Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation (Hardcover )

Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation Book Description

Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and AssimilationFindings from a national study to improve membershipclasses and to motivate current members into activeministryHow do churches move members---both old and new---into ministry? Many church staff and lay leaders knowthey need to start new member classes as a point of entryinto their churches but don't know how. This book isbased on a national study of effective churches andshows how growing churches implement new memberclasses and motivate their members into ministry.Membership Matters is designed to be a guide forchurch leaders wanting to start or improve a membershipclass. It includes models for classes and examplesof resources such as church covenants, class schedules, and lesson outlines. It also gives direction on motivatinguninvolved members to participate in ministry. Onechapter chronicles an ongoing discussion among pastorsof growing churches that are effectively motivatingmembers to do ministry.

About the Author :

Jr Charles E Lawless has contributed to Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation as an author. Lawless is associate professor and senior associate dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions.

Chuck Lawless has contributed to Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation as an author. Chuck Lawless is professor and senior associate dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor for almost twenty years, and is the author of Spiritual Warfare: Biblical Truth for Victory, Discipled Warriors: Healthy Churches Winning Spiritual Warfare, Making Disciples through Mentoring, Serving in Your Church's Prayer Ministry, and Eating the Elephant. Dr. Lawless speaks extensively around the country.

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