Church Growth & Revitalization Randy Pope & Ken Priddy

Church Growth & Revitalization
RTS Orlando, July 12-16, 2010
[2DM804 CORE or as Elective upon request]
Randy Pope & Ken Priddy
Church Growth with Randy Pope (Part One ofthe Course)
In this part of the course you will be equipped to leading others: 1) from unbelief
to belief (evangelism),2) from belief to maturity (discipleship),and 3) from
maturity to leadership (leadership development). This will be a time of learning,
sharing and exploring the use of life-on-life missional discipleship to bring
spiritual [re]formation to your church or ministry. Ministry leaders from more than
twenty-one states and nine countries have received this biblically based training
material. This training is not designed to stop with this course,rather it is
designed to be the launching point for a more in-depth,hands on equipping
j
ourney through 3-5 day optional follow-up clinics where you “roll up your
sleeves”with key leaders in your church in order to take what was learned in the
course and bring it into practical application in your ministry.
Randy Pope is the founding pastor of Perimeter Church in
North Atlanta. Perimeter has helped start six global church
planting centers and has partnerships with nationals in eight
countries providing on-going training for church leaders. In
addition to churches planted both nationally and
internationally,Perimeter has helped plant twenty-eight
churches in the greater Atlanta area and is a founding partner
of Unite,a group of over 100 churches from different
denominations working together to bring Kingdom
transformation to the city of Atlanta.
Perimeter was recently recognized by Leadership Network as number four in the
list of “America’
s Top 25 Multiplying Churches.”Randy is a graduate of the
University of Alabama and Reformed Theological Seminary. He moved to Atlanta
in 1977 to plant Perimeter Church,a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in
America (PCA). His personal passion and commitment is to make and train
disciples of Christ. He has recently established Life-On-Life.Net,an organization
committed to establishing life-on-life Missional discipleship in churches
worldwide. Randy is the author of three books: The Intentional Church
(previously released as The Prevailing Church),Finding Your Million Dollar Mate,
and The Answer. He has also written a missional discipleship curriculum titled
The Journey. Randy and his wife,Carol,have four married children and four
grandchildren.
Church Revitalization with Ken Priddy (Part Two ofthe Course)
Leading church analysts such as Lyle Schaller,George Barna,Mike Regele,
Reggie McNeal,Linus Morris and Ed Stetzer unanimously state the obvious;the
American Protestant church is overwhelmingly in plateau and decline. There are
problems,both spiritual and strategic,but there are solutions. This course
examines the dynamics that create and perpetuate plateau and decline,and
examines concepts,principles and tools that create and sustain health,growth
and multiplication,moving church focus from inward to outward.
Ken Priddy is a seasoned ministry development practitioner,
coach,trainer,and consultant who currently ministers as
President of The Ken Priddy Group,Director of Church
Renewal with Outreach North America (ARP),and as Church
Development Director with the EPC Presbytery of the MidAtlantic. He holds both the Master of Divinity and Doctor of
Ministry degrees from Reformed Theological Seminary in
Orlando,Florida. His dissertation is titled,ReStarting the
Dying Church. Ken and his wife,Sharon,have four adult
children and live in Richmond,Virginia. Ken’
s work in renewal began in the early
90’
s as he responded to the call to pastor an eighty-seven year old church in
Phoenix,AZ,that had declined to thirteen members. Prayer,research,study,
hard work,innovation and the grace of God led to a significant revitalization of
this steeply declining church. Ken left the church after seven years as a thriving
congregation with strong ministries within the church and outside in the
community.
Today Ken serves the Kingdom by bringing insights,principles and tools that he
has developed through years of experience to local,regional and national church
leaders. His process is built on two pillars,Spiritual Renewal with Strategic
Initiative developed through biblical and practical theology. Dozens of churches
and hundreds of church leaders have benefited from Ken’
s revitalization ministry,
now in its seventeenth year.
Course Integration Projects/Papers
The course integration proj
ects/papers will be defined by each professor in class:
Note: The nature of the two combined proj
ects/papers are designed to
complement each other and represent the equivalent workof one normal
required 3-hour D.Min. proj
ect/paper for one D.Min. course.
