ReNEW: Traveling the Forgotten Path - Paperback

by J. David Jackson (Author)

Is your church challenged by the imposing work of reversing the decline it is experiencing? Are you trying to get off the church plateau and grow again? If you are, then this book is for you. Returning to the things that helped your church grow in the early days is the path to significance again. But how you do that can be tricky. In ReNEW, Jackson lays out a revitalization journey that reapplies the principles of the early years and can bring renewal to your church."An outstanding do-it-yourself guidebook for pastors and church leadership teams who believe the most effective days of the church they lead are still in the future." Steve Pike, President, Urban Islands Project"With a powerful mix of spiritual encouragement and leadership strategy, this book will be a go-to resource for you. Read it. Learn from it. Lead with it." Philip Nation, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Bradenton, Florida"You can't go wrong with this! Get started and watch the Lord "ReNEW" your church and return it to the forgotten path." Tom Cheyney, Founder of the Renovate National Church Revitalization Conference

Author Biography

J. David Jackson has served as a pastor and church planter for over three decades. He currently serves as the Church Planting Director/Strategist for the Baptist Convention of New England. He is the author of two previous books on church planting, and has pastored from Massachusetts to California. He has served as the transitional or interim pastor in fifteen other churches, and has learned that applying church planting principles to plateaued or declining churches can reverse the slide. He resides in Marlborough, Massachusetts, with his wife, Joyce. They have three grown children.