Recent Books by Bill Easum
The Top Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by Church Plants (2008)
Jim Griffith and Bill Easum together have several decades of experience planting and coaching church planters. In this book the share the top ten most common mistakes planters make, how to avoid them, and what to do if you have already made the mistake. They also give pointers to supervisors on how to coach church planters.
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A Second Resurrection (2007)
This book explores the spiritual bankruptcy of todays church. It is not a nuts and bolts book, rather it is designed to get at the core of today's problem- the loss of any spiritual depth or reason to exist. Rediscovering the spiritual core of faith is the only point of departure for most churches.
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Go Big With Small Groups (2006)
Most churches that begin small groups find that within a couple of years two things happen - the number of small groups has dwindled in size and few if any of them have birthed other small groups. So, the only way most churches keep small groups going is by reinventing them over and over, usually with the same people. The authors of this book know God has much more in store for these churches.
Bill Easum and John Atkinson have both led congregations in which small group ministry proved crucial to the church’s growth. Both know the pitfalls that endanger all attempts to center a congregation’s life around small groups. More importantly, they understand how to make small groups growing, self-reproducing centers of Christian discipleship.
Table of Contents:
The Need for Connection; The First Steps are Crucial; Managing a Small Group System; Multiplying Small Groups; Finding New Leaders: Part One; Finding New Leaders: Part Two; Training Future Leaders: Part One; Training Future Leaders: Part Two; The Small Group Leader's Role; Filling Up Your Small Groups; Affinity Groups: Part One; Affinity Groups: Part Two; Affinity Groups: Part Three; The End of the Beginning; Appendix A: Hometeam Coordinator Covenanto; Appendix B: Curriculum
Authors:
Bill Easum was a uniquely successful pastor for 35 years and is one of the most highly respected church consultants and Christian futurists in North America. As the Vice-President of Easum, Bandy & Associates (www.easumbandy.com), his many books, seminars, and other resources have, and continue to, guide thousands of Christian leaders for ancient ministry in the contemporary world. He brings unparalleled insight and wisdom to this project.
John Atkinson is the small groups pastor at Bay Area Fellowship (www.bayareafellowship.com), among the one hundred fastest growing churches in North America. Under his leadership, the small groups ministry has grown in four years from seven groups to almost two hundred, connecting nearly 65 percent of the church attendees in a small group. John also consults with small group leaders throughout the United States.
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Go Big: Leading your Church to Explosive Growth (2005)
Bill Easum and Bil Cornelius are two strikingly different, yet surprisingly similar pastors. One undertook to restart a moribund mainline church; the other, to plant a new nondenominational congregation. Both have experienced substantial, even explosive, growth in congregational mission and membership. Along the way, they learned some important lessons, such as the centrality of strong pastoral leadership, the need for an unhesitant pursuit of excellence in all areas of the church's ministry, and the requirement that you picture an audacious vision for your church and live into that vision.
Regardless of the current size of your church, you will find here inspiring, ready-to-implement ideas to help your church go BIG.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Get Ready for a Ride
The Only Difference is the Zeroes
A Wild and Crazy God
Structuring Your Church for Growth
It's Time to Lead, Pastor!
Double Your Vision
Preparing to Break the Growth Barriers
The Growth Barriers
Staffing the Church for Explosive Growth
Saved to Serve
Make a Big "Ask" of Yourself
Handling Problem People
Positioning Ourselves for Explosive Growth
Authors:
Bill Easum was a uniquely successful pastor for 35 years and is one of the most highly respected church consultants and Christian futurists in North America. As the Vice-President of Easum, Bandy & Associates (www.easumbandy.com), his many books, seminars, and other resources have, and continue to, guide thousands of Christian leaders for ancient ministry in the contemporary world. He brings unparalleled insight and wisdom to this project.
Bil Cornelius is founding and senior pastor of Bay Area Fellowship in Corpus Christi, one of Outreach Magazine’s 100 fastest growing churches in America. In just eight years, Bay Area Fellowship has grown to over 4500 people a weekend in attendance, mostly from reaching the unchurched of the next generation. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Bil and his wife Jessica founded Bay Area Fellowship in 1998. Known for his creativity and humor, Bil speaks most passionately about connecting the post-modern generation to God. Bil and Jessica reside in Corpus Christi with their two boys, Mason, age 8, and Cole, age 5, and an adopted daughter from Russia, Sophie Claire, age 3.
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