b'MINISTRY & CHURCH LEADERSHIPCHURCH REVITALIZATIONRUSSELL N. SMALLA Pastoral Guide to Church Renewal There are more churches needing revitalization than there are leaders skilled for the workChurch Revitalization guides current and future leaders through the often-complex process of bringing a church to a place of vibrancy. This book demonstrates how the overarching goal of seeing people come to faith in Christ and develop into Christlikeness canand mustinform the most foundational to the most fleeting aspects of revitalizing a strug-gling church.Church revitalization strategist Russell Small systematically walks readers through the many considerations of leading a church out of a decline. He helps identify the best approach for addressing what a partic-ular churchs revitalization need may be:Refreshoften most fitting after a difficult season in the churchs lifeRenovateneeded when a decline has lasted five to ten yearsRestoreappropriate for churches with generational patterns focused on survivalReplantbest for a church facing imminent closureFew joys compare to seeing Gods life and power realized for the local church, which happens when believers begin to think and serve as Jesus did. Small will encourage pastors and church leaders engaged in this crit-ical task.Russell N. Small (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a Church Revitalization Strategist at the Southern Baptist Conserva-tives of Virginia and lead pastor at Liberty Baptist Church, Appomattox, Virginia, which he led through a revitalization more than a decade ago. He is also an associate professor at Liberty Universitys John W. Rawlings School of Divinity.Related TitlesThe Mentoring Church978-0-8254-4464-7$18.99Learning Change978-0-8254-4455-5$18.99978-0-8254-4753-2$23.99Paperback5.5 x 8.5 x240 pagesChristian Ministry / Pastoral ResourcesKregel MinistryRights: WorldMay 23, 202330kregel.com/academic'