Turning Insights into Actions

The very best research on congregational life reaches this simple conclusion: Highly effective congregations have leaders with the key attribute of an unrelenting, uncompromising focus and drive to help grow people into disciples of Christ.

My conclusion is that the old traditional churches have a Spiritual problem, spelled with a capital S for Spirit. We have not paid enough attention to the Holy Spirit, who is Christ’s Spirit with us now. I propose 8 recommendations for what pastors and church leaders can do to regain vitality in their congregations.

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