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Larry OsborneZondervan / 2008 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.494.9 out of 5 stars for Sticky Church. View reviews of this product. 8 Reviews
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JamesHope Mills, NCAge: 35-44Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Best book I have ever read about small groups!!!March 30, 2011JamesHope Mills, NCAge: 35-44Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I am a young pastor with a heart broken over the condition of the typical local church and a passion to see the culture of my local church cultivated into a place where real disciples are made and where lasting transformation occurs and the fruit of this overflows naturally into our community with the Gospel. I have always been uneasy with a lot of the assumptions made about Christian education and models for effective discipleship ministries. I have been convinced for some time that disciples are made in relationship and that all our classes, programs, etc., should really just serve as catalysts for intentionally disciple-making relationships.
But how do you do that? How do you shape that culture in a local church? What spiritual and administrative infrastructure needs to be in place for this kind of transformation to occur en masse? "Sticky Church" delves right into the heart of why so much out there on discipleship and small group ministry is missing the mark and failing to substantially transform lives, churches, and communities. Larry Osborne does not just pull the curtain back on alot of small group ministry myths, he presents a holistic, functional, and beautifully simple model for long term fruitfullness in ministry by focusing peoples attention on the bible and upon meaningful relationships. And he breaks the process down step by step!
Go read Coleman's "The Master Plan of Evangelism" and Henrichsen's "Disciples Are Made Not Born" - and then read this amazing little gem to learn how to translate an individual passion for disciplemakning into the very dna of your church. -
hgpastorBeaufort SCAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Transformational!August 15, 2012hgpastorBeaufort SCAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Our HOME Group ministry was floundering and visionless until one of my leaders gave me and our pastor this book. In the two years since, our HOME Group ministry has been transformed and discipleship through relationship is steadily becoming the heart of all that we do. And the concepts can be easily scaled and tailored to fit your situation. Can't recommend it highly enough!
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DaveWashington, DCAge: 55-65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5In-the-trenches, practical help!August 1, 2011DaveWashington, DCAge: 55-65Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Engaging. Transparent. This is an open, honest discussion of what pastors deal with, and hope with some practical paths to making eternal, transformational truth stick in the Christ-follower's life.
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Rev. Doyle Peyton5 Stars Out Of 5March 13, 2010Rev. Doyle PeytonGood commonsense wisdom on small groups. The author speaks from years of practical experience. Read this one before you read the others.
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Cole Phillips5 Stars Out Of 5June 29, 2009Cole PhillipsI just finished reading my first full ebook on the Kindle. I was amazed at how fast I was able to fly through this one and Im not sure if it was due to the format or the content, but suffice it to say that Larry Osbornes Sticky Church was paradigm shifting for me on many levels.Larry Osborne pastors North Coast Church in Vista, California and has grown the church from 128 people in the early 80s to now over 7000 people.He writes that while there are some churches that are very good at getting people to come through the front door, many of them are ineffective at helping people stick around long enough to develop fully devoted followers of Christ. Sticky Church focuses on the importance of closing the back door through an effective small group ministry. I think hes onto something.A lot of what were already doing was affirmed in this book, but there were so many ideas that I received from this book that Im excited about putting them into practice this Fall. At The Connection Church, our purpose for Connection Groups has always been to help people connect with each other in authentic relationships. That will not change. But Osbornes ideas have given me some tools to facilitate this happening on a larger scale.Sticky Church offers time-tested principles for recruiting and training leaders as well as practical programming ideas for churches to take their groups to the next level. If youre a small group leader in your church, let me encourage you to get your hands on this book. Good stuff!
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