Church Growth and Revival

This isn’t yet another book calling the Church to arise using unrealistic, triumphalist language. Neither is it a critique of everything that is wr...

Church planting is hard work. Planters face a thousand pressures related to leadership, finances, identity, and more. Quick fixes don't produce sus...

Roland Allen was one of the most influential mission thinkers of the twentieth century. As a High Church Anglican, he had great respect and value f...

Many are perplexed by the significant shifts in our world today. Things are changing in politics, economics, and the very fabric of our society. Wi...

The Church is entering a season of change. Together, we need to restore, renew and rebuild to create a more hopeful, faith-filled future – and the ...

We live in a fractured and divided world. Nationalism and political extremism are rife in the church, scandals involving well-known Christian leade...

"What about a dying church brings glory to God? Mark Clifton's convicting answer is ""Nothing."" In Reclaiming Glory

The church faces an unprecedented loss of rising generations. Young adults who were active and engaged in the local church are more frequently leav...

Something is not right. The witness of the church in North America is eroding. Many Christians are alarmed by the decline in church attendance and ...

'Overflow' finds a clear biblical example of a resource church (local churches which exist to influence their region by growing and planting on a r...

Like a mighty army moves the church of God; Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod. We are not divided, all one body we. One in hope ...

Two prominent thought-leaders in church planting and mission express a comprehensive vision for a truly apostolic - that is, mission-sent - future ...

The emerging church movement has quickly become one of the fastest growing ecclesiological phenomena in the west today. But there is still a debate...

How Can Your Church Manage Cultural Change Without Compromising Eternal Truths? Many churches are currently grappling with this question, and this ...

Many church leaders believe that the most effective way to fruitful kingdom ministry is by growing a large church, but what if this big church drea...

Building from a behind-the-scenes case study of Kenya's Nairobi Chapel and its daughter Mavuno Church, Wanjiru M. Gitau expands their story into a ...

This book tells the story of the process of moving to Bournemouth to set up a new church from scratch, on the back of numerous similar failed attem...

This book tells the story of the process of moving to Bournemouth to set up a new church from scratch, on the back of numerous similar failed attem...

Starting a church from scratch? Start here! Launch offers specific strategies for beginning a church with no members, no money, and no staff. Reade...

Church planting is in vogue, yet there is a paucity of sustained biblical and theological reflection on the topic. Key voices are practitioners an...

What is genuine church growth? Is it, at heart, the numerical growth of regular congregations or are there other dimensions and, if so, what are th...

God's Tent Pitched Among Us tells the story of a Fresh Expression of Church developed in parishes in West Northumberland. It shows how small rural ...

No nation on earth has a richer, more colourful, and more long-standing heritage of evangelical awakenings than Scotland - yet most people are unfa...

Finney wrote, "A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God." Charles Finney brought forth God's Word with a boldness and cla...

In this book David Pawson teaches what the Bible says about the life of the early church, and how he sees that being put into practice today.

A complete guide to developing an alternative worship service for the younger emerging generation.

In this classic work of spiritual theology, historian Richard Lovelace presents a history of spiritual renewals in light of biblical models. Drawin...

Research shows that over time, most churches plateau and then eventually decline. Typically, they start strong and experience periods of growth, th...

We live in a culturally diverse society. As the church continues to heed Christ's call to reflect the multiethnic character of his people, pastors ...

A follow-up to the Nantwich Consultation of 1991, 'The Strengthening, Growth and Planting of Local Churches', these are the edited papers of the 19...

The twenty-first century is marked by a renewed emphasis on the missional responsibility of individual Christians and local churches. Churches on M...

Most agree the church needs to change, but how can this be brought about? Innovations and openness to new ideas are all around us, but in the churc...

When Ray Comfort scooped up his tired dog Sam as it ran beside his bike, the animal loved it. So he built a platform on his bike, sat him on it, ad...

Is your church performing at its highest level? Just as a physically healthy person might not actually be fit enough to run a 5K, so churches can ...

Introducing: one young mum, one vicar, two small boys and a call – maybe! – to pioneer a church for young people who don’t do church in Devon.  Bas...

There is hope. God can save your church. In this book, Thom Rainer reveals seven findings of revived churches. Through new research, he figurativel...

What does it mean to be the Church, and how should this show itself in terms of living out the gospel as a parish community? A Community Afire answ...