Course Reading Assignm ents
There are separate reading lists for each professor that require 1000 pages of
NEW reading (2000 pages combined,i.e. normal requirement for one course) for
each course. Students are required to write a one-page maximum standard
report (see form at end of this syllabus) for each book or article over 50 pages.
Reports are due the first day of class,July 12. Please email them to Joyce Sisler
at j
sisler@ rts.edu.
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Church Growth Reading Assignm ents (Part 1 ofthe Course)
Required Reading
Pope,Randy. The Intentional Church. Moody,2006. 222 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0802427403 (Re-reading is permissible since it’
s a required text)
Recom m ended Reading
Note: Must read approximately 800 pages of new reading from the following list
and write a reading report on each one over 50 pages:
Anderson,Leith. Church For the 21st Century. Bethany,1992. 256 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1556612312
Anderson,Leith. Dying for Change. Bethany,1997. 208 pp. ISBN-13: 9781556616655
Blanchard,Ken. Leadership And The One Minute Manager,W illiam Morrow,
1999. 112 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0688039691
Blanchard,Ken. SelfLeadership And The One Minute Manager,W illiam
Morrow,2005. 176 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0060799120
Buckingham,Marcus & Donald Clifton. Now,Discover Your Strengths,Free
Press,2001. 272 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0743201148
Clegg,Thomas & W arren Bird. Lost In America:How You And Your Church
Can Impact The W orld Next Door. Group Publishing,2001. 168 pp. ISBN13: 978-0764422577
Chapell,Bryan. Praying Backwards,Baker Books,2005. 205 pp. ISBN-13:
978-0801065279
Cole,Neil. Organic Church. San Francisco,CA;Josey Bass,2004. 237pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0787981297
Collins,James & Jerry Porras. Built to Last. New York,NY: Harper
Business,1997. 336 pp. ASIN: B001S33262 (Not available for direct
purchase on Amazon)
Collins,James. Good to Great. New York,NY: HarperCollins,2001. 258 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0066620992
Collins,James. Good to Great and the Social Sectors. Collins,2005. 42 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0977326402
Cymbala,Jim. Fresh W ind,Fresh Fire:W hat Happens W hen God’
s Spirit
Invades the Heart ofHis People? Zondervan,1997. 224 pp. ASIN:
B000OV9XC6 (Not available for direct purchase on Amazon)
Dawn,Marva. Reaching Out W ithout Dumbing Down. Eerdmans,1995. 304
pp. ISBN-13: 978-0802841025
Fitch,David E.. The Great Giveaway. Baker Books,2005. 263pp.
13: 978-0801064838
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Frazee,Randy. The Connecting Church. Zondervan,2001. 254pp. ISBN-13:
978-0310233084
George,Carl. Prepare Your Church For the Future. Revell,1991. 240 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0800753658
Hsu,Albert Y. The Suburban Christian. InterVarsity Press;2006. 220pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0830833344
Hunter,George G. Church for the Unchurched. Abingdon,1996. 192 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0687277322
Keller,Tim. Ministries ofMercy. P&R Publishing,1997. 233 pp. ISBN-13:
978-0875522173
Kouzes,James et al. Encouraging The Heart,Jossey-Bass,2003. 224 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0787964634
Lencioni,Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions OfA Team,Jossey Bass,2002. 229
pp. ISBN-13: 978-0787960759
Lencioni,Patrick. The Four Obsessions OfAn Extraordinary Executive,
Jossey-Bass,2000. 208 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0787954031
Lewis,Robert. The Church OfIrresistible Influence. Zondervan,2001. 217 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0310250159
McNeal,Reggie. The Present Future. Josey Bass,2003. 151pp. ISBN-13:
978-0470453155 (2009 edition)
Minatrea,Milfred. Shaped By God’
s Heart. Josey Bass,2004. 202pp. ISBN13: 978-0787971113
Murrow,David. W hy Men Hate Church. Nelson Books,2005. 248 pp. ISBN13: 978-0785260387
Myers,Joseph R. The Search To Belong. Zondervan,2003. 181pp. ISBN13: 978-0310255000
Neighbour,Ralph Jr. with Lorna Jenkins. W here Do W e Go From Here?
