Chip Sweney, Kitti Murray

A New Kind of Big: How Churches of Any Size Can Partner to Transform Communities

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Produktbeschreibung

Your church can transform your community no matter what size it is! A New Kind of Big tells the inspiring story of how Perimeter Church in suburban Atlanta started a partnership called Unite! with other area churches in order to increase its reach in a community that desperately needed God's light and aid. This partnership has grown to a network of nearly 150 churches that are bringing incredible kingdom transformation to Atlanta. You too can discover the power of this "new kind of big" to pool your resources, energy, and time with other churches to minister to your community--no matter how long or short your membership roll. "Timely, provocative, and compelling. A must-read for those who are thinking about community transformation."--Eric Swanson, coauthor, The Externally Focused Quest and To Transform a City "In A New Kind of Big, Chip tells the story of our journey to a much healthier ministry--one of increasing influence."--from the foreword by Randy Pope, pastor, Perimeter Church "Read this book! It could change the world . . . and your life!"--Steve Brown, professor, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida; president and teacher on the syndicated radio program Key Life "Jesus didn't call us to live on a church island. He called us to 'Go.' Thankfully, A New Kind of Big shows us how. I highly recommend it."--Robert Lewis, pastor-at-large, Fellowship Bible Church; author, The Church of Irresistible Influence Chip Sweney (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Next Gen and Community Transformation Pastor at Perimeter Church and has been the leader of Perimeter's Community Outreach since its inception in 2002. He has also given leadership to Unite! since it began in 2003. Chip is a well-known conference speaker and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Baker Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9780801013690
• ISBN-10: 0801013690
• Artikelnr.: 30983626

Autorenporträt

Chip Sweney (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Next Gen and Community Transformation Pastor of Perimeter Church and has been the leader of Perimeter's Community Outreach since its inception in 2002. He has also given leadership to Unite! since it began in 2003. Chip is a well-known conference speaker and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Kitti Murray is a wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother. She and her husband, Bill, live in downtown Atlanta, where they are part of a network of urban church planters. Kitti graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1978 with a degree in English/Creative Writing and German.