The Great Transformer: The 7 Step Strategy Jesus Gave To Transform You, Your Church & Your Community
Description
Everything God created and does is connected to a system. There is connected process with what He does, from the microscopic world to the vast universe, to the amazing creation we call human beings. So it's no surprise that when Jesus show up on the scene, He too implements a strategy.
In The Great Transformer - The 7 Step Strategy Jesus Gave To Transform You, Your Church and Your Community, author and pastor Dean Renfro takes you on a guided tour as Jesus reveals the steps to his disciples. Just as the disciples heard, tried and then experienced these transforming steps, you too can take that journey to transformation.
These steps aren't hidden - they're just not obvious to the casual reader. Jesus laid them out in a sequence, first you have to see, that seeing leads you to a sense of empathy or compassion, this in turns lead you to committing time to communicate with God about what to do about what you have seen and who you have seen.
From there, the weight of responsibility begins to weigh on you. You feel compelled to reach out, go to them, live with them, be a part of their world. It is in that environment that God's love grips you to serve those around you. You find ways to meet their needs, both real and surmised. As the relationship grows and you earn the right and privilege to speak into their lives, the moment comes. Now with all authenticity, with a life laid bare, you can share with them what Jesus called the Good News. It is in that sharing you see another transformation take place, one that has come because you have been transformed - they turn to God, repent of their sins and follow Christ. Now transformed, now changed the story spreads, it multiplies to those connected to the web of this person with whom you have invested your time, energy, resources and life.
Just as everything in God's creation, this journey to takes another step, the step of life - it multiplies. Not only are individuals changed, but families, communities, cities and through centuries of this strategy - the world!
But this is not just a strategy for evangelism, it is also a strategy for today's 21st Century Church. A metric of sorts - a strategy that can transform a dying church, much like it transforms a dying soul.
In this book, Dean lays out how to use these 7 strategies as a guide to help pastors, church leaders, boards, ministries and the congregation turn around their church. With an estimated 85% of churches in America plateaued, dying or closing their doors these strategies, when implemented can deliver victory.
Dean has used these time test and proven strategies for over 35 years in seven churches that ranged from a small rural church with 12 family members to large city church in suburbs that was spiraling downward with 100's of thousands of people at it doorstep, to everything in between.
If you are a pastor, church leader, denominational leader, or a church member you need this book. If you and your church aren't experiencing this, someone you know, some church down the street is. They need help. This book is just that - a breathe of fresh air. Get, read it, implement it and then share it.
In The Great Transformer - The 7 Step Strategy Jesus Gave To Transform You, Your Church and Your Community, author and pastor Dean Renfro takes you on a guided tour as Jesus reveals the steps to his disciples. Just as the disciples heard, tried and then experienced these transforming steps, you too can take that journey to transformation.
These steps aren't hidden - they're just not obvious to the casual reader. Jesus laid them out in a sequence, first you have to see, that seeing leads you to a sense of empathy or compassion, this in turns lead you to committing time to communicate with God about what to do about what you have seen and who you have seen.
From there, the weight of responsibility begins to weigh on you. You feel compelled to reach out, go to them, live with them, be a part of their world. It is in that environment that God's love grips you to serve those around you. You find ways to meet their needs, both real and surmised. As the relationship grows and you earn the right and privilege to speak into their lives, the moment comes. Now with all authenticity, with a life laid bare, you can share with them what Jesus called the Good News. It is in that sharing you see another transformation take place, one that has come because you have been transformed - they turn to God, repent of their sins and follow Christ. Now transformed, now changed the story spreads, it multiplies to those connected to the web of this person with whom you have invested your time, energy, resources and life.
Just as everything in God's creation, this journey to takes another step, the step of life - it multiplies. Not only are individuals changed, but families, communities, cities and through centuries of this strategy - the world!
But this is not just a strategy for evangelism, it is also a strategy for today's 21st Century Church. A metric of sorts - a strategy that can transform a dying church, much like it transforms a dying soul.
In this book, Dean lays out how to use these 7 strategies as a guide to help pastors, church leaders, boards, ministries and the congregation turn around their church. With an estimated 85% of churches in America plateaued, dying or closing their doors these strategies, when implemented can deliver victory.
Dean has used these time test and proven strategies for over 35 years in seven churches that ranged from a small rural church with 12 family members to large city church in suburbs that was spiraling downward with 100's of thousands of people at it doorstep, to everything in between.
If you are a pastor, church leader, denominational leader, or a church member you need this book. If you and your church aren't experiencing this, someone you know, some church down the street is. They need help. This book is just that - a breathe of fresh air. Get, read it, implement it and then share it.
