The five practices of fruitful congregations:
-Radical Hospitality
-Passionate Worship
-Intentional Faith Development
-Risk-Taking Mission and Service
-Estravagant Generosity
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"In a time when congregations focus more on activities than outcomes and more on good intentions than transformed lives, Robert Schnase reminds us that God's call to congregational fruitfulness is biblical and Wesleyan to the core. Schnase's words are thoughtful, provocative, and challenging. Any congregation will find encouragement and insight in every chapter to deepen faithfulness and multiply fruitfulness."
-Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership, Wesley Theological Seminary
"Stimulating. Challenging. Uniquely helpful. These five practices make mission come alive. They are essential to fruitful congregations. Excellent for congregational leaders, Sunday school classes, small group studies, pastors and ministry teams. Bishop Schnase gives us powerful language, rich examples, and practical suggestions for fulfilling the mission God gives us."
-Janice Riggle Huie, Bishop of the Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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CPR for Stagnant congregations; or Caffeine for the already strong!,
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This review is from: Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (Paperback)
Author Robert Schnase offers one compelling perspective of "best practices" in congregational settings.
The five best practices (my terminology, not Schnase's) are: * Radical hospitality * Passionate worship * Intentional faith development * Risk-taking mission and service * Extravagant generosity Not a cookbook, but an effective blueprint for how churches can grow and thrive. This was the reading for a small 5-week study group I joined at church and it made for terrific discussion. One problem might be if congregations take this book and turn it into an extensive checklist for congregational success. The idea is that these practices flow out of Christian love and faithfulness, not that this is a template for every church to ape; that at least is my perspective on "Five Practices." This, however, is no criticism of Schnase but rather how some churches might take and try to use the book. To get some great ideas on applying CPR to stagnant congregations - or to take a strong congregation to "the next level" - I'd highly recommend "Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations,"
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A must for all new church members,
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I got this for an adult Sunday School class, and we all like it so much that we are thinking about making it part of our new member orientation.
It is an outstanding book, along with the prayer book, to get folks out of the pews and doing God's work in the community.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Needs to be condensed,
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I had great hopes for using this as a Lenten study, but I would never ask people to spend so much time reading something which has a very good premise but takes way too long to get through. I like the five ideas, but the coherence through the chapters is lacking, except for constant repitition. We get it already. I'm sorry to sound harsh, but I was really disappointed. However, it is also too United Methodist for an ecumenical audience. Keep pursuing the ideas.
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