Sustaining the Heart of Your Church: Twenty Exercises to Help Church Leaders Overcome Lingering Corporate Dysfunction

Sustaining the Heart of Your Church is the third installment in a trilogy of books on corporate healing in the Body of Christ. If you've not yet read Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church and Healing the Heart of Your Church, we suggest you start there. They lay out a course that will make this book an invaluable tool in the future of your church. Sustaining the Heart of Your Church is designed to help your church navigate the recovery period that folows corpoate healing. In the recovery period your church will face tests that challenge you to respond in ways that reflect a new spiritual trajectory. This book: • Gives ideas for incorporating your new aspirations/values into the everyday life of your church. • Helps you prepare for predictable threats to your church’s new found health. • Explains how to hear from the Lord in an ongoing manner as a body. • Encourages personal growth in your church’s leaders. • Provides small group and or leadership exercises to help you shore up your church’s corporate health. Rev. Mark Barnard serves as President of Blessing Point Ministries, which works to heal churches that have been wounded by painful crises. Mark has a BA in Bible and an MA in Pastoral Studies. He authored of The Path of Revival and coauthored The Eighth Letter as well as the Healing the Heart of Your Church Facilitator’s Guide. Mark previously served in a variety of pastoral and teaching roles. He, his wife Jeannie, and their children reside in Peachtree City, GA. To learn more visit blessingpoint.org.