A Practical Guide for Successful Church Change

A Practical Guide for Successful Church Change is for church leaders looking to make needed changes in their church, organization, or group.

Part I “Essentials of Change” examines why change is important and necessary for the local church. It provides a biblical model for change as well as identifies common responses to change by members of the church. Part I also examines why change sometimes fails and addresses the issue of resistance to change and how to manage it. The final chapter discusses the importance of the church leader personally preparing to lead change and how this happens.

Part II “Conducting Change” provides a step-by-step guide for conducting change in the church. This section begins with looking at how to identify a need for change in the church. Determining God’s will and developing a vision for change is also covered, followed by the necessity of building a guiding coalition and how to do this. The next two chapters examine how to turn the vision into a plan, with particular emphasis on communication and plan development. The final two chapters focus on implementing the change plan and sustaining momentum for the change while seeing it through to completion.