RE: Vision: The Key to Transforming Your Church, Paperback

Pastors around the country continue to look for the program, the book, or the sermon series that will turn their plateaued or declining churches around. But what if the answer to revitalizing the church was closer to home? According to trusted church leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs and veteran pastor Gordon E. Penfold, it is. They believe that pastors themselves are the key. In a time when many pastors are jumping from church to church every two or three years as they search for the "right fit" where they can "make a difference," churches are suffering from a lack of sustained leadership from pastors with a viable vision for ministry.

In Re: Vision, Malphurs and Penfold take pastors through a process of discovery and self-evaluation designed to help them re-envision their role, create a culture for positive change, and recruit people to come alongside them as helpers and encouragers. Multiple appendices offer self-diagnostic tools and surveys to help pastors assess their strengths and weaknesses for more effective ministry.

About the Author:

Aubrey Malphurs (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the senior professor of leadership and pastoral ministry at Dallas Theological Seminary and founder of the Malphurs Group. He engages in church consulting and training and is the author of more than twenty ministry books, including Developing a Vision of Ministry in the Twenty-first Century and Look before You Lead. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Gordon E. Penfold (DMin, Talbot Theological Seminary) is lead pastor of First Baptist Church, a multiethnic church in Holyoke, Colorado, and the director of Fresh Start Ministries. Fresh Start focuses on bringing health and vitality to plateaued, declining, and conflicted congregations. He also engages in church consulting and leadership development with pastors and denominations in the US, Eastern Europe, and Eastern Asia.