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Get Ready... Get Set... GROW! Estimates are that as many as three-quarters of mainline Christian congregations are located in small towns or rural areas—and many of these areas are diminishing in popula­tion. So is it inevitable that small town and rural churches will decline in membership and close in the next few decades? “Not necessarily!” says Gary Exman. During his years as the pastor of a small-town parish, his congregation reversed the trend and grew dramatically. By applying the principles of the “church growth” movement, Exman’s church revitalized a dying Sunday school, increased average worship attendance by 50 percent, and quadrupled church offerings. Get Ready... Get Set... GROW! is a practical handbook that shows how you can achieve results like that in your congregation as well. Exman identifies the unique problems facing small town and rural churches, and in this book he offers proven strategies for conquering the cancer of declining membership and building stronger congregations. There is untapped potential in the small towns and open country of our land — and Get Ready... Get Set... GROW! can help you discover it. Gary W. Exman is the pastor of Stonybrook United Methodist Church in Gahanna, Ohio. A speaker, evangelist, and church growth consultant, Exman has also served as the president of the United Methodist Church’s Council on Evangelism. He is a graduate of Taylor University, Scarritt College, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary. ISBN 0-89536-865-X

Beyond The Numbers Game Many churches are on a decline in attendance and membership. But the question is: Do they have to be in decline? Gary Exman says a resounding “No.” Beyond The Numbers Game is an in— depth study of the First Century Church and its growth from the perspective of the Book of Acts. Each chapter gives applications from that study for Twenty-first Century church growth. The First Century Church grew dramatically. It “added to its numbers those being saved.” It multiplied rapidly in both numbers and in faith. Can the Twenty-first Century Church grow? Exman says a resounding “Yes.” The Church of the new millennium can and will grow if the First Century concepts of growth are applied to the Twenty-first Century Church. This book is a handbook on the “how to’s” of growth for the Twenty-first Century Church. There are practical questions at the end of each chapter which will guide the reader in his or her quest for church growth. Dr. Gary W. Exman is senior pastor of Stonybrook United Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio. Exman earned his M. Div. degree at Asbury Theological Seminary and has concentrated in evangelism and church growth as a local pastor. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Evangelism at Scarritt College and got “hooked on” the church growth movement while there. He then earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in Church Growth at Fuller Theological Seminary. Each of the churches he has served has grown dramatically through the application of the principles of church growth. Exman is a church growth consultant and has worked with scores of individual churches to help them imple­ment the concepts of church growth in their ministries. He is Coordinator for the Council on Evangelism of the United Methodist Church. ISBN 0-7880-0961-3

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