Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work

by Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird

Book Overview

Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with co-writer Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118131304
• ISBN13: 9781118131305
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"