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change it up home about purchase endorsements assessment a new book for church leaders for pastors and church leaders who truly want to take their church to the next level of effective ministry and multiplying discipleship change is the beginning of revolution change is the start of transformation without change the end draws near that s a fact of life businesses die everyday simply because they won t change we see it everywhere and churches lie empty and dormant across this land for the very same reason enough change takes place over time that churches that were once full and vibrant and attractive now sit empty and cold or they remain open with a declining number of people focused on god but irrelevant to man the purpose of this book is to challenge us and to show us how to aggressively change the things in our own church culture that will then allow us to influence and impact our surrounding communities we want to be followers of christ bringing radical transformation to a world that s desperately lost if the entire structure and programming of the church is focused on mobilizing disciples to go and bring their friends to christ then those friends will be coming to christ coming to church growing into disciples and then going after their friends this biblical mindset needs to drive everything everything must change that s not moving us toward god s actual will for our churches if the entire structure and programming of the church has deteriorated into something that simply maintains itself like an old folk s home we will die new life won t come with great new ideas new programs or new structures new life will rise out of a fresh awakening to an old but ageless truth go and make disciples who go get ready for thirteen chapters filled with loads of details about what church should really look like every chapter builds toward the final product turning self serving people into multiplying disciples filled with the spirit and focused on the mission about the author dale edwardson is a coach consultant trainer and speaker living in northern california he has served as the national church health director for the christian and missionary alliance he and his wife gwen have also led in church planting pastoring and regional church leadership for forty years pastoring a church that grew from 100 to 2000 over 24 years dale has personally experienced the many stages and struggles of church growth and church health having shared with thousands of pastors and church leaders dale s greatest desire is to help reshape and empower today s church dale and gwen have three sons and daughter in laws and ten wonderful grandchildren purchase this book here at online stores on your ipad kindle or at your favorite retailer endorsements dale has written a very practical and useful tool in helping churches become more focused on disciple making loaded with tools and resources dale has years of experience and a passion to see the church alive and vibrant use this book as a way to move your ministry forward for greater effectiveness in fulfilling the great commission dr dann spader president of global youth initiative and founder of sonlife ministries of all that jesus said two promises have motivated the christian and missionary alliance i will build my church and i will come again with passion and energy dale edwardson coaches church leaders and churches of all sizes to become disciple making faith communities that impact their neighborhoods and the nations encouraging a thorough evaluation of both the obvious and the obscure aspects of the local church this book is guaranteed to stir up questions and stimulate a fresh look at your church dale speaks with hands on experience as he has served both in c ma pastoral ministry and denominational leadership training gary benedict president of the christian and missionary alliance u s if you want a business as usual kind of read than this book is not for you dale does a masterful job in challenging his readers to think really think it is not enough to go through the motions in our church leadership too much is at stake and the need for more than cosmetic change is critical dale writes we are less adventurous with every decade and often live our lives around the security of established fixtures from our past it is time to rethink review and refocus the way we lead our churches this book is both motivational and practical it is written with piercing clarity and profound realism it will carefully but unapologetically push into the places we feel most vulnerable and insecure but thankfully does not leave us hanging dale offers sound advice and innovative solutions that help us change it up this is a must read rev david hearn president of the christian and missionary alliance canada perhaps you have thought about how helpful it would be to hire a church growth consultant to walk beside you in ministry to help assess the effectiveness of your church and make good suggestions about a way forward most of us would like a mentor that but most of us can t afford it dale edwardson is just that kind of person he has read all the books you wish you could have read and he has visited a thousand churches some of them just like yours if you can t hire a consultant then the next best thing might be to read this book it will give you new eyes on what your church is doing and how you can do it much more effectively rev john soper pastor of ridgeway alliance church and former church planter field director district superintendent and vice president of the christian and missionary alliance the past couple of decades have been filled with talk about what it means to do church too often lost in that conversation was what it means to make disciples this book brings those conversations together at times provocative always practical and unapologetically passionate for the church the author challenges leadership to make the changes necessary to transform their church whatever its style into a disciplemaking community david c freeman vice president strategic interface for the christian and missionary alliance in canada dale edwardson writes from a pastor s heart for the church in the 21st century this work is full of practical nuts and bolts for a healthy congregation that dale has learned from decades of effective ministry in the trenches anyone pastors and laypeople alike who wants to reproduce disciples can glean valuable nuggets here dr rick sessoms president freedom to lead international the church must break free from the consumer culture that has been created over the past 30 years too many christians simply go to church expecting to buy a good sermon a good worship experience or a good children s and youth ministry this has created a generation of passive disciples who are not impacting their neighborhoods their culture and ultimately their world dale edwardson has written change it up to reverse this trend and lead us back to real discipleship i strongly recommend this resource to pastors and leaders it is part of the solution to help set us free dr ron walborn dean of alliance theological seminary and nyack college for the pastor or church that has always wanted to hire a church consultant but didn t think they could afford one change it up is the next best thing to being there the practical advice contained in these pages will help the newest pastor the stuck in the middle of life pastor and the pastor whose church can t see past the way they have always done things around here when you are done working through change it up you will never look at your church the same again dr rich brown vice president for student development simpson university with the desire to move the local church back to its intended mandate in change it up dale edwardson has provided for the church a comprehensive toolbox filled with about every tool imaginable for leaders in all the ministries of the local church for moving in a new and effective direction toward effective growth and disciple making these are not theories with dale these tools have been proven as assets in his own ministry and the ministries of the hundreds of churches dale has counseled toward change bill malick national director for church multiplication and founder of the church multiplication training center and bootcamps for church planters this companion assessment tool provides the opportunity to take your entire church leadership team on a significant journey toward transformation and change look at yourselves like perhaps you never have before discover where you are either distracting or attracting visitors examine hundreds of details throughout your ministry read the book go through this seventy five page assessment first individually and then as a team then form action plans that will help you move to the next level of ministry and disciplemaking get it today designed by patrick hardy design back to top