Beyond Church Growth: Action Plans for Developing a Dynamic Church

by Robert E. Logan

What goals has your leadership team set for your church's future? A 20% increase in your attendance? To double your present membership? What about planting new churches in neighboring communities and beyond? Based on God's vision for churches in Matthew 28:18-20, Robert Logan presents sound methods for making disciples, winning the lost for Christ, and planting new churches. He introduces ten principles for church growth, taking you through the action steps necessary for implementing each one and providing the means for evaluation and correction. Robert Logan extends to you this "If we take seriously the message of Ephesians 3, here's the exciting Our cup can never be too large to contain the blessing that God is able to pour upon us. The promise is that God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine." Take God at His Word. Ask Him for a new vision for the ministry He's given you. Then watch God work as never before as He leads you BEYOND CHURCH GROWTH.

222 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Dr. Robert E. Logan has well over thirty years of ministry experience, including church planting, pastoring, consulting, coaching, and speaking. Bob has seen a great deal, yet remains on the cutting edge of ministry as he is currently planting an organic, missional network of churches in Los Angeles. Bob earned his DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary. Current favorite ministries include volunteering in a recovery community, and helping lead a house-church gathering.

Reviews

[Ronnie]

The structure and frame work of the book is very good. The book focuses on finding measurable results, being organized, surveying people in the community as well as members and having a vision for the church. My philosophy of ministry is just so very different from the author that it was difficult to get through the book. The author basically is designing the church for the unchurched. This makes little sense to me as you don't design things for the least interested. You don't take fighting out of hockey to get more people into hockey because you will lose your core fans. I believe you lien into your core fans and allow them to grow the church. My favorite example is connor mcgregor who didn't stop being Irish to get more fans he leaned into his Irish fan base. I think you see this clearly with Jesus who focused on the twelve and told parables so that other people who weren't his core constituents wouldn't get it. Jesus often pushed the crowds away with hard saying and retreated to his disciples. My favorite section of the book was cell groups although I would have a lot less structure in those in terms of meeting weekly or what they had to cover and a lot more depending on leaders to disciple for longer periods of time. My least favorite was the worship chapter and the line "New hopes goal in worship is to inspire unchurched people in a way that they have met with God. " page 76 I just can't get that the goal of worship is geared towards those who don't know God. How do you worship someone or something you are unfamilar with. The good for me in this book was my own philosophy of ministry is strong as I believe the role of the church is to bring people to maturity in christ. I don't think spiritual gifts are just our natural abilities and the most important line in the great commission is teaching them to observe all I have commanded you.