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How to Break Growth Barriers

Revise Your Role, Release Your People, and Capture Overlooked Opportunities for Your Church

by Warren Bird, Carl George ...

Some churches grow rapidly, only to hit a ceiling. Other churches have experienced declining or static attendance--many of them for decades. Frustrated pastors and church leaders want growth methods that work, but without adding to pastoral fatigue.How to Break Growth Barriers argues that growth comes when effective leadership and lay-empowerment skills work hand in hand. This requires a shift of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Some churches grow rapidly, only to hit a ceiling. Other churches have experienced declining or static attendance--many of them for decades. Frustrated pastors and church leaders want growth methods that work, but without adding to pastoral fatigue.How to Break Growth Barriers argues that growth comes when effective leadership and lay-empowerment skills work hand in hand. This requires a shift of
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Hero Maker

Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders

by Dave Ferguson, Warren Bird ...

Narrated by Mark Smeby, John Behrens, Gabe Wicks ...

Series series Exponential Series
Unabridged

6 hours 17 min

In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:activate the gifts of those around youhelp ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:activate the gifts of those around youhelp
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Becoming a Future-Ready Church

8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders

by Daniel Yang, Adelle M. Banks, Warren Bird ...

Series series Exponential Next
Are Church Leaders Missing the Generational Handoff? There's Still Hope.Are we building institutions that will meaningfully serve the next generation of believers and their leaders?How does a church thrive in a culture where we have to earn credibility?How do we create a sense of belonging to the body of Christ and a strong sense of identity for the next generation?Becoming a Future-Ready Church ... Read more

$10.99 USD

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Are Church Leaders Missing the Generational Handoff? There's Still Hope.Are we building institutions that will meaningfully serve the next generation of believers and their leaders?How does a church thrive in a culture where we have to earn credibility?How do we create a sense of belonging to the body of Christ and a strong sense of identity for the next generation?Becoming a Future-Ready Church
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Hero Maker

Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders

by Dave Ferguson, Warren Bird ...

Series series Exponential Series
In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:activate the gifts of those around youhelp ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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In Hero Maker, you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provide strategies for how you can:activate the gifts of those around youhelp
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Liquid Church

6 Powerful Currents to Saturate Your City for Christ

by Tim Lucas, Warren Bird ...

In today's fluid culture, many churches are adrift--longing to reach spiritually thirsty people, but failing to make an impact. Have you noticed?Congregations are stuck or declining.Millennials and Gen Z are walking away.Volunteers and their generosity are drying up.Is your city, town, or neighborhood spiritually dry? Do you long to see more of the living water of Jesus flowing freely through your ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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In today's fluid culture, many churches are adrift--longing to reach spiritually thirsty people, but failing to make an impact. Have you noticed?Congregations are stuck or declining.Millennials and Gen Z are walking away.Volunteers and their generosity are drying up.Is your city, town, or neighborhood spiritually dry? Do you long to see more of the living water of Jesus flowing freely through your
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Better Together

Making Church Mergers Work

by Jim Tomberlin, Warren Bird ...

Series Book 62 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series
Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches ... Read more

$18.00 USD

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Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches
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Teams That Thrive

Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership

by Ryan T. Hartwig, Warren Bird ...

Readers' Choice Award WinnerOutreach Magazine's Resources of the YearIt's increasingly clear that leadership should be shared—for the good of any organization and for the good of the leader. Many churches have begun to share key leadership duties, but don't know how to take their leadership team to the point where it thrives. Others seriously need a new approach to leadership: pastors are tired, ... Read more

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Readers' Choice Award WinnerOutreach Magazine's Resources of the YearIt's increasingly clear that leadership should be shared—for the good of any organization and for the good of the leader. Many churches have begun to share key leadership duties, but don't know how to take their leadership team to the point where it thrives. Others seriously need a new approach to leadership: pastors are tired,
... Read more
Better Together

Making Church Mergers Work - Expanded and Updated

by Jim Tomberlin, Warren Bird ...

Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact?In Better Together, Expanded and Updated: Making Church Mergers Work, church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin and award-winning writer Warren Bird ... Read more

$20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact?In Better Together, Expanded and Updated: Making Church Mergers Work, church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin and award-winning writer Warren Bird
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Unleashing the Word

Rediscovering the Public Reading of Scripture

by Max McLean, Warren Bird ...

Modern society is awash in words. An auditory tidal wave cascades from our televisions, radios, media players, and the Internet. Today’s distracted worshippers often feel spiritually shortchanged when the Scriptures are spoken without passion and power. This lively and encouraging resource is the collaboration of a gifted Bible narrator and a mentor to church leaders. In it they show how churches ... Read more

$9.49 USD

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Modern society is awash in words. An auditory tidal wave cascades from our televisions, radios, media players, and the Internet. Today’s distracted worshippers often feel spiritually shortchanged when the Scriptures are spoken without passion and power. This lively and encouraging resource is the collaboration of a gifted Bible narrator and a mentor to church leaders. In it they show how churches
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God Dreams

12 Vision Templates for Finding and Focusing Your Church's Future

by Will Mancini, Warren Bird ...

Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

Is your team excited about the next big dream for your church? You are a visionary leader and your church probably has a vision statement. Yet most churches are stuck in a trap of generic communication without a truly visionary plan. Just like a visionary restaurant needs a more specific focus than “serving food,” a visionary church needs something more than biblical generalizations like “loving ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Is your team excited about the next big dream for your church? You are a visionary leader and your church probably has a vision statement. Yet most churches are stuck in a trap of generic communication without a truly visionary plan. Just like a visionary restaurant needs a more specific focus than “serving food,” a visionary church needs something more than biblical generalizations like “loving
... Read more
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The Resilience Factor

A Step-by-Step Guide to Catalyze an Unbreakable Team

by Warren Bird, Léonce B. Crump, Ryan T. Hartwig ...

Narrated by Léonce B. Crump ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Want to unleash the "remarkable" in your team?The potential of a team of God-inspired, talented, committed people is boundless. But without resilience—including the savvy and skill to get up again (and again) when the going gets tough—teams simply cannot thrive or lead well. Resilience is what sets great leaders and teams apart from those that literally fall apart. It's what's missing when great ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Want to unleash the "remarkable" in your team?The potential of a team of God-inspired, talented, committed people is boundless. But without resilience—including the savvy and skill to get up again (and again) when the going gets tough—teams simply cannot thrive or lead well. Resilience is what sets great leaders and teams apart from those that literally fall apart. It's what's missing when great
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The Multi-Site Church Revolution

Being One Church in Many Locations

by Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, Warren Bird ...

Narrated by Rob Lamont ...

Series series Leadership Network Innovation Series
Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

Fueled by a desire to reach people for Christ, a revolution is underway. Churches are growing beyond the limitations of a single service in one building. Expanding the traditional model, they are embracing the concept of one church with more than one site: multiple congregations sharing a common vision, budget, leadership, and board. Drawing from the examples of churches nationwide, The Multi-Site ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Fueled by a desire to reach people for Christ, a revolution is underway. Churches are growing beyond the limitations of a single service in one building. Expanding the traditional model, they are embracing the concept of one church with more than one site: multiple congregations sharing a common vision, budget, leadership, and board. Drawing from the examples of churches nationwide, The Multi-Site
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