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"We can't compete with the megachurch in our town!"
"A new church was started two blocks from us. We've got plenty of churches without them!"
"We can't reach young families. They all go to the big church that has all the children's and student stuff."
"We don't have the money or the people the other churches have."
Bestselling author Thom S. Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has heard comments like these hundreds, if not thousands, of times. They are statements of hopelessness. They are statements of despair. They are statements of defeat. Church leaders don't want to feel this way. They desire to break out of the mediocrity of the same, lame, and tame existence of their churches. They want their churches to make a difference.
There is hope. God's hope. God's possibilities.
What does a scrappy church look like? Let's take a look together.
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About Thom S. Rainer
Thom S.
Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, one of the
largest Christian resource companies in the world. Also a respected pastor and
researcher, he has written more than twenty books and coauthored the bestseller
Simple Church. He and his wife Nellie Jo have three grown sons,
several grandchildren, and live in Nashville, Tennessee.
About William Sarris
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, eleven internationally licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.