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Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations: Revised and Updated is unavailable, but you can change that!

Over the past ten years, thousands of church leaders have successfully transformed congregations with the principles from the original Five Practices: Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. However, much has changed in the world and the Church. Leaders have discovered new ways to implement the Five...

It’s harder than ever to get people to respond to an invitation and make the effort to show up and worship with us in the church we love. Leaders of First United Methodist Church, Miami, knew things had to change or they would fail in their fundamental mission. Pastor Audrey Warren and her predecessor, Cynthia Weems, worked with the congregation to dramatically reshape their approach to ministry. The people in the congregation learned, over the course of a few years, that