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Foreword Dan Southerland xiii
Preface xv
Introduction 1
Everybody has a list
The church in Acts was winning
Consider three essentials
Which is most important?
There are better questions
Where this book is going
Summary and preview
Part 1 First Get the Big Questions Right
Chapter 1 Five Value Choices 17
Big choices make hard choices easier
The trap of paper values
The trap of values in a vacuum
Introducing the big five questions
Summary and preview
Chapter 2 What Must Be Done? 27
Chapter 3 Who Says So? 37
Chapter 4 Who Takes the Lead? 45
Chapter 5 What's It Going to Cost? 57
Good decisions use resources productively
Raise the rent
Bring on the planters
Extreme makeover
In tent on a mission
Cheap, cheap, cheap is for the birds
Summary and preview
Chapter 6 What If There's Trouble? 65
Good decisions confront dysfunction
Taking one to the chest
Release the hostages
Bored on the board
Wait a minute, Mr. Postman
Unfaithful wounds
Summary and preview
Part 2 Then Get the Devil Out of the Details
Chapter 7 The Art of Application 75
Review of the big five
Values without application aren't values
Overview of Part 2
Every context is the same: it's unique
Summary and preview
Chapter 8 Who Decides What 83
The tribe decides what to reinforce
The church decides on the decision makers
The pastor decides the strategic direction
The board decides the purpose and parameters
The staff decides the operations and tactics
Clear expectations make a difference
Summary and preview
Chapter 9 Best Practices for Typical Decisions 99
Hiring the lead pastor
Firing the lead pastor
Developing property and buildings
Creating annual budgets
Staffing for success
Setting up the board
Managing programs
Maintaining bylaws
Managing membership
Exercising church discipline
Starting congregations
Choosing mission partners
Summary and preview
Chapter 10 A Catalog of Dysfunctions to Avoid 123
Top ten dysfunctions at the congregation level
Top ten dysfunctions at the board level
Top ten dysfunctions at the lead pastor level
Top ten dysfunctions at the staff level
Top ten dysfunctions at the tribe level
Summary and preview
Conclusion 137
Encore presentation
A final caveat
Additional resources
Encore presentation
A final caveat
Additional resources
Appendix Profiles of Ten Winning Churches 147
Notes 151
Bibliography 155
About the Author 157
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