Product Description: They are playing soccer, paying bills, shopping, visiting museums, meeting friends for breakfast. People in your community have a lot of reasons to get up on Sunday morning. But they’re not getting up for church. If you have the courage to join him, Chuck Gutenson will take you on a journey through contemporary America and into the heart of your congregation...read more

Product Description: A voice of encouragement, hope, and compassion for the 10 percent of Americans who identify themselves as former Catholics and the many more who wrestle with their belonging to the church. Fans of Edward Hays's earlier books will recognize themselves or

Gives many first-hand accounts of people leaving the church and their reasons. Following on from an analysis of these reasons, this book begins to develop a realistic pastoral strategy for church growth.

Product Description: From the Outside In is a serious look at how the personality of a church can act as a barrier that keeps it from being a welcome ally in the local community and keeps the community from hearing the gospel and the nature of the Kingdom of God...read more

It's Sunday morning. Where are all the men? Golfing? Playing softball? Watching the tube? Mowing the lawn? Sleeping? One place you won't find them is in church. Less than 40 percent of adults in most churches are men, and 20 to 25 percent of married churchgoing women attend without their husbands. And why are the men who do go to church so bored? Why won't they let God change their hearts? David Murrow's groundbreaking new book reveals why men are the world's largest unreached people group. With eye-opening research and a persuasive grasp on the facts, Murrow explains the problem and offers hope and encouragement to women, pastors, and men. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to the church-it calls the church back to men.

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Offers a look at the author's own pilgrimage away from and back to the church, looking at the church's faults and balancing them against its strengths

Product Description: Book by Hammond, Mary Tuomi (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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