Not Trying Too Hard: New Basics for Sustainable Congregations

by Bob Sitze, Carl S. Dudley

The Christian church in America is doing its best to be relevant. Its leaders are trying harder, working longer hours, offering more programs, and trying to solve more problems. Not coincidentally, more clergy than ever before are burning out or "browning out," losing their edge, becoming lethargic. How do we move beyond this sense of despair and hopelessness? What does it mean to restore the soul of the church? How can it become more relevant unto itself and to people like those with whom I talk in the workplace-those who eagerly seek meaning? In Not Trying Too Hard,Bob Sitze has taken the bold first step on this journey of restoring the soul of the church.

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001