We Refused to Lead a Dying Church!: Churches That Came Back Against All Odds
- ISBN-10
- 0829819428
- ISBN-13
- 9780829819427
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-01
- Publisher
- The Pilgrim Press
- Author
- Paul Nixon
Description
Paul Nixon does it again with this groundbreaking follow-up to his bestseller "I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church!" "We Refused to Lead a Dying Church!" shares the miracles of God’s transformative power in dying churches that decided to choose life with real examples of ordinary pastors and lay leaders who inspired church growth. Nixon shares the stories of fifteen churches from the United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, and Presbyterian Church (USA) that decided giving up, dying, was not an option.
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