Breakout Churches - Discover How to Make the Leap (Hardcover)

An extensive, ground-breaking study identifying factors that move a church from stagnation to greatness Dr. Thom Rainer and his research teams have studied the local church for nearly two decades, but when he read Good to Great(tm), Jim Collins's masterpiece of research on the business world, Rainer realized the "missing piece" from his previous research. In this latest book, he set out to discover how churches that were once mired in mediocrity have broken out to become breakout churches that impact individual lives and entire communities. Rainer identifies "The Chrysalis Factor," which emphasizes the qualities of churches that moved from stagnation to breakout growth. This book highlights the events, patterns, plans, strategies, crises, and other factors that take place when a church moves from mediocrity to greatness--from decline to growth. Many of his discoveries are counterintuitive and go against the grain of conventional wisdom. Rainer found thirteen stagnant churches that took the leap and became breakout churches among the over 52,000 for which they had data. Although based on massive research, Breakout Churches presents far more than numbers, graphs, and theory.;Rainer asks the question, "Can a slow-growth, broken-down church become a breakout church?" And this book provides the answer as a most definite "yes!" The book is written at a nontechnical level designed to motivate pastors and laypersons alike to utilize the information in their own local churches. Also available on Audio Pages(R).