Loren Mead, More Than Numbers: the Way Churches Grow. Alban Institute, 1993. Referenced in: Congregational Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary This text on church development and renewal that has enjoyed wide use among both Evangelicals and Protestants. It is a healthy challenge to our obsession with numerical growth, and while respectful of that dimension,
Mark Dever and Paul Alexander, The Deliberate Church: Building Your Church on the Gospel. Crossway Books, 2005. Referenced in: Plural-Elder Congregational Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is part of the popular Nine Marks Series on church development. The essential purpose is to provide a practical guide for activating each of the nine marks of a healthy
CHURCH DIAGNOSTICS, PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES Part of the following guides to ministry resources: Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal, Index Strategies for Church Leadership and Church Health (compares several approaches) Sections: Introduction Most Widely Used Models Other Often Recommended Works Related Ministry Resources Introduction Diagnostic/Prescriptive Approaches are a “measure up” method of renewal based on an
