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Learn moreThousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive. Is there a way for them to combine forces, drawing on both their strengths, in ways that also increase their missional impact? Church merger consultant Jim Tomberlin, with cowriter Warren Bird, makes the case that mergers today work best not with two struggling churches but with a vital, momentum-filled lead church partnering with a joining church. In this new book, they provide a complete, practical, hands-on guide for church leaders of both struggling and vibrant churches so that they can understand the issues, develop strategies, and execute a variety of forms of merger for church expansion and renewal to reinvigorate declining churches and give them a "second life."
Warren Bird, an ordained minister, is the research director at Leadership Network. He has conducted numerous interviews and surveys on topics of church restarts, church planting, multisites, and mergers, and is coauthor of more than twenty books, including Culture Shift, Viral Churches, and The Other 80 Percent.
Jim Tomberlin is an ordained minister who has served in a variety of ministries, including pioneering the multisite strategy at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He is the founder of MultiSite Solutions, devoted to multisite and merger consultation.
Maurice England's story begins with listening to over 1,000 audiobooks while trucking over the road . . . and dreaming of possibilities behind the mic. In June of 2006 the door opened supernaturally it seemed, and a few months later in October, Maurice began his narration career recording in Chicago. With more than one hundred and sixty-five titles, he demonstrates that one can work productively online from nearly anywhere in the world. Beginning in Chicago, then to Atlanta, and Cuenca, Ecuador; next came Greater Metro Manila, Philippines. Escaping the stifling heat of the lowlands, today Maurice records from the mountain resort of Baguio, Philippines. An avid reader, he frequents libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, public parks, and diners, and takes pleasure in luxury bus day trips (listening to favorite narrators along the way), journaling, NFL Dawg Pound Football, new restaurants, and early morning city views from the balcony of the downtown condo he shares with his wife and best friend, Cora. Together they enjoy reading and conversation along with the ambience of the city coming to life below.