How to Change Your Church

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How to Change Your Church (without killing it)

by Alan Nelson and Gene Appel

Word Publishing

PO Box 141000, Nashville, Tennessee 37214

c2000 353pp Hard Cover

Does your church need change? Every pastor and lay leader finds this to be

a question frequently asked. This prompts an evaluation of the present

situation and raises the question of what, if anything, needs changing. How

are these changes to be made?

The authors, both pastors of large churches, provide food for thought. The

book helps the reader see possible changes and how to go about making them

without destroying what is already in place.

This book is to be used as a tool for leaders. It is based on experience as

well as exhaustive research in the field. It cautions about the methods used

to produce change. Do the changes divide or draw the group together?

Remember always that no change should be made unless God is directing the

change. Prayer and study of scripture are two tools which remain necessary,

especially if change is being contemplated