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9781118131305

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Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118131304
ISBN-13
9781118131305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111038592

Product Key Features

Book Title
Better Together : Making Church Mergers Work
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christian Church / Leadership, Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Religion
Author
Jim Tomberlin, Warren Bird
Book Series
Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Ser.
Format
Hardcover

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0.9 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
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Trade
LCCN
2011-047500
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
62
Dewey Decimal
262.2
Table Of Content
About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi Foreword xiii Craig Groeschel Preface xv Part One: The New Merger Landscape 1 1. God Is Doing Something New: Biblical Basis for Mergers 3 2. Four Models for Healthy Mergers 21 3. Missional, Multisite, Multiethnic, and Other Merger Motives 35 Part Two: How Healthy Church Mergers Work 61 4. Stages and Speed of a Merger 63 5. How to Measure Success 77 6. Why Mergers Fail 91 7. Financial and Legal Aspects of a Merger 105 8. Personnel Changes 117 Part Three: Your Next Steps 127 9. Determining Whether Your Church Is a Good Merger Candidate 129 10. How to Start the Merger Conversation 149 11. Self-Assessment for Merger Readiness 161 12. Exercise: Identifying Your Merger Issues 167 13. Managing Pain and Change 177 14. Where Do You Go from Here? 187 Appendixes A. Merger Process Checklist 195 B. Example of Merger Issues to Resolve 198 C. FAQs Example from Bethany-Sun Valley Churches 206 D. FAQs Example from Ginghamsburg Church 216 E. FAQs Example from Woodside Bible Church 220 F . FAQs on Preparing for a Merger Vote 223 G. Churches Named 225 H. Merger Research 229 Acknowledgments 231 Notes 233 The Authors 241 Index 243
Synopsis
Praise for BETTER TOGETHER " Better Together is certain to become the standard reference for churches that see mergers as a strategic tool for kingdom impact. Tomberlin and Bird give us useful language, a helpful guide to the opportunities and challenges of church mergers, and the tools to navigate a successful merger." ANDY STANLEY, senior pastor, North Point Ministries, Alpharetta, Georgia "As part of the Ginghamsburg team that engineered a merger to create a new, thriving, urban congregation, I deeply appreciate the information, inspiration, and practical toolkit in Better Together . It will help your church navigate the pitfalls and potholes that we had to discover the hard way." KAREN SMITH, executive director, Missional Operations, Ginghamsburg Church, Tipp City, Ohio " Better Together will become the go-to book on how to do mergers well the kind of mergers that are about multiplication more than subtraction and expansion more than elimination. Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird provide invaluable help through research, great examples, practical guidance, and helpful language." ED STETZER, president, LifeWay Research; author and blogger, edstetzer.com "As Mars Hill expands, we are experiencing exactly what Tomberlin and Bird are reporting multisite churches have an opportunity to merge with existing churches to multiply gospel effectiveness. This is a very timely and helpful book for our church and many others." MARK DRISCOLL, founding pastor, Mars Hill Church; founder, Resurgence; co-founder, Acts 29 Church Planting Network "Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird are on the front lines of a church world changing so rapidly most of us have a hard time keeping up. Better Together is the best kind of work: based on real-life facts, marked by thoughtful interpretation, and filled with a vision for the beauty and flourishing of the church. This book could open untold doors for your church and ministry." JOHN ORTBERG, senior pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; author, The Me I Want to Be, Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive., 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 but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering with a joining church. In this new book, they provide a complete, practical, hands-on guide for church leaders of both struggling and vibrant churches so that they can understand the issues, develop strategies, and execute a variety of forms of merger for church expansion and renewal to reinvigorate declining churches and give them a "second life."
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BX8.3.T66 2012

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    read before your merger

    Very important information about the legal part of a church merger.

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