Touch Publications,1990. 463 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1880828175 (2000
edition)
Rainer,Thom S. & Eric Geiger. Simple Church. Broadman & Holman,2006.
257pp. ISBN-13: 978-0805443905
Sanders,J. Oswald. Spiritual Leadership,Moody Publishers,Rev. 1994. 189
pp. ISBN-13: 978-0802482273 (2007 edition)
W arren,Rick. Purpose Driven Church:Growth W ithout Compromising Your
Message. Zondervan,1995. 236 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0310208136
W illard,Dallas. The Great Omission. Harper Collins,2006,237pp. ISBN-13:
978-1854247926
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Church Revitalization Reading Assignm ents (Part 2 ofthe Course)
Required Reading (ifyou have not previously read)
Deliberate Simplicity:How the Church Does More by Doing Less
Dave Browning,201 pages (read all) ISBN-13: 978-0310285670
The House Church Book:Rediscover the Dynamic,Organic,
Relational,Viral Community. W olfgang Simson,170 pages (read
all) ISBN-13: 978-1414325521
Hit the Bullseye:How Denominations Can Aim the Congregation at the
Mission Field. Paul D. Borden,76 pages (read pages 13-77,105117) ASIN: B001UHNI1K (Available on Amazon as Kindle book
only)
The Open Secret:An Introduction to the Theology ofMission (Revised
Edition). Lesslie Newbigin,120 pages (read all). ISBN-13: 9780802808295
ReJesus:A W ild Messiah for a Missional Church
Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. 196 pages (read all) ISBN-13: 9781598562286
The Seven Faith Tribes:W ho They Are,W hat They Believe and W hy
They Matter. George Barna. 157 pages (read pages 1-147,195205) ISBN-13: 978-1414324043
Teach a Church to Fish (available as a free download),Ken Priddy. 80
pages. W ebsite will be emailed to all students enrolled.
Recom m ended Reading
Note: Must read approximately 200 pages of new reading from the following list
and write a reading report on each one over 50 pages:
UN Christian:W hat a New Generation Really Thinks About
Christianity… And W hy It Matters. David Kinnaman and Gabe
Lyons. 246 pages ISBN-13: 978-0801013003
Christian Beliefs:Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know. W ayne
A. Grudem,Elliot Grudem,editor. 137 pages ISBN-13: 9780310255994
Spiritual Birthline:Understanding How W e Experience New Birth.
Stephen E. Smallman. 160 pages ISBN-13: 978-1581347623
The Church ofIrresistible Influence:Bridge-Building Stories to Help
Reach Your Community. Robert Lewis with Rob W ilkins. 217 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0310250159
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Out ofthe Salt Shaker & Into the W orld:Evangelism as a W ay ofLife
Rebecca Manley Pippert. 260 pages ASIN: B000GRD8VA (May not
available to purchase directly from Amazon)
From Embers to a Flame:How God Can Revitalization Your Church
Harry L. Reeder III with David Swavely. 196 pages ISBN-13: 9780875525129
Historical Drift:Must My Church Die (Chapter 3). Arnold L. Cook. 19
pages (read 45-64) ISBN-13: 978-0875099019
Simple Church:Returning to God’
s Process for Making Disciples.
Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger. 241 pages ISBN-13: 9780805443905
Breakout Churches:Discover How to Make the Leap
Thom S. Rainer. 239 pages ISBN-13: 978-0310293477
The Missional Leader:Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing
W orld. Alan J. Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk. 206 pages ISBN-13:
978-0787983253
Total Church:A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community.
Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. 207 pages ISBN-13: 9781433502088
Recommended Reading (from the marketplace):
How the Mighty Fall:And W hy Some Companies Never Give In. Jim
Collins. 182 pages ISBN-13: 978-0977326419
Crossing the Chasm:Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to
Mainstream Customers. Geoffrey A. Moore. 211 pages ASIN:
B001S33280 (Not available for direct purchase on Amazon)
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SAMPLE SHEET: Please limit your report
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Your Name
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