How to Break Growth Barriers: Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth

by Carl F. George, Warren Bird, Ted Engstrom (Foreword)

Pastors will find proven strategies for effectively breaking through barriers to church growth, including the important but often difficult task of delegation of authority and work.

Genres: Leadership, Church

232 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1993

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best church Growth book I’ve ever read. The sheepherer rancher principle is fantastic. The chapter on breaking the care barrier is the best chapter on church growth I’ve ever read.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're looking for a book about growth barriers per se, you'll be disappointed. This is a book about how a 200-person church can grow (and details around that). It also misses a really obvious opportunity, in breaking barriers below 200 (as the book itself stated, this includes over half of USA churches). That said, while the book is a little dated now, the information within is still quite solid.

[Jonny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and generally do in this genre. What the author really distills are growth strategies for any business, except he's observed them for churches particularly. He doesn't bog it down in doctrinal issues that might confuse or divide the readership. Just good plain strategy. 2001 edition of a 1993 book. Needs an update to include the successes of churches like Saddleback.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cheesy title, but some helpful ideas to self evaluate your own church at key points in its life

[Jonathan Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read for any pastor or church leader. my favorite quote of the year so far came from this book
"A leader is someone you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself." Joel Barker

[Andrew Cherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended for sure. Brilliant in part and dull in others. Carl George certainly is someone to listen to and delivers another fine book here.

[Joel Stockstill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every Pastor should Read!

Paul George has written a masterful work on the blueprint for moving any church forward in the call of God on that particular ministry.

[Jim Kilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though the data utilized is now several years old, this book provides some great insight to church leaders who are leading their congregation through a season of growth...

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a good book with great insight on how to care for more people. However, it's also very out dated and prone to tangents, with the last third of the book being mostly geared to senior pastors.