What happens when a congregation in a rough Chicago neighborhood declines to a group of 18? For many years, not much - except a struggle to stay alive. Today, many such congregations are finding new life through adoption by a church committed to development of a multi-site strategy for reaching the lost. Today that same struggling Chicago congregation of 18 which had given up hope is growing into a life-giving movement reaching thousands of people across Chicagoland.
The church - New Life Community Church.
The lead pastor - Mark Jobe
The vision - Restart
Restart means reigniting the vision, resourcing the existing ministry and relaunching the congregation with a fresh start to once again impact the community. Take a look here to hear Mark tell you the story.
Many are talking about this, some are doing it, but I believe that the team at New Life has put together a process that will redeem struggling churches across Chicagoland ... and a process that many others will adopt or adapt for their corner of the world.
Please add the name of your church or others that you know are doing something similar.
Greg Ligon is the Vice President of Leadership Network's Church Innovation Division and Publisher. He has spent the last five years working with pioneering churches in the Multi-site Church Revolution.
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