Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend

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With surprising candor and transparency pastor Andy Stanley explains how one of America s largest churches began with a high profile divorce and a church split.But that s just the beginning Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutely love to attend Andy writes, Our goal is to create weekend experiences so compelling and helpful that even the most skeptical individuals in our community would walk away with every intention of returning the following week with a friend Later he says, I want people to fall in love with the Author of Scripture And while we can t make anyone fall in love, we can certainly arrange a date For the first time, Andy explains his strategy for preaching and programming to dual audiences mature believers and cynical unbelievers He argues that preaching to dual audiences doesn t require communicators to dumb down the content According to Stanley, it s all in the approach.You ll be introduced to North Point s spiritual formation model The Five Faith Catalysts Leaders responsible for ministry programing and production will no doubt love Andy s discussion of the three essential ingredients for creating irresistible environments For pastors willing to tackle the challenge of transitioning a local congregation, Andy includes a section entitled Becoming Deep and Wide.If your team is concerned with who you are reaching than who you are keeping, Deep Wide will be than a book you read it will be a resource you come back to over and over Couldn t be prouder of my son, Andy And I couldn t be excited about the content of this book I wish a resource like this existed when I was starting out in ministry Dr Charles Stanley, Founder, In Touch Ministries Deep and Wide pulls back the curtain for all of us to see what is required behind the scenes to build a prevailing church I was both challenged and inspired by this book Bill Hybels, author of Just Walk Across the Room The most common question I get from pastors is, How do I get the people in my church to be open to change From now on my answer will be, Read Deep and Wide by Andy Stanley Thanks Andy Great book Craig Groeschel, Pastor, LifeChurch.TV, author, It How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It No one has given me practical handles for establishing a focused vision than Andy Stanley Deep and Wide is a rich resource to help all of us stay intentional about the main thing building a church that reaches people who are far from God Steven Furtick, Lead Pastor, Elevation Church New Read Books Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend Author Andy Stanley – kino-fada.fr In Deep Wide Andy Stanley is offering another how to book on copying the North Point model It s an apology of that model in the framework of his story and the church s The overall thrust of the model is making church a place where the unchurched and irreligious love to attend pp 12 13, 16 Depending on how that s fleshed out hallelujah More often than not as described by Stanley it was the head scratching I will say I was impressed with Stanley...This is a brilliant book A must read if you love the local church.Deep Wide is the new open source standard for the church Andy Stanley has provided a selfless engaging tour behind the curtain of North Point Ministries and left no mystery as to what they re about and how they do it He has taken the time to lead his team through the hard work of defining mission, vision, model, and programming and unified them under a clear vision He has established moor lines and checkpoints to ensure they don t drift from the established standard And he has written Deep Wide is the new open source standard for the church Andy Stanley ha...This book is a must read for church leaders Deep Wide is Andy s magnum opus It s his complete layout of what Northpoint does and why they do it While I certainly do not agree with everything that Andy proposes in this book about the way that church should be done, I wholeheartedly agree with the approach that Andy takes to thinking about the church He is very strategic in this book to explain the why behind everything that they seek to do at Northpoint They are very clear on their This book is a must read for church leaders Deep Wide is Andy s magnum opus It s his complete layout of what Northpoint does and why they do it While I certainly do not agree with everything that Andy proposes in this book about the way that church should be done, I wholeheartedly agree with the approach that Andy takes to thinking about the church He is very strategic in this book to explain the why behind everything that they seek to do at Northpoint They are very clear on their strategy to reach the lost AND to disciple those who are saved hence Deep Wide The best thing about this book to me is that Andy states throughout the book that it s ok to disagree with his approach as long as you wrestle with the hard questions that they have wrestled with and know how you will approach those aspects of the church And he backs this up by continually providing the reader with the questions that must be wrestled to the ground.All in all, this book is worth ...This is an engaging account of Andy Stanley s journey to the leadership of Northpoint, as well as a thorough tour of the process and philosophy behind the Northpoint structure I think that just as God creates each of us with different areas of passion and focus, all within the scope of God s heart, so He establishes churches with a variety of missions and approaches, all within the scope of the Gospel It is important to read this book not as a sales pitch for a particular type of church, but This is an engaging account of Andy Stanley s journey to the leadership of Northpoint, as well as a thorough tour of the process and philosophy behind the Northpoint struc...Deep Wide should be required reading for all church leaders Many may not agree with Andy and some may be offended, but at least it will make them think about what they are doing I would challenge them to read the whole thing and not quit when they find something that they don t agree with, whether you agree or disagree at least you will be engaged and be thinking things through It may not be for everyone I was recently talking to a local church leader who told me how good their Deep Wide should be required reading for all church leaders Many may not agree with Andy and some may be offended, but at least it will make them think about what they are doing I would challenge them to read the whole thing and not quit when they find something that they don t agree with, whether you agree or disagree at least you will be engaged and be thinking things through It may not be for everyone I was recently talking to a local church leader who told me ...I think there is some good leadership wisdom here however the main flaw in the book is the assumption that by and large unchurched people have some interest in attending church if its done right perhaps that used to be true and maybe it still is in the south but in the Nw you can make church as compelling and exciting as you want but that s not the underlying issue for an understanding of why pick up Prodigal Christianity by Fitch and Holsclaw but I imagine most already s...Filled with insights, questions, and challenges for today s Church Lots to chew on.I picked this book back up for both practical and academic purposes I ve been thinking a lot lately about liturgy and worship, and Northpoint provides a unique and different perspective There s some that Andy Stanley says in this book I struggle to agree with, and there s much in this book I resonate and agree with I think it s a valuable read for church leaders How they think about spiritual formation is incredibly helpful, and I believe correct in many respects His leadership discussion I picked this book back up for both practical and academic purposes I ve been thinking a lot lately about liturgy and worship, and Northpoint provides a unique and different perspective There s some that Andy Stanley says in this book I struggle...Re reading it another time During a 3.5 year break from pastoring I find myself constantly thinking about how to make church effective and worth going to for all This book challenges, inspires and is filled with openness that should be helpful for a...

Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend
  • English
  • 02 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 350 pages
  • 0310494842
  • Andy Stanley
  • Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend