false 5505723 1 It’s the secret, unspeakable dream shared by every minister. After years of diligent work in an average-sized church, you glance up one Sunday and notice a new family. The next month you notice another. Soon it seems like somebody new arrives almost every week. Suddenly you are the leader of a living, breathing, growing church! <P>Like any roller coaster ride, this one begins with a long, slow ascent. Attendance climbs. Giving climbs. Expectations climb. Of course a few problems crop up along the way, because, as with every other roller coaster, this one has a long and often scary downside. Even as your church continues to climb in every measurable statistic, you, the spiritual leader, may well find yourself in a virtual free-fall as you struggle over how to manage the impact this change will have on your congregation. <P>What can you, as a minister in a growing church, do to survive the pitfalls that lie around the corner? What can you do when the old ways no longer work? 5597393 1 7 2002 Help! Our Church Is Growing: What to Do When the Old Ways No Longer Work (Smyth & Helwys Help! Books) 0 0 0 0 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5505723