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    Scrappy Church: God's Not Done Yet
    Scrappy Church: God's Not Done Yet
    Scrappy Church: God's Not Done Yet
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    Scrappy Church: God's Not Done Yet

    Written by Thom S. Rainer

    Narrated by William Sarris

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    "We can't compete with the megachurch in our town!"

    "A new church was started two blocks from us. We've got plenty of churches without them!"

    "We can't reach young families. They all go to the big church that has all the children's and student stuff."

    "We don't have the money or the people the other churches have."

    Bestselling author Thom S. Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has heard comments like these hundreds, if not thousands, of times. They are statements of hopelessness. They are statements of despair. They are statements of defeat. Church leaders don't want to feel this way. They desire to break out of the mediocrity of the same, lame, and tame existence of their churches. They want their churches to make a difference.

    There is hope. God's hope. God's possibilities.

    What does a scrappy church look like? Let's take a look together.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateOct 18, 2022
    ISBN9781545912201
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    Thom S. Rainer

    Thom S. Rainer (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee. He was founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and, Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His many books include Surprising Insights from the Unchurched, The Unexpected Journey, and Breakout Churches.

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      Absolutely fabulous resource for pastors, staff and laypeople of the non-mega church variety. This is a very practical book to help your church find it's focus and reach the community right where you live. You are where you are for a purpose and you are surrounded by the people in your community who have a need... Christ... and you are there to help show Him to them. Be a scrappy church (and this book will guide you step by step) and reach your community for the Kingdom right now!