02906cam a2200553Ia 4500 ocn694147472 OCoLC 20200709060237.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 060118s2006 tnu o 000 0 eng d E7B eng E7B OCLCQ YDXCP NRU OCLCQ OCLCF COO OCLCQ N$T 171272002 764546791 9781426713552 electronic bk. 142671355X electronic bk. 0687642825 9780687642823 068733442X (binding: adhesive, pbk. : alk. paper) 9780687334421 068733442X NZ1 13869237 AU@ 000053269839 NLGGC 382300866 (OCoLC)694147472 (OCoLC)171272002 (OCoLC)764546791 856732 (N$T) BV652.25 .E285 2006eb REL 014000 bisacsh 254/.5 22 N$TA Easum, William M., 1939- Go big [electronic resource] : lead your church to explosive growth / Bill Easum and Bil Cornelius. Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2006. 1 online resource (ix, 129 p.) Introduction: get ready for a ride -- The only difference is the zeroes -- A wild and crazy God -- Structuring your church for growth -- It's time to lead, pastor! -- Double your vision -- Preparing to break the growth barriers -- The growth barriers -- Staffing the church for explosive growth -- Saved to serve -- Make a big "ask" of yourself -- Handling problem people -- Positioning ourselves for explosive growth. Bill Easum and Bil Cornelius are two strikingly different, yet surprisingly similar pastors. One undertook to revitalize a moribund mainline church; the other, to plant a new nondenominational congregation. Coming from different generations, their ministries took place under dissimilar circumstances. Yet both have experienced substantial, even explosive, growth in congregational mission and membership. Along the way they learned some important lessons, such as the centrality of strong pastoral leadership, the need for an unhesitant pursuit of excellence in all areas of the church's ministry, a. Description based on print version record. Church growth. Church growth. fast (OCoLC)fst00860726 RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration bisacsh Electronic books. Cornelius, Bil, 1972- ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10430611 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=856732 ebrary EBRY ebr10430611 YBP Library Services YANK 2622901 EBSCOhost EBSC 856732 cpp6067 02 N$T 55527 55527