About this title: The greatest challenge facing most churches today isn't getting people through the front door-it's keeping them from leaving through the back door. In his new book, Larry Osborne reveals what it takes to cultivate a "sticky" church and reveals the strategy of sermon-based small groups to retain members while leading your church into even deeper ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Zondervan
Date Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN-13:9780310285083ISBN:0310285089
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780310285083ISBN:0310285089
Description: Fine. Gift quality in near brand new condition inside/out, pages clean with no notes/highlights/underlines, covers in good shape, First Printing 2008 (1M). read more
"Well-written book on closing the back door for church growth/health... which isn't really about closing the back door nearly as much as it is creating a sermon-based small group system. While the book does a great job of showing how this would work, I feel like I got the bait & switch.
Some quick thoughts: - I'd really like to hear Larry Osborne speak... the book feels like it was run through an editorial filter. - The chapter on why Cho's model doesn't work at your church is BRILLIANT."
"If you are part of a church that has small group or is considering small groups I HIGHLY recommend this book! I think the model which is proposes makes perfect sense and is well explained. The author does a good job of promoting the reality that the model can't just be copy/pasted into another context - it needs to be adapted. One of the best chapters is toward the end when he explains why the Korean small group model won't work well in the US.
"The basic premise of this book is that sermon-based, short-term sessions for small groups are THE most effective way to retain people in your church. There is a lot of truth to this. Activate by Nelson Searcy addresses many of the same things that Larry Osborne writes about. This book spends a lot more time discussing the philosophy and vision of groups as opposed the practical implementation than Searcy's book does. Chapter 18, "Why Cho's Model Didn't Work in Your Church" may be worth the price of the book on its own. It's a short summary of the history of small groups ministry philosophy that I had not read about before.
If you're in full-time ministry in a local church you should pick up this book. It will give you a good framework in which to develop your groups ministry."
"I love this book. Sticky Church talks about how North Coast Church gets people to stick in their church by developing lasting close relationships through sermon-based small groups. They work hard to close the "back door" by attracting 80% of their church attenders to small groups. I also went to the conference...loved it!"
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