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    4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church
    4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church
    4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church
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    4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church

    By Olu Brown

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    The 4D Church takes a critical and inspirational look at four aspects of 21st century church ministry: Technology, Hospitality, Worship, and Systems. Each of these aspects is key for developing vital churches and healthy church leaders. The author uses real life lessons from the 11-year journey of Impact Church, which is currently #5 out of the 100 fastest growing United Methodist congregations in the United States, and examples from churches and the market place, to inform, equip, and inspire the reader.

    The 4D Church offers:

    a diagnostic tool in each chapter to determine the current health and status of the reader’s church,
    real time inspiration from practitioners who are experiencing health and growth,
    guidance for readers to discern their level of fitness for their church assignment—is the leader/reader well-matched, or mismatched?, and
    guidance for readers to determine if their church has reached a point of irreversible decline.

    From the 4D Impact Introduction:
    "I have been blessed to serve as the founding and lead pastor of what one of [the] original twenty-five leaders called a 'movement.' Twelve years ago we didn't set out to plant another United Methodist church—we envisioned a movement...I have learned a few things about church health and growth from my own experience as a church planner and from the many churches across the country that our team has supported and consulted with over the years. I have learned that the capital-C Church is full of grace, and I've learned that hard work and sacrifice are necessary for a local church to be vital and growing...

    This book is for all churches and church leaders seeking to become vital and growing, or to remain vital and growing. This book may challenge you—I hope in a healthy way. It centers on four key principles for developing healthy and growing churches that smash barriers: Technology, Hospitality, Worship, and Systems. I am a living witness to these principles. As we say at Impact Church, you aren't called to lead an ordinary church; you are called to lead a movement."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781501880230
    4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church
    Author

    Olu Brown

    Olu Brown is founding pastor (in 2007) of Impact Church Atlanta, one of the fastest growing UM church in the country - 85% growth over five years. He is a frequent speaker at events, especially among young clergy. He is the author of Leadership Directions from Moses.

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