Revitalize: Biblical Keys to Helping Your Church Come Alive Again
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Church health is measured by more than just numbers, but declining membership is often a key symptom of a church in crisis. Drawing on lessons he's learned in his own journey of leading church transformation, pastor Andrew Davis offers strategic, proven, and biblically grounded advice on how to move forward with hope and expectation. He shows pastors the importance of - keeping Christ's ownership of the church central - maintaining a humble attitude - choosing your battles wisely - empowering godly men to join in leadership - making prayer a priority - focusing on the Word - and much more Revitalize gives pastors the spiritual support they long for and the practical advice they need to turn their churches around and position them for greater health in the future.
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Top Highlights
“A passion for the exaltation of Christ as head over the church must enflame the heart of all church revitalizers. You must burn with a passion for the supremacy of Christ in your local church. Churches need revitalization precisely because they have become increasingly cold toward the glory of Christ and increasingly dominated by man’s glory, wisdom, efforts, agenda, and power. If a church is to be revitalized, then the absolute ownership of the church by Christ must be central to everything you yearn for and do.” (Page 48)
“A healthy church will embrace both levels of God’s holiness: first, they will have deep and abiding awe at God’s infinite majesty; second, they will come out from ‘Babylon’ and live pure and holy lives, putting sin to death by the Spirit.” (Page 66)
“To display Christ’s love and perseverance in not giving up on his bride.” (Page 37)
“of a dead church or to the weak, helpless form of a dying church” (Page 31)
“To use that existing platform to win the lost in the community” (Page 35)