Strength Training for a Fit Church: Five Muscles for Adaptive Ministry

By Lisa Greenwood and Blair Thompson

Equip Yourself for Adaptive Ministry Developed by the Texas Methodist Foundation, Strength Training for a Fit Church helps church leaders, and their congregations identify and strengthen five crucial skills that will enable them to thrive now and in the future. If churches continually exercise these strengths, they will be adaptable, responsive, and ready to follow God now and into the future. The five strengths are: Grieving Well Discerning Purpose Walking Alongside Distributing Power Expanding Imagination. The authors, Lisa Greenwood and Blair Thompson, have developed and shared the Five Muscles model through presentations, podcasts, and articles and taught it through church cohorts. Strength Training for a Fit Church is for leaders, while Strength Training for Faith is for each person in the congregation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1791032443
• ISBN13: 9781791032449
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 144 Pages