BOOK I Table of Contents

SESSION	TOPIC	PAGE
OPENING MEDITATION		i

SESSION ONE	The Empty Church – The Suicide of Liberal Christianity	1

SESSION TWO	Can You Believe this?	3

SESSION THREE	Discovering Where Your People Are	4

SESSION FOUR	Vision for the 21st Century	5

SESSION FIVE	Why Congregations Do Not Grow	6

SESSION SIX	Churchgoer	7
SESSION SIX	Disciples	9

SESSION SEVEN	Contrasting Churchgoers To Disciples	11

SESSION EIGHT	Moving From Churchgoer To Disciple	13

SESSION NINE	Emotional Drivers and Church Growth	15
SESSION NINE	Emotional Map	17

SESSION TEN	Acts 2:37-47	18
SESSION TEN	Barna’s Look at Growing Churches	19

SESSION ELEVEN	Seven Criteria for Church Membership	20

SESSION TWELVE	Organizing The Parish	21

SESSION THIRTEEN	Inviting People To Church	23

SESSION FOURTEEN	Clergy and the Role of Vision	26

SESSION FIFTEEN	The Birthing Process	28

SESSION SIXTEEN	Resistance to Change - Spiritual and Human	32

SESSION SEVENTEEN	Intimacy With God – The Bridal Paradigm	33
SESSION SEVENTEEN	The Bride of Christ in the New Testament	34

SESSION EIGHTEEN	Why Is Moving From Churchgoer To Disciple So Important?	37
	The Terrible Day of the Lord – “That Day”	40
	The Great Day Of The Lord	40
	Conclusion	41

SESSION NINETEEN	You Shall Receive Power Acts 1:8	45
	The Three Levels for Ministries of Power	47
	ANSWER KEY	51