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Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send is unavailable, but you can change that!

People are leaving the church J.D. Greear pastors. Big givers. Key volunteers. Some of his best leaders and friends. And that’s exactly how he wants it to be. When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he revealed that the key for reaching the world with the gospel is found in sending, not gathering. Though many churches focus time and energy on attracting people and counting numbers,...

He’ll figure out the skills necessary to sail. Our problem is not that we haven’t found the right program that enables us to reach the world. Our problem is that we don’t yearn to see God’s glory spread over the earth enough to build whatever ships are required to reach people for Christ and see his glory awakened in their hearts. We can’t change heart problems through external programs either. If we try, we will end up imposing superficial structures that not only fail to deliver results, but lead to