers some great insider information to a certain way of generating the week-to-week sermon & lesson materials that not only creates a wonderful teaching environment for the congregants/attenders - but in the end also creates an empowering environment for those that are part of the pastoral team.
Once the writer created the WHY throu...more
Once the writer created the WHY throu...more
One of the simplest biblical tools I came to know, and at the same time one of the best creative method to build alignment in a church or church network. Well put and explained with a practical twist at every page. Love it and use it
Great book! What I learned :: too many ideas introduced throughout the week (Sunday morning, kids environments, small groups, etc) water down the impact of the timeless truths. Focus energy on communicating one clear idea at a time. Teach less for more! Encouraged us to change the format of small group material selection. We are encouraging our small group leaders to use discussion questions related to Sunday's message instead of introducing a new topic/study.
A worth-while read. Lots of valuable nuggets of information among the overall strategy of having a "Big Idea" church.
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Good book with some good ideas.
READ JAN 2012
Excellent resource for anyone seeking to develop integrated ministry, especially involving multi-site locations.
Excellent resource for anyone seeking to develop integrated ministry, especially involving multi-site locations.
Apr 24, 2008
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Just started reading this book, only through the first chapter but I love it already. It puts so many things into perspective, and explains what "The Big Idea" is very well. Explains the direction of ONE*! A must read to appreciate the vision!
Just remember, this is VERY prescriptive... use the ideas that drive the "Big Idea"; the steps and or results may look nothing like what this church does...
This was a helpful and practice book for learning how to preach with a team. I am still trying to impliment it but it was excellent.
Fantastic concepts. Helps me re-think what i am saying and is it a part of the big idea.